The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-27

kAllA MetG uNlNu0eu ia nlNSAal AubeAN-
ant particulars. and It would be well
for interested parties to scan the fol-
IoWing synopsis OF the provisions con-
tained in the act The almost whole
sale slaughter of deer in past years,
made It imperative to pass some prohlb-
ltory measure else they soon would
have become extinct. The present law
prohibits the hunting, killing, chasing
or woundlng OF deer from the present
tlno until October Is. 1901. and not
thereafter from December to October
Is, OF each year following, except a
tame deer owned by the person killing
the same The same provision prohlb-
rs the hunting or chasing OF deer with
dogs at any time,
No person shall at any time kill any
faWn when In It's spotted coat, or have
the fresh skin OF any such fawn In HIS
possession.
The section applying to dealers In
game Is very stringent. II says: mo
person, company. lrm or corporation
shall at any time kill or expose for sale
or have In possession, except while
alive. any deer. Wild turkey, quail,
pheasant. or rufilcd grouse, or any part
Of the same. with the intention of send
ing or transporting or having the same
sent or transported beyond the limits OF
this state" The penalty for violation
OF this section Of the law Ia n fine OF not
less than so DOR more than $50. or con
hnement In Jail for sixty days This
section does not apply 10 deer killed ny
owners OF any enclosed premises set
apart for the protection and propaga'
ticn Of game. ANY person having IN
his possession any gumc enumerated
above shall DC presumed 70 have Killed
the same.
Fish Laws.
The tish laws are very stringent and
the disciples Of Izaak Walton should
see to IT that they are observed. Last
year there we're numerous complaints
81 the violation Of the statutory provlS-
Ions The present law provides that
st shall not be lawful for any person TO
catch or destroy any OF the fish in the
creeks or rivers OF this state by means
OF drag or other nets, tish pots, weirs'
trans, hy s!edglnI. shooting or other de-
vices Except by hook and line, gig and
spear). nor shall II be lawful 20 catch
or destroy any ash In the rivers OF this
state by means OF drag or other nets.
siedgiaE, shooting, seines. or other dc
vices (except by hook and line. gig and
spearl. from the first day u March 70
the fifteenth day OF November oil eleh
year.
Nor shall Il be lawful for any person
At any time 10 draw any seine or net IN
the rivers OF this state or within one
hundred yards ~ she mouth uf any
creek nr small stream which eu3pties In
IA anv OF the rivers OF this state; pro.
vided. ho;vevec That It shall be- lawful
for any person 10 catch fish In iish pots
between the fifteenth day OF September
and thlrty-hTs; dag OF December OF
each year nnd by means OF seiEles from
me hrgf day OF January Ia the first day
OF June Of each year IN the Great Ca
non and It's tributaries. and by fish pots
in the Cheat river and It's tributaries
from the fifteenth day % September 10
the first DAY OF April following. ana by
means OF FISH pots IN the Shenandoah
from the first day NJ September to the
first OF June following
Nor shall II be lawtut for any person
20 catch and have In his possession or
to buy, sell or oner Tor sale, any JACK
Gnlrnon. commonly called jack fish. or
white SALMON OF less than seven inches
IN iength; or any pike OF less than eight
inches In length; or any black bass less
than ak inches In length; or any speck-
led trntit. or California mountain trout
az less than four inches In ienEth.or any
nah caught out Of season or In any man
ncr prohibited by law.
And the measurement Of hsh shall DC
from emo OF nose 10 center fork OF tan.
II Is unlawful TO catch jack hsh be-
tween April Is and juno Is OF each year.
Or brook trout or land-locked salmon
between September and January ] OF
each year; black bass. green bass, vii
low bass. rock bass. pike or pickerel. or
ViGll.eyed pike between April 10 ana
Inne Is of each year Furthermore 1t
q unlawful to catch any OF said species
Al any time save only with fOd' nook
and line. II is lawful 20 catch suckers,
carp, muliet and red horse. by gig'spe'ir
and looping at any time, but II
0gainst the law 20 kill bars by spear or
az between April and November !, In
each year Strict provisions have been
enacted against tresspassers on private
property. and any person who shaD 6uy
or receive any brook trout, land-locked
galYnon, California salmon, or any oth-
er dsh caught contrary TO the proVis-
tons OF Law, shall be guilty OF INSIDE
meanor.
II shall be lawful for any person,
at any time, to remove and destroy any
nets, traps or other devices, placed In
any creeks or runs within this state,
and the person or persons claiming
ownership or possession OF such nets,
trans or other devices. shall have no re-
course at Inv against the party de-
stroying the same; land In regard 10
rivers. IL shall be lawful for any per-
Ton 10 do the same thing at any time
between the first day OF March and the
fifteenth day OF November In any year)
No nets, seines, traps, or other de-
vices placed in any river OF this state
between the fifteenth day OF November
and the first day Of March, shall OBJ
Etruct the free passage OF fish mp and
down the same so as to extend tur-
ther distance from the channel bank In
said river than One-third OF the whole
breadth OF the main channel OF the
same.
II shall be unlawful for any person
or persons TO be found upon the creeks
or small streams OF this state where
nah arc taken, with seines Except min
now selnrs) in their possession; and II
M found. such possession shall be prl-
ma fanIe evidence that the same was
used iuniawfully. In all prosecutions
under this section 1t shall be prlma
facie evidence on the part OF the state
10 show that the defendant was found
uDon tho creeks or small streams where
fish are taken with seine in his possess
sion.
Meshes OF selnes or nets Except min
now nets) within this state shall not be
less than three inches In extension, or
one and one-half inches from knot TO
knot. No net or seine Of any kind shall
be used In the rivers Of this state the
meshes Of which are less than is pro-
vided In this section.
And n any person has good reason to
N..Nf..r. aNut g.lVIWTr Ia nErt,N ~, IN.