The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-18
WHAT THE NEW LAWS ARE
INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH.
NUMB Err THIRTEEN.

EVERY Legislature ldheS d tuAii a. ~
modelling the laws relating to fish, ana
the last one was no exception TO the
rule. The changes occurring SO ire
quently, it is difficult for the average
fisherman to keep track of them, ana
in the interest of all concerned, the en-
tire enactment is published, as follows:
RELATING TO FISH.
Section j. Section six hundred and
twenty eight of the Penal Code is mere
by amended to real as follows:
62S Every person who takes or
catches, buys, sells, or has in his pos
session, any striped bass of less than
three POUNDS in weight; every person
who, at any time, takes, catches, or
kills any black bass except with hook
and line; every person who takes,
catches or kills, or buys, sells, eX-
poses or offers for sale, or has in his
possession, any black bass, between the
first day of January and the first day
of July of each year; every person who
takes, catches, or kills, or buys, sells,
exposes or offers for sale, or has in his
possession any lobster or crawfish be-
tween the fifteenth day of May and the
fifteenth day of July of each year; every
exposes or offers for sale, or has in his
possession any lobster or crawfish of
less than nine and one-half inches in
length, measured from one extremity
to the other, exclusive of legs, claws, or
feelerS; every person who, at any time,
buys, sells, exposes or offers for sale,
or has in his possession any female
crab; every person who, at any time,
buys, sells, exposes or offers for sale, or
has in his possession any sturgeon of
less than three feet in length; every
person who takes, catches, or kills, or
buys, sells, offers or exposes to sell, or
has in his possession any fresh stur-
geon, between the first day of April and
the first day of September of each year;
every person who by seine or other
means shall catch the young fish of any
species, and who shallv not return the
same to the water Immediately and
alive, or who buys, sells, offers or eX
poses for sale, or has in his possession
any such fish, fresh or dried; every per-
son who catches. takes, or carries away
any fish from any pond or reservoir be-
longing to or controlled by the State
Board of Fish Commissioners, or any
person or corporation, without the
consent Of the owner thereof, which
pond or reservoir has been stocked with
fish; every person who shall at any
time, except with hook and line, take or
catch fish of any kind from any river or
stream upon which a State or United
States fish hatchery is in operation, is
guilty of a misdemeanor. and is pun
ishable by fine not less than $40 nor
more than $500 or by Imprisonment in
the County Jail in the county in which
conviction shall be had, not less than
ten days nor more than one hundred
and fifty days, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment All the fines imposed
and collected for any violation of any
of the provisions of this section shall
be paid into the Fish Commission
fund" Nothing in this section shall
prohibit the United States Fish Com
mission and the Fish Commits
sion of this State from taking, at all
times, such fish as they deem necessary
for the purpose of artificial Matching.
1t shall be no defense in a prosecution
for violation of any Of the provisions
of this section that the fish were caught
or taken outside or within this State
Section 3 Section 62Sa. Section 62Sa
of the Penal Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section $50. Section $50 of
the said code is hereby repealed.
Section 4. Section 632a Section 632a
of the said code is hereby repealed
Section ,. Section G32b. Section 632b
of the said code is hereby repealed
Section 6. Section 633. Section 633 of
the said code is hereby repealed.
Sec :. Section $50. Section 635 of
the said code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
go. Every person who shall place or
cause to be placed in any of the waters
Of this State, dynamite. gunpowder, or
other explosive compound, for the pur-
pose of killing or taking fish, or who
shall at any time take, procure kill, or
destroy any fish of any kind by means
of explosives; every person who places
or allows to pass, or who places where
it can pass, into any of the waters of
this State, any lime gas. tar. cocculus
indicus. sawdust, shavings slabs, edg-
ings. mill or factory refuse, or any sub
stance deleterious to fish is guilty of a
misdemeanor. and is punishable by a
fine of not less than $3.50, or imprison-
ment in the County Jail in the county
less $50 days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment
Section s. Section 636. Section 636 of
the said code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
636. Every person who shall cast ex-
tend. or set any seine or net of any
kind. for the catching of any fish in any
river. stream, or slough of this State
which shall extend more than one-third
across the width of said river. stream
or slough, at the time and place of
such fishing: every person who shall
cast, extend. set, use, or continue, or
who shall assist in casting. extend
ing. using. or continuing Chinese
shrimp or bag net" or a net of similar
character. for the catching of fish in
the waters of this State; every person
who shall cast. extend, set, use. or con-
tinue. or have in his possession. or who
shall assist in casting, extending. OF
using Chinese sturgeon lines" or lines
of a similar character; every person
who shall set. use, or continue, or shall
assist in setting. using. or continuing
any pound. weir, set-net, trap. or any
other fixed or permanent contrivance
for catching fish in the waters of this
State-and every net shall beconsiderec
a set-net that is secured in any way and
not free to drift with the current o,
tide-is guilty of a misdemeanor. and Is
punishable by a fine not less than 500
or by Imprisonment in the County Jai
In the county in which the conviction
shall be had. not less than fifty days ol
by both such fine and Imprisonment