Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-27
PROTECTION OF FISH.

The Senate yesterday passed the
House bill for the protection of fish
and the maintenance Of permanent
spawning ground in the District of Co.
lumbis. The bill provides:
That from and after the date of the
passage of this act, no person shall fish
with fyke net, sake net, weir, Fl Dat
net, gill pet, haul seine, dip net, nor by
other contrivance, stationary or fl rat
ing, in the waters of the Potomac river
and its tributaries within the District
of Columbia Provided, That nothing
in this act shall be construed to pre-
vent the use OF barrel nets or pots for
catching or killing of eels, or prevent
the United States Commissioner OF Fish
and Fishing, or his agents, from taking
from said waters, In any manner de-
sired, fish OF any kind for scientific
purposes or for purposes of propaga-
| tion, and that none of the pro
visions of this act shall apply to
persons employed in catching young cat
fsh, smelt, ,chub, bull minnows aud cray
fish for use as bait in fishing with hook
and line: Provided, further, that any
person engaged in taking such catfish,
-melt, club, bull minnows and cray
fish shall first have procured written
permit from the said Commissioner OF
Fish and Fisheries TO take such bait for
hook and ine1shing.
Sec 2. That no person shall catch or
kill in the waters of the Potomac river
or is tributaries within the District any
black bass otherwise known as green
bass aud ehub), crappie otherwise
known as calico bass and strawberry
bass), betwet the Isl day of April and
the lst day of June cf each year, nor
bave in possession nor expose for sale
any OF said species between the dates
aforesaid, nor catch or kill any of said
species of fish at any other time dutiug
the year except by angling, nor catch
or kill any of the aforesaid species by
what are known as out lines or trol
lines having succession of hooks or
devices.
Sec. 8. That it shall be unlawful for
any person 20 have in possession or tx
pose for sale in the District of Columbia
after the 10th day of June in any year
any fr. sh fish of the shad or herring
species.
Sec I. That it shall be unlawful for
any person to expose for sale in TIE
District of Columbis at any timec~dn,-
ing the year any striped bass ys16r rock
fish or black bass havlgSoIa length OF
less than nine inchesr~
Sec. .. That t.yljx1si6all i qill be unlawful for
any person : 70 catch or Kill in the waters
w within & ,S6mac river or its t'loutarles
w. "!''ii,i iS,i1ftbe District of Columbia any fish
~ u means of explosiv' S, drugs or
{oisons.
Sec. 6. That no person shall allow
any tar, oil, ammoniscal liquor or oth
waste produces OF any gas works or
works engaged in using such products,
or any waste productwhatever OF any
mechanical chemical, manufacturing
or refining establishment to flow iuto
Cor be deposited in Rock Creek or the
Potomac river or any of its tributaries
within the District of Columbia, or in-
to any pipe or conduit leading to the
same.
Sec. 7. That any person who shall
violate any of the provisions vi luis acU
shall be deemed guilty of misdemean
or, and, upon conviction therefor before
the Police Court or any other
court of the District Of Columbia, shall
be fined for each and every such oflense
not less than 80 nor more than 500,
and in default of payment of tne, shall
be imprisoned in the workhouse for
period not exceeding six months; and
any officer or other person securing
such conviction before the police court
of the District of Columbia shall be
entitled to and receive oue-half OF any
fiue or fines imposed upon and paid oy
the party or parties adjuiged guilty.
Sec. S. That all nets, boats, or
other contrivauces, the property OF any
person convicted under the provisions
of this act, shall be returned to the
property cl-rk of the Metropolitan po
lice department to be delivered TO the
owner upon the order of the judge OF
the police or other court, and if DOT
called for within six months by the
claimant the same shall be treated IS
other abandoned property coming into