Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-03-26
Open Letter From Fish Warden.

Editor Cameron County Ffess:-
1 wish to call the attention ofthe
public through the columns of your
paper to one or two sections of t. fish
laws of this state that they ms not
in future plead ignorance of the Avs
if arrested, which they surely will e if
they violate the law and know 1t
has come to my knowledge thatp ties
are already fishing for trout and ELL
ing them. This must be stoppe ! or
parties must suffer the conseque, ,es.
l call especial attention to the NJ Der
of trout allowed to be caught eac, Jay
by one person, and the length of out
and bass. warn all parties that vill,
whenever think necessary, oper any
ftsherman's basket and examiI rfor
length and number of trout caught,
and by every lawful means in my
power bring violators of the law to
justice
Part of section four of act approved
the 29th day of May, 1901 says, "any
brook or speckled trout or any species
or variety of trout, save lake trout, less
than six inches in length; any black
bass less than seven inches in length;
any pike or pickerel or jack salmon,
less than nine inches Longtime $40
for each and every fish caught, less
than the above lengths, or one day in
Jail for each dollar fine, also day in
Jail for each dollar of cost of suit"
Section 19-"That from and after the
passage of this act, it shall be unlawful
for any proprietor, manager, clerk or
agent of any market, hotel, boarding
house, eating house, restaurant or sa-
loon or any person, company or corpo-
ration in this commonwealth to pur-
chase, sell or expose for sale any brook
or speckled trout, or to contract with
or to employ any person or persons to
catch or fish for brook or speckled
trout for him or them by the day or
otherwise, fine for such offense S25."
Section 33-''That from and after the
passage of this act, any fish commits
sioner or fish warden, sheriff, deputy
sheriff, constable or any special officer
or any peace officer in this common
wealth is hereby authorized and COM
manded to proceed with such force of
the county as may be necessary to de-
stroy any device used contrary to or
prohibited by law, in any ofthe waters
of the commonwealth, and they are
hereby authorized and commanded
to arrest forthwith and without war
rant, any person or persons owning,
placing or using such device or violat-
ing any of the provisions of this act,
and they are further authorized and
commanded to apprehend an arrest
and Immediately take any person or
persons, who may be guilty of such
violations before any justice of the
peace, magistrate or other legally con-
stituted authority, etc., etc. Also in
section 33, such arrests may also be
made on Sunday, in which case the
person or persons shall be taken before
the proper officer and proceeded
against as soon as may be practicable
on a week day following arrest.n
Section 34.-''That from and after
the passage of this act, any sheriff.
deputy sheriff, constable, special officer
or any other peace officer of this COM
monWealth, who shall refuse or neglect
to proceed with sufficient force Of the
county to forthwith remove and de-
stroy any existing device, illegally
used for the catching of fish within his
jurisdiction after being notified in
writing OF the existence of such ille-
gally used device by fish commits
sioner or any other citizen of this COM
monwealth, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and on conviction shall
be fined five hundred dollars.r
Section 35.-'"That any person or
persons interfering with anv Of the
officers named, in the discharge of
their duties, or resisting arrest. shall
upon conviction thereof, as provided
in section 38, of this act, pay fine not
less than one hundred dollars. or be
imprisoned in the county jail for not
less than three months, or be subject to
both penalties, at the discretion of the
magistrate or court before which they
or he shall be convicted"
Part of section 43. "They (meanine
wardens) shall have power without
warrant, to search and examine any
boat, conveyance vehicle, fish box,
basket, bag, coat or other receptacle
for fish when they have good reason to
believe that any of the provisions of
the act have been violated, and said
warden shall at any time, seize and
take possession of any and all killed
fish which have been caught, taken or
killed at any time in any manner or
for any purpose, or had in possession
or under contract or have been ship
ped or are about to be shipped contrary
to any laws of this state.n
have given an extract of the import
ant fish laws that have q bearing in this
community. again state | will prose
| cute any and all parties that find or
can prove are breaking the fish laws
and will give ten dollars to anyone
who will give me private information
leading ultimately TO conviction, that
| may personally take steps to arrest
such violators of the law and PLEDGE