The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-05
THE GATE LAWS OF LOUISIANA.
Legislative Acts Protecting lame
and Fish.
ACT NO. IA OF 1902.

ACT NO. IA OF 1902.
An act to prevent destruction OF
fishing by poisoning, using dynamite,
trapping, hedging, gill-netting and to
prevent seining for game fish, and
providing a penalty for the same, and
authorizing and requiring the police
juries to license SEEMING for cat fish,
gar fish, buffalo and carr fish.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the State of Louisiana,
That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to put any poison
or poisonous substance, dynamite or
explosive substance of any kind in
any river: bayou, creek, lake. pond
or any stream, water course. or other
body of water within the limits of the
State of Louisiana, with the intents
by the aforesaid means to kill Or
capture fish during any season of the
year, or to seine (sic) in any river,
bayou, creek, lake, pond or stream
within the limits of the State of Louis
lana, with the intent by the aforesaid
means to kill, capture or retard or
prevent the free passage of game fish
during any season of the year: pro-
vided that this act shall not be on
strued as to interfere with trigger
trap or other traps placed near the
edge of the water only, and which do
not retard or prevent the free passage
of game fish: and provided, further,
that this act shall not be construed to
prevent the police juries Of the res
pective parishes of this State from
licensing SEEMING for gar fish, buffaloAs
carp fish, which are destructive a
the spawn of game fish that are COM
mon to the waters of this State. Pro-
vided that no seine be permitted with
a mesh less than three inches, and
provided further that no SEEMING for
the above mentioned fish be permitted
without obtaining a license from the
police jury of the parish in which the
seining is to be done.
Sec. 2. That any violation of this
act shall be construed a misdemeanOg
and may be tried before any court q
competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 3. That any person or persona
violating this act shall, ON conviction
be imprisoned not more than thirty
days or fined not more than fifty
dollars, or both at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. Il That all laws on the same
subject matter be and the same are
repealed.
ACT NO. l47 of 1904.
An act to provide for the ~preserva-
ton and protection of the fish of the
fresh water streams of the State of
Louisiana, which fish shall be the
property of the State.
Sec. /. Be it enacted by the gem
eral assembly of the State of Louis
lana, That it shall be unlawful for
any one to catch Or have in his pos
session any of the fish of the fresh
water streams of the State of Louis
lana during the closed season, (which
shall be December, January and
February except the ones herein
named: cat fish, gar, buffalo, Ger
man carp, and gaspargough.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful
for any one at any time to catch n
fish that inhabits fresh water streams
of this State in any other manner
than with rod and line, except the
ones specially named in section l of
/, this act.
Sec. 3. That any n violating the
pr DIVISIONS of this act shall be fined
not less than ten dollars ($lO) no
more than twenty-five dollars (S25) for
each violation, or be imprisoned for
not less than ten days nor more than
twenty-five days in the parish Jail for
each violation of said act.
Sec. 4, That all fines collected
under this act shall be paid over to
the parish treasurer to be used for
the benefit Of the fish fund of said
parish.
Sec. 5. That all laws or part of
avs in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.