Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-04-06
Changes Made by Last
Legislature i'm Law
Governing Fish
and Game.
SpORTSMEN SHOULD READ.
Fishermen and Hunters Should
Fami1iarize Themselves
With the Changes
in the Law.

with the game laws Several amend
ments were introduced but only fe,
of them received favorable considers
ton. At the request of number G
local sports the Reporter and Farme
prints the following which it is believe
is all the changes made in the law:
An act entitled "An act TO amen
sections BOO as amended by chapter II
of the session laws of 1903 and BIOS o
the revised political code of Seutl
Dakota relating to the preservation o
fish,"
Be it enacted by the legislature of tn,
State of South Dakota:
Section I-Section $40 of the revised
political code is hereby amended so a,
to read as follows:
1t shall be unlawful for any person tC
kill or take, in any of the permanent
waters of this state, for any purpose
any trout, or food fish, at any time, by
the use of any poisonous or supplying
drug, or by the use of any explosive
substance, or by the erection of any
weir, dam or other artificial obstruc.
ton, or by the use Of any net, seine,
trap, set line, spear or device whatever
except by hook and line; provided, that
it shall be lawful to take or kill with
a spear at any time, any pickerel, carp,
suckers or buffalo fish. And it shall be
unlawful for any person to empty or
allow to be emptied, place or allowed to
be placed any sawdust, or manure, or
refuse matter of any kind, into the
waters of this state containing food fish.
or to deposit the same within snch dis
lance that it may be carried into such
waters by natural causes, or TO place,
keep or maintain in any of the streams
of this state any net, seine, set line or
trap of any kind Provided, however,
that il shall be lawful for any person 10
take pickerel, suckers, buffalo or carp
at any time by seine, wier, or trap pro-
vided that, and before proceeding 10
take fish, said party or parties shall first
procure a written permission from two
If the county commissioners of the
county where said fish are to be taken,
lttested by the county auditor OF said
county, which permission shall be in
force and effect for period of five days
rom date after attesting the same. And
the said person or persons obtaining the
same shall notify the fish warden or the
heriff, ii there are no fish wardens of
aid county, in writing, of the time and
,lace where the privileges of such per
nit VIII be exercised And it shall be
he duty of every fish warden or deputy
o attend at such time and place and
uperintend the taking of fish under
aid permit And he shall receive for
lis services the sum of three dollars
,er day to be paid in advance by the
,erson or persons procuring said per-
nit before any fish is taken or attempted
o be taken under said permit.
Section 2--Section 5l0S of the revised
political code as amended by chapter
AS of the session laws of 1908, is hereby
80 as to read as follows;
Section SLOT shall be unlawful to
kill take or have In possession any trout
bass, shad, croppies or pike, taken or
xilled in any of the waters of this state
during the months Of November, Dec
smber, January, February, March and
April or either of said months, in any
year, and that the possession of said
front. bass, shad, oroppies, or pike by
any person during the above mentioned
shall be prima facia evidence
Of the violation Of the provisions of this
section, and burden shall be upon the
defendant to prove that fish in his pos
session were taken outside this state. 1t
shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale
at any time any trout, shad, bass, Pile,
or croppies, taken or killed in any Of
the waters of this state, or to ship or
transport them out Of the state. Ii
shall be unlawful for any express CON-
pany, or other carrier, to receive, slip
or transport any Of the food fish afose-
said taken or killed in any Of the pubic
waters Of this state. It shall be unlaw-
full TO kill or destroy or have in posses
sion for any perpose whatsoever exceps
for cultivation or dissemination, at my
lime, any trout, bass, shdd, cropplss
and pike, les than six inches III lsngth.
Any person o. persons, or officers on
victed Of violating any Of tho provisitns
q this law ''shall Be- fined not lees tlnn
10 o. more than 600 for each oilenaa. =
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