Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-02

Jersey, by its commissioners above named
and the said State Of Delaware bv its
commissioners above named do hereby
make and enter into a compact or agree
ment between said States as follows:
Article !. Criminal process issued under
the authority OF the State OF New Jersey
against any person accused of an offence
committed upon the soil OF said State. or
upon the Eastern half of said Delaware
River, or committed on board Of any vessel
being under the exclusive jurisdiction of
that State, and also civil process issued
under the authority of the State of New
Jersey against any person domiciled in
that state, or against property taken out
oi that state to evade the laws thereof
may be served upon any portion Of the
Delaware River between said States from
low-water mark on the New Jersey shore
TO low-water mark on the Delaware shore.
except upon Reedy and Pea Patch Islands
unless said person or property shall be on
board q vessel aground upon or fastened
to the shore OF the State of Delaware. or
the shores of said islands, or fastened to a
wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such
person shall be under arrest or such prop
erty shall be under seizure by virtue of
process or authority of the State of Della
ware
Article III. Criminal process issued under
the authority Of the State of Delaware
against any person accused of an offence
committed upon the soil of said State. or
upon the western half of said Delaware
River, or committed on board of any vessel
being under the exclusive jurisdiction Of
that State, and also civil process issued
under the authority Of the State of Della
ware against any person domiciled in that
state, or against property taken out of that
State to evade the laws thereof. may be
served upon any portion of the Delaware
River between said States from low
water mark on the Delaware shore to
10 water mark on the New Jersey shore
unless said person or property shall be on
board a vessel aground upon or fastened
TO the shore of the State of New Jersey. or
fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto,
or unless such person shall be under arrest,
or such property shall be under seizure
by virtue of process or authority of the
State Of New Jersey.
Article III. The inhabitants of the said
States Of Delaware and New Jersey shall
have and enjoy a common right of fishery
throughout. in and over the waters of said
river between the lOW-Water marks on each
side of said river between the said States,
except so far as either State may have
heretofore granted valid and subsisting
private rights OF fishery.
Article w. Immediately upon the exc
cution hereof the Legislature of the State !
of New Jersey shall appoint three COM
missiOners to confer with three commits |
sioners to be Immediately appointed by |
the General Assemblyof the State of Della !
ware for the purpse Of drafting uniform |
laws to regulate the catching and taking
of fish in the Delaware River and Bay
between said two States. which said COM |
missioners for each State respectively /
shall. within two years from the date Of |
their appointment, report to the Legisla-
ture Of each of said States the proposed |
laws so framed and recommended by said |
Joint commission. Upon the adoption |
and passage of said laws so recommended /
by the respective Legislatures of said two /
States said laws shall constitute the sole |
laws for the regulation Of the taking and |
catching of fish in the said river and bay /
between said States. Said laws shall /
remain in force until altered, amended or /
repealed by concurrent legislation OF the /
said two States. Said commissioners shall |
also ascertain the dividing line between |
said river and bay, and upon each OF the I
HNOlhn Nl ctlQ Two i-tAltH faAfAll4t nllA NANAA- /
ing line extended shall intersect the same, /
shall, at the joint expense Of said States, /
erect a suitable monument to mark the |
said dividing line. Said dividing line be- I
tween said monument shall be the division .
line between the said river and bay for /
the Interpretation of and for all purposes .
OF this compact, and OF the concurrent I
legislation provided for therein.
The faith of said contracting states is I
hereby pledged to the enactment of said
laws so recommended by said commits
sioners, or TO such concurrent legislation
as may seem judicious and proper in the
premises to the respective Legislatures
thereof
Each State shall have and exercise ex-
elusive jurisdiction within said river TO
arrest. try and punish its own inhabitants
for violations of the concurrent legislation
relating to fishery herein provided for
Article Y. All laws OF said States relating
to the regulation Of fisheries in the Della
ware River not inconsistent with the right
OF common fishery hereinabove mentioned
shall continue in force in said respective
States until the enactment OF said con-