Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

No. $50, 81 Published May %, 1907.
CHAPTER $50, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to create section 4560a-10, stat
utes, relating to fishing in Lakes st:
Croix and Pepin and the Mississippi
of 1905, and section IL, chapter 489, laws
of 1905
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do
Section l. There is added to the stat
utes a new section to read Section
4560a-1O. (a) 1t shall be unlawful and
any other method than by angling or
trolling with hook and line, or by IL
censed set lines, or for the purpose OF
tendent Of hatcS S k or his duly f adthor
lied agents, or taking rough fish by the aid
of spears In the day time, without first
having complied with ell the requirements
Of this act.
d. The state fish and game warden
shall upon application therefor issue to
any person a licenseE to set, use or oper-
ate seines, pond nets Of not more than one
and one-half inch bar in the pot, and fyke
or hoop nets of not more than one and
one-half inch bar back Of the tail hoop,
and gill nets of not less than three and
one-half inch bar, bait nets without leads,
with four foot hoop front, tWenty-One inch
tail hoop, not more than fifteen feet Ia
length, two inch bar IN front, one and one
half inch bar between throats, one and
turtle nets of three and one-half inch bar
in that part of the st. Crotx river known
as Lake ST. Croix and that part of the
Mississippi river known as Lake Pepin and
the Mississippi river, and the lakes, bays,
bayous and sloughs tributary and connected
Herewith, for the purpose Of catching and
taking all fish except pike Of any variety,
bass, croppies, and buffalo fish Of less than
three pounds round or undressed weight.
(c) Such nets shall not be set, used, or
operated except in the manner hereinafter
provided, and then only. in compliance with
such rules and regulations, as are or may
hereafter be prescribed by law.
(d) Every licensee shall Immediately re-
turn to the waters from which the same
merated in subdivision 'b'' of this act,
when taken in any net used by him or
under his supervision and control, and the
possession of such fish by said licensee
Shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence
of a violation of this act.
(e( Licenses issued under the provisions
of this act shall expire on the first day OF
April next succeeding the date Of their is
suance and shall not be transferable. ANY
person who shall desire to set, use or oper-
ate a net or nets under the provisions OF
this act, shall make application to the state
fish and game warden therefor upon blanks
to be furnished by the game warden de-
partment and shall accompany such appli-
cation with a fee of five dollars for each
two thousand lineal feet or fraction there
Of and five dollars for each seven hun
dred lineal feet of pound leaders or frac-
ton thereof with one pound, and Tor each
additional pound shall pay an additional
fee of five dollars. Five dollars for each
five hundred feet of seine or fraction
thereof or for each fyke or hoop net and
one dollar for each bait or turtle net
(f) Before any such license shall be
issued the applicant shall execute and de-
liver to the state fish and game warden a
bond running to the state OF Wisconsin in
the penal sum of two hundred dollars
with two sureties who shall each justify
In the sum of two hundred dollars in
property in this state over and above all
debts and liabilities and property exempt
BY law from sale on execution. In lieu of
such bond said licensee may make a cash
deposit of two hundred dollars or provide
the bond of any surety company author
ICED to do business In this state: such