The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-23


discretion of the court; and when any
person or persons are found on any
lake in this state, in boats containing
| seines or nets, it will be considered
prima facie evidence of his or their
guilt; Provided, That persons may use
| small cast nets for the purpose of
catching bait; Provided, That nothing
in this act shall be construed to pro-
hibit the fishing with seines or other
wise for home consumption, picnics,
or upon ones own land.
| Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of
laws in conflict with this act be and
| they are hereby repealed.
Approved June 3, 1899
Regulating Size of Mesh.
An Act TO regulate the catching or
1 taking of fish in the waters of the
state of Florida.
| Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Florida:
Section l. That from and after the
passage of this act it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to stop
any of the rivers, creeks, bays or
bayous on the coast of the state of
| Florida with any seine, gill net, stop
net or any other net, for the purpose
| of catching or taking food fish.
| Sec .. 1t shall be unlawful for
any seines, stOp-netS, haul-nets, or any
other kind of nets longer than $50
| yards, or for any seines, stop-nets,
haul-nets or any other kind of nets
to be attached together in any man
ner making a length of more than
$50 yards, or for any seine, stop nets,
haul-nets or any other kind of nets
to be fastened by stakes or otherwise
| with ends nearer to each other than
leo yards, for the purpose of making
a stretch or length of more than $50
yards, to be used for the purpose of
catching or taking fish from the riv-
ers, creeks, bays, bayous, or other
waters on the coast of the state of
| Florida; Provided. however, That gill
nets of length of more than $50
yards may be used in the regular gill
net fishing.
Sec. 8. II shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to catch any fish in
any of the waters of the state of
| Florida with any seine or net, bait and
cast nets excepted, the meshes of
which shall be less than one and one.
| half inches.
/ Sec. A. That from and after the
1 passage of this act it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to cath
| with any seines or nets any fish in the
waters of this state, or to use or en-
| ploy any seines or nets in the catching
of any fish in the waters OF this state
between the fifteenth day of June and
the fifteenth day of August each and
every year, or to catch any mulIet in
said waters between the fifteenth day
of November and the thirty-frst day
of December in each year; Provided,
That this law shall not be construed
to prohibit the catching of fish in cast
nets, or by hook and line, or to pre-
vent the use of a seine when used
by individuals or assemblages on occa-
sion of picnics or public dinners, for
their own consumption as food only.
Sec. 5. Any person or persons vio-
lating any of the provisions of this
act, shall upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by
Imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding twelve months, or both in
the discretion of the court; and all
| fines imposed and collected in pursu-
ance of this act shall be paid into the
county treasury Of the county where
the offense is committed, the fish war
| den, deputy fish warden, county sher-
| iff, deputy sheriff or other officer
making the arrest or causing the ar
rest in each case to receive one-half
| of all fines imposed, and the other
half to remain in the county treasury
to the credit of the fine and forfeiture
fund of said county.
Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws
in conflict with the provisions of this
act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect
upon its passage and approval by the
| governor.
Approved May %, 1897.
Taking Of Oysters.
An Act to require the payment of
license tax by aliens and non-resl-
dents taking oysters from natural
oyster beds in this state, and pre-
scribing penalty for their failure
to pay such license tax or otherwise
comply with the provisions thereof.
| Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the state of Florida:
| Section l. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any alien or nonresident of
this state to take oysters from any
public or natural oyster bed in the
waters of any county in this state,
| without first paying to the county in
| which such oyster bed or beds are sit
uated license tax of twenty-five dol
lars per season, for each boat used by
such person for the purpose Of gather
ing oysters
Sec. 2 That the license tax pro-
vided for in the foregoing section
shall be collected by the tax collector
of the county in which such oyster
bed or beds are situated, and shall be