Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14
No. 500, Al Published June % 1909.
CHAPTER 531, LAWS OF 1909.

NO. SUI. Al lPuhUshed June y, 1909
CHAPTER 531, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to create sections 4560a---42 to
456oa--60, inclusive, and section i4aTcm
% Of the statutes, TO amend subsection
OF section 4660a--2T and TO repeal
sections 456oa--6, and 4565k and sections
4b60a-25 TO 4660a--32, inclusive, of the
statutes, as far as they conflict, relating
to fishing on the outlying waters
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do enact
as follows:
Section /. There are added to the stat
utes ten new sections to read Section
4560a-42, II shall be unlawful and ia
hereby prohibited for any person. persons,
firm, company or corporation, to set cause
TO be set placed or used in the waters of
Lake Superior:
/. gill net having meshes less than
three and OF. , " inches ; provided that gill
nets having mes yes not less than two and
three eight, inel es, stretch measure. may
be set in saiS Aters during the months OF
October, November and December, solely for
the purpc'r Of catching herring.
2 With. we mile OF the main shore
thereof net or nets having meshes
less than l-~r and one-quarter inches
stretch measure. or a seine or any pound
net or nets having meshes less than four
inches stretch measure. In the pot or crib
thereof, between July is and the following
18th day of September, or TO use any pound
net or seine having meshes less than two
inches stretch measure In the pot or crib
thereof at any time.
3. In that part OF Cheouamegon BAY and
Lake Superior included within the follow
Ing described boundary lines, to-wit: Be
ginning at HcughtOn stone quarry, Bay
neld County, fr"m thence following the
shore line OF c. 4smegon Bay, South and
East to point where the section line be-
tween sections two and three in township
forty-eight North. OF Rangr three West,
Ashland County, intersects the shore line,
thence north on a straight line to Long
Island, thence along the South and West
shores Of Long Island TO the extreme North
west point Of said island thence South
westerly in straight line to the point OF
beginning: net OF any kind. except a GIN
net or nets having nleshes not less than
four and one-quarter inches, stretch meas
ure, may be used between the hrst dav Of
January and the LIST day OF May follow
Ing and provided that gill nets with rneshes
not less than two and three-eighths inches
stretch measure, and pound nets with
meshes not less than two inches stretch
measure, In the pot or crib thereof, and
seines may be used In the above bounded
waters during the months OF November and
December for the purposes OF taking her
ring and other fsh, except lake trout white.
fish. pike and bass,
4. A net OF any kind except as otherwise
provided by law, from October ! TO Novem-
Der /, Inclusive IN any year provided
however. II any person, persons, frm com.
pany or corporation shall have set In such
waters nets which, owing TO stress OF
weather. such person, persons. firm, com
pany or corporation, shall be unable to raise
or bring in on said uate, three days Of grace
thereafter shall be allowed for the purpose
OF raising End bringing In such nets and the
nsh caught therein.
B. Within the boundary Of Douglas Coun-
ty, Wisconsin,
la A net or nets OF any Kind IN water
less than ten feet In depth or within six
hundred feet Of the shore or within one
thousand feet Of any pier, hsrtor entrance
or river mouth.
tbl Within one mile Of the main shore
a pound net having meshes less than three
and one-bef inches. stretch measure, ex-
cepting pound nets having meShes not less
than two and three-eighths inches stretch
measure, may be used during the months OF
November and December IN any year for
catching herring
Section 4560a--43 /. II shall be unlawful
and ia hereby prohibited for any person,