The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29
No. 500, & Published June %, 1909.
CHAPTER 631, LAWS OF 1903.

No. 800. Al Published June %, 1909.
CHAPTER 531, LAWS OF 1903.
AN ACT to create sections 4560a-42 to
4560a-60, inclusive, and section 1497cm
q Of the statutes, to amend subsection
of section 4560a-27; and to repeal
sections 4560a--5, and 4565k and sections
4560a-25 to 4560a-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
Section /. There are added to the stat
utes ten new sections to read: Section
4560a-42. 1t shall be unlawful and Is
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:
/. A gill net having meshes less than
three and one-hah inches provided that gill
nets having meshes not less than two and
be set In said waters during the months Of
October, November and December, solely for
the purpose Of catching herring
2. Within one mile of the main shore
thereof q gill net or nets having meshes
less than four 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.
8. In that part Of Chequamegon Bay and
Lake Superior included within the follow
ing described boundary lines. to-wit: Be
ginning at Houghton stone quarry, Bay
field County, from thence following the
East u point where the section line be-
tween sections two and three In township
forty-eight North, of Range three West,
Ashland County, intersects the shore line.
Island, thence along the South and West
shores Of Long Island 10 the extreme North
west point Of said island, thence South
westerly In q straight line to the point of
beginning net of any kind. except gill
net or nets having meshes not less than
four and one-quarter inches, stretch meas
ure, may be used between the first day of
January and the LIST day of May follow
ing and provided that gill nets with meshes
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 fish, except lake trout white
fish, pike and bass.
4. 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, firm, 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 date, three days of grace
thereafter shall be allowed for the purpose
of raising and bringing In such nets and the
fish caught therein.
g. Within the boundary of Douglas Coun-
ty, Wisconsin,
(a) net OF 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, harbor entrance
or river mouth.
OBJ Within one mile of the main shore
a pound net having meshes less than three
and one-half 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 456Oa-43. 1. It shall be unlawful
and IL hereby prohibited for any person,