The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-20

Helena, March 18.-(Special. )-One
of the laws of the last session which
seemed to attract considerable in
terest is the new game law, H. B. No.
$50, on fish n game. Right off the
bat this new law provides hat fishing
can be done~ only with pole, hook n
line for any of the game varieties.
SEEMING can be done in certain lakes
with a net having d az mesh, but all
fish SO taken by seine, except bull
trout, CHAR OF Dolly Warden trout,
suckers, German carp and squaW fish,
shall be returned to the waters from
which they were taken, uninjured.
In order to use a seine the person
must first secure a special permit
from the game warden for which he
must pay a fee of $500. This permit
or license will authorize him to catch,
and sell within the limits of Montana,
any fish SO caught not designated in
the law as game fish"
The lakes in which SEEMING is al
lowed are: Ashley lake, Flathead
lake, Whitefish lake, Swan lake,
Dickey lake, Smith lake, and the Up
per and Lower Saltwater lakes in
Flathead county, and Thompson lake,
Loon lake, McGregor lake in Lincoln
county, n in the Pondera river, and
Clark's Fork of the Columbia. Fish
ing with grab hooks is forbidden.
Section 4 provides that any person
owning an artificial pond or lax who
has stocked it with fish shall have
the privilege of catching these fish
any way he pleases and he may sell
them without restriction provided. he
furnishes the state of Montana with
a bond in the sum of 5000, condi-
toned that he will not sell fish
caught an public waters.
1t shall hereafter be unlawful for
n one person to catch from public
water more than 20 pounds of any of
the game fish in one day, said weight
to be computed after fish are cleaned,
or more than 10 of any such fish
which are less than six inches in
length in one day. 1t is declared to
be the intention of this act to provide
that % pounds Of game fish over
six inches in length, n 10 fish less
than six inches in length shall con-
stitute a days fishing. 1t shall be un-
lawful for any one person to be in
possession Of more than so pounds of
a game fish at IN one time.
The law provides that ali dams now
existing or any that will hereafter be
constructed must be equipped with a
fish ladder to conform to the plans
furnished by the game warden.
There, has been created six new
forms Of licenses: Fishing licenses
for Montana citizens for 81; fishing
licenses for non-residents, 81; fishing
licenses for those who are not resi-
dents Of the United tSates. IS; a gen.
eral hunting and fishing license for
Montana residents, 81; a hunting and
fishing license for those who are on
residents of the state, $25, which al
lows him to hunt all game, and a
limited license for small feather game
for So; an aliens license for $50 for
all game provided by this law, and SIS
for a license to hunt small feathered
ame.
The law relating to deer hunting
has been somewhat changed. 1t pro-
vides that three deer may be killed,
the same as before, but the limit is
fixed that Of these three deer not
more than n doe al be killed and
not more han two bucks, One doe and
two bucks is fixed as the limit of
what may be killed. Any person, dur
ing the open season, who is in posses
sion of the carcass of a faWn, or more
than one doe, or two bucks, or the
carcass of any deer from which all
the natural evidence of sex has been
removed, is guilty OF a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shal be
fined not less than 500 and not more
han 1000, or by imprisonment in
Jail not less than 60 days or more
than one year, or both such fine and
Imprisonment at the discretion of the
court.
S. 3. 163-By o'Shea.
The state examiner, in addition to
the duties now prescribed, shall once
a year sexamine the books of all in
corporated cities and town, and all
school districts Of the first and sec
ond class. All laws now in existence
relative to the examination of books
of county officers shall apply to the
examination of cities, towns, etc.
There shall be paid yearly into the
state treasury: BY cities of the first
class. 5000; second class, $50: third
class, 500; towns, $50; school dis
tricts of first class, 800; second class,
$25 for such examinations.
State examiner may appoint a dep
uty at a salary of 1880 per annum
and an assistant at $500. There is
appropriated from the general fund
$4,000 for 1913, and the same amount
for 1914.
s. 3. No. 169-By Taylor.
mo license shall be required for