The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-10
Urges Legislature to
 Pass Jones Bill
Continued from Page 2D

one nuuuTSu ydIuo Ol any O'iANA SN'AN' net, or other fishing appliance which is being or which has been cast, laid, set, or placed in any of the waters of Alaska.
 It shall be unlawful to place, an chor. drive, or construct any fish trap stake net, or other fixed fishing ap- pliance within six hundred yards lat erally or one hundred yards endwise of any other fish trap or other fixed fishing applinace,
 It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any stake net of greater length than one thousand feet, or constructed in any other manner than by stakes driven in substantially a straight line: Privided, That the re- striction as to distance intervals be- tween stake nets shall not be con- strued to apply to the use by the na- tive Indians of stake nets not over fifty yards in length to take salmon for their own domestic consumption and not for sale,
 It shall be unlawful to take any sal mon by means of a spear or gaff eX- cept for personal, domestic, or family consumption; and it shall be unlawful to purchase any salmon taken by the means of a spear or gaff for use in canning, salting or otherwise preserv- ing for sale.
 Sec. 5. That for the purposes of this Act, the width of a creek, stream, river. lagoon, estuary. or other waters shall be determined by measurements at right angles to the thread of the stream of said waters as determined by line connecting the points mid way between the opposite margins or shores at mean high water; and at such places where the margins or shores are broken by branches, or by well.defined bays, or by entering streams said margins or shores shall be understood to be represented by the straight line connecting the oppo- site headlands across the mouth of such branch, bay, or stream. Where waters are divided by islands, each channel shall be measured independ- ently and not as part of the great CT body of water,
 All measurements of waters referr- ed to herein shall be made at mean high water, and the Secretary of Com merce and Labor is authorized to de- termine and indicate by suitable per manent markers the mouth of any creek, stream, river, or other waters referred to herein. It shall be unlaw- ful to efface, destroy remove, or in any manner interfere with any monu- ment, marker or notice provided for in this Act
 Sec. 6. That it shall be unlawful to put or place in any of the waters of Alaska any explosive or poisonous substance whatsoever for the purpose of catching, taking, killing, or injur- ing fish; or to place or deposit there in, or discharge or pass into, or cause or suffer to be placed or deposited in or discharged or passed into, or to place or cause to be placed where it may pass into any stream, creek, riv- er lake, lagoon, estuary, or immediate approaches therto, any lime or other caustics, gas tar, petroleum, asphalt, bitumen, or other carbonaceous ma terials, oils, acids, or sulphates, or compounds therof, sawdust, shavings, tanbark, slabs, edgings, mill or fac tory refuse, s!ag, sluicings, tailings, shelter or mine refuse. or any other substance destructive to fish, fish fry, or the food of fish fry, or which is or may be injurious to the spawn or spawning beds of fishes; and in the case of substances known to be dele terious to fish or fish foods or spawn it shall not be necessary to prove that the pollution of the waters by these substances in the particu- lar case in question has actually caus- ed the death of any particular fish, fish fry, or spawn: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be con- strued to prohibit the use of eXplos- i've or stupefying agents by properly authorized agents in scientific inves- tigations under the direction or by the permission of the Secretary of Com merce and Labor, or the use of ex- plosives in the connection with the construction of buildings or improve ments under official authority; and, Provided Further, That the dumping of fish offal and gurry into the wa ters shall not be deemed a violation of this Act.
 Sec T. That is shall be unlawful for any person wantonly to waste or destroy salmon or other food fishes taken or caught in any of the wa ters of Alaska, and the utilization of any part of food fishes, other than the offal and waste thereof from es- tablishments preparing fish-food pro ducts, in the manufacture of fertiliz- ar or fisb oil shall after ten years | from the date of passage of this Set be regarded as such wanton waste.
 Sec 8. That it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, or kill any salmon of