Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-05

| declared to be in the State, and no
| fish shall be caught, taken or killed,
| unless the person or persons so catch
ing, taking or killing shall consent
that the title to said fishes shall be
and remain in the State for the pur-
pose of regulating and controlling the
catching, taking or killing of said
fish; the catching, killing or taking
of said fish at any time or in any
manner by any person or persons
shall be deemed a privilege and not a
right, and shall furthermore be
deemed a consent of said person or
persons that the title of the State
| shall be and remain in the State.
On or before the Both day of No
vember of each year the marine fish
| commissioner shall make a full re-
port to the Legislature of the official
/ transactions of his department, in
Guiding the work of himself and war
dens and such other information as
may be valuable to the State con-
corning the enforcement of the fish
laws. He shall also embody in said
report such suggestions and recon-
| mendations as he shall deem useful
The Encouragement and his as
sistants shall advise the commissioner
of marine fisheries concerning the
! discharge OF his duties, and shall as
sist him in the enforcement of the
marine fish law, aid in the prosecu-
| tion of cases arising under such law
| or in which said commissioner or any
/ of the Wardens shall be interested as
such officers, and conduct the prose-
! cution when for any reason said COM
missioner shall deem such prosecution
necessary.
The sum or $4,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, to carry
out the provisions of sections and 4
of this act, payable out of any
| moneys of the State treasury NOT
otherwise appropriated, is hereby ap-
propriated annually, subject to the
audit of the comptroller and the same
shall be payable to the commissioner
of marine fisheries.
The term waters of this State" for
the purposes of this act, shall be con-
| strued to mean all the salt waters Of
/ the State, including the waters within
three nautical miles of the coast line
/ of the State and all the tidal waters
! of the State.
/ All acts and parts Of acts incon-
! sistent herewith and in conflict with
, this act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
This act shall take effect imme-
! diately.
/ The sum of $4,000, or so much
! thereof as may be necessary, is here
by appropriated for the purpose Of
erecting a station, or stations, at such
points within the State as may be
advisable, for the purpose of receiv-
, ing and storing the food fish caught
under the jurisdiction of this act as
hereinafter stated
The commissioner of marine fish
cries shall cause the owner or owners
of each and every net or trap licensed
under the laws of the State to de-
liver to the nearest State fish station
the food fish caught in said licensed
net, and for which he shall issue or
| cause to be issued a receipt in the
name of the State, showing the
amount of fish received and the value
thereof the price per pound to be no
! greater than four cents, and he shall
! then offer for sale to the public the
food fish within his possession at such
| a figure as to assure the State q
premium of at least two cents q
pound after the receipt above men
toned shall be car ceed by the pay
ment thereof in the manner in which
all claims against the State are paid,
from fund created by the proceeds
derived from the sale of fish herein
mentioned.
The commissioner of marine fish,
cries shall deposit all moneys re-
celved by him under the provisions
OF this act in such banks as the State
treasurer may from time to time des-
| ignate, under the name of the State
of New Jersey. as frequently as said
treasurer shall demand.