The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-05-28
he Seven Sisters.
Initiative
Measure
No. IL.

On each spring. CHINOOK or king
tyee twenty cents.
On each silver two cents.
On each chum One-half cent.
On each humpback one-half cent.
Provided, however. that the pro-
visions hereof shall not apply to fif-
ty or less salmon per year taken
by any person for the private con-
sumption of himself and family, or
for prOpa cation.
The state fish commissioner shall
adopt such rules and regulations as
he may deem necessary to determine
the number of fish taken and to
collect therefor and shall be author
lied to collect the said royalties.
1t shall be the duty of every per-
son, firm or corporation owning or
operating any trap, pound net,
weir, fish-wheel, or other fixed ap-
pliance, OF any seine, set net, gill
net or drift net to render TO tire
fish commissioner at the time OF
such payments sworn statement
containing therein the number and
location of such trap, pound net,
fish-wheel or other fixed appliance.
or the waters wherein such seine,
set nets, gill nets, or drift nets
were used, and q detailed statement
OF the actual number OF salmon or
each kind caught in such pound net.
tran. weir, fish-wheel, or other fix
ed appliance, or seine, set net, gill
net or drift net during the preced-
ing calendar month, and IN addition
thereto shall answer such questions
as shall be propOunded by the fish
commissioners, and generally, FUR
nish such information rs the fish
commissioner may require, with
reference thereto.
Any person, firm or corporation
using scOws and boats. or other
craft in the buying of fish are here
by required to obtain from the fish
commissioner OF the State OF Wash
ington a license for such scOw.
boat or other craft before engag-
ing in said trade or occupation.
Each person, firm or corporation
such license shall pay to- the fish
commissioner of the State of Wash
ington at the time said license Is
issued the sum of fifty dollars.
Every person, firm or corporation
engaged in buying, selling. preserv-
ing or otherwise dealing in salmon
other than persons, firms or corpora.
tions holding licenses in this sec
tiOn ss before required, shall be-
fore engaging in such business pro-
cure from the fish commissioner .
license to buy, sell. preserve or 9TH
erwise deal in the same, and shall
pay therefor the following rates:
Each retail dealer $3.50.
Each wholesale dealer, one dollar
per ton in the round for each ton
dealt in.
Each person, firm or corporation
preserving or dealing in salWon 9TH
erwise than in one OF the manners
aforesaid one dollar per ton in the
round for each ton dealt in.
All licenses issued under the pro-
visions of this act shall expire on
the 31st day of March following the
issuance of the same. and shall be
renewed upon application and upon
payment of the license fees rs pro
vided by this act; Provided. that
licenses new issued shall be valid
until their expiration, and shall
likewise be renewed to expire on
the 31st day of March following the
issuance of the same.
Section 3. That Section 5212 of
Remington and Ballinger's AnnO-
tated Codes aud Statutes of Wash
ingtOn be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 5212. If the locator or
owner Of fishing location for
pound nets or fish traps in the
waters of Puget Sound shall fail
to construct his fishing appliances
thereon during any year. his location
shall be deemed abandoned. even
though he shall during said period
comply with the requirements of
the laws of the State of Washing
ton pertaining to fishing locations
in other respects and he shall not
be deemed eligible to relocate the
same within period of two years;
Provided, that notice of all nOn-
fished locations shall be published
by the State Fish Commissioner
March first of each year.
Section 4. That Section 5215 Of
Remington and Bailinger's AnnO-
tated Codes and Statutes of Wash
tDgton be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 5215. Amy person, firm
or corporation owning. operating,
maintaining or using any pound net,
trap, weir, fish-wheel, or other fix
ed appliance. or any seine, set net.
gill net, or drift net, for the pur-
pose of catching salmon of other
food fishes within or upon the wat
ers Of this state, or engaging in
the business of dealing IN fish either
as wholesalers or retailers, or in
preserving or otherwise dealing in
the same, without first having OBJ
tanned a license so to do as provid-
ed by existing law: or who shall
fail. neglect or refuse to pay the
moneys required to be paid by the
provisions of Section OF this act,
upon all salmon caught in any ap-
pliance therein named, at The time
and In the manner therein specifi-
ed, shall be deemed guilty of a
gross misdemeanOr. and any as
signee of license operating any
such appliance without giving notice
Of such assignment rs required by
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