The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-05-28


or corporation engaged in canning
salmon shall procure a license be-
fore commencing the seasons pack
ing as follows:
For each cannery packing less
than ten thousand cases per annum
$4,000.
For each cannery packing ten
thousand cases or more, one hum
dred dollars at time of issuing H.
cense and one cent Der case LOT
every case packed over ten thousand
The state fish commissioner shall
adopt such rules and regulations
ss he deems necessary to. determ-
inc the number of cases packed ana
to collect therefor and shall be au-
thOrized to collect the said royal
ties.
Section 6. Section 5248 of Rem
ington and Ballinger's Annotated
Codes and Statutes of Washington
is amended to read as follows
Section 5248. No license shall
be granted to take seed from any
oyster land reserve between the
first day of April and the fifteenth
day of June of each year, and at
no time before O'Clock in the
morning, or after 8 O'Clock in the
evening". and no person, persons or
corporations shall take from the
state oyster land reserves an a
mount OF oysters to exceed five
hundred sacks to each acre prepared
for seeding, and all seed taken
from the state oyster land reserves
under the provisions of this act
must be used upon lands situated
in the State of Washington and
described in the application for IL
cense. Any person.. company or
corporation desiring to take oysters
from the states oyster land reserves
for the purpose of seeding his or
her or their oyster beds, may make
application to the state oyster COM
mission for a license SO to do, said
application to be made upon forms
to be provided by said state oyster
commission in substance as fol-
lows: 1t shall show the date when
made, the name of the person.
company or corporation making the
same; u description of the land up
on which the oysters are to be plac-
ed, said description of land to show
county, township, name OF bay or
inlet where land is located; state
the amount of land prepared for
seeding, and how prepared; whether
the same Is diked or not; whether
it is hard ground or mud. and II
mud ground, whether any crust or
shell. sand or other snbsstance, has
been formed to protect the seed
oysters. The applicant must state
in application the number Of seeks
of oysters desired to be taken
under the license. which amount
per acre for all ground properly
prepared to receive them. Where
the applicant desires the license 10
be- made in the name of any other
person than himself or themselves
or his or their agent, he shall SO
state. And no person. firm or cor
pOration shall take oysters from
any of the reserves in this state,
without first having procured H.
cense so to do. The applicant must
agree to pay to the state oyster
commission, under such rules rs
they may prescribe, the fair and
reasonable value thereof to be de-
termined by the state oyster COM
mission, for all oysters taken un-
der the license and in all other
things to comply with the rules and
regulations governing the taking of
oysters from the oyster land re-
serves as set forth in the license;
and that all oysters taken in pmr-
suance of the license shall be put
on the ground described in the ap-
plicatiOn. Every applicant shall
declare upon oath or affirmation
that the application is made in good
faith, and that all things stated
therein are true. Provided, how
ever, that the state oyster commits
sion may dispose of the merchant
able oysters on state oyster re-
serves to the highest bidder.
Section Z. Sections 5213 and
1925 of Remington and Ballinger's
Annotated Codes and Statutes of
Washington are hereby repealed.