Evening journal., 1915-05-10


among them being the changing of the
season for taking game fish. The bass
season. which formerly opened on May
20. docs not open now until May % ana
closes ON February /. instead of on No
vember 30. Books Of the laws will soon
be ready fer distribution, and can he
obtained from the president OF the Game
Commission.
Following is the Act to Amend
Chapter "A, Title II of Fish. Oysters
and Game. Of the Revised Code of the
State of Delaware. A. D. 1914, consti
tuting the Delaware game laws:
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Delaware in General Assembly
met:
Section 1. That Chapter "A of the
Revised Code of the State Of Della
ware be. and the same is, hereby
amended by striking out 1926, Section
1863. TO 2557. Section 200. inclusive,
and 1853 Section 2O2 to 1867, Section
21O, inclusive, and by inserting in
lieu thereof the following:
252c Section 1863. Fishing for Ger
tain Fish in Any Body of Wafer Other
Than the Delaware River. Delaware
Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; Regu-
lated. II shall be unlawful to have
i'm possession or take in any way from
any body of water in the State Of
Delaware. other than the Delaawre
River. Delaware Bay and the Atlantic
Ocean. any fish known as large mouth
bass, small mouth bass, calico bass,
pike pickerel, wall-eyed pike, pike
perch, rainbow trout, brown trout
brook trout (the foregoing hereafter
to be known as game fish,, shad, carp,
sturgeon. black perch or cells, except
as hereinafter in this Chapter pro-
cided
1927. Section 40. Open season,
fsh-The open seasons on fish in
waters named in paragraph 1926, sec
ton 1863, of this code and chapter,
shall be as follows: Large mouth
bass. small mouth bass and calico bass
from May 25 to February 1, next fol-
lowing; pike. pickerel. wall-eyed
pike and pike-perch from May 25 to
March 1. next following; rainbow
trout, brown trout, and brook trout
from April 16 to August Is, next fol-
lowing; shad and sturgeon from
March 10 TO June 1, next following.
The above open seasons shall include
the days defining them. Any fish not
protected. may be taken at any time,
and in any way. except as hereinafter
provided II shall be lawful TO have in
possession any fish named in this sec
ton for five days after the open sea
son of the same.
252S. Section Ill Fish; size I'M
lawful to have in pOssessiOn-it shall
be unlawful to have in possession any
| large -mouth bass. small-mouth bass,
calico bass under eight inches: pike,
pickerel, wall-eyed pike. or pike-perch
under the length of ten inches; any
black lSsrch rainbow. brown or brook
trout under the length of six inches;
/ any sturgeon under the length of four
and one-half feet; any eel under the
length Of twelve inches. Any fish
taken which is under the length pre-
scribed for the respective species
named in this section shall be returned
to the water with wet hands as quickly
as possible and with the least possible
injury.
2529. Section 172. Fish; lawful To
take with hook and 'linc-lt shall be
lawful to take any FISH in any of the
waters of this state, according TO law.
with hook and line, which hook and
line shall always be under the imme-
date observation OF the person
using it,,
253O. Section 49, Use Of Set-line
Net. Fyke. Trap. Explosives, &C.; I'm
\ lawful-It shall be unlawful to make
use of any set line, net, trap, fyke, eX'
plosive, chemical. poison, device OF
\ cOntrivance whatever, except as pro
vided by law. for the purpose of TAX
ing. killing or destroying any fish II
. any of the waters in this State. TINT
unlawful setting or placing of any o.
the foviccs. or substances named II
this section shall constitute an Offens'
against the provisions thereof, anC
said devices and substances wher
found unlawfully set or placed shall
be confscated by the Board Of Game
and Fish Commissioners of the STATE
Of Delaware and disposed of as sale
, board shall see At.
1881. Section ia. Pollution o.
Streams; Unlawful-It shall be un
lawful to pollute any of the waters o
this State in any way by permitting
tho entry therein of any waste or de
leterious substance in sufficient quan
., titles to iniure or destroy any fish OF
render same unfit for food
4 1852, Section 175. Nets; Size o
Mesh; Use OF in Tidal Waters
shall be lawful in any Of the waters
I'm the State of Delaware. wherein thu
lunar tide regularly GIBBS and flows
8, and in the waters of Rehoboth. lndlaT
river and Assawaman bays, and In
dian river and their tributaries Il
take according to law, fish in hau
nets, fykes and pound nets OF not less
b than two inches and gill nets OF no
less than three inches mesh stretched
measure while being fished. PROVIDED
d that il shall be unlawful to set an!
net in any of the bays Of this Stat
within onc-half mile of the mouth o
any tributary stream; Provided lur
> Their that il shall be unlawful TO Cd
struct the fisheries Of snE stream o
canal in this State by the setting o
any net or part thereof across the cur
3 rent or the channel or any part there
Of.
1888. Section 176. Nets; Lawful 4
use Dip-Nots, Minnow Nets and zee
, Pots-It shall be lawful to take min
nows for bait in minnow nets, nsh II
dip-nets. and cells according TO law Il
eel baskets or pots.
1884. Section III. Carps; Mu
Shad Gar; Lawful 10 Catch in Nets
II shall be lawful to catch carp. mud
, shad and gar in the ponds, lakes an
fresh water streams of this state an
In fha Cbaconoake and DelaWar