Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1915-02-25
BRlDGETON, n. J., TIL URSDAY FEBRUARY 25 1o15

taking of pickerel through the ice in
January by means of hand lines.
Should such bill become a law. it
would be legal 10 fish through the ice
from January l to January 90 for pike
or pickerel.
Assembly 95. This bill changes the
open season for hunting deer so that
each Wednesday IN the month of No
Vember would be the legal days for
hunting instead of five consecutive
days as is now the law. The bill also
has a section that provides for the
hunting of deer with dogs and is
companion measure to the one defeat
ed in the Senate on February l. The
bill is in committee.
Assembly 121. This gill adds rae
coons to the law that now protects
muskrats, mink and other fur-bearing
animals, by providing for open and
closed seasons. The bill is still in
committee
Assembly 126. This gives to the
Fish and Game Commissioners a fur
ther privilege in the way of granting
permits to persons to take carp and
suckers from streams, lakes and ponds
by means of nets. 1t is in committee.
Assembly 127. Legalizes the taking
OF eels by means of baskets or fish
traps in fresh waters of the Stale, and
| is a companion measure to Assembly
l26, and is also in the committee.
Assembly 130. This bill is opposed
by the sportsmen, as it gives to the
members Of the Fish and Game De-
partment, including the wardens, The
right to issue permits to persons to
trap quail and remove them for prop
agating purposes, for which privilege
the trappers are to pay to the State
the sum of fifty cents a bird.
Assembly 164. Repeals the hunting
and fishing license law passed last
year. The expected revenue from this
law to the State is estimated at $780,
600, and the bill will remain in the
committee because of that fact.
Assembly 205. Provides for the
hunting of deer with dogs, but makes
o change in the season. 1t is in COM
mlttee.
Assembly 232. This is another bill
to repeal the license law that was
passed last year. 1t is in the commit
tee.
Assembly 252. This bill provides
for the sale of game within the State
and also for the sale of game brought
from other States. 1t is in committee.
Assembly 265. Amends the hunting
license law so that occupants of farms
and their relatives can fish without a
license. 1t is in committee.
Assembly 276. Provides that suck
ers, catfish, eels and carp can be
caught at any time of the year except
by net. This is in committee.
Assembly 273. Permits the sale of
wild ducks, geese, brant, reed birds
and rail birds during the open season
and a period of fifteen days thereaf-
ter. The bill is in committee.
Assembly 293 Provides that Ii
censed non-residents may remove fif-
ty reed birds, fifteeu birds of other
species that can be lawfully shot and
ten rabbits from the State. 1t is bill
that has the Endorsement of the Fish
and Game Commissioners, but it is
still in the committee.
Assembly 294. This is the cat bill.
1t provides for license fee of 81 to
be placed on each cat, the fees collect
ed to go to the poor of each municipal
ity. 1t is fish and game measure
and as such will be defended, as it is
claimed the cats destroy great many
birds in year
Assembly 30S Adds a penalty for
using a net of any kind within a quar-
ter of mile of the bridge at the High
lands and the bridge at Sea Bright,
both of which cross the Shrewsbury
river. This bill is in committee.
Assembly bills SIC and 317 provide
for the taking of trout and land-locked
salmon, the latter being a new fish in
New Jersey waters. Rainbow and
brown trout can not be caught if
measuring less than eight inches.
They have not been acted upon as yet.