Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-01
LEGISLATURE NEWS
FISHERMEN TO
SEEK CHANGES
Want TO Be Allowed to Use
OutlineS-Game Law
Changes Discussed

Fishermen throught the State
want to amend the fish code of 1917
to permit the use of gigs, outlines
and eel baskets. Several bills are
already in hand to make changes
and they will be discussed at a con-
ference to be held at Pleasant Mount
on Monday by Commissioner of
Fisheries n. r. Butler and the su
perintendents of hatcheries and
wardens in charge of certain dis
tricts. At the same time the work
to be done by the Department in the
way of construction which was laid
aside when the war began and for
winch the money is still available
Will be taken up. 1t is the intention
to go ahead and let contracts for
the work. the Commission having
authorized it and Governor William
I. Sproul having given his approval
The construction will be rushed CO
that the propagation work during
Tt' tte cunning season can be extended
Inc department had a very success.
year IN propagation and expects
to do more. 20
The bills in hand would amend
eoue SO that outlines could be
u tosetner with gigs and pots.
sn...s Dill coming from Repre-
en'aeNe Il. L. kinsman would al
Hernan carp, suckers and eeIs
pe taken by dip nets and burr
s. ins, me department has not vet
,ooa'eo what it thinks about these
p.a p.ans ana Will discuss them. An
teotio uiise Is on to take the pro-
u,o,,iI W sunllsh. Another bill
"VrLo rL enange The bullfrog law.
h;u proposed fishermen's license
os - the senate will be the subject
e cTitlclsm and praise qt n
ne, 1rIatins TO De held in about ten days
It's own revenue for it's n,,n,'
Just as the hunters license nra,,iSs,
FUNDS for the Game Commission ans
needs 1t to expand. anu
officials of the State Game o.
mission will ask that the T,eei.i,
ture enact the bill to ne-n,;t ra-
commission to handle the na,,,..
OF bounties for the pelts ami sn,I-s
OF animals and birds that ora ~
structive of game and domestic ~;
mails, holding that il will ENABLE 80,
ments to be made within a few ,a,,.
instead of six weeks as oftan
pens because of the present rcorire-
ment that the bounties be n.,;d
through the ordinary course of ofri
cla1 business with its svstem ~
auoltlng. Now claim has To he at
tested by the Commission and sent
to the fiscal officers, who have cart.
loads OF claims to handle. No onno-
sition TO the proposed change has
appeared. The Commission will also
ask that the small game season he
maze November and that the rod
squlrrei De made an outlaw and the
piackplrd made game in August
penaitles these nuisances have
brought on their own heads.
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary Of
the state Game Commission, is on
posed to the Brendle bill 20 pIace
oounties on the scalps of The sharn
summed, cooper, red tailed. rcd
shouldered. marsh. broad winged
duck, pigeon, rough legged and ro.
shaWks and variety of owls. .'Tbera
are twelve varieties of hawks In
pennsylvania and Investigation bas
shown that seven of them are t.ene-
nciai'" says he. THE average man
can't tell one hawk from another
ano to my mind it would be . rnis,
take to open the way for general
slaughter. Some Of the other
changes in the bounty law do not
meet with much favor, although
they are open to discussion.
The commission has received Of
fers of support for the Bowman LII,
to permit $4,000 year to be spent
to buy land for game preserves and
1t is expected that The aux,Iiarv
game preserve bill being prepared
for early presentation will have con-
siderable support in the Legislature.
These two measures would puf the
gone preserve proposition on
hctter basis. although the objection
to turning back wooded and stocked
preserves to owners 1t the end of
twenty years still holds good.
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