The Mena weekly star., 1921-07-28
F|SR AND CAME
 BELONG 10 STATE
<.@r<fary of Arkansas Commission 4sk< Co-Operation of All Sports nen in Observing Laws-Regu-
 lating Fishing.

cx0l4nation of the game and fish laws os the state, as we'll as an appeal to the fesidents of the state for bet far observance of these laws is made kx John w. Allen, secretary of the Game and Fish Commission in na.nphIet completed the past week. fish, MT. Allen holds, are the prop ertx of the people, and the catching of fsh is declared privilege.
 Hathless destruction of fish, how eQer, M-. Allen points out, is a viola tion off the laws of the state, and if the law is obeyed MT. Allen declares that Eve will fill our streams with game fish" He also calls upon all the residents of the state to report any sioIa<ion of the law to the local off, fcerz or to the Game and Fish Com usis8<0n.
 Mr Aliens summary of the game nfd fish laws of the state, with es- Derial reference to fish, follows:
 AR fish, except those in private rofais found within the limits of this StAte. (property of all the people, ond the catching of same is declared fo be a privilege. (Granted by the Staf6 Or people to the individually The term waters of this state," when ever used herein, means all streams, laI<68. ponds, bayous, marshes Or oth- er waters wholly or part within this
 Et IS unlawful for any person to throW. drop or explode any dynamite or other explosive in any of the wat era of this state; (provided, that this shaII not be construed to prevent the usc of dynamite or other explosive in the Prosecution of any work, under lawful authority, or in removing ob- xtructions from navigable streams, nor in it's use to raise, or in the ef- f0xt to raise, to the surface of any of the waters of this state the body of any person drowned therein), and it is also Unlawful for any person to de- posit, throw, drop or discharge in any manner in any of the waters of this state any substance, liquid or gas or anything else that will or does intoxi- Gotc or stupify or in any manner in- i1fe Any fish therein, and any person violating this law shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon convic- [ion, shall be confined in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than twelve n1pnfhs.
 It is unlawful at any season of the ye4x t0 place, maintain or erect, or t1l18& to be placed, maintained or ex&cted in any of the waters of this 1t6te or to have in possession for use pr saIe, or to sell or offer for sale in {5Is state any seines, net or fish basket, unless the same shall have meshes not less than two and one-balf inches SQu1re; tprovided, that nothing here II shall be construed to prohibit pie nIc Harties or families on outings From catching fish from the waters of <6iS 6tate, between June r and Octo- t1t of each year, for their own use, wl<t seine not more than 100 feet n <ugth and with meshes not less <t1u one and one-half inches square) 47I6 E Is also unlawful for any person 70 block Or obstruct the passage of
 4F stream with nets, seines, traps, d11i1 or other construction across any 1tr66m which will prevent the passage <+>~*A0ttito VI LtAto cb0tC 0AC 1tQAAA IQ to haxe license to fish with artificial b41t, the fee for same being $1.10. N0n-residents of this state may ob- <aln annual fishing license, the fee for such license may carry one days catch out of the state
 t is unlawful for any person to catch Or otherwise take from any of the waters of this state for market rurpQses, or sell Or offer to sell any of
 t 1Ish taken therefrom, without first r1oeuring license, the fees for same belnX as follows: For each fisherman 19lnx seines nets, hoop nets, trout lIle and set hooks, $50; for each fish eEr1an using hoop nets only, $25; for e4ch Fisherman using hook and line, m3luding trout lines and set hooks, SID, and for each helper of a market faherman, $5.
 Hit IS unlawful to sell any of the following named fish. which are less chan the length and weight herein specified: Trout, eight inches; pike, 3l Inches; Jack salmon, II inches; rrappie or white perch, eight inches;
 |eGk bass, II inches; white or striped be4s eight inches; sunfish, six 1re16s; blue or channel catfish, two
 0{n0s; drum, two pounds; buffalo,
 lETE pounds, and in determining the l<1IEths herein specified, fish are to be m<4zured from the end of the nose % the fork of the tail.
 lt is unlawful for any person to <<itEp, export or in any manner carry out of the boundaries of this state any game fish of the varieties called or known as trout, black bass, striped o1Ss. rock bass, and crappie or white
 <xeh, except as provided by Section
 Q0 of Crawford & Moses Digest .ssf1 .ssf1sis s-residents holding annual li-
 x all good citizens of the state of
 x144sas from every walk of life will
 I4 Their support and influence to
 4 8nnne and Fish Commission and 1<1 04fdens in the enforcement of the 41yl< and fish laws, we will fill the L1.&1 and streams with game fish. <I>|p us stop the man who has no
 4I@11 for the rights of others, and
 ys your property by the use of
 1@MIte. the highpower rifle and orfl-
 Qnl1wful means of taking fish from
 |16 waters of this state. Report any x1ol1tIons to your local officers or to t|1is o{lice."
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