Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-26

On January IA Senator f1aWeS OF
Missouri introduced a bill to regulate
. the sale of black bass in the District
. of Columbia. The bill was read twice
and referred to the committee on the
. District of Columbia. The bill reads
As follows:
BE ii enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the
United States Of America in Congress
assembled. that the word person
when used in this act shall include
any company, partnership, corpora
4 ton or association.
at shall be unlawful for any per-
ron to offer for sale or to sell within
. the District of Columbia either large
mouth or sn1all-mouth black bass.
ANY person violating the provisions
of this act shall, upon conviction
thereon, be punished by a fine not
exceeding 500, or by Imprisonment
!, for a term of not more than three
Il months, or by both, such fine and
Y Imprisonment in the discretion OF the
court.
ssThis act shall become effective i'm.
n mediately upon it's passage and ap-
N prevail"
Several weeks ago the necessity
N for. such q bill was told to Senator
N Halves. 1t was explained to him that
n hundreds of bass, under legal size,
H were being offered for sale IN WASH
H ineton: that practically all bass were
H being shipped into the city through
II Virginia. violating the laws of that
II state: that some of the bass were
L Ehipped from North Carolina, but
Il that a. large percentage Of them were
h Melted in Virginia waters.
Senator Halves Immediately TOOK
II Steps to have bill drafted to correct
N fhe local situation and called on Con
H commissioner of the United States, to
learn his views on the matter. The
result was the above bill was drafted
and introduced.
Senator Halves is one of the men
who know that unless some leglsia-
dion is. enacted to stop the wholesale
daughter of these game fish they Will
soon become extinct. the anglers,
|. NOT only of Washington, but or the
Fl country. have no better friend than
this senator. 1t was through his Ell
II forts that the act to regulate the
|. Interstate transportation of black bass
was passed at the last session OF
Every angler, and there are legions
of them in the District OF Coiuinola :;
Shonld get behind this bill and do all
In hjs mower to have 1t passed at an
ea,.lv date. The Izaak Walton Chap
ter IF the Potomac Anglers Asso-
c5a4ion succeeded in having a bill in
troducad in the House several weeks
AGO to lengthen the closed season
for bass. This bill was referred 10
the District committee ana was slep
IN the right direction. Senator Halves
hin will kin with one blow all the
ayils that have surrounded the bass
family in the District for years past.
Representative Joe j. Manlove OF
II Missouri. after conference with Sen
+ 49, 10 yvas. introduced his (HaweS]
iIu IN the House last Friday. Rep
,,esantatiye Fred \. Zihlman of Mary
land chairman of the House District
committee. said he would do All III ms
newer to have 1t reported faVoraoly
ana did not anticipate any opposition-
garo+oy Halves bill will be substi-
T,,tad for the bill to lengthen the
rlosad season for bass. AS the Dis
trict commissioners approved the
FORMER bill providing for a longer
closed season, it is not thought there
Viii no any opposition to the one pro-
1libiting the sale OF bass.
yy,an the bass season opens next
Sc-;ng anglers will have many of
thas.. ea rnesters waiting for a lure in
az Tsdal Basin. Thousands of the
Nc ,,,o,,th members of the bass fam.
div have been planted in the Basin
tbis Winter. and just as soon as con-
dttIons hermit additional bass will be
stems are being taken 10 provide
4ba anglers with boats and bait at
tbo basin. Boats with sliding seats
for those who only want to take a
pttle exercise after office hours also
will he provided.
This column is especially anxious 70
haze small fee charged for the
privilege of fishing in the BASIN. Al
iris manner a fund can be raised to
renlace all fish caught during the nsh
1ns, aaaeon 1t Is no easy matter to
Vet these fish to plant In the basin
ana it costs money. If any doubt this
tata,,,ant let him try TO secure some
OF them to be planted. While there
&c M rod tame TO hamper securing
theqa fish there is a certain amount
OF work to be done before 1t Is pos
Eh,a 70 take them from the water
THO R1,reau of Fisheries has to bt
consulted. and If the proposition
meets with their approval they, II
tn,-n have to secure a permit from
the authorities at Richmond, Va, tt
allow the fish to be caught.
Col u. S. Grant. officer in charge
OF pubIic buildings and grounds OF
the National Capital. Is much inter
ested in the proposition and is doing
everything in his power to assist ir
making this one of the best fishing
ponds in the United States. At the
present time, however, he is undo
cided on the question of asking q
license fee to fish in the Basin. This