Year: 1876

pond, stream or spring after public notice
shall have been given. The section only
applies to ponds, ETC., as shall be and are
improved by the owners or lessees for pro
pagation Of fish or game fish.


Section twenty-one imposes a penalty of
twenty-five dollars for placing set nets, fish
baskets, pond nets, gill nets, eel weirs, kid
dies, brush and facine nets or any other
permanently set means for taking fish other
wise, in the nature Of seines, in the waters
of the commonwealth, provided that moth
ing in the act shall prohibit the fishing with
gill nets in tidal waters


Section twenty-five imposes penalty of
ten dollars for catching or killing, at any
time save only with rod, hook and line, or
scroll, any black bass, pickerel, pike or
Susquehanna salmon or for catching any of
these fishes between March 1st, and July
lst, except alive for stocking other waters
A proviso declares that the section should
not apply to the waters of Lake Erie, ex-
cept in the ponds on the island or peninsula
forming the north and east shores Of the
harbor of Erie.


Section twenty-three imposes a penalty
of twenty-five dollars for catching or killing
fish in any of the inland waters inhabited
by speckled trout or black bass, by means
Of any net or device in the nature thereof
the mcshes or open spaces in which shall
be less than three inches, provided that
nothing herein shall authorize the catching
of speckled trout by means of any device
save only by rod, hook and line, except for
propagation and to stock other waters.


Section twenty-four provides that it shall
not be lawful to catch any any speckled
trout, black bass or other fish by shutting
or drawing off any portion of the waters in
the state or by dragging or drawing small
nets or seines therein when the waters shall
be wholly or in part drawn off, except by
order Of the state fishery commissioners.
The placing of any explosive substance,
with intent to catch any fish, is prohibited.
The penalty for violating this section is
fifty dollars.


Section twenty five authorizes the board
of fish commissioners, ON the application in
writing of ten or more citizens of any coun-
ty, to appoint one or more fish wardens or
water bailitfs, provided that persons so ap-
pointed shall receive no compensation from
the State


Section twenty-six provides that any
person who may sell or have in his posses
sion any pinnated grouse, ruffled grouse or
quail for fifteen days after the time limited
for killing the game shall not be liable to a
penalty provided he shall prove that such
birds were killed within the period allowed
by this act or were killed outside the limits
of this state at some place where the law
did not forbid the killing


Section twenty provides that any
person summarily convicted before a justice
Of the peace or alderman shall be sentenced
to pay the fines provided in this act, one
half to 60 to the informer and the other
half to 90 to the county in which the ofense
was committed The defendant can appeal
to the court Of quarter sessions should he
be dissatisfied On conviction, unless he
pay the penalty, he shall be committed to
jail for period of not less than one day
for each dollar of penalty imposed.
The succeeding three sections provide
that nothing in this act shall be so CON
strued as to prevent any person from catch
ing speckled trout or black bass with nets
in waters owned by himself for the purpose
of stocking other waters to prevent any
person from taking fish from private ponds
or springs owned by him and used for cul-
tivating fish to prevent the catching oI
bait fish by means of hand nets or cast nets
for angling or scientific purposes to apply
to any stream forming the boundary line
between this and any other state over which
this state has concurrent jurisdiction with
such state, SO far as such streams form such
boundary line, nor to any lake partly within
the boundaries of this state.


Section thirty-one repeals all acts incon
sistent with this act.


! Tit for Tat.