BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 187 



99,— AiV ACT TO PUOMIOIT FISBIIAC; BV STEAM VESSEI.S WITH 

 SJIIBKKEia OK PITRSE SEINES l!V AIVV OF THE WATERS WITHIIY 

 THE JUKISDICTIOIV OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 



Iiiti'odueed by Mr. \\. B. MILLER. 



[Passed April 8, 1884, without the siguature of the governor.]. 



1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of 

 New Jersey, That it shall not be lawful for any person with steam ves- 

 sels to take with purse or shirred nets any menhaden, porgies, herring, 

 or other fish, in any waters within the jurisdiction of this State, includ- 

 ing the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within three nautical miles of the 

 coast-line of said State, either on his own account and benefit or on ac 

 count and benefit of his employer; and every person who shall offend 

 herein shall forfeit and pay two hundred dollars, to be recovered and 

 applied iu the manner hereinafter directed by section four of this act; 

 and the said steam vessel used and employed in the commission of such 

 offense, with all the fish, tackle, furniture, and apparel, shall be forfeited, 

 and the same seized, secured, and disposed of in the maimer hereinafter 

 prescribed. 



2. And be it enacted, That no steam vessel found in any of the waters 

 within the juiisdiction of this State, including the waters of the Atlan- 

 tic Ocean within three nautical miles of the coast line thereof, shall have 

 on board of the same any purse or shirred nets, or seine or seines, with 

 the necessary instruments and ap])liances for catching any of the fish 

 mentioned in the first section of this act ; and the master, or owner or 

 owners, of every such steam vessel that shall have on board the same 

 any such nets, instruments, or appliances named in this section shall 

 forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in the man- 

 ner and for the use mentioned in section four of this act; and said ves- 

 sel, with all of the rigging, furniture, and appliances attached to the 

 same, shall be liable to be seized, condemned, and disposed of in the 

 manner directed iu the said last-named section. 



3. And be it enacted. That any action under the first and second sec- 

 tions of this act may be commenced by warrant in the court for the trial 

 of small causes and be proceeded in as in other cases when the same are 

 commenced by warrant; any law, usage, or custom to the contrary not- 

 withstanding. 



4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all sheriffs and con- 

 stables, and maybe lawful for any other person or persons, to seize and 

 secure any such steam vessel as aforesaid, and immediately thereupon 

 give information thereon to two justices of the peace of the county 



'Official' copy kiudly furnished the United States Fish Commission, by Henry C. 

 Kolsey, secretary of state. 



