BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 2G7 



licensed except for the Susquehanna River, but the same shall he 

 deemed a nuisance to be abated by any citizen or resident of the State, 

 and it shall be the duty of the fish wardens and the Stale fishery force, 

 to demolish and remove the same wherever found, except those licensed 

 in the Susquehanna River as herein provided for, after the expiration 

 of three months from the passage of this act, and no person shall am or 

 take or catch any fish in a fish-pot or fish-basket in the Susquehanna 

 River without first having obtained a license therefor as herein pro- 

 vided, for which license he shall pay two cents for every foot of wall- 

 fence or ladder attached to or connected with such fish-pot or fish- 

 basket, and no license shall be issued to construct or use, or to take or 

 catch any fish in, any fish-pot or fish-basket whose slats shall be less 

 than — — inches apart, and any person using a fish-pot or fish-basket, or 

 taking fish therefrom, in the Susquehanna River, without first having 

 obtained such license, shall be fined fifty dollars for the first offense and 

 one hundred dollars for each and every subsequent offense ; and it shall 

 be the duty of the fish wardens to inspect frequently the said fish-pots 

 or fish-baskets in the Susquehanna River during the season in which 

 they are operated, and see that they are constructed and operated in 

 accordance with the provisions of the license, and any person or persons 

 found violating the terms of the license shall be deemed guilty of fish- 

 ing without a license. 



Sec. XIII. And be it enacted, That if any person shall fish for or take 

 or catch any kind of fish with seine, gill-net, or net of any kind or de- 

 scription, or with weir or any kind of fixed apparatus without first hav- 

 ing obtained a license as hereinbefore provided, he shall forfeit his boat 

 or boats and apparatus for catching fish so being used, and shall also 

 be fined fifty dollars. 



Sec. XIV. And be it enacted, That if any person shall fish for or take 

 or catch any shad or herring before the fifteenth day of March or after 

 the first day of June in any year, such person shall be fined fifty dol- 

 lars, and shall also forfeit his boat or boats and fishing apparatus. 



Sec. XV. And be it enacted, That no person, whether licensed, as 

 hereinbefore provided, or not, shall be allowed to take from any river 

 or stream any fish which have been introduced into such river or stream 

 by the Commission of Fisheries, and which were unknown in such 

 river or stream before their introduction therein by the said commis- 

 sion, until after three years from the time of the introduction of such 

 fish, and any person offending against the provisions of this section 

 shall be fined five dollars for each fish so taken. 



Sec. XVI. And be it enacted, That no person shall be allowed to take 

 or catch the fish known as "black bass" in any of the waters of this 

 State or in the Potomac River in any manner whatever except by ang- 

 ling, and any person offending against the provisions of this section 

 shall forfeit his boat and fishing apparatus, and shall also be fined five 

 dollars for each fish so taken. 



