commissioners of inland fisheries. 35 



Under the General Fisheries Laws. 



Hope Valley, April 10, pickerel, close season $20 00 



Arctic, July 14, fishing on posted land 2 00 



Arctic, July 14, fishing on posted land 2 00 



Arctic, July 14, fishing on posted land 2 00 



Providence, August 22, 1 short bass On probation. 



Newport, September 16, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 16, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 16, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 16, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 16, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 21, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 21, 1 short bass 15 00 



Newport, September 21, 1 short bass 15 00 



Watch Hill, October 18, non-citizen trawling 50 00 



Tiverton, short bass, case not tried as defendant left the 

 State. 



Total amount of fines $736 00 



Total of licenses revoked 6 



Trawling. 



It devolved upon your Commission to proceed in the enforcement 

 of the law passed at the last session of your Honorable Body against 

 otter or beam trawling by non-residents. This law reads as follows : — 



"No person, except he be a citizen of this State, shall take any 

 fish with any kind of beam or auto trawl or set any beam or auto 

 trawl for the purpose of taking any fish therewith, from the public 

 waters of this State, and no person shall take any fish by such means 

 from the State waters adjacent to New Shoreham, and every person 

 violating any provision of this section shall be fined fifty dollars for 

 each offence, one-half to use of the complainant and the other half 

 to use of the State, or be imprisoned not exceeding twenty days, or 

 both, in the discretion of the court. " 



