90 GAME LAW OF NEW YORK. 



Sec. 17. — No person shall at any time, with intent so to do, catch 

 any speckled Brook-Trout, or any speckled river Trout, -with any device 

 save only with a hook and line, and no person shall catch any such 

 Trout, or have any such Trout in his or her possession save only during 

 the months of April, May, June, July and August, under a penalty of 

 five dollars for each Trout so caught or had in his possession; but this sec- 

 tion shall not prevent any person or corporation from catching Trout in 

 waters owned by them, or upon their premises to stock other waters, in 

 any manner or at any time. But the counties of Kings, Queens and Suf- 

 folk shall be excepted from the provisions of the above section, so far as 

 to allow the taking or catching of Trout in the counties last named dur- 

 ing the month of March. 



Sec. 18. — Any person, or persons, or company engaged in the in- 

 crease of Brook-Trout by artificial process (known as fish-culture), may 

 take from their own ponds, in any way, and cause to be transported, 

 and may sell Brook-Trout and the spawn of Brook-Trout at any time, 

 and common carriers may transport them, and dealers may sell them, 

 on condition that the packages thereof so transported are accompanied 

 by a certificate of a Justice of the Peace, certifying that such Trout are 

 sent by the owner or owners, or agent of parties so engaged in fish-cul- 

 tnre. And such persons or company may take, in any way, at anytime 

 upon the premises of any person, under permission of the owner thereof, 

 Brook-Trout to be kept and used as Brook-Trout for artificial propaga- 

 tion only, and for no other purpose. 



