SALMON HATCHING ON CLACKAMAS RIVER, OREGON, 1877. 795 



with either of the appliances regulated and prescribed by the act entitled 

 'An act regulating salmon fisheries in the waters of the Columbia River,' 

 without first having obtained a license therefor. The rates of said 

 licenses shall be as follows: The owner or owners of each and every 

 boat engaged in taking or catching salmon upon said river and its trib- 

 utaries with a gillnet shall pay ten dollars for a license for one season. 

 For each and every seine used in fishing for salmon upon said waters, 

 the owner or owners shall pay for such license for one season ten dollars. 

 For every weir or trap used in catching or taking salmon on said river 

 or its tributaries, the owner or owners shall pay for a license for a season 

 fifty dollars. For each and every dip-net used for fishing for salmon in 

 said river and its tributaries, the owner or owners shall pay an annual 

 license of two dollars. Each and every net-tender or fisherman fishing, 

 or taking salmon with a gill-net shall be required to pay five dollars for 

 a license for the season. Licenses ii^sued under this act shall be untrans- 

 ferable, and shall be good for the whole season upon any of the waters 

 of the said Columbia River. 



"Sec. 3. The licenses aforesaid shall be prepared by said fish com- 

 missioner, attested by his official seal. The commissioner shall register 

 the number thereof, to whom issued and for what purpose. Owners of 

 boats receiving license shall cause to be painted in plain, conspicuous 

 figures upon both sides of the outside of the stern of their respective 

 boats, three inches below the wash-board, the number borne upon the 

 license of said boat. A failure or neglect to paint such register number 

 upon such boat, as herein prescribed, shall subject the owner or owners 

 thereof to a penalty of ten dollars, to be recovered in an action before 

 a justice of the peace. The commissioner shall be entitled to charge the 

 following fees, viz: Twenty five cents for each license to a fisherman,, 

 fifty cents for a boat, one dollar for a seine or fish-trap of any kind, and 

 twenty-five cents for a dip-net, which fees shall be reserved out of the 

 moneys by him received for the licenses issued. 



" Sec. 4. Any person or persons who, by the foregoing provisions of 

 this act shall be required to take out a license, shall do such act or use 

 such boat, seine, gill net, weir or trap, dip-net, or fish with gill-net with- 

 out having first taken out such license therefor as herein required, shall 

 be liable to c penalty of fifty dollars for each and every offense, and 

 shall moreover be required to pay the license fee required by law, to be 

 recovered before a justice of the peace or other court of competent juris- 

 diction. 



" Sec. 5. Any proprietor, managing agent, foreman, or employ^ in 

 charge of any cannery upon the said Columbia River, employing a fish- 

 erman to whom no license has been issued or knowingly purchasing sal- 

 mon from any person using a boat, seine, net, or fish-trap for which a 

 license is required, without first having taken out said license, shall be 

 liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every offense, to be recov- 

 ered before a justice of the peace. 



