16 FISH LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER STATES. 
VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
TABLE oF Provisions Founp In STaTuTES GENERALLY with REFERENCES TO SEc- 
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TIONS OF PAMPHLET LAws. 
Subject. Ark.| Ill. |Towa.| Ky. La. Minn. | Miss.|} Mo. |Tenn.) Wis. 
Ownership of fish,ete.,declared | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. | Sec. | Sec. | Sec. 
in: Statenos- cece. eee eee (@) 32 |59, 60 |........ 1 BUTS: Verwiaia si 6508 1 | 62.08 
Obstructing the passage of fish ‘ 
forbiddenze: ietee 822 Sa et esee | Sesess| & SE AS DS Wa. cede 2313 | 6535 48 | 62.09 
Fishways required over dams..| 50 49 163) I392A. |S cae acee ATI oes 6552 | ec eu| te eee 
Contamination of waters pro- 
HiBited ssc Fed. oce cat Sessa de aieta ofm||ern's ciain{ eins siete eats So: < = 57 4773 | 3286 | 6536 51 | 62.32 
Having fish in possession | 
amas er the legal limit, ek iss _ 
or during close season, or in 4808, 483 62. 07 
excess of bag limit, is declared |{--~*- 42A | 6,26 |........ 18, 39 4870; 487 hese soles "oo ai 62.10 
unlawful or presumed to be | 4873 
UNIAWHI eect oe cece vtace 
Commission or wardento propa- 1,19, 21 
gate and rescue fish and assist 6 |25,46 | 1,12 3,9 22, 23 Cy (a8 Ya Bees) DERE PN be A 62.55 
in stocking waters..........-. 49, 51 
Commission may establish fish 
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eports by licenses required on 62.¢ 
fish caught or handled......-. \ Pe aot PRESS OE SCe| Bink Bor 35, 36 (0) Jeeeeee|eeeeee]e esse {89. 35 
Reports required on catch of 
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@ Sec. 15 of act of 1903. 6 Sec. 4820 and ch. 261, laws of 1915. ¢ Ch. 276, laws of 1915. 
PROVISIONS PECULIAR TO THE RESPECTIVE STATES, WITH REFERENCES TO SECTIONS OF 
PAMPHLET LAWS. 
Arkansas.—Nonresidents are forbidden to fish, except in one locality with hook 
and line (sec. 16 of act of 1903). 
Illinois.—‘‘ Objectionable” fish is defined to mean gar and gizzard shad (sec. 51). 
Iowa.—Cities and towns may prevent the escape of fish from boundary lakes (sec. 17). 
Louisiana.—Intake pipes for irrigation must be screened to prevent entrance of fish, 
except on the Mississippi River (sec. 56). 
Fish may be had in possession five days after end of open season (sec. 39). 
Police juries of each county are authorized to make regulations for the protection of 
alligators (act 37 of 1908). 
The commission may adopt rules and regulations for the comprehensive control of 
fish (sec. 2, 24, 52); shall assist in protecting private ponds (sec. 2); may prescribe 
regulations for stocked streams (sec. 23, 51); and may regulate seines, hoop nets and 
set lines (sec. 42). No spawn or fish from without the State shall be liberated without 
permission from the commission (sec. 22, 50). 
Game and fish preserves are established. (Acts 172 of 1912 and 273 of 1910.) 
Minnesota.—It is unlawful to have fish in possession if unlawfully taken without 
the State (sec. 4785). Provision is made for the removal of carp (ch. 348, laws 1915). 
Counties may screen navigable lakes that have been stocked (sec. 753). 
Wisconsin.—Waters of State are divided into ‘“‘outlying” and ‘‘inland” and each 
defined (sec. 62.26). Game fish are declared to be trout, grayling, lake trout, white- 
fish, crappie, black bass, striped bass, rock bass, pike perch, catfish, muskellunge, 
sturgeon, and pickerel, in all waters, and yellow perch in certain waters; rough fish 
are all others (sec. 62.27). Fishermen must permit State officials to remove eggs an 
milt from fish captured (sec. 62.56). ; 
