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2. If any paddle-fish not containing roe suitable to be 

 manufactured into caviar, are caught, the same must be 

 liberated at once, and without unnecessary injury. 



3. All garfish taken, both large and small, must be 

 killed, and all those that are thrown back into the water 

 from whence taken, must be cut open along the entire 

 length of the belly, if twelve inches or more in length. 



4. No seine operated in fresh water, may be hauled 

 nearer than 100 ft. to the shores of any body of water in 

 which it is being used. It is never to be hauled out upon 

 any of the shores of such bodies when finishing a haul, 

 but is to be pulled up under an apparatus usually called a 

 "round up," or some similar device, and it is to be landed 

 into a boat, or upon a raft or some other floating device. 



5. It is illegal to splash or pound upon the water, or to 

 pound upon a boat, the banks or any other object, for the 

 purpose of driving fish into a seine or seines. 



6. All vegetation hauled out with a fresh-water fish 

 seine must be carefullw removed from it, and immediate- 

 ly put back into the water. The vegetation thus returned 

 must be carefully scattered so that it will not sink in 

 bunches to the bottom of any body of water. 



7. It is unlawful for any person or persons to muddy 

 or "puddle" any waters for the purpose of taking fish 

 therefrom. 



8. All intake pipes used for the purpose of drawing 

 water for irrigating purposes must be adequately 

 screened. 



9. No bayou, lagoon, lake, bay, river, or any other body 

 of water may be obstructed by means of rack, screen, 

 wire, or other device so as to prevent the free passage of 

 fish. 



10. Our law is very severe upon those who may be con- 

 victed of killing fish by means of dynamite or any other 

 explosives, or who may throw into, or allow acids, lime, 

 india berries, sawdust, green walnuts, walnut leaves or 

 any other deleterious substances to run into the Gulf of 



