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Mexico within the territory of jurisdiction of the State. 

 The penalty for violation of any of the above only admits 

 of a jail sentence of from five days to twelve months and 

 the cost of the prosecution. The alternative of a fine is 

 not provided for. 



In addition to the protection afforded them through the 

 laws and regulations already mentioned in this paper, all 

 fresh water game fish found in our state, such as black 

 bass, crappie, white bass, yellow bass, and all other 

 species of bass and sunfish are furthermore amply pro- 

 tected. The main protection is afforded by the manner in 

 which they may be taken, a limit to the number that may 

 be taken in any one day by any one person, and the non- 

 sale of the same. 



Our law declares that it is illegal to take, or have in 

 possession for use, any of the heretofore mentioned game 

 fish if taken by any other method except rod, hook and 

 line, hand-line, or trolling-line. Not more than twenty- 

 five bass or 100 sunfish may be taken by any one person 

 in any one day, the take to be confined to the apparatus 

 mentioned. All bass measuring less than eight inches in 

 length that may be taken, must be returned at once to the 

 waters from which taken and without unnecessary in- 

 jury. None of the aforesaid game fish may be sold with- 

 in the boundaries of Louisiana, no matter whether taken 

 from within or without the state. 



Those fish found in privately owned lakes and ponds 

 are the property of its owner, only if propagated and 

 maintained in captivity. All fishes brought into private 

 waters as the result of overflows from public waters, re- 

 main the property of the state. 



Any body of public fresh water within our state may 

 be set aside for an indefinite period by the head of the 

 Department of Conservation for the purpose of provid- 

 ing a natural propagating and rearing place for fish. 



The taking of any species of fresh water fish from any 

 of the public waters may at any time be prohibited for a 

 series of years not exceeding three, when it is deemed 

 to be for the best interest of the state to do so. 



