6 INLAND FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



force for one year from the date of the license, unless revoked as hereinafter 

 provided. 



Before granting license to any person nnder the provisions of this act said 

 Commissioners shall give notice, in such manner as they may direct, of the name 

 of the applicant for said license and the particular location for which the license 

 is requested. And before any license shall be issued under the provisions of 

 this act, the person applying therefor shall give bond to the State Treaswer in 

 the penal sum of $500, with at least two sureties satisfactory to the said Commis- 

 sioners of Inland Fisheries, conditioned that he will not violate any of the pro- 

 visions of this act, and he shall also pay to the said Commissioners of Inland 

 Fisheries the sum of $25, to be paid to the General Treasurer for the use of the 

 State. 



Sec. 4. If any person shall be convicted of the violation of any of the pro- 

 visions of this act, his bond shall be put in suit by the State Treasurer, and bj' 

 due process of law the penal sum of said bond be recovered for the use of the 

 State. 



Sec. 5. Every person licensed under this act shall, on or before the 1st day 

 of November in each and every year, make a sworn return to the Commissioners 

 of Inland Fisheries of the amount of catch and the prices realized for the same, 

 and blank forms for such returns shall be issued by said Commissioners and sent 

 to each and every licensed person, and no new license shall be issued to any per- 

 son neglecting or refusing to make such return. 



Sec. 6. The Commissioners and their deputies shall have free access to the 

 said weirs, traps, heart nets and other fixed contrivances, at any and all times, 

 for the purpose of examining the catch, etc. 



Sec. 7. Purse seining and gill netting is hereby prohibited in Narragansett 

 Bay and its tributaries north of a line drawn from Pojac Point to Warwick 

 Light, from Warwick Light to North Point on Prudence Island, from North 

 Point to Popasquash Point, from Popasquash Point to Bristol Ferry in Bristol 

 County. 



Sec. 8. If any person shall violate any of the provisions of tills act he 

 shall, upon conviction, be fined fifty dollars. 



Sec. 9. Any defects of form in any active complaint and warrant, indict- 

 ment, information or other proceeding may be amended by the court before 

 whom the action, complaint and warrant, indictment, information or other pro- 

 ceeding is brought. 



Sec. 10. Whenever any complaint or other proceeding under this act shall be 

 made by any Commissioner of Inland Fisheries against any person violating any 

 of the provisions of this act, such Commissioner shall not be required to give 

 surety for costs, but be liable in his individual capacity therefor. And the 

 jurisdiction of justice courts over crimes and offences committed under this act 

 may be exercised by the justice court of any town adjoining the public waters 

 of this State. 



Sec. 11. Nothing in this act to be construed as applying to gill nets or fyke 

 nets in any of the waters controlled by this State. 



Our reasons for asking for these changes are as follows, section by 

 section: 



