Heport on Inland Fishei^ies. 7 



The followiiiir, " An act in amcntlment of and in addition to 

 Chapter 137, Title XVIII, of the General Statutes, ' Of Inland 

 Fisheries,'" was passed March 11, 1873 : 



,It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : 



Section 1. No person sliall take or catch fish of any kind from any of the 

 inland waters of this State, sot apart by the coniniissionei-s of inland fisheries 

 thereof for the cultivation of fish, except at such times and in such manner as 

 is hereinafter enacted. 



Sec. 2. Section 7 of said chapter 137 of t'le General Statutes of this State is 

 so far amended as to allow the catching of fisli tlirouch the ice only, and with 

 hook and line only in those ponds set apart for the cultivation of black bass 

 during tlie months of December, January and February, of each ai.d every 

 year frjm the passage of this act until the expiration of three years mentioned 

 in section 7 of said chapter. 



Sec. 3. After tlie expiration of said three years, no person shall catch or 

 take fish of any kind from any pond legally set apart by said commissioners for 

 the cultivation of black bass during the montlis of March, April and May, and 

 only by iiook and line as aforesaid. 



Sec. i. After the expiration of three years, no fish shall be taken by any 

 persons from any waters legally set apart by said commissioners for the culti- 

 vation of shad and salmon, or within one mile of the outlet of the streams so 

 set apart except from and after the fifteenth dny of April until the fifteenth day 

 of July of eacli and evei-y year, nor at any tune except by hook and hand line, 

 or by not less than three inch mesh nets or seine or seines. 



Se;c. 5. No person hhall take any fish from any of the waters of this State, 

 legally set apart for the cultivation of fish, during the times allowed to be 

 taken by this act, except on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, during said 

 term, except tlie montlis of December, January and February. 



Sec. 6. Nothing in this act shall prevent the Commissioners of Inland 

 Fisheries from taking fish from any of said waters as is now prevented by sec- 

 tion 5. chapter 137, of the General Statutes. 



Sec. 7, Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be sub- 

 ject to the penalties for catching fish as imposed by section 5 of said chapter 

 137, of which this act is an amendment. 



Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts mconsistent herewith are hereby re- 

 pealed. 



Sec. 9. This act shall take efl'ect immediately on and after its passage. 



The following is a list of the Commissioners of Inland Fisher- 

 ies thus far appointed : 



Hon. Spencer F. Baird, Smithsonian Institute, - Washington, D. C. 



E. M. Stilwell, .... Bangor. 



Henry O. Stanley, ... - Dixtield. 



