PUBLIC (xENEKAL LAWS. XX} 



'Sm, -1. JndbeU ena<.i€d, That whenever auy 

 |>erson who owns, controls or erects an artificial 

 pond upon his own land, or land of whicli hois in 

 legal possession, and shall put therein any fisli or 

 the eggs or spawn of fish, for the purpose of breed- "'^'t''''»s- * sL. 

 ing and cultivating fish, and shall give notice 

 thereof, either in one or more newspa])ers of the 

 ♦iounty, or by written or printed handbills put U]) 

 in public places near said pond', any person Avho 

 shall thereafter enter upon such premises for the 

 purpose of .fishing, or shall catch in said pond or 

 ponds, and take therefrom any fish, shall be guilty 

 ♦jf a trespass, and in addition thereto, shall -be 

 liable to a penaltj' of five dollars for the first fish, renuJtv rot- 

 ten dollars for the second, and twenty dollars for *'^^''"^' 

 the third and each subsequent ofi'euce; prorided, 

 that this Act shall not prevent the owner of sucli 

 pond or ponds, or any one by his authority, from 

 ^^atching or taking fish therefrom. 



Sec. 5. And be U enacted, Tliat any person ov 

 company engaged in the increase of brook trout 

 by artificial process, (known as fish culture,) ma}' 

 take from his or their pond or })onds in any way. 

 and cause to be transported, and may sell an}' 

 brook trout, and the spawn of brook trout at any peisous en- 

 time, and common c-firriers may transport them, s-y^fi in fish 

 ^ind dealers may sell them, on thi; condition, thatsdi. 

 the packages thereof so transported, are accom- 

 panied by a c^^rtificate from a Justice of the Peace, ■ 

 certifying that such trout are sent by the oAvner or 

 owners, or agents of parties so engaged in fish 

 -«;:ulture; and such person or company may take in 

 any way, and at any time, uj.«on the premises oi' 

 any person, under permission of the owners there- 

 ^)fj brook trout to be kept and used for artificial 

 propagation only, and for no other jairpose. 



Sec, 6. And he it enacted., That violation of an\ 

 of the provisions of this Act contained, may be 

 prosecuted by any citizen of the county in Avhich 

 ■said violation shall take place, before any Justice -'^^y titiztu 

 OI the reace or Circuit Court for said county, the ' 

 informer to be a competent witness; funds paid as 

 penalties shall be equally divided between the in- 

 former and the .Public School Commissioners of 

 the county, for the benefit of the Public Schools 

 iw the di.strict where the oflbneo is committed. 



