10 AMERICAN FISHES. 



LAW FOll THE PRESERVATION OF SALMON. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 



AN ACT for the preservation of Salmon in the Salmon River and Lake Ontario con- 

 tiguous thereto : Passed Dec. 12th, 1836. 



The Board of Supervisors of the County of Oswego, convened at Pulaski, in ihe 

 waid county, do enact as follows: 



1. It shall not be lawful for any person to fish for, catch, or take, any Salmon, 

 with any ne 1 , seine, weir, of any kind or description, in any of the waters of the 

 Salmon River in said county, or in the waters of Lake Ontario, within one mile of 

 the mouth of said river, between the first day of April and the twentieth day of Oc- 

 tober, in any year after the passage of this act. And any person offending herein, 

 shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, to be 

 recovered by action, with the costs of suits, by and for the use of any person who 

 will prosecute for the same before any justice of the peace in and for the said county 

 of Oswego. 



2 And be it further enacted, That the Salmon so caught and taken in any of 

 the waters aforesaid, in violation of the provisions of this act, together with any 

 seine, net, weir, or traps so used or set for use, in violation of this act as aforesaid, 

 shall be forfeited to and may be immediately taken into possession of, and carried 

 away, by any person who shall find said net, seine, weir, or trap, while so used or 

 set for use as aforesaid ; and such person may and he is hereby authorised to keep, 

 sell or otherwise dispose of the same for his own use and benefit, as to him may 

 seem fit and proper. And any such weir or trap which shall be affixed to any dam 

 or other obstructions in any of the waters of Salmon River, or which shall be set or 

 secured to the bottom of said river or lake aforesaid, shall be, and the same is hereby 

 adjudged a public nuisance, and may be abated by*any person summarily without 

 process of la v. other than the provisions of this act. 



3. And be it further enacted, That the owner or owners of mill or other dams 

 which are now erected across the said Salmon River, or any branch or channel 

 thereof, so as to obstruct the usual course of the Salmon in going up said river, who 

 shall not, on or before the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred 

 and fifty, have altered such dam by constructing an apron or slope on the lower side 

 thereof, extending from the top of said dam to the bottom of the river below, said 

 apron or slope to be not less than twenty feet wide, with a smooth and even sur- 

 face, and sloping at an angle of forty-five degrees with the horizon, and to be loca- 

 ted in or as near to the main channel of the river as circumstances will permit, so 

 that Salmon may freely pass into the waters above such dam, shall respectively 

 forfeit and pay to the town in which such dam is located, the sum of one hundred 

 dollars, twenty-five dollars of which to be paid to the complainant, and the remain- 

 ing sum of seventy-five dollars to be appropriated to the support of the poor of such 



