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lature. It was said that we ought to have enough 
power to know where these fishes go to. We are abused 
every day in the week, you might say, when the season 
comes around for these applications. They apply to the 
other commissioners and then to me, and all the fish go 
into one stream. As to the stream, the chances are there 
is not more than enough food in it to feed one can of 
trout ; and why should twenty go in it? 
Mr. Farrnsanks—They should not. It is a question 
for your commission to decide. Your commission can 
exact from the people who make the applications, a 
sworn statement, or a statement from some well known 
man in relation to the character of the stream, the length 
of it, size of it, and the sort of food there is in it. 
Mr. PowEeLt—I went to the highest authority of our 
State yesterday for an opinion before I came here. We 
have a large number of applicants who apply for trout: 
our blanks simply say ‘‘on a public stream,” and they 
declare they are public streams; and so soon as they get 
the fish, those streams become private streams, and 
nobody can fish in them. It is raising a very interesting 
question in our State. 
Mr. FarrsanKs—I would extend your series of ques- 
tions a little further to get information that would be 
valuable to your commission. 
Mr. REYNoLDs—I suggest that fhe commission should 
distribute some tracts to improve the morals of the peo- 
ple—not to lie about a fish until they get a fish. 
Mr. Gi_tsERT—I think the application should be accom- 
panied by a sworn statement that the fish are to go into 
public waters. A law should be passed to that effect. 
Mr WuitakER—I have been quite interested in 
some parts of the discussion that has just been raised. 
The points that have been raised are questions we all 
meet in our work. In our own state we have taken 
occasion to secure the best general results for our own 
work, by arming ourselves with facts in regard to the waters 
