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‘‘4. That all whitefish taken of less than sixteen inches 
in length, and all salmon trout less than two pounds in 
weight, shall be immediately returned to the waters where 
taken and shall not be exposed for sale. 
‘5. That the month of November in each year be made 
a close season for whitefish, herring and salmon or lake 
trout. ~ 
‘6, That all penalties fixed for violation of any laws 
that shall be enacted shall be made not only to apply to 
those who take fish, but also to all persons who buy, sell, 
transport or have the same in possession.”’ 
The following resolution was also passed, viz.: 
*¢ Resolved, That the law should authorize the seizure 
and destruction of nets used in violation of law.” 
Throughout all the ten reports of the Commission are 
frequent acknowledgments of courtesies and exchanges 
with the Commissions of other States, and especially with 
the United States Commissioner, to whom the Michigan 
Commission is under many and acknowleged obligations 
for continued favors and grants of eggs and fry, and fish 
of varieties that could not be elsewhere procured. 
The Michigan Commission would be guilty of gross in- 
gratitude and lack of appreciation if it ever permitted any 
account of its work to go forth without due acknowledg- 
ment of its obligations to the railroads of the State, with- 
out whose aid, given for the asking and without stint, it 
could never have accomplished anywhere near what it has. 
Ever since the organization of the Commission it has at 
each legislative session given much time and attention to 
procuring the passage of proper protective legislation to 
preserve the fisheries ; but it seems much easier to get leg- 
islation through to propagate fish than to lay any restric- 
tions upon the catching. As against any such restrictions 
an active and not over-scrupulous lobby always appears on 
the scene, and cries out about the ruin and destruction of 
