38 



Number of dams unprovided with fishways — One. 



Greneral Remarks. — The streams in this county have been filled with fish- 

 traps heretofore, and during my term of ofiice I nave destroyed over 100 traps, 

 and am determined to clear the stream of all of them, if possible. 



Report of Samuel Cromwell, Momence, Kankakee county, for two years 

 ending September 30, 1900: 



Number of arrests 



Number of convictions 



Number discharged 9 



Number of jail sentences ^. 



Streams in county — Kankakee river. 



Number of dams in county — One at Waldron, one at Kankakee. 



Number of dams provided with fishways — One at Waldron. 



Report of I. C. Milton. Belle Rive, Jefferson county, for two years ending 

 September 30, 1900: 



Number of arrests 



Number of convictions 



Number discharged 



Number of jail sentences 



Streams in county — Big Muddy creek, O'Cier creek. 



Number of dams provided with fishways — None. 



Report of R. F. Thornberry, Vienna, for two years ending September 30, 

 1900: 



Number of arrests 



Number of convictions 



Streams in county — Cache river. 



Number of dams provided with fishways — None. 



Report of L. S. Carter, Hammond, Piatt county, for two years ending 

 September 30, 1900. 



Number of arrests 



Number of convictions 



Number discharged 



Number of jail sentences 



Streams in county — Sangamon river, Lake Fork creek, Okaw creek. 



Number of dams in county — One at Oakley. 



Number of dams provided with fishways — None. 



General remarks — 1 have personally inspected the streams in my locality 

 and find no violations of the law this season. 



Report of George Woodruff, Banner, Fulton county, for two years ending 

 September 30, 1900. 



Number of arrests 



Number of convictions 



Number discharged 



Number of jail sentences 



Streams in county — None. 



Number of dams provided with fishways — None. 



General remarks — There is only one way to better the fish interests in this 

 locality: Make a law that is plain, and make it the dutj' of oflicers to destroy 

 all illegal nets and seines. 



