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streams in my district are (imnd Calumet and Little Calumet rivers and 

 Lake Calumet, Lake Hyde and Wolf Lake. These waters have been 

 stocked with fish by the Fish Commission, but there has been so much 

 unlawful Ashing that the fish have nearly disappeared. Since my appoint- 

 ment I have returned nearly two tons of fish to the waters taken from 

 nets. 



REPORT OF STATE KISII WARDEN' .M. L. KELLEV. WILMINGTON', ILL. 



Appointed November 6, 1881). Have notified sixteen persons to obey the 

 law. Have made eight arrests and convictions secured in three cases. Have 

 served no fishway notices. There are five dams in the county unprovided 

 with fishways. There has been a great deal of seining in the Kankakee 

 river, but it is almost stopped now. The streams are Kankakee river, 

 DesPlaines river and DuPage river. 



REPORT or STATE FISH WARDEN .TAMES n. N.A^WOKTHY. SULLIVAK, ILL. 



Appointed .June 5th, 1890. Have served notices on about fifteen persons 

 to obey the law. Have taken up one net. Have made five arrests, but 

 failed in convicting on account of justice of the peace deciding that tram- 

 mel nets were no violation of the law. 



Have served two fishway notices. Only found three fish traps in state 

 of operation. Notified two of the owners: the other was torn out V>efore 

 1 learned the owner's name. 



No fishways have been put in. as owners promptly destroyed dams when 

 notice was served. There are now no dams unprovided with fishways. 



Violations were of frequent occurrence, but have materially diminished 

 since my appointment. 



The streams in county are Kaskaskia river. Jonathan and Whitley 

 creeks. Little Kaskaskia river, and Wolf, Marrowbone and Kilborn creeks. 



After receiving my commission I went diligently to work to inspect 

 streams and look for violators of law. I found a number of fish traps and 

 dams built across streams, but as the water was very high at the time, 

 could not ascertain whether they were in repair or not. As soon as water 

 subsided, I found only three that had stood the freshet, and were in good 

 repair, two of which I promptly notified the owners of to remove, or con- 

 struct fishway. They removed the obstructions, and have not since re- 

 built. The other was torn out before I learned owner's name. Since then 

 I have diligently patrolled the streams often, without being able to find 

 violators of law. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH WARDEN II. H. TURNEU. VlUlJlNlA, ILL. 



Was appointed September 19th, 1890. Flave notified twelve pereons to 

 obey fish laws. Have taken up no nets. 1 have made four arrests, and 

 have secured convictions in all cases. Have served no fishway notices and 

 put in no fishways. There are no dams in the county unprovided with 

 fishways. There are frequent violations of the law. but it is difficult to 

 get evidence to convict. Open violations are not so numerous as bef<^re 

 my appointment. 



The streams in which (Ishing is done are the Sangamon river, and a 

 chain of lakes along same, and the Illinois river. 



HEPORT OF STATE FISH WAHDEN JOHN ELDER. CAUTHAOE. ILL. 



Api)ointed October 4fh. 1889. I have notified about thirty persons to 

 obey the law. Have taken up no nets. Have made no arrests. Have 

 served no fishway notices. \o fishways put in. There are no dams re- 

 quiring fishways un])rovided. There are several old dams, which have 

 washed out so that they are no obstruction to the passage of fish. 



Violations of the law have been fnniuent, and seining was general until 

 my appointment, l)ut has considerably diminished. Most of the seining 



