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KEl'ORT OF iSTATE KISII WAKDEX THOS. K. MULLINS, ANNA, ILL. 



Was appointed August 1st, 1890. Have notified no one to obey the law. 

 Have posted notices. Have taken up no nets. Have made no arrests. 

 Iso convictions. No fishways put in. Xo dams in my county unprovided 

 witli fishways. ^o violations since my appointment, but frequent before. 



KEPORT OF STATE FISH AVAKDEN O. C. EASTON, HAVANA, ILL. 



Was appointed August 13, 1890. Have notified three persons to obey the 

 law. Have taken up no nets. No arrests have been made. No convic- 

 tions. Have served no fishway notices. No fishways put in. No dams in 

 my county unprovided with fishways. I have not learned of any violationa 

 of the law. I have examined several seines, and found them according to 

 the law. Streams in this county: Illinois river. Quiver river, and bor- 

 dering on the Sangamon river. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH WARDEN C. F. DERR, BEARDSTOWN, ILL. 



Was appointed March 18, 1890. Have notified seven fishermen to obey^ 

 the law. Have taken up no nets. Have made no arrests. No convictions. 

 Have served no fishway notices. Have put in no fishways. The Illinois- 

 river has one dam unprovided with fishway, the La Grange locks. Every- 

 thing here is in good shape. There are, and have been no violations of 

 the fisli laws. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH 'WARDEN J. A. AMSLEY, PEORIA, ILL. 



Appointed May 9, 1890. Have notified twenty-two persons to obey the 

 law. Have taken up twenty-eight nets. Have made five arrests. Have 

 secured four convictions: one case appealed, suit pending. Have served 

 no fishway notices and none have been put in. There are no dams in the 

 county of Peoria. 



Fishing in this locality is much better this fall than for several former 

 seasons. Yiolations much less frequent, there being occasional violations, 

 but generally the fishermen are complying with requests of the State law. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH WARDEN CLARK BLACKAVELL, GRIGGfSVILLE, ILL. 



Appointed May 29. 1890. Have notified thirty persons to obey the law. 

 Have taken up eleven nets. Have made nine arrests, and secured seven 

 convictions. There are four dams unprovided with fishways in this 

 county. Violations are frequent, but owing to the expense of the work 

 I cannot secure convictions, as there is no way to secure reimbursement 

 for expenses. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH WARDEN J. E. STEVENS, NOBLE, ILL. 



Was appointed October 13, 1890. Have notified twenty-five persons to 

 obey the law. Have taken up no nets, but have taken out two traps and 

 dams. Have made five arrests. Have secured no convictions. Have served 

 no fishway notices. No fishways put in. There is one dam on Fox river 

 unprovided with fishway. It is an old mill-dam. 



A'iolations of the law are frequent, though I have them considerably 

 diminished since my appointment. The streams are Little Wabash, Fox 

 and Big Muddy rivers. 



REPORT OF STATE FISH AVARDEN RICHARD HARKNESS, DECATUR, ILL. 



Appointed August 5, 1890. Have had notice to obey the fish huvs in- 

 serted in all the papers. Have taken up no nets but have removed six 

 traps. HaA-e made thirty arrests and secured six convictions; the other 



