290 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Taking Fish by Drawing Off Water and by Other Devices Forbidden ; Exception. 



§ ioi. No fish shall be taken by shutting or drawing off water for that purpose; provided, 

 however, that the commissioners of fisheries, game and forest may give permission to persons 

 owning or in charge of private ponds, reservoirs or the waters of the state, the privilege of taking 

 therefrom carp, pickerel or other deleterious fish with nets or other devices, or by drawing off 

 the waters from said ponds or reservoirs. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the 

 provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition thereto, shall 

 be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation thereof, and ten dollars f.or each 

 fish so taken. 



(As amd. by chap. 462 of Laws of 1896.) 



Unlawful Devices and Explosives Prohibited. 



§ 102. The use of dynamite or other explosives in any of the waters of the state is prohibited 

 except for mining and mechanical purposes. The possession by any person on the shores or 

 islands of the inland waters of this state of dynamite or other explosives where the use of the 

 same is prohibited by this section, shall be deemed a violation thereof. Whoever shall violate 

 or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and 

 on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for a period of not less than thirty days, and in addition 

 thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation thereof. 



Stocking Private Waters. 



§ 103. No trout of any kind, salmon trout or land-locked salmon, shall be taken from any 

 of the waters of this state for the purpose of stocking a private pond or stream, except that the 

 owner of such private pond may, upon the written consent of the fisheries, game, and forest 

 commission, take any such fish from any stream of water running through premises owned by 

 him, solely for the purpose of being placed in such private pond. Whoever shall violate, or 

 attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 

 in addition thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation thereof, 

 and ten dollars for each fish so taken. 



(As amd. by chap. 368 of Laws of 1896.) 



Fishing Through the Ice in Waters Inhabited by Trout, Et Cetera, Forbidden. 



§ 104. No fish shall be fished for, caught or killed through the ice in any waters inhabited 

 by trout, salmon trout or land-locked salmon during the closed season for the taking of such 

 fish. The provisions of this section do net apply to Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, the Hudson 

 and Niagara rivers, nor to Silver lake in the county of Wyoming, from the first day of January 

 to the fifteenth day of February, both inclusive. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the 

 provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall 

 be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation thereof and ten dollars for each 

 fish so caught or possessed. 



(As amd. by chap. 367 of Laws of 1896.) 



