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common carrier, or by any person in its employ then actually engaged in the business of such 

 common carrier, unaccompanied by the owner, shall constitute a violation of this section by such 

 common carrier. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall 

 be guilty of misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred 

 dollars for each violation thereof. 



Certain Fish May Be Caught Through the Ice In Lakes Named. 



§ 141. Pickerel, bullheads, catfish, eel's, perch and sunfish may be fished for through the 

 ice with hooks and lines or tip-ups in Lake Keuka or Crooked lake or in any of the waters of 

 the state not inhabited by trout, lake trout, salmon trout, black or Oswego bass or land-locked 

 salmon or muskallonge and by set lines in the Susquehanna river, and in the waters of Port bay, 

 in the county of Wayne. Suckers, bullheads, eels and dog-fish may be caught at any time by 

 means of hooking and spearing in Oneida lake and Oneida river or in any of the waters of the 

 state not inhabited by trout, lake trout, land-locked salmon, muskallonge, black bass or Oswego 

 bass. Provided, however, that pike, pickerel and wall-eyed pike may be taken with hook and 

 line or spear, and muskallonge with hook and line, in any of the inland waters of this state not 

 inhabited by trout, or salmon of any kind during the months of December, January and 

 February, except in waters of Cortland county. Suckers, bullheads and eels may be caught in 

 Seneca lake with seines four rods in length and meshes to be not less than one and one-fourth 

 inches in size, with rope for hauling not to be more than thirty feet in length at each end of net, 

 providing that permission so to do has been first obtained from the commissioners of fisheries, 

 game and forests. 



Eel Weirs. 



§ 143. Eel weirs of which the laths are not less than one inch apart, may be maintained at 

 any time in any of the waters of this state not inhabited by trout, lake trout, salmon trout, or 

 land-locked salmon, except in the Chemung river and its tributaries in the counties of Steuben 

 and Chemung, and except in the Susquehanna river; provided, that there be a clear passage at 

 low water mark at some point in said weir of not less than ten feet in width for the passage of 

 boats and fish. Eel pots of a form and character such as maybe prescribed by the rules of the 

 commissioners of fisheries, may be used in any waters not inhabited by trout, lake trout, salmon 

 trout, or land-locked salmon. 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 fifty dollars for each and every eel weir or eel pot built or maintained in violation of this 

 section, and ten dollars for each fish caught therein in violation of this section. 



(As amd. by chap. 658 of Laws of 1896.) 



Taking Minnows for Bait. 



§ 145. The provisions of this act prohibiting the use or placing of nets and certain devices 

 in waters of the State shall not apply to taking minnows for bait, but nets for that purpose must 

 not exceed forty feet in length and four feet in depth, with ropes at either end not exceeding 



