^Suggestions and R^ecommendations. 



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Pollution of Streams. 



E would recommend that section ioo of chapter 974 of the Laws of 

 1895 be so amended as to more fully protect the waters of the State 

 against pollution. 



I^ringincr Actions. 



We would recommend that sections 232 and 244 of the Game Law be changed so 

 that actions may be brought in adjoining counties as well as the county where the 

 offense is committed, or where the defendant resides, if constitutional. (For refer- 

 ence see section 3, chapter 577, Laws of 1888, which gave permission to bring actions 

 in the counties in which the violations occurred or in the adjoining counties.) 



Uniform Lavs. 



We would recommend uniform fish and game laws, covering the whole State, 

 as to close seasons and prohibiting shooting of wild fowl from March 1st to Sep- 

 tember 1st. 



We would recommend that the season for deer hunting open September 15th 

 instead of August 15th. 



We would recommend a closed season during the month of November for white- 

 fish, as that is the month in which said fish spawn, and they run in shoal waters and 

 can be taken in large numbers during that time. 



Section 143 of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Law provides that " Eel pots of a 

 form and character such as may be provided by the rules of the Commissioners of 

 Fisheries, Game and Forests, may be used in any waters not inhabited by trout, lake 

 trout, salmon trout or land-locked salmon." 



We would recommend that this section be so amended as to permit the use of 

 eel pots of a form to be prescribed by the Commission in any waters, as it is in 

 waters inhabited by various members of the salmon family, which include all trout, 

 that eels do the greatest injury by eating the spawn on the spawning beds as soon 

 as the eggs are deposited. Lake trout spawn in the autumn, at night, on shoals ; 

 and at such times as the trout are on the shoals for the purpose of spawning the 



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