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FOREST AND STREAM. 



CP'eb; 5} 1891. 



himdred aud sixty-one, one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred 

 and sixty Jour, one hundred and sixty -nine and one hundred and 

 seventy-one to a penalty of twenty-flve dollars for each bird or 

 animal killed, trapped or possesssd contrary to their provision. 



ART. Vin,— SHELL- J7ISH. 



Sec. 180. State Oyster Protector.— The commissioners are author- 

 ized to a ppoint a State oyster protector wliose duty it shall be to 

 patrol, under the direction of the commissioners, the oyster 

 regions of the State for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of 

 this act and guarding the oyster property thereof, who shall have 

 the same powers and duties with reference to oysters as is given 

 hy law to game protectors for the protection of game and fish. 



Sec. 181. Salary and Traveling Expenses.— Salary of such pro- 

 tector shall be one thousand dollars per annum, and he shall be 

 allowed in addition l>ig aotxial traveling and incidental expenses, 

 not exceeding two dollars per day. 



Sec. 182. Assistant to Protector.— The commissioners, in their 

 discretion may allow such protector an assistant, who shall be 

 paid at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day for the time 

 of actual service. 



Sec, 183. Salai'ies, how Paid.— The protector and his assistant 

 shall he paid their salaries and expenses in the same manner as 

 game protectors are paid. 



Sec. 184. Polluting Waters.— Sludge acid and other i-efuse from 

 any oil works, or su^ar houses, or from buildings connected with 

 either of the same, or any substance injurious to oyster culture 

 shall not he placed or allowed to run into any waters within the 

 .iurisdiction of the State. This section shall not apply to refuse 

 arising from the manufacture of oil from menhaden or other oil- 

 hearing tish. 



Sec. 185. Garbage, etc., Not to be Thrown into Long Island 

 Sound.— No garbage, cinders, ashes or refuse of any kind, shall be 

 thrown from any vessel into the waters of Long Island Sound, or 

 into the bays and harbors opening into the aamu. west of a hue 

 drawn from Eaton's Neck duf- north to the boundary line between 

 New York and Connecticut. 



Sec. 186. Close' Season in Hudson River.— Oysters shall not he 

 taken from the Hudson River, north of the county of New Tork. 

 between the first day of Msiy and the first day of September. 



Sec. 187- T.iking Oysters from Hudson River for Replanting.— 

 Oysters shall not betaken from the Hudson River, north of the 

 county of New York, at any time for the purpose of conveying 

 them 1,0 another State to have them replanted. 



See. 188. Close Season in Harlem River,— Oysters shill not he 

 taken from the Harlem River between tlie first day of .Tune and 

 the first day of September, 



Sec. 189. Oyster Beds Not to be Interfered With.— No person 

 shall in any wise interfere with or disttirh the oyst-ers of another 

 lawfully planted in any of the waters of the State. 



Sec. 100. Non-Residents Not to Gather Shell-Pish.— Only persons 

 whn have been actual residents of this State for six monihs shall 

 he entitled to gather shell-fish from the waters of this State, ex- 

 cept when such non-resident is employed for that ptirposc liy a 

 person nntbori w.d to gather the same. 



Sec. 19t. Dredging by Steam Forbidden. Dredging Reaulated.— 

 No dredge operated by .^team power shall be used in dredging for 

 shell-flsh. No dredges exceeding thirty pounds in weight shall be 

 used for tluit parpoS'>. 



Sec. Ifi2. Sale of Lobsters Under Certain Size Prohibited.— 

 Lobsters less than ten inches in length, measured from one ex- 

 tremity to the other, exclusive of claws, shall not be caught, sold 

 or possessiMl. 



Sec. 193, 0\stera, how Sold in Shell.— Oysters in the shell may 

 be sold citlier hy count or measure; if not sold by count they shall 

 be sold in a stave measure, which shall be uniform in shape, and 

 of the following dimensions: The bottom to be sixteen and one- 

 half inches across from inside to inside, and the top to be eighteen 

 inches acrof 8 from inside to inside, and twenty-one inches diag- 

 onally f J'om inside chime to top, such measure shall be even or 

 struck measure, the measure to be inspected and sealed by the 

 sealer of weights and measures in the county where used. This 

 provision shall not aflfect the shipment of oysters in barrels to 

 foreign countries. 



Sec. 184. Taking Clams and Oysters about Staten Island, Regu- 

 lated.— Oysters or clams, whetlier of natural growth, or planted, 

 shall not be dug up, caught or removed between half an hour 

 after sunset, and half an hour before sunrise, from the waters on 

 the south side of Staten Island, lying between a line extending 

 due south from the point known as the Point of the Beach, at 

 G-reat Kills, and a line extending due southwest from Ward's 

 Point, in the town of Westfield. 



Sec. 195. Taking Olams and Oysters in South Bay, Regulated. — 

 Oysters spawn, seed oysters, clams, or shells, shall not be dug up, 

 caught or removed from any of the waters of South Bay, in the 

 county of SulEolk, between the first day of .June and the first day 

 of September, nor between sunset and sunrise at any time. Any 

 oyster shells caught or taken from the public waters of said bay, 

 in said county, shall be rettirned to the water in the locality 

 where taken within ten minutes after being so taken. No blade 

 or scraper-tongs shall be used or possessed on the waters of said 

 bay in said county for the purpose of catching such shell-flsh, and 

 possession of a blade or scraper-tongs on said waters is a violation 

 of this provision. This section is subject to the provisions of 

 section seventy-thtee. 



Sec. 19G. Penalties.— An attempt to violate any of the provisions 

 of this article, sliall be deemed a violation thereof, A violation 

 of the provisions of this article, is a misdemeanor, and in ad- 

 dition, the violator of sections one hundred and eighty-fomr, 

 one hundred and eighty-five, one htmdred and eighty-nine, 

 one hucdred and niuetj', one husdred and ninety-one. one 

 hundred B,nd ninety-four aud.one hundred and ninety-five, is lia- 

 ble to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation ; the 

 violator of sections one hundred and eighty-six, one httndred and 

 eighty-seven, one hundred and eighty -eight, one hundred and 

 ninety-two, and one hundred and ninety-three, to a penalty of 

 twenty-five dollars for each violation. 



ABT. ZX.— PRIVATE GROUNDS AN'U PARKS. 



See. 310. Trespassing on Private Grounds Forbidden.— No per- 

 son shall trespass upon inclosed or cttltivated lands for the pur- 

 pose of shooting or hunting any game, or taking any fish from 

 private ponds or streams, after public notice has been given by the 

 owner or person entitled to the exclusive right to shnot or fish 

 thereon, as provided in this article: being on stieh lands with gun 

 or fishing tackle or apparatus, or allowing hunting dogs thereon, 

 shall be deemed a violation of this section. 



Sec. 211. Notices to be Posted on Private Grotmds.— The notice 

 provided for in the last section shall be given by maintaining sign 

 boards at least one foot square upon at least every fifty acres of 

 the premises sought to be protected upon or near the lot lines 

 thereof, or upon or near the shores of any waters thereon, in at 

 least two conspicuous places, or liy personal service of a notice 

 containing a brief description of the premises and name of the 

 owner or of the person having the exclusive right to shoot, hunt 

 or fish thereon, and prohibiting the same. 



Sec. 312. Laying Out Grou nds for Private Parks.- A person own- 

 ing or having the exclusive right, to shoot, hunt or fish on lands, or 

 lands and water, desiring to devote such lands, or lands and water, 

 to the propagaition or protection of fish, birds or game may publish 

 in a paper printed in the county within which such lands, orlands 

 and water, are situate, a notice substantially describing the same 

 and containing a clause, declaring that stich lands or lands and 

 water vrill be used as a private park for the ptirpose of propagat- 

 ing and protecting fish, birds and game. 



Sec. 81.3. Notices to be Posted in Private Parks.— There shall be 

 posted and maintained upon such private territory notices or 

 sign-boards not less than one foot square, warning all persons 

 against trespassing thereon. Sttch notice or sign-boards shall he 

 placed not more than forty rods apart, along the entire boundary 

 of such private territory, when the same shall consist entirely of 

 land, or when it shall consist of both land and water, they shall 

 be placed so that there shall be at least one notice or sign-board 

 for every one hundred acres thereof. When the private property 

 consists of a lake or pond only, such notices shall be placed in at 

 least four conapicuotts places on or near tlie shore of such lake or 

 pond. 



See. 214. Notice When Territory is Fenced. — When such terri- 

 tory or any part thereof is fenced, notices or sign- boards shall be 

 placed on or near such fences not more than one-half mile apart. 



Sec. 31.5. Fish or Game so Protected not to be Interiert d With. 

 —Upon compliance with the foregoing provisions for preventing 

 trespassing or for devoting lands to propagation of fish, birds and 

 game, all fish, birds and game in or upon territory so protected 

 shall be the property of the person having the exclusive r'ght to 

 shoot, hunt, or fish thereon, and no person shall disturb or inter- 

 fere in any way with the fish or game on the premises so protected, 

 except with the consent of the owner or person having t he exclusive 

 right to shoot, hunt or fish thereon. 



Sec. 316. Signs not to be Defaced. —Signs placed pursuant to 

 the foregoing provisions shall not be defaced or removed. 



Sec. 817. Penalties.— Violations of the provisions of this article 

 subject the person violating to a penalty of twenty-five dollars. 



AHT. X.— PBOSECUTIONS. 



Sec. 2S0. Actions, How Entitled.- All penalties imposed by this 

 chapter may be sued for and recovered in the name of "the people 

 of the State of New York." 



Sec. 231. Authority to Bring Action.— Actions for penalties and 

 as provided in section two hundred and thirty, shall be brought 

 in the name of the people on order of the chief protector or by 

 direction of either the commissioners. 



Sec. 332. Action, Where Brought.— Actions for penalties im- 

 posed by this act brought in the name of the people may be 

 brought In any county where the penalty shall be incurred, or in 

 any county adjoining, subject only to the right to remove the 

 same to any other county adjoining that in which the penalty 

 shall be incurred, or in which the action shall have been brought 

 as aforesaid for cause shown as provided by the code of proced- 

 ure. But the same shall not be changed to the county wlaerein the 

 offense was committed. 



Sec. 233. Discontinuance.— Actions for penalties in the name 

 of the people may be discontinued upon the order of the chief 

 protector at any time before trial, except the commissioners 

 otherwise order, without costs or disbursements to the defendant. 



S"c. 234. Two or more Penalties in one .■Vction.— Two or more 

 penalties may be stied for and recovered in the same action, 

 whether brought by the people or in the name of an individtial or 

 society. 



Sec. 235. Witness Fees and Disbursements in Actions by Peo- 

 ple.— Witness and other fees and disbursements and full costs 

 shall be recovered in any judgment in favor of the people under 

 this act, at the rate fixed by section thirty-two hundred and fifty- 

 one of the code of procedure, without reference to the amount of 

 recovery. 



Sec. 236. Actions by Persons or Societies.— Any person or soci- 

 ety upon giving security for costs may recover in his or its name 

 all penalties provided for bv this act with costs, but oh recovery 

 by the plaintiff in such case of a less sum than fifty dollars, plain- 

 tiif shall only be entitled to costs to the amount of such recovery. 

 Such person shall bo entitled to one-half of the penalty recovered, 

 the other half to be paid to the board of commissioners, but any 

 such action shall be discontinued without costs or disbursements 

 to either party, in case an action shall be thereafter brought for 

 the same violation in the name of the people, and an order to that 

 effect may be entered on motian of the chief protector or one of 

 the commissioners, on notice to all the parties thereto. Such 

 motion shall be entitled and made in both actions. Any person 

 or society bringing an action ttnder this section shall notify the 

 chief protector thereof, within fifteen days after service of 

 tne summons therein, and failure so to do shall be a defense to 

 the action. 



Sec. 237. Judgments Recovered Under this Act. How Collected. 

 —All judgments recovered under the provisions of this act may 

 be enforced by execution against the person; any person in prison 

 upon sttch execution shall be so imprisoned for a period of not less 

 than five days, and at the rate of one day for every dollar of such 

 judgment when the same exceeds five dollars; no one shallbe more 

 I ban once imprisoned, nor for a longer period thaa six months 

 upon any judgment; persons so imprisoned shall not be admitted 

 to the jail liberties; such imprisonment shall not bo a satifaction 

 of sucn judgment. 



Sec. 238. Costs and Recovery, How Disposed of in Action bv 

 People.— The recovery and costs in all actions heretofore brought 

 and remaining undetermined, or hereafter to be brought under 

 the direction of the chief protector or a commissioner in the name 

 of the people, shall be paid to the board of commissioners, and 

 sttch moneys shall be by it disbursed as hereinafter proviriod. 



Sec. 239. Recovery, How Disposed of in Actions by Individuals. 

 —One-half of the recovery in all actions heretofore brought or 

 hereafter to be brought by an individual or society in his or its 

 name shall be paid to the board of commissioners to be by it dis- 

 posed of in the same manner as other moneys received by it, and 

 it shall be the duty of the person in whoso hands such moneys 

 shall come to pay over the same, and in case of failure so to do 

 such moneys may be recovered from the person receiving the same 

 in an action brottght in the name of the people under the direction 

 of the chief protector or the commissioners. 



Sec. 240. One-half of Recovery to go to Protector.— There shall 

 be paid out of the funds received by the board of commissioners 

 one-half of the penalty collected in an action by the people, to 

 the protector or special protector upon whose information the 

 action was brought; such moneys shall be paid on the certificate 

 of the chief protector that such protector is entitled thereto; such 

 certificate shall be final. 



Sec. 241. Expenses of Actions by People, How Paid.— The re- 

 maining on-half money received by the board of commissioners 

 shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of actions for vio- 

 lations of this act, on the certificate of tlie chief protector. 



Sec. 242. Report of Commissioners to Legislature. — The board of 

 commissioners shall include in their annual repnrt to the legisla- 

 ture a detailed report of their receipts and disbursements under 

 this article. 



Sec. 213. Arrest of Offenders by Protectors and Trial Thereof.— 

 Any protector or peace officer may, without warrant, arrest any 

 person committing a misdemeanor under the provisions of this 

 chapter, in his presence or where such a misdemeanor ha.s been 

 committed and he has reasonable catise for believing the person 

 to be arrested to have committed it, and take such person imme- 

 diately before a justice of the peace or police justice or other mag- 

 istrate, having jurisdiction, who shall proceed without delay to 

 hear, try and determine the matter, and give and enforce judg- 

 ment according to the allegations and proofs. 



Sec. 244. Jurisdiction of the Courts.— Courts of special sessions 

 in towns and villages, and the several courts in cities having 

 jurisdiction to try other misdemeanors, shall have jurisdiction to 

 try offenders in all cases occurring under this chapter, in the same 

 manner as in other cases where they now have jurisdiction and to 

 render and enforce judgment accordingly. 



Sec. 245. Punishment for Misdemeanor. — Any person convicted 

 of a misdemeanor ttnder the provisions of this chapter shall be 

 punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than at 

 the rate of one doUarfor every dollar of the penalty provided for 

 the violation of the section under which he is convicted, or be im- 

 prisoned in the county jail or penitentiary for a period of not less 

 than five days nor more than at the rate of one day for every dollar 

 of such penalty or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 24ii. Issue of Warrants of Arrest,— Ad y j ustice of the peace, 

 police justice, county judge, judge of any city court, or magistrate 

 having criminal jurisdiction, on suflTicient pi-oof by affidavit that 

 any of the provisions of this chapter have been violated by any 

 person temporarily within his jurisdiction, but not residing there 

 permanently, or by any person whose name and residence are un- 

 known, shall issue his warrant for the arrest of such offender and 

 cause him to be committed or held to bail to answer the charge 

 against him. 



Sec. 247. Search Warrant, when Issued.— Any justice of the 

 peace, police justice, county jtidge, judge of any city court, or 

 magistrate having criminal jurisdiction, upon receiving proof of 

 probable cause for believing in the concealment of any game or 

 fi^ih taken or possessed contrary to the provisions of this chapter, 

 shall issue his search warrant and cause a search to bo made 

 in any place and to that end may cause any building or inclosure 

 to he entered and may cause any apartment, chest, box, locker, 

 crate, basket or package to be broken open and the contents ex- 

 amined. 



AKT. XT.— riSHWAYS. 



Sec. 260. Commissioners to be Notified of Construction of Dam. 

 —No dam shall be constructed upon any stream more than six 

 miles in length, inhabited by fish protected by this chapter, until 

 the person about to construct the same shall give written notice 

 to the commissioners of such intention, together with a statement 

 of the name, length and location of said stream, and the size and 

 general description of such dam. and the purposes for which it is 

 to be erected, together with a diagram thereof. 



Sec. "61. Authority of commissioners to Direct Pishways.— The 

 commissioners are authoi'ized in such cases to direct the construc- 

 tion of suitable fish ways by an entry on their minutes and service 

 of a copy of such order on the person constructing such dam, and 

 the person fo constructing shall at his own expense comply with 

 such directions, subject, on application on notice as on a motion, 

 to the right of the supreme court to affirm, reverse, modify or 

 alter such direction. 



Sec. 263. Owner to Comply with Direction of Commissioners.— 

 Such fishways shall he properly maintained by the owner or per- 

 son in possession of such dam, and shall be subject to examination 

 and inspection on behalf of < ommissionera who may direct such 

 repairs and alterations as they may deem necessary, subject to 

 the order of the supreme court as in ease of construction. 



vSec. 263. Commissioners to Recover for Construction and Pen- 

 alty.— In case of failure, refusal or neglect on the part of any per- 

 son to comply with the directions of the commist-ioners as to 

 building andrepair'ng fishways, the commissioners may cause 

 such fishways to ha constructed or repaired, and the expense 

 thereof may be recovered by the commissioners in an action 

 against the ownor or person in possession, or both, in the name of 

 the people and shall, in addition to the pergonal liability of such 

 owner or person in possession, be a lien upon the premis'supon 

 which such dam is situated. The person refu.sing or neglecting 

 to comply with such directions of the commissioners as to con- 

 struction or repairs shall also be liable to a penalty of ten dol- 

 lars for each "day during which they neglect to obey such direc- 

 tions, which penalty may be reoovered in like mann^iv in the same 

 or a separate action. 



ART. Xn.— LAW.S KBPEALED, DEFINITIOJJS AND OTHER PROTISIOKa. 



Sec. 270. Amendments to the Game Law.— All amendments to 

 the game law shall be ma^ie a part of this chapter, and additions 

 to^the game law shall be numbered as se-^tions thereof. 



Sec. 271. Definitions.— Words and phrasps under this chapter, 

 and in proceedings pursuant thereto, shall, unlesn inconsistent 

 with the contexts, mear or mclude as follows: 



1. "Person" shall include persons, copartnersliips. joint-stock 

 companies and corporations, and when used with reference to 

 commission of acts which are herein forbidden, shallinclude per- 

 sons particeps criminis in the forbidden acts and the officersj 

 agents and directors or trustees and similar controlling body of 

 corporations. 



2. Words importing masculine gender may apply to copartner- 

 ships, females, joint-stock companies and corpora' ions. 



3. Words importing the plural number may import the singn- 

 lar number. 



i. Words importing the singular number may extend to and be 

 applied to several persons or things. 



5. "Angling" is defined to mean taking fish with hook and line 



or rod held in hand. 



6. "Exclusive right to shoot, hunt or fish" is defined to mean 

 the right of any persoit owning or having i he right to the posses- 

 sion of the premises, or of any person leasing or reserving the 

 exclusive right to shoot, hunt or fish thereon froui the owner. 



7. When an act is prohibited between certain dates it is not law- 

 ful upon the date first named and is lawful upon the datp last; 

 named. 



8. "Commission," "commissioners" or "board of commission- 

 ers" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean the com- 

 missioners of fisheries. 



9. "Article," when standing alone in tliis chapter shall be con- 

 strued to refer to one of the articles thereof. 



10. "Close season" is that period of time during which an act 

 is prohibited. 



Sec. 272. Ordinances and Regulations of Boards of Supervisors 

 Repealed.— All lavvs or ordinances heretofore passed hv any board 

 of supervisors of a,ny county in the State, except the board of 

 supervisors of the county of Suffolk, relating to birds, fleh atid 

 game, are hereby repealed, and hoards of su;ier\ inors, except as 

 provided by section one hundred and sevent\ -i iire'T, ^iiull iiere- 

 after have no power or authority to pass any regulation or ordin- 

 ance relating to birds, fish, shell-flsh or game, ecmtavy to the pro- 

 visions of this chapter. 



Sec. 273. Powers of Boards of Supervisors.— Boards of super- 

 visors may pass at their annual session such ordinances as shall 

 afford additional protection to and further restrictions for the 

 protection of fish and game, but no such ordinance sljall be oofra- 

 tive until a duly authenticated copy thereof shall have been" filed 

 m the oflice of the clerk of the county, and pubJishtd in the panera 

 in such county in which the session laws arc pu'di-^lied. and filed 

 in the office of the secretary of state, and it f-hnll i'e Mie duty of 

 the secretary of state to furnish a copj'of such ordinacce to the 

 chief game protector and to print all such ordinances in the 

 volume of session laws for the current years. No such ordinance 

 shall take effect until the first day of May next after its passage. 



Sec. 271. Additional Powers of Boards of Supervisors.— The 

 board of supervisors of any county may raise by tax any sum not 

 exceeding one thousand dollars in any year, to aid in the enforce- 

 ment of the provisions of this chapter. 



Sec. 275. Saving Clause.— The repeal of a law or any part of it 

 specified in the annexed schedule shall not affect nor impair any 

 act done, or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, 

 penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to July first, 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-one. under or by virtue of any law 

 so repealed, but the same may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted 

 or inflictecl as fully and to the same extent as if r^ucii Imw had not 

 been repealed, and all actions and procetdiL:g;=, iMvil - r criminal, 

 commenced under or by virtue of the laws aa repeuled and pend- 

 ing on June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and iiinety-oiie, may be 

 prosecuted and defended to final effect in the same manner as 

 they might under the laws then existing, unless It siiall be other- 

 wise specially provided by law. 



Sec. 276. Construction.— The provisions of this eiiapter, so far 

 as they are substantially the same as those of laws existing on 

 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall be con- 

 strued as a continuation of such laws, modified or amended ac- 

 cording to the language employed in this chapter and not as new 

 enactments, and references in laws not repealed to provisions of 

 laws incorporated into this chapter and repealed, shall be con- 

 strued as applying to the provisions so incorporated, and nothing 

 in this chapter shall be construed to amend or repe.al anv pro- 

 vision of the criminal or penal code. 



Sec. 277. Laws Repealed. — Of the laws enumerated in the 

 schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column 

 is repealed. Such repeal shall not revive a law repealed by any 

 hereby repealed, but shall include all laws amendatory of the 

 laws hereby repealed. 



Sec. 278. When to Take Effect.— This chapter shall take effect 

 on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 



[CorJ'espojidence of Foi-fsi and Stream. ] 



Albany, N. Y., Jan. 30.— AsaembJym an Smith lias introduced 

 the bill, which appeared in the Leg'&lature two years ago and did 

 not pass, appropriating $4,000 for fishways in Cattaraugus Creek, 

 m Erie county. 



The Legislature has passed a concurrent resolution extending 

 the life of the Special Commission that has been hard at work 

 during the past year in revising and conifying the fish and game 

 laws. The resolution provides that the Commission app dnied in 

 pursuance of Chapter 99. of the Laws of ihe State of New York of 

 1890, consisting of Gen. B U. Sherman, Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt 

 and Hon. Edward G. Whittaker, for the purpose of revising and 

 codifying the game and fish laws of the State of New Y rk, be 

 continued until such time as will enable them to r onfer with tbe 

 Fish Commission wliich has been appointed by the Province of 

 Ontario, and also with tlie Commission of Fisheries of Canada, 

 for the purpose of procuring uniform legislation covering the 

 fisheries over the waters between thr-. State of New York and tbe 

 Dominion of Canada. But nothing in this resolution shall pre- 

 vent the presentation to the Lcgi-lature of the report and bill 

 already prepared by the said Commission of the State of New 

 York. 



It is intended that a hearty co-operation shall be given between 

 this special commission and the permanent fish commissioners of 

 the Province of Ontario relative to the snpplv of whitefisla in Lake 

 Ontario. It is further contemplated to confer with the Fish Com- 

 missioners of Ohio and Pennsylvania in regard to the protection 

 of all kinds of fish, or more particularly of whiteflsh in the waters 

 of Lake Erie. 



The Commission has reported by a very brief report. Its real 

 report is in the codification of the game laws which were intro- 

 duced in the Assembly by Mr. W. U. Stevens, on Thursday last. 

 The report is as follows: 



To the Legislature: The undersigned. commiHsioners appointed 

 puj'suant to chapter ninety-nine of the Laws of eighteen hundred 

 and ninety, to revise and codify thejlaws of the State of New York, 

 "for the protection and preservation of fish and shell fish and of 

 birds and quadrapeda," have the honor to submit the accompany- 

 ing bili as the result of their labors, and to state in conneciioa 

 therewith as follows: 



The commission held meetings in different parts of the State, 

 and ga ve ample opportunity to all persons interested to he heard. 

 Such meetings were largely attended and arguments and sug- 

 gestions made by persons representing different interests and 

 opinions. 



That the conclusions arrived at by the commissioners are based 

 largely upon the results of these hearings. 



The accompanying bill is made to conform as near to public 

 sentiment as it is possible to make a general game law. Wliile it 

 maki s very few changes in the substance of the present law, the 

 form is entirely different. 



The proposed bill contains no provisions discriminatingbetween 

 persons or classes. 



It is the sole purpose of the bill to preserve the fish and game of 

 the State for the benefit of all, and not for a class, and all restric- 

 tions as to time and method have this object in view. 



The Commissioners have given the matter long and assiduous 

 study, the biU has been prepared and revised with great care, and 

 the commission strongly recommends its passage without amend- 

 ment, inasmuch as amendments made during its passage will mar 

 the general harmony of tbe measure. After tbe bUl has become 

 a law in its present form, amendments may be made, and if 

 properly placed will not confuse the g'-noral system. 



Dated Albany, Jan, 15, 1891. Rich ihd U. Piieuman, 

 Robert R. L!,0(is !.vblt, 

 Edward (i, vvnrxAKBR, ' 

 Commissioners. 



Dogfs: Their Mcmagenient and Treatment in Disease. By 

 Ashrmnt. Price $2. Kennel JRecord and Account Booh. 

 Price p. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. 

 Price $1. First Lessons in Dog Training. ivitJi Points of 

 all Breeds. Price 50 cents. 



