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FISH AHD GAME LAWS. 
trivance, any seal or sea lion in the waters of the 
Santa Barbara Channel, or on, near or about any 
lands adjacent thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof is punishable by a fine 
of not less than one hundred dollars or by imprison- 
ment in the county jail not less than sixty days, or 
by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, that 
the State Fish Commission may grant permission 
to any person whom it deems fit, to kill, trap, net, 
or capture alive, seals or sea lions for scientific or 
exhibition purposes, the number allowed to be killed 
or captured to be specified in said permit. [Ap- 
proved March 13, 1909.] 
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COSTS OF PROSECUTING VIOLATIONS OF 
FISH LAWS. 
An Act to amend an Act approved February 28, 
1887, entitled “An Act concerning the payment 
of the expenses and costs of the trial of 
persons charged with the violation of the laws 
for the preservation of fish in the navigable 
waters of this State,” and to repeal all Acts 
and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act, 
[Approved February 12, 1903.] 
The people of the State of California, represented in 
Senate and Assemhly, do enact as follows: 
Section 1. The title of said Act is hereby 
amended so as to read as follows : An Act pro- 
viding for the payment of the costs and expenses 
of all trials and proceedings against any person 
