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the clerk of said court to fix a time for the hearing 
thereof, and to cause notices to be posted for the 
space of fourteen days in at least three public 
places in the town, city, or city and county, where 
the court is held, setting forth the substance of 
such petition and the time and place fixed for such 
hearing ; and if at the time fixed for such hearing, 
no person appears and claims such net, seine, drag- 
net, paranzella, or set net, the court must proceed 
to hear and determine said proceeding according 
to law, and upon proof that the said net, seine, 
dragnet, paranzella, or set net was used in viola- ' 
tion of law, must order the same to be forfeited 
and destroyed. [Approved February 27, 1901.] 
Fishways on Dams. 
§ 637. It shall be the duty of the State Board of 
Fish Commissioners to examine, from time to time, 
all dams and artificial obstructions in all rivers and 
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streams in this State naturally frequented bj^ 
salmon, shad, and other migratory fish ; and if, in 
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their opinion, there is not free passage for fish over 
or around any dam or artificial obstruction,- to 
notify the owners or occupants thereof to provide 
the same, within a specified time, with a durable 
and efficient fishway, of such form and capacity, 
and in such location as shall be determined bv the 
Fish Commissioners, or persons authorized by them, 
and such fishway must be completed by the owmers 
or occupants of such dam or artificial obstruction 
to the satisfaction of said Commissioners, within 
the time specified ; and it shall be incumbent upon 
