FISH AND GAME LAWS, 
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continuing, any pound, weir, set net, setline, trap, 
or any other fixed or permanent contrivance for 
catching fish in the waters of this State — and every 
net shall be considered a set net that is secured in 
any way and not free to drift with the current or 
tide — is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punish- 
able by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, 
or by imprisonment in the county jail in the county 
in which the conviction shall be had, not less than 
fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment ; 
and all the fines imposed and collected for any 
•violation of any of the provisions of this section 
shall be paid into the Fish Commission Fund. 
[Approved March 20, 1909.] 
Disposition of Illegally Used Apparatus. 
§ 636a. Any net, seine, dragnet, paranzella, or 
set net used for taking or catching fish, which shall 
be used or maintained in any of the waters of this 
State in violation of any existing or hereafter 
enacted statutes or laws of this State, for the pro- 
tection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public 
nuisance, and it is the duty of every peace ofiicer 
to seize and keep the same, and report such seizure 
to the Board of Fish Commissioners of the State. 
Thereupon said Board must commence proceedings 
in the Superior Court of the county, or city and 
county, in which the same shall be seized, by filing 
a petition in said court, asking for a judgment for- 
feiting such net, seine, dragnet, paranzella, or set 
net so seized, and ordering the destruction thereof. 
Upon the filing of such petition, it is the duty of 
