C2 FISH AND GAME LAWS. 
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Closed 
Saturday 
and 
Sunday. 
Leg:al 
mesh 
nets 
defined. 
Penalty. 
Tide 
water 
limits 
defined. 
assist in casting, extending or drawing any net or 
seine for the purpose of taking or catching salmon, 
shad or striped bass, in any of the waters of this 
State, at any time between sunrise of each Satur- 
day and sunset of the following Sunday ; every 
person who, for the purpose of catching salmon, in 
any of the waters of this State, fishes with or uses 
any seine or net, dragnet, or paranzella, any of 
the meshes of which are, when drawn closely 
together and measured inside the knot, less than 
six and one half inches, in length ; every person 
who, for the purpose of catching shad or striped 
bass in any of the waters of the State, fishes with 
or uses any seine or net, dragnet, or paranzella, 
any of the meshes of which are, when drawn closely 
together and measured inside the knot, less than 
five and one half inches in length, is guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of not 
less than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail in the county in which the con- 
viction shall be had, not less than one hundred and 
fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, 
and all fines imposed and collected for any viola- 
tions of the provisions of this section shall be paid 
into the Fish Commission Fund. In the construc- 
tion and meaning of this section, the limits of tide 
water in the Sacramento River shall be deemed to 
extend from its mouth to the city of Sacramento ; 
in the San Joaquin River, from its mouth to the 
Southern JPacific Railroad bridge near Lathrop, in 
San Joaquin County ; in Eel River in Humboldt 
County, from its mouth to east boundary line of 
