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days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. All 
fines collected for any violation of any of the pro- 
visions of said sections must be paid into the State 
treasury to the credit of the “Fish Commission 
Fund.” [Approved March 18, 1905.] ' 
Surf Fish, California Whiting, Yellow Fin or 
Spot-fin Croaker. 
§ 628e. Every person who at any time, except 
with hook and line, takes, catches or kills any 
California whiting {Menticirrhus undulatus) also 
known as surf fish, or any yellow fin or any spot-fin 
croaker, is guilty of a midsemeanor. And all fines 
collected for any violation of any of the provisions 
of this section shall be paid into the State treasury 
to the credit of the “Fish Commission Fund.” 
[Approved March 18, 1909.] 
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Screens. 
§ 629. Any person, company, or corporation, 
owning, in whole or in part, or leasing, operating, 
or having in charge any mill-race, irrigating ditch, 
pipe, flume, or canal, taking or receiving its waters 
from any river, creek, stream, or lake in which fish 
have been placed, or may exist, shall put, or cause 
to be placed and maintained, over the inlet of such 
pipe, flume, ditch, canal, or . mill-race, a screen of 
such construction and fineness, strength, and quality 
as shall prevent any such fish from entering such 
ditch, pipe, flume, canal, or mill-race, when required 
to do so by the State Board of Fish Commissioners. 
