shall have authority to break open any dam, net, or other 
obstruction that may be placed in such waters in violation of 
this section. This section does not apply to dams for milling 
or manufacturing purposes. The words ‘Towwater mark 77 shall 
not apply to fresh water mains. 
Sec. 604. If any person shall use firearms, dynamite, or other 
explosives or destructive substances for the purpose of killing 
fish, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 605. If any person shall use nets, seines, or other con¬ 
trivances covering, extending to, or obstructing more than one 
half of the stream for catching or taking shad in any of the 
streams of this State, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 606. There shall be a “closed time” for the rivers in 
which shad are caught, of forty eight hours: commencing at 
sunrise on Saturday morning of each week, and ending at sun¬ 
rise on Monday morning of the next week, during which 4 ‘ closed 
time 7 7 no shad or other migratory fish shall be caught by nets, 
wires, pounds, or other means whatever ; neither shall such nets 
wires, pounds, or other apparatus be left in said rivers during 
said li closed times. 77 The meshes of nets or other apparatus for 
catching fish shall not be less than five inches. 
Sec. 608. A violation of either of the two preceding sections 
shall be a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 609. If any person shall seine or net for fish in any 
of the streams in which mountain trout exist, or be placed, he 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 610. If any non-resident of this State shall take or 
catch any oysters or fish from the public waters of this State 
for the purpose of selling them, he shall be guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor. 
POISONING FISH PROHIBITED. 
Sec. 611. Any person who shall directly by himself, or by 
aiding or abetting others, put walnut hulls, walnut leaves, devil 
shoestrings, or any poison substances whatever of any kind in 
any waters, either running streams or standing waters, such 
as lakes, ponds, or eddy places in any river or creek within the 
limits of this State, which will be likely to drive away or poison 
the fish therein by contaminating said waters, he shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 
CLOSED PERIOD FOR FISHING EXCEPT WITH 
HOOK AND LINE. 
Sec. 612. If any person shall catch or take any fish with 
seine, net, gig, or spear, or like device, from any of the waters 
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o fthis State, between the first day of February and the first day 
of July in each year, except with hook and line, he shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 613. In case of shad the above prohibition as to dates 
shall apply only between the fifteenth of April and the first 
of July. 
Sec. 614. Whoever shall catch any shad or other fish, or use 
for the purpose of catching shad or other fish, An any of the 
waters of this State, any net or nets known as drift nets, between 
the hours commencing at sundown on Thursday of each week 
and ending at sunrise on Monday of the next week, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Above repealed by Shad Act of August 17th, 1918. 
SHAD ACT APPROVED AUGUST 17, 1918. 
An Act to regulate the taking of shad fish from the waters 
of this State and providing for a license to be imposed upon 
those who take, for purpose of sale, with any device, shad fish 
from any of the waters within this State, and for other purposes. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That on and after the pas¬ 
sage of this Act the open season, during, which, any person may take shad from 
the waters of this State in any manner, shall be from February 1st to April 20th, 
following,. Provided, that on St. Mary River in said State the open season for 
taking shad shall be from January 1st to April 20th, following. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That during, each week of such open season 
there shall be a closed time during, which no shad fish shall be taken from the wa¬ 
ters of this State in any manner, beginning, at sundown Friday of each week, and 
extending until sunrise Monday following,. Provided, that nothing, contained in 
this Section shall apply to the St. Marys River. 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that any person who shall take 
shad fish from the waters of this State, for purposes of sale, 
without first procuring a license from the commissioner of game 
and fish as hereinafter provided, shall be guilty of a misdemean¬ 
or, and punished as hereinafter provided. 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that the license as provided in 
the foregoing section shall be as follows: That persons having 
a residence within this State and being citizen of the LTnited 
States shall pay a fee of one dollar for such license and that 
citizens of other states residing outside of this State, and who 
take shad from the waters of this State for the purpose of sale 
shall first procure from the commissioner of game and fish of 
this State, a license, the fee for which shall be ten dollars, and 
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