Show eull tet of Bil bilbee Hee J our solons J r S WHEN MAY CAUGHT they are to only in home coia 1 ncr 7 section cje i atte Goc emor and legislative ettlie territory of utah the governor of the ter shall nominate and by and with the band consent of the council appoint a fieh an d game commissioner wh W a resident citizen of this territory choso whoso term of office bo four uncil his successor ia appointed and qualified provided eliat a vacancy occurs in the office of said commissioner and the council is not in session the governor shall have power such 2 alie said territorial commissioner shall receive an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars which said salary shall be in lieu of all expenses he may incur as such commissioner ho shall before entering upon ahe duties of his office take and subscribe to an oath of office and give a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of liis duties such bond to be filed with the secretary of thu territory 3 the territorial commissioner shall have control and supervision of the public waters pertaining to the collection propagation culture distribution of fish and gamo in utah territory and shall distribute all fish fish iry or spawn coming into his hands fairly and equitably among the several counties or otherwise us die said commissioner and the county commissioners may determine he shall have full control of all persons employed aud all property of alio territory obtained or held far alie purpose contemplated by this act he receive all fish fish fry or spawn donated to this territory from any source whatever also all fish fish fry or spawn that may bo sd by this territory Terri tor ho may establish boxes for the preservation and hatching of spawn and in the most eo comical and practical manner procure and distribute fish and fish fry for the public waters of this territory he make a detailed statement or report of his official transactions including expenditures and alie purpose for which the same were made also the number and kinds of fish distributed and the locality aud names of the streams ponds or lakes where the same have been placed and submit such report to alie legislature during the first week of its regular session arc 4 the county court of each county of aliis territory shall appoint a fish and game commissioner whose term of office shall be for four years until his successor shall bo appointed and qualified said bounly commissioner shall before entering upon tho duties of his office take and subscribe to an oath of office and give a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties said bond to be filed with the probate judge the county commissioners shall re 1 chive such compensation as shall be determined ter mined by the county court to be paid out of hie county treasury and shall perform liis duties under the direction of the county court it shall be alie duty of the county commissioners to see that all laws of this territory for alie protection of fish and game are faithfully enforced and report his doings to the county court sepi annually all fines and forfeitures for violations of alie provisions of this act be paid into alie county treasury of the county the offense shall have been committed SEC 5 the said commissioner may take or cause to be taken from alie public waters within their respective counties at any time or in any manner any kind of fish for the purpose of propagation or inspection eacle of said county commis shall make a detailed report of his official doings to alie tarri during the first week of december of each year SEC G tho owner or owners of any dam erected across any of the streams in this territory shall if required by the county fish commissioner build erect and maintain at all times at his or expense suitable fiah waya fo allow the free and uninterrupted passage of fish up and docu such stream SEC 7 it shall bo unlawful for any person to catch kill or take any imported fish from the public waters of this territory for the period of four years from the passage of this act unless duly by alie joint concurrence of the territorial and county commissioners SEC 8 it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take any trout from alie public waters of this territory by any means or devico whatever which can or may be used for the unlawful years from the passage of this act except by means of hook and line commonly known as angling only between alie first day of july of each year and the first day of march following SEC 9 it shall lo 10 unlawful for any person or to catch kill destroy or have in his possession any trout less than s indies long or any trout whatever that 13 taken unlawfully SEC 10 it shall be unlawful for any person or reasons to kill or take any fish from the public water of this territory by the use of any poison deleterious drug or by the use of giant powder quick lime or any other substance or by ohp erection of any wier dam or other obstruction or by the ubo of any net sieve or device whatsoever winch can or may be used for the unlawful taking of asli provided that seines not more than two hundred yards long and twelve feet wide will meshes not less alian one and one half inches square for fifty yards in alie centre and meshes not less than two inches in the wings thereof may be used in green kiver ber and utah lakes only between the first day of october of each year and the first day ot march following SEC 11 it shall be unlawful for any person or persons between alie fifteenth day of april and the first day of october of each year to wilfully take kill destroy or offer for sale any wild beeso ducks grouse quail or partridge or to kill any of the above mentioned birds between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise or to rob alio nests disturb the above mentioned birda SEC 12 it shall be unlawful for any person or gersoni per soni between the first day of december of each year and the first day of S following to take kill or destroy any deer elk or mountain sheep or at any time to kill any of tho above animals for their skins and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to export for sale or consumption cither alive or dead any of the game named in the forgoing sections to adv point outside of utah territory SEC 13 any person convicted of killing or destroying fish in any of the public waters of this territory by beani of giant lime shall be fined in tho sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not leas than ten nor more than three days or both euch fino and imprisonment SED 14 all seines nets boats r tackle of any kind found in possession of any person who may bo found unlawfully taking fish from any of tho public waters of this territory shall be seized by alie officers making the arrest atil if it appears from tho evidence before seines net dip neis boats or tackle 1 wore afe ufe i k er abutto be c r in tended to be used for the unlawful tak the sam ii coffis cute and ahall be by alie of the destroyed unlawful for dorriny riny person or persons fo export dead or living fielty in any of the public I 1 wafers of this territory to any point outside of this territory for either con or sale tho sum of seven hundred be same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the territorial rit orial treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the salary of the said territorial commissioner for the years 1890 and 1891 SEC J the sum of five thousand dollars bo and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the territorial rit orial treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended by the territorial fish and game commissioner for the purchase of a suitable site for establishing tab lishing and maintaining a territorial fish hatchery hatching boxes nursery and breeding ponds and to pay the of the office of the territorial fish and panie for the years 1890 and 1891 SEC 18 any person or persona violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor SEC 19 all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed |