Show To Amend Fish and Game Law House bill No 38 the new fish and game bill will be reported f favorably by the fish anh game committee it is expected today The committees on fish and g game game me of both I houses have e 1 worked arduously on the i measure measure- for three weeks week and have held I many public as well as executive meetings Numerous amendments will be offered to the bill as lS it now nov stands Under the amended bill the salary of the fish and game and game commissioner is fixed at 2200 per year instead of 2400 as proposed in the original draft The salary of the chief deputy is placed at 1400 instead of 1500 Superintendents of hatcheries and the six chief game wardens are to receive 1000 a year instead of 1200 proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed in the original bill The amended amend amend- ed cd measure appropriates appropriate in instead instead instead stead of as first provided for Fishing is prohibited between the hours of 9 a. a m. m and p p. p m. m Trout six in inches hes long may be retained The Theold Theold Theold old limit was seven inches A new spawning dam is provided back of the new power power dam in Logan canyon to extend extend to to the Telluride dam a distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance of about five miles Under the fhe the amended bill the quantity of fish that one may have in his possession at one onetime onetime onetime time is increased to 50 sq pounds thus enabling anglers who have been camping to bring home their catch The bill biU makes the use of dynamite drugs or electricity in catching fish a misdemeanor for which imprisonment for three months and a fine of may be meted out The closed seining seining seining sein sein- ing season in Utah lake Jordan river and other fishing grounds is placed at from July 1 to September 1 The deer shooting season is limited under the new bill biU to two weeks extending extending extending ex ex- tending from October 1 to October 15 except in Tooele county where deer are arc for the next five years Mourning doves are protected by the bill as are also swans shore birds killdeer and brant The duck shooting season extends from October 1 to December 31 as at present An effort to extend the season 15 days lo longer ger was The spring sprin duck shooting season which was proposed by the state com commissioner missioner as a a. means of clearing up upp the duck disease situation is retained I m in the bill biU The spring open open season in Salt Lake Davis Weber Utah I Boxelder and Cache shall shaU be from February 15 to March 15 The provision provision provision pro pro- vision for spring duck shooting in the counties named applies to the present year only The committee adopted adopter an amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment providing that no alien be per be-per- per permitted I to hunt or fish for any any game protected or unprotected unless he pay the license of 15 required of nonresidents nonresidents nonresidents non non- residents of the United States |