Show amendments pro proposed P osea to the fish and ana game laws of cf the territory EDITOR 1 JOURNAL ja R ar following are the proposed amendments to the finkh fi th and game law offered by the sportsmans Sports mans club of cache county which have been sent to the legislature amend chapter 78 fish and game law of the laws of 1894 as follows FIRST ey dy adding a new section requiring the owner or owners of any ditch hume flume canal or other water way leading from the natural streams of this state to erect and maintain screens at head bead of such puch water ater ways during certain seasons w of the year SECOND by adding a new section making 0 it a misdemeanor for any owner or operator of saw or mills to allow the sawdust or shavings from said mills to es cape into toe tile streams ot of this state inird dy by prohibiting the catching of any kind of fish during the closed season viz feb to june loth this amendment will remove the temptation to catch trout when fishing for suckers FOURTH by changing the word fish in section 9 to trout under the present law fishermen are prohibited catching or er having in their possession any fish under ax inches in w length 0 they are thereby deprived of cate catching hing or having in their possession any other than trout for the purpose of using them for bait FIFTH by i inserting i ns erting in see sec 13 the words deer buffalo bison antelope or mountain sheep and changing c hanin han in the season for this class of game gain e from sept I 1 to to dee dec I 1 to sept to dec loth also the necessary changes in section 18 13 and 14 to correspond with this amendment SIXTH by amending section 15 prohibiting the shipment of game out 0 of this state at ANY TIME SE SEVENTH VENTu by amending section 16 relating to prairie chickens pheasants sa sage ge hens etc making the closed sea season eon cover the per period iod from jan 1st ast to all aug each year the present baw law is from I 1 march to sept let for all of this class clas of game except sage hens for the latter the closed season ends aug loth EIGHTH ey by changing section 17 relative to ducks geest and snipe making the closed season seabon be from april to sept loth instead of april to oct 1st ast as the law now is also allowing duck shooting 1 hour after sundown tile the present law prohibits shooting ducks after sundown NINTH dy by amending sec 12 fixing P the penalty for blasting fish in in the sum ot of not less than 10 0 or more than fine or by imprisonment for not less than one or more than six months or both TENTH by amending see 7 making it olli obligatory atory upon all parties st i placing 0 dams dains across the streams r eams to provide fish ways and not leave it to the discretion of the commissioner as at present |