Show abent the fish law salt bait lake city june 15 1896 county 1 fish ish and game warden uintah county utah dear sir in conse consequent quene of a seeming seeming conflict in sections 11 and 12 of the now new fish and game law some doubt may exist in the minds minda of the public who are interested in the matter as aa to the logal legal late date for the bo beginning ginning of the open season for taking trout or buss bass from tho the waferd of utah with hook book and line or what I 1 ia commonly known os as angling section 11 apparently permits angling with hook and line after july 1st ast but section 12 emphatically says it shall be 10 unlawful for tiny any person to take kill destroy or have in his hia possession anny or boss bass whatever at any time after tho the day of january ar and d before the ibah day of july following 11 lo in order to determine the question definitely so BO that those charged with the enforcement of tho the law may know low how to act I 1 applied at tho the attorney generals office for a construction st on this thia point and have received the following replot john sharp efa state fish and game warden dear sir pir in respect to tio time of taking trout or bass from tho the utah waturs beg leave to say that they may be taken after the day of july of each cacti your year and until the lath day of january following very truly A 0 Bisi BISHOP llor attorney general it ibis ia urgent that this decision or ruling have as wide and speedy publicity os as possible by having it inserted in the newspapers in your county or in any other manner that may give the information to those interested into rested very respectfully JOHN SHARP state fish and game warden |