| Show breaking THE LAWS FOR I 1 THE OF FISH the tre thir f following communication has buen received calved rs in this city and handed to us with tho the request that we will answer the inquiry it contains tamb for the benefit bf the licer officer omm off and the public utah maleh march issa xo to the figh and pame game commission erg erb of ott utah territory Terri toty loty gentlemen having been in ini i formed and feeling it a duty I 1 write to inform you that there are bome some parties trapping fiah flab also turning taming the streams thag thau feed the lake luke that the nish fish go up to spawn nand and then catching them aiso also encouraging the indiana to catch them ifor foz for them to BO all round it makes great destruction among the nish fish not having the laws jaws in res regard ard to foit I 1 t I 1 ask askyan you yoa to give it 11 your attention please inform me how to proceed and if the laws jaws will permit you will please appoint a commissioner commUs lonez loner for fon this county yours youra truly jonn JOHN E MYERS sheriff of garfield co UT U T i the destruction of fish in tho streams stream sot of this tha territory ry which is anond anord extensive than many sup iwae ivae 1 is very reprehensible laws have havo been enacted and amended from time to time to prevent this thil destruction or punish on enders but owing to the difficulties surround ing ang the matter but few violators of the law have been brought to jus jas ime me the latest legislation on this subject is to be found in the laws of 1882 in which it Is provided that ea eveny every ery eny person on who at any time takes or catches s any nigh figh except with hook and line is guilty of a use of selnes gill or dip nets baskets reever traps set lines or any devise whatever except minnow nets neta la Js forbidden and declared to be a misdemeanor midd ennor eanon exception however is made in regard to green riven river bear lake and utah lake in which bemes semes may be used between september and march following provided they are not more than two hundred yards long and twelve feet wide with meshes not less lebs than two inches square for fifty yards la in the centre and two and a half inches square in the ends or wings thereof ther then eod eoV any person who takes out the waters of any stream or lake like that contains nish fish is required to place a grating of horizontal barb bars not more than one inch apart and bec sec securely fastened at the sides bides top and bottom to prevent the fish escaping into the canal or ditch and any person who constructs or keeps a dam across any stream in which fish migrate so eo as to hinder migration to or from their spawning grounds without providing a proper ashway and keeping it in repair la Is guilty of a misdemeanor the tha county courts are required to 2 appoint rint rant the fish commissioners and the application of the Slie sheriff riff of garfield county should be made bade to the garfield county court the duty of the county flah flab and game commissioner is to see bee to the enforcement of the laws in relation to fish und end game and make a report to the county court on or before the of december in each year the penalty for a misdemeanor is imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or a tine nine not exceeding three hundred dollars or both cages cage of violation of the fish and game laws lawa may be taken before a custica of the peace and one half of all fines collected go to the tha informants and the other half to the county treasury la in the absence of any fish and game commissioner in garfield the ihn sheriff or 1 any constable or any private individual will be performing a public duty by acting as informant for mazit and at slatIng in the prose cution of persons persona guilty of the offense in the above ietter iatter the county courts should not neglect the appointment of commissioner to attend to this necessary necea gary sary business which ought to have been done at the december term |
