Show NEW GAME AND FISH LAW some Interest lne reading for our local sportsmen following is the full text of the law passed at the last session of the legislature for the protection of fish and game it is a comprehensive code covering the subject completely and intellectually and ii much the best law upon it that utah has ever had its provisions should be studied and complied with by the people an act to provide or the protection of fish and came and for the appointment of territorial and county commissions be it enacted etc section I 1 that the governor of the territory by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council shall appoint a territorial fifth and earn commissioner who shall be a resident citizen of this territory whose term of office shall be two years and tin til bis successor ie appointed aud qualified provided that when a vacancy occurs in the office of said commissioner and the legislative council is not in session the governor shall have the power to fill such sec 2 the territorial shall receive an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars lie shall before entering ent erint on the 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 bis duties buch bond shall be approved by and filed with the secretary of the territory see 3 the territorial commissioner shall have control and supervision of the public waters lor the collection tion culture and distribution of fish in utah territory and shall distribute all fish fish fry and pawn coming into bis bands fairly and equitably among the several counties or otherwise as the said commissioner may determine he shall have full control of all property of the territory obtained or held for the purpose contemplated by this act he shall receive all fish fish fry and spawn donated to this territory from any source whatever and all fish fish arv and spawn that may be purchased by this territory he shall make a detailed statement of bis official transactions the number and kind of fish distributed and the locality and name ef the streams ponds or lake where the same have been placed and submit such report to the legislature during the first week of the regular session sec 4 the county court of each county of this territory may appoint a fish and game commissioner whose term of office shall be two years and until bis successor shall be appointed and qualified said county commissioner shall before entering upon the 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 shall be approved by the probate jnice and filed in the office of the clerk of the county court the county commissioner shall receive such compensation as shall be determined by the county court to b paid out of the county treasury and shall perform his duties under the direction of the territorial fish and game commissioner it shall be the duty of the county commissioner and the territorial commissioners and each of them to see that all laws of this territory for the protection of fish and came are faithfully enforced and it caball be the duty of the county commissioner to report bis doings to the county court annually sec 6 the said commissioner by authority of the territorial commissioner may take or cause to be taken from the publio waters within their respective counties at any time or in any manner any kind of fish for the purpose of apropo gation or inspection each of said county shall make a detailed report of his official doings to the territorial commissioner during the first week iu december in each year sec 0 the sum of five hundred dollar I 1 hereby appropriated out of any money in treasur otherwise ap salary of the said territorial for the years HO and 1895 7 the owner or owners of any dam erected across any of the streams in this territory shall if required by said county commissioner erect and maintain t all time at bis or their expense suitable to allow the free and uninterrupted passage of fish up and down such stream provided that the requirements of this section shall not apply to cases where all the waters are required and used for irrigation 8 it shall be unlawful for any person to take any fish except carp chubs ON LAST A and suckers from any waters of this territory by any means or device whatsoever except by means of hook and line commonly known as and that onla between the fifteenth day of june of each and the fifteenth day of february following except as hereinafter provided sec 9 it shall be unlawful for any person to take kill destroy or have in his possession at any time in any year any fish less than 0 six inches long or any fish whatever that Is taken unlawfully or to sell lake iolli destroy or have in his possession any trout whatever at any time between february fifteenth and june fifteenth following in any year sec 10 it shall be unlawful for any pr to kill or to take any fish from the waters of this territory by the use of any poison or deleterious drugs or by erection of any weir dam or other artificial ob or by the use of any net seine set lines sieve depear or pun or any other device whatsoever which can or may bo used for the unlawful taking of fish provided that seines are not more than two hundred yards long and twelve feet wide not less than one and one halt inches square for fifty yards in the center and the meshes not less than two inches square in the wings thereof may be used in green river at all season of the year and in bear lake and utah lake between the fifteenth day of june of each year and the fifteenth day of february follow lne and provided further that before any person shall use seines in utah lake such person shall each year make application to the county court of utah county for a license for that purpose and shall pay five dollars and hall give bonds with two earet les to be approved by the county court in the sum of conditional upon the faithful observance of the law for the protection of fish and game and lie shall notify the county fish and game commissioner whenever he intend to make A haul so that the said commissioner can be present either in person or by deputy when the haul is made any licensee who shall make a haul without the presence of the commissioner or bis deputy shall upon conviction thereof be in any e than for each offense it ie hereby made the duty of the county commissioner to respond to the notice of such licensee and attend in person or by deputy at the time of hauling to which he is notified and see that the provisions of the law for the protection of fish and game are observed said licensee shell pay said not to exceed two and a half dollar a day for such services sec 11 seines nets tackle powder aline poison drug end other means and device for taking or killing fish of any kind found in the possession of any person who may be found unlawfully taking fish from any of the waters of this territory shall be seized by the officer making the arrest and if it appears from the evidence before the magistrate trying the cause that the seines nets powder limes poison drugs and other means and devices for taking or killing fish were bied or were about to be used or intended to be aed for the unlawful fish the same are hereby confiscated fisca ted and shall be by the order of the magistrate taken and destroyed subject to the right of appeals as in other cases sec 12 it shall be unlawful for any person to kill or take any fish from any of the waters of the territory by the use of biant powder quicklime or any explosive substance or to place or use in or on the surface of such waters any geant powder quicklime or explosive substance or to have knowingly in hs possession any fish killed or taken by the ue of giant powder quicklime or any any peron found guilty of violating any ot the provision of section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor sec IS that no person shall kill wound ensnare or trap within the territory of utah any elk between the first day of december and the first day of september following nor shall any person have in bis possession in said territory the whole or any part of the dead body or carcase of any elk deer buffalo or bason antelope or mountain sheep or any fawn or young of any of said animal between the sixth day of december and the first of september following and the possession ot either or any part of said animals mentioned in this section shall be prima facie evidence of guilt any one violat lne any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor sec U any person who shall pursue with a dog between december 1st and september 1st of the following Tol lowing year any of the animals mentioned in section 13 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor sec 15 any person who shall at any time wantonly kill or destroy any of the animals mentioned in the section of this act or shall at any time kill or destroy the same for the sole purpose of securing the birds or skins of any such animal or shall cause to be shipped carried or transported out odthe territory any of such animal or any part thereof between december 1st and september 1st of the following year shall be guilty of misdemeanor sec 10 any person who shall kill ensnare net or trap or have in his possession within the territory of utah any quail partridge pheasant prarle chicken or grouse between the day of march and day of september year or who shall kill ensnare net or trap or have in his possession within the territory of utah any sage hen between the day of march and the lath day of august of each year or who shall kill ensnare net or arap at any time any lark whippoorwill whip poor will thrush swallow snowbird bobolink woodpecker or other in bird not being birda of prey except english sparrows shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and the possession of either of th birds mentioned in this section shall be prima facie evidence of built beo 17 any person who shall take kill or destroy or have in his possession within the territory of utah any wild goose wild duck or snipe between the first day ot april and the first day of october of each year or who shall rob the neste of any wild goose or wild duck or who shall ob the neets of any of the birds mentioned in this act except the and blackbird shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and the selon of either or any of the birds or any eggs of cither or any of the birds mentioned in this edtion eo tion shall be prima facie evidence of guilt of such demeanor and any person who shall kill wound or deboot at any wild goose or wild duck between sunset and one hour before sunrise shall be guilty of a 18 was stricken out of the en rolled bill but the numbers odthe follow ing sections were not chanced sec it any person who shall knowingly have in his possession any gamo taken unlawfully is guilty of a misdemeanor sec 20 oiin half of all fines collected under the revisions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which trial may be had and the other half paid to the complaining witness or witnesses fcc 21 any person who shall hereafter at any time within the territory of bitah wilfully kill wound ensnare trap eliout at or nave in his possession any bird commonly known as and called the mongolian or chinese pheasant or english pheasant or groube shall be guilty of a misdemeanor any person violating any of the provisions of thi act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor sec 23 all acts or parts of acts heretofore passed relating to fish and game and birds are hereby repealed sec 25 so numbered in the engrossed this act eliell take effect irom and after its approval approved march ath |