ART. 39.] TROUT AND OTHER FISH. 66

1903, ch. 358. 1906, ch. 161.

79. No person shall catch, or in any manner take or kill, in
said waters, at any time, any white perch of any size less than
seven inches in length, or any yellow perch of any size less than
eight inches in length, or any pike less than fourteen inches in
length, or any rock, otherwise known as striped bass, or any
taylor of any size less than ten inches in length, measuring in
the case of each fish, from the tip of the nose to the end of the
caudal fin or tail.

Ibid.

80. No person shall, in this State, in any manner or at any
time, so obstruct any stream above where the tide ebbs and
flows, in which trout or other fish have been placed by the
State or national government, so that said fish shall not have
free access up and down said stream, under a penalty of not
less than ten dollars ($10), nor more than twenty-five dollars
($25), for every such offense.

Ibid.

81. Every owner of a dam or dams upon any of the said
waters of this State is hereby required to make and keep in
repair, or cause to be made and kept in repair, and placed
upon said dam or dams at least one fish ladder of such a
character as to enable fish to have a free course up and down
said waters at all times, under a penalty of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than one hundred dollars
($100), for each and every offense.

Ibid.

82. No person shall place, throw or make use of in any of
said waters, except from bona fide engineering, milling or
mining purposes, any dynamite or other explosive substance,
or any lime, poison, acid, sawdust, shaving or other substance
whatsoever deleterious to or destructive of fish life, under a
penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more
than three hundred dollars ($300), or imprisonment in the
penitenitiary for not less than one year nor more than three
years, or of both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
court; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
apply to sawmills now in operation until October 1, 1903,*

*Should be 1907.
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