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FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 43, 47, 48. 1880. 7] money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to continue the public printing: Provided, That the entire sum appropriated to supply the den- Proviao. ciency in the appropriations for the public printing and binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for the Departments and for hthographm g mapping and engraving, for the present Amount limited fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thousand dollars. f°F M1 5'¤¤P· Approved, April 1, 1880. CHAP. 47.—An act for rotection of the Potomac h' ‘ ‘ · and for the preslervation of shad and hem#:gq1;1tl1buIt;b1:o£sdlE'v(;£.C0Tumb1a - Be it enacted- by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful to fish Potomac ushernith fyke-net, pound-net, stake-net, weir, float-net, gill-net, haul-seine, M- or any other contrivance stationary or floating, in the waters of the ,,,Th,‘? *"`°""“" Potomac River within the District of Columbia, after the thirtieth day tglrghibim 5 shof May in any year.ins mor May 30- SEO. 2. That during the fishing season, namely from the first day of F*P*‘*“g °°°·¤°¤ January to the thirtieth day of May in every year, there shall be observed Sp°°`H°d‘ in each week, a closed season, beginning at sundown on Saturday evening, and ending at midnight on Sunday night during which time it shall S““d”·Y· be unlawful to lay out any haul seine or float net or to fish the same, and all stake-nets, and the leaders of all hedges or pounds, fyke-nets and weirs shall be lifted clear of the water so as to allow unobstructed passage to the nsh: Provided, That in the case of weirs it will be suiii- p,·m,;,,,,_ cient to remove a ection of the hedging next the pound or pen, not less than twelve feet in length. Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person to take, in any other Prohibition conmanner than by angling, or with the out line, any iish of the species ;‘;‘3“‘;§ 1*330]* b“” known as “ black bass" or “salmon". ° m ' Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person to have in possession Prohibits sine or or expose for. sale in the District of Columbia, after the tenth day of P0¤S<=¤¤i¤¤ =··fior June in any year, fish of the shad or herring species (fresh) under a pen- gg? °f J““°`“l°°“' alty of five dollars for every fish so exposed or found in possession. y` Sec. 5. That any person who shall offend against any of the provis- Odense e misdeions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon suf- moaoorficient proof thereof in the Police Court or other court of the District shall be lined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for Penalty. each offense and shall forfeit to the District his nets, boats and other apparatus, which shall be sold and the proceeds of such sales and all Disposition of Hnes accruing under this act shall be paid into the Treasury, and there- H¤°”· from, to the informer, in each case where conviction ensues, shall be paid the sum of ten dollars: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be _Prmso. Excepconstrued to prohibit angling or fishing with the out hue, or to prevent *1******- the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, or his agents, from taking from ‘ the waters named, in any manner desired, fish of any kmd for sc1ent1iie purposes or for the purposes of propagation. Approved, April 6, 1880. -E ieno in the appropriations for the trans- A ri] 1 1880. Cgdfigtidgnoffdezggili? £d0S]ta?1i·:dtgsfm‘ the iizcal year diildinlg June thirtieth, eight- -——1?——L—-———- een hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 4 States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of eleven hundred _ _ thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the fo 1§(}Lr€;g3r»1;;¤¢¤¤¤ same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not Tmnspomltion otherwise appropriated, to meet the expenses of inland mail transports- of mms 0,, sm. tion on star routes for the remainder of the current nscal year. During routes.