FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 387, 394. 1896. 317 ‘· Sec. 2. -That it shall be unlawful to fish, catch, or kill any salmon of 8bf§,}*g*gB _£;*;;*j}_’*f;{ any variety, except with rod or spear, above the tide waters of any of ceptwithrod or gpm. the creeks or rivers of less than five hundred feet width in the Territory of Alaska, except only for purposes of propagation, or to lay or set any drift net, set net, trap, pound net, or seine for any purpose across Nets, em., in an the tide waters of any river or stream for a distance of more than one- "°°°”‘ third of the width of such river, stream, or channel, or lay or set any seine or net within one hundred yards of any other net or seine which is being laid or set in said stream or channel, or to take, kill, or fish for Sa'fu*;f,g;s P’°h“’i“°¤ salmon in any manner or by any means in any of the waters of the ` Territory of Alaska, either in the streams or tide waters, except Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound, Berin g Sea, and the ·waters tributary thereto, from midnight on Friday of each week until six o’clock ante- _ meridian of the Sunday following; or to fish for or catch or kill in any ,,,1;§°p€{?;i”,,,’§ §:,,‘}]£f manner or by any appliances, except by rod or spear, any salmon in any stream of less than one hundred yards in width in the said Territory of Alaska between the hours of six o’cl0ck in the evening and six o’clock in the morning of the following day of each and every day of the week. “ Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, Sr·w¤i¤z z¤¤¤¤<1¤· set aside any streams as spawning grounds, in which no fishing will be permitted; and when, in hisjudgment, the results of fishing operations C‘°°° “°“°°“· on any stream indicate that the number of salmon taken is larger than the capacity of the stream to produce, he is authorized to establish weekly close seasons, to limit the duration of the fishiu g season, or to prohibit fishing entirely for one year or more, so as to permit salmon to increase: Provided, however, That such power shall be exercised only Prvyimafter all persons interested shall have been given a hearing, of which N°"°°‘ hearing due notice must be given by publication: And provided further, _ That it shall have been ascertained that the persons engaged in catch- H“"°l‘°""· ing salmon do not maintain fish hafzaherics of sufficient magnitude to keep such streams fully stocked.
- ‘ Sec. 4. That to enforce the provisions of law herein, and such reg- ,zgg*P°°*°’° *¤°h°*·
ulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may establish in pursuance ` thereof, he is authorized and directed to appoint one inspector of nsh— eries, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and two assistant inspectors, at a salary of one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum, and he will annually submit to Congress estimates to cover the salaries and actual traveling expenses of the officers hereby authorized and for such other expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the law herein. ·‘ Sec. 5. That any person violating the provisions of this Act or the ,n§;j‘,jf*"”°“‘ ‘°' "*°· regulations established in pursuance thereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for a term of ninety days. or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court; and, further, in case of the violation of any of the provisions of section one of this Act and conviction thereof a fnrther fine of two hundred and fifty dollars per diem will be imposed for each day that the obstruction or obstructions ° therein are maintained? Approved, June 9, 1896. CHAP. 394.-—An Act Changing the time for holding circuit court of the United J¤¤¤ W- 1896- States at Hartford, in the district of Connecticut. "‘”"`°‘; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of A meriea in Congress assembled, That a term of the United States d_<i¤¤;fi¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤J¤<1i¤i¤1 circuit court in the district of Connecticut Shall be held at Hartford, in l?;;§,§},_ H,,.»m,,d_ said district, on the second Tuesday of October, eighteen hundred and R—S··¤°°·'*”·P- *2** ninety-six, and thereafter in each year on the second Tuesday of October, and that after the third Tuesday of September, eighteen hundred and ninety six, the term of said circuit court now by law provided to be held annually on the third Tuesday in September shall be discontinued. Approved, June 10, 1896.
