other seine, gill net, drift net or set net, which license shall be numbered and dated, and shall specify the number of the pound net, trap, weir, fish wheel, or other fixed appliance, seine, gill net, drift net or set net, which number shall be designated by the said Commissioner, and said license shall also contain the name of the person to whom such be licensed. license shall be granted. No license shall be issued to any person who is not a citizen of the United States, unless

Who may

Oregon li

such person has declared his intention to become such one year prior thereto, and is and has been for one year immediately prior to the time of the application for license an actual resident of the State of Washington, nor shall any license be issued to any corporation, unless such corporation shall be authorized to do business in this State: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the issuance of licenses to women, minors of the age of eighteen years or more, or Indians, who possess the qualifications of citizenship and residence hereinbefore required, nor to prevent the renewal of any licenses by persons now holding the same: Provided, Licenses issued by Certain the State of Oregon shall be deemed valid as to gill nets censes valid. for use on the Columbia river as though issued by the Fish Commissioner of this State. No more than three licenses shall be issued to any one person, firm or corporation. Licenses may be assigned or transferred to any person or corporation entitled to hold licenses under the provisions of this act: Provided, That notice is given to the Fish Commissioner of said transfer or assignment by the transferee within twenty days from the date of said transfer or assignment: And provided further, If such notice of transfer is not given such license shall be void. No person or corporation shall own, operate or construct, or cause to be constructed or operated any pound net, trap, weir, fish wheel or other fixed appliance for the catching of salmon on the waters of the Columbia river, or its tributaries, or in any of the waters of the State of Washington, the meshes of which are less than three inches stretched measure.

Transfer.

Size of mesh.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon, except with hook or line in any of the tributaries of Puget

to take sal-
mon on

Sound,

be closed,

when.

Sound above tide water; and it shall further be unlawful Unlawful
to take or fish for salmon, except with hook and line in Puget
any of the open waters of Puget Sound between the hours when.
of six o'clock p. m. Friday, and six o'clock a. m. Sunday,
and in the tributaries of Puget Sound and that arm of the
Sound known as Swinomish Slough, between the hours of
six o'clock a. m. Saturday, and six o'clock p. m. Sunday, of
each calendar week in each year. And it shall be unlawful
to fish for sockeye salmon in the waters of Puget Sound
between August 25th and September 15th of each year, and
any salmon of that species taken between said last named
dates in the waters of Puget Sound shall be liberated. That
between six o'clock p. m. Friday and six o'clock a. m. Sun- Traps shall
day, of each calendar week of each year, as above provided,
all pound nets, or traps operated in the waters of Puget
Sound shall be closed by an apron placed across the en-
trance to the heart of the trap or pound net, which apron
shall extend from above the surface of the water to the
bottom of the Sound at the place where the trap is main-
tained and be connected securely to the piles on either side
of the entrance to the heart of such trap or pound net,
fastened by rings not more than four feet apart on a taut
wire stretched from top to bottom of piles so as to effectu-
ally prevent any salmon from entering the heart of such
trap or pound net. Any person violating any of the pro- Penalty.
visions of this section, whether or not such a violation is
otherwise specifically declared to be a misdemeanor, either
by neglecting to observe the requirements of this section,
or by violating any of the requirements thereof, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction
thereof, for each and every offense be subject to a fine of
not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) nor
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by im-
prisonment in the county jail not less than twenty-five days
nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon Prohibited on Grays in the waters of Grays Harbor or its tributaries from the Harbor, 15th day of March to the 15th day of April and from

when.

क

Willapa
Harbor.

Columbia
River.

Snake

River.

the 25th day of November to the 15th day of December in each year. And also it shall hereafter be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in any of the following named tributaries of Grays Harbor from the 15th day of August to the 15th day of November in each year above the points hereinafter described, to-wit: It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the Chehalis river above a point one-half mile below the mouth of the Wynooche river; it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon above a point one-half mile above the mouth of the Humptulips river; it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon above a point one-half mile above the mouth of the Elk river; it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon above a point one-half mile above the mouth of the Johns river. The Fish Commissioner is hereby empowered to indicate the points above which fishing may not be done as provided hereinbefore, by driving piles at the points in said streams above designated, which shall mark the points above which said fishing shall not be done. It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the waters of Willapa Harbor or its tributaries from the 15th day of March to the 15th day of April, and from the 25th day of November to the 25th day of December in each year. And, also, it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in any of the following tributaries of Willapa Harbor above tidewater in said rivers: North river, Willapa river, and Nasel river. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent fishing with hook and line, commonly termed angling, in any of the above rivers. It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the Columbia river or its tributaries, or within three miles outside of the mouth of said Columbia river, by any means whatever in any year, between twelve m. the 15th day of March and twelve m. the 15th day of April, or between 12 m. the 25th day of August and 12 m. the 10th day of September, except Snake river; and it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in said Snake river or any of its tributaries by any means whatever, in any year, tween twelve m. the 1st day of March and twelve m. the 15th day of April, or between 12 m. the first day of

be

August and twelve m. the first day of September. And it shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon by any means whatever except with hook and line, commonly termed angling, in the Kalama river, Lewis river, Wind river, Little White Salmon river, Wenatchee river, Methow river, Little Spokane river, and Colville river, and in the Columbia river within one mile of the mouth of the above named rivers: Provided, No traps shall be located on or within three miles below the mouth of Lewis river. It shall be unlawful at any time to take any fish with a net, trap or other device than hook and line in Chambers creek in the county of Pierce, or within two hundred and fifty yards. of the mouth of said creek and the mouth of said creek shall be construed to mean the junction where the fresh and salt waters meet at low tide.

Size and

shape of

set nets.

violation of

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation on Puget Sound or its tributaries to fish for salmon by means of set nets of greater length than three hundred feet, and no set net shall be permitted to be constructed in the form of a pound net or with pots or hearts connected therewith or in any other means than by stakes driven in substantially a straight line. Any person vio- Penalty for lating any of the provisions of sections 3, 4 and 5 of this certain act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject for each and every offense, to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than five days nor more than thirty days.

sections.

License

90 cents per ton.

SEC. 5. That section 3 of chapter 170, Session Laws of 1905, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 3. Every of dealersperson, firm or corporation, either as principal, agent or employe engaged in the business of buying or selling, and preserving or otherwise dealing in salmon other than canneries thereof, shall pay as a license the sum of ninety cents per ton net weight of said fish bought and sold, preserved or otherwise dealt in: Provided, No person engaged $2.50 per in the business aforesaid shall pay less than two dollars and fifty cents per annum. It shall be the duty of each

annum.

port to fish

commis

sioner.

bor license.

person, firm or corporation affected by the provisions of this section to render to the Fish Commissioner of the State

Detailed re- of Washington, on or before the tenth day of each month, on blanks to be furnished by the Fish Commissioner, a detailed statement showing net amount of fresh fish bought and sold, preserved or otherwise dealt in during the preceeding month, and each person shall pay to the said Commissioner the amount due under the provisions therefor, on or before the tenth of each month, and a failure or neglect to do so shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof the offender may be punished as hereinafter provided: Provided, however, That every person, firm or corporation, either as principal, agent or employe (except retail dealers purchasing for their own trade) engaged in buying, selling, preserving, or otherwise dealGrays Har- ing in salmon other than canners thereof taken in the waters of Grays Harbor or its tributaries in the State of Washington, shall before engaging in such business procure from the Fish Commissioner a license to buy, sell, preserve or otherwise deal in at least one hundred tons of salmon taken from such waters and pay therefor to said Fish Commissioner the sum of ninety dollars, which said license shall entitle such person, firm or corporation to buy, sell, handle, preserve or otherwise deal in one hundred tons of salmon taken from said waters during the season for which such license is granted. Should such person, firm or corporation during the year for which such license is issued exceed one hundred tons of salmon in his, their or its purchase, sale, preserving or dealing such person, firm or corporation shall immediately upon the completion of the purchase, sale, or preserving of one hundred tons of salmon, thereafter be governed by and comply with and make payments upon all salmon purchased, sold, preserved or otherwise dealt in in excess of one hundred tons during the said year with the provisions of this section contained and declared before this proviso and a failure or neglect upon the part of any person, firm or corporation to comply with the requirements of this section or the requirement of this proviso shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon