CHAP. I. VIOLATION OF THE LAWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GAME AND FISH, §§ 626-37. II. OF OTHER AND MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES, §§ 654-78. CHAPTER I. VIOLATION OF THE LAWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF § 626. Destruction of grouse, duck, etc., when prohibited. § 630. § 631. Use of phosphorus on land in certain counties. § 632, Taking trout by nets, etc., prohibited. § 633. Limit of time for taking trout. § 634. Taking salmon, when prohibited. § 635. Use of explosive substances in fishing prohibited. § 636. Permanent contrivances for catching. § 637. Fishways and ladders, penalties for not keeping." 626. Every person who, in the State of California, between the first day of March and the first day of October in each year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys quail, partridges, or grouse, or rail, is guilty of a misde meanor. Every person who, in any of the counties of this State, at any time takes, gathers, or destroys the eggs of any quail, partridge, or grouse is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who, in this State, between the first day of January and the first day of June in each year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys doves is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who, between the first day of November in each year and the first day of July in the following year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys any male deer, or buck, is guilty of a misdeAny person in the State of California who has in his possession any hides or skins of any deer, elk, antelope, or mountain sheep, killed between the first day of November and the first day of July, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall at any time in the State meanor. of California hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy any antelope, elk, mountain sheep, female deer, or doe, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall at any time hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy any spotted fawn is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall take, kill, or destroy any of the animals mentioned in this section at any time, unless the carcass of such animal is used or preserved by the person taking or slaying it, or is sold for food, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, transport, or have in his possession any deer from which evidence of sex has been removed, or any of the aforesaid game at a time when it is unlawful to kill the same, as provided by this and subsequent sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Approved March 9th, 1883. In effect July 1st, 1883.] 627. Section number six hundred and twenty-seven of the Penal Code of California is hereby repealed. [Approved March 9th, 1883. In effect July 1st, 1883.] 628. Section number six hundred and twenty-eight of the Penal Code of California is hereby repealed. [Approved March 9th, 1883. In effect July 1st, 1883.] ‹.. 629. Section number six hundred and twenty-nine of the Penal Code of California is hereby repealed. [Approved March 9th, 1883. In effect July 1st, 1883.] 630. Every person who, in the counties of Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, or San Mateo, uses or distributes phosphorus upon any land or ground, between the first day of March and the first day of November in any year, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 631. Every person who shall at any time net, pound, weir, cage, or trap any quail, partridge, or grouse, and every person who shall sell, buy, transport, or give away, or offer or expose for sale or have in his possession, any quail, partridge, or grouse that have been snared, captured, or taken in or by means of any net, pound, weir, cage, or trap, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of pos session of any quail, partridge, or grouse which shall not show evidence of having been taken by means other than a net, pound, weir, cage, or trap shall be prima facie evidence, in any prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this section, that the person in whose possession such quail, partridge, or grouse is found took, killed, or de stroyed the same by means of a net, pound, weir, cage, or trap. [Approved March 9th, 1883. In effect July 1st, 1883.] 632. Every person who, in the State of California, at any time takes or catches any trout except with hook and line is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person or persons who shall at any time take, procure, or destroy any fish of any kind by means of explosives is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Approved March 9th, 1883. In effect July 1st, 1883.] 633. Every person who takes, catches, or kills any speckled trout, brook or salmon trout, or any variety of trout, between the first day of November and the first day of April in the following year, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [In effect March 30th, 1878.]. 634. Every person who, between the thirty-first day of August and the first day of October of each year, takes or catches, buys, sells, or has in his possession, any fresh salmon, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall set or draw, or assist in setting or drawing, any net or seine for the purpose of taking or catching salmon or shad in any of the public waters of this State, at any time between sunrise of each Saturday and sunset of the following Sunday, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall, for the purpose of catching shad or salmon, in any public waters of this State, fish with or use any seine or net, the meshes when drawn closely together and measured, inside the knot, less than seven and one-half inches in length, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, or in default, not less than one hundred days in the coun ty jail. One-half of all moneys collected for fines for vio tion of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the informer, one-quarter to the District Attorney of the county in which the action is tried, and one-quarter shall be paid into the Fish Commission Fund; all other costs shall be charged and collected from the county in which the action is prosecuted. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the United States Fish Commissioners, or the Fish Commissioners of this State, from taking such fish as they deem necessary for the purpose of artificial hatching, at all times. [Approved March 12th, 1885.] 635. Every person who places or allows to pass into any of the waters of this State any lime, gas, tar, cocculus indicus, or any other substance deleterious to fish, is guilty of a misdemeanor. And every person who uses any poisonous or explosive substances for the purpose of taking or destroying fish, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that sawdust shall not be deemed a deleterious substance. Any person who shall catch, take, or carry away any trout, or other fish, from any stream, pond, or reservoir belonging to any person or corporation, without the consent of the owner thereof, which stream, pond, or reservoir has been stocked with fish by hatching therein eggs or spawn, or by placing the same therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [In effect April 1st, 1876.] 636. Every person who shall set, use, or continue, or who shall assist in setting, using, or continuing, any pound, weir, set-net, trap, or any other fixed or permanent contrivance for catching fish in the waters of this State, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall cast, extend, or set, any seine or net of any kind for the catching of fish in any river, stream, or slough of this State which shall extend more than one-third across the width of said river, stream, or slough, at the time and place of such fishing, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person |