OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. CHAPTER 149. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. AN ACT for the Further Protection of Oysters in Broadkiln River and Sound. No oysters less than three and in length to be taken from Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met: Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act it one-half inches shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take or catch any oysters for any purpose from Broadkiln River or Sound or their tributaries of size less than three and one-half inches in length. Broadkiln Daily catch limited to seven bushels for market Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in any one day to take, catch or carry away in any consumption boat, cart, or other vehicle from Broadkiln River or Sound or their tributaries more than seven bushels of oysters for market or home consumption. Misdemeanor Penalty and fine Section 3. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than twenty nor more than forty dollars together with the costs of prosecution; in default of payment of said fine, the offender shall be imprisoned in the Sussex County Jail at Georgetown not less than twenty nor more than forty days. Justices of the Peace of Sussex County are hereby given jurisdiction to hear and determine all violations of the provisions of this Act, with power to enforce the same. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. men to Section 4. The Governor shall appoint two suitable Governor to persons in Sussex County, one from Broadkiln Hundred oyster policeand one from Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, whose duty act into effect it shall be to enforce the provisions of this Act, and who shall be entitled to One-half the fines collected from offenders found guilty of violation of the provisions of this To receive oneAct, the remaining one-half to be paid to the Collector of collected Oyster Revenue. Said persons shall have the right to arrest any person or persons charged with the violation of the provisions of this Act. half of fines Section 5. This Act shall continue in force for a pe- Act to continriod of four years from the date of its passage. Section 6. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here with are hereby repealed. Approved March 20, A. D. 1913. ue in force for four years OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. Season for Unlawful to kill any Heifer CHAPTER 150. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. AN ACT for the Protection of Diamond Back Terrapin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any person to catch, take, kill or destroy or have in his possession, except for strictly scientific or propagating purposes, any Diamond Back Terrapin from the fifteenth day of March until the fifteenth day of November following in each and every year. Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to Diamond Back catch, take, kill or destroy or have in his possession any uring less than Heifer Diamond Back Terrapin which measures less Terrapin meas five and one half inches Misdemeamor Penalty for violation than five and one-half inches lengthwise on the bottom shell, except for strictly scientific or propagating purposes. Section 3. That any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than Five Dollars and not more than Twenty-five Dollars for each Terrapin so caught, taken or had in possession, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons securing the arrest and conviction, and in default of the payment of such fine together and conviction with costs, shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding One-half of fine to be paid to person securing arrest ten days. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. Section 4. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any person from disposing by sale or otherwise of any Diamond Back Terrapin which he may have had in his possession previous to the passage of this Act. Section 5. That all Acts and parts of Acts in so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 26, A. D. 1913. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. Right to clam granted to dents of State only CHAPTER 151. OF FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME. AN ACT for the Protection of Clams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That from and after the approval of this bona fide resi- Act it shall be unlawful for any person except such as have been bona fide residents of this State for at least one year immediately preceding the approval of this Act, to take or catch, or assist in taking or catching, clams in any waters within the jurisdiction of Delaware. Misdemeanor Penalty Clams found on oyster plantation Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Court of General Sessions, shall be imprisoned for not less than three months, nor more than six months, and fined in a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, ($100.) in the discretion of the Court. Provided, that any person or persons licensed under the laws of this State to plant oysters on the bottom of the Delaware Bay shall have the right, notwithstanding this Act, and without the payment of any special license fee therefor, to take and dispose of any clams found within the limits of any oyster plantation, taken up in good faith for the purpose of planting and propagating oysters and for which the said person or persons shall have paid for any current year the rental and tonnage fees prescribed by the then existing laws of this State for the occupation and use of said oyster plantations. |