2066. Unlawful to fish within 100 feet of dam.

SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in the State of Nevada at any time or season to take, catch, or kill, or to attempt so to take, catch, or kill, any lake trout, river trout, brook trout, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, Sacramento perch, or any other species of fish whatever, within a distance of one hundred feet above or below any dam in this state containing a fishway or fish-ladder.

2067. Same applying to irrigation works.

SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company or corporation in the State of Nevada to take, catch, or kill, or to attempt to take, catch, or kill, any lake trout, river trout, brook trout, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, white-fish, large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, Sacramento perch, or any other fish of any species whatever, at any time or season, whatever, within a distance of one mile below any dam of the United States reclamation service containing a fishway or fish-ladder, and lying within the State of Nevada.

2068. Night fishing defined and prohibited.

SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company or corporation, in the State of Nevada, to take, catch, or kill, or attempt to take, catch, or kill, any lake trout, river trout or brook trout, land-locked salmon, royal chinook salmon, large-mouthed or small-mouthed black bass, Sacramento perch, or any other fish of any species whatever from any of the waters of the State of Nevada, on any calendar day after two hours after sunset, and on any calendar day before one hour before sunrise.

2069. Officers empowered to enforce act.

SEC. 11. The fish commissioners of the State of Nevada, the members of the Nevada state police, and every fish or game warden throughout the state, and every sheriff and constable in his respective county is and are hereby authorized and required to enforce this act and to seize any game or fish taken or held in possession in violation of this act, and he or they shall have full power and authority and it shall be the duty of every such officer with or without a warrant, to open, enter, or examine all camps, wagons, cars, automobiles, stages, tents, packs, warehouses, stores, outhouses, stables, barns, and other places, boxes, barrels, baskets, and packages, where he has reason to believe any fish taken or held in violation of any of the provisions of this act is or are to be found, and to seize the same; provided, that a dwelling house actually occupied can be entered for examination only in pursuance of a warrant.

2070. Officers may call for assistance.

SEC. 12. In case Indians or any other persons in the State of Nevada shall engage in the killing of trout or other fishes in violation of any of the provisions of this act, and shall be in such numbers as to be beyond the reasonable power of any fish or game warden of the state fish commission to control, or in case of forcible resistance to the enforcement thereof, it shall be the duty of the sheriff, or sheriffs of the county or counties where such violation exists, upon the demand of such commissioners or any warden to aid him in the enforcement of this act, and to call to his assistance at once a sufficient number of persons to enforce the same promptly and effectually; or if by him deemed necessary, said commissioners or said warden may call such assistance without the intervention of the sheriff. The failure without good cause of any person or persons to respond and to render such assistance shall be deemed a violation of this act.

2071. Penalties-Evidence.

SEC. 13. Any person or persons, firm, company, or corporation, association, or common carrier in this state who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail in the county where the conviction is had for any term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. It shall be no defense in a prosecution for violation of any of the provisions of this act that the trout or other fish in question were taken or killed outside the State of Nevada; nor shall it be any defense in any prosecution for violation of any of the provisions of this act that the trout or fish were taken or killed by one other than he in whose possession said trout or other fish were found. The act of passing a line into or on any of the waters of the State of Nevada as though in the act of fishing, shall be in itself sufficient evidence of an attempt to take or to catch fish within the meaning of this act. The presence in or on the body in flank, back, or belly of any of the fishes herein specified of deep incised wounds or cuts such as are made by spears, grab-hooks, trout-hooks, or snag-hooks, shall be construed as in itself sufficient evidence that the said fish were taken in violation of the provisions of this act.

2072. Does not apply to private fish ponds or streams.

SEC. 14. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit the taking of trout or other fish, by the rightful owners thereof or by their agents in any manner, at any season whatever, from the waters of private ponds by them constructed or maintained for the purpose of raising trout or other fishes; nor to prohibit the sale of trout or other fishes or of their fry or ova from private hatcheries lying wholly or in part within the State of Nevada. 2073. Fish and eggs may be taken for scientific purposes.

SEC. 15. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to hinder or to prevent or prohibit the taking of trout or of other fishes, or of their fry, eggs or ova, at any time, in any manner or by any means or in any suitable place or location by the Nevada fish commission or by their agents or by anyone whom they may authorize, for the purposes of breeding or propagation, or of scientific study or investigation.

2074. Repeal.

SEC. 16. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

2075. Unconstitutionality of portion not to affect rest.

SEC. 17. If in connection with any prosecution for violation of any of the provisions of this act, or in any other way, any section of this act shall be hereafter adjudged unconstitutional, or inoperative, or invalid and of no force and effect, then the unconstitutionality, invalidity, or inefficiency of said section shall not extend to any other section or sections of this act which are not so adjudged unconstitutional, inoperative, invalid, or inefficient, nor to the constitutionality, validity, or the force and effect of the entire act.

An Act providing for the establishment of private hatcheries for artificial propagation, culture and maintenance of food fishes, for their regulation and licensing, and for the sale, shipment, transportation and disposition of fish raised and propagated therein or thereby, and prescribing a penalty for the violation of the provisions thereof.

2076. May be established. 2077. Products may be sold.

Approved March 20, 1911, 279

2078. Restrictions regarding sales.
2079. County license for hatchery.

2080. License for dealers.

2081. Invoice with every sale-Form of. 2082. Invoice attached to shipment. 2076. May be established.

2083. False invoice illegal-Proprietors to
report.
2084. Penalty.

SECTION 1. Any person may establish a private fish hatchery for the artificial propagation, culture and maintenance of food fishes; and any person lawfully conducting any such private fish hatchery, and engaged in the artificial propagation, culture and maintenance of fishes, may take them in his own enclosed waters wherein the same are so cultivated and maintained, at any time and for the purposes herein mentioned and none other.

2077. Products may be sold.

SEC. 2. The products of such fish hatchery, fish spawn, fry and fish may be sold at any time of the year by such hatchery, or their then vendees, after having first complied with the terms of this act, and the regulations of the state fish commission in relation thereto.

Secs. 4482-4483.

2078. Restrictions regarding sales.

SEC. 3. No fish spawn, fry or fish from any private hatchery shall be sold under the terms of this act, unless location and plan of such hatchery be approved by the state fish commission, and the same duly licensed as a private hatchery.

2079. County license for hatchery.

SEC. 4. Each private fish hatchery, before it shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, shall pay to the county treasurer of the county wherein such hatchery is located, an annual license fee of ten dollars ($10), and such fee shall be credited to the game and fish preservation fund of such county. 2080. License for dealers.

SEC. 5. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying and selling, packing and preserving, or otherwise dealing in trout or other food fishes, obtained from private hatcheries of this state, shall procure a license for such business from the fish and game warden of the county wherein such selling, packing, and preserving is done, and shall pay an annual license fee of $2.50.

2081. Invoice with every sale-Form of.

SEC. 6. When the proprietor of any licensed fish hatchery shall sell or dispose of any fish as herein provided, he shall at the same time deliver to the purchaser or donee or attach thereto an invoice signed by the proprietor, or his agent, stating the number of his license, and the name of such hatchery, the date of disposition, the kind, and as near as practicable the weight and number of such fish, the name and address of the purchaser, consignee or donee. Such invoice shall authorize transportation and use for six days after this date, and shall be substantially in the following form: STATE OF NEVADA, DEPARTMENT OF FISH COMMISSION Private Hatchery Invoice

This authorizes transportation within this state, possession and sale for six days after date, if attached to article.

Such proprietor or his agent shall at the same time mail, postpaid, or otherwise deliver, a duplicate of such invoice to the county fish and game warden of the county in which such hatchery is located; provided, that no invoice shall be required in case of fish lawfully taken or killed in such private hatchery during the open season therefor, and within the quantity provided by law while in the possession of the person killing the same, during the open season and for five days thereafter.

2082. Invoice attached to shipment.

SEC. 7. When any such fish for which an invoice is required is to be shipped by rail, express or other carrier, public or private, the invoice shall be securely attached thereto, or to the package containing the same, in plain sight and the same may then be lawfully carried and delivered within this state to the consignee named in such invoice. If such fish is held, exposed or offered for sale, or sold by the consignee, or kept in any storage, hotel, restaurant, cafe or boarding-house, such invoice shall be kept attached thereto as aforesaid until the same shall have been prepared for consumption. In case of a sale or disposal of a part of such fish, the vendor shall at the same time make a copy of such invoice and indorse thereon the date of sale, the number and kind of fishes disposed of, and the name of the purchaser, and sign and deliver the same to the purchaser or donee, who shall keep it attached as aforesaid until the fish is prepared for consumption, and the same shall have the same force and effect as the original invoice.

2083. False invoice illegal-Proprietors to report.

SEC. 8. Any wilful misstatement in, or any omission of a substantial requirement from any invoice or copy thereof, shall render the same void and be deemed a violation of this act, and the possession of such fish shall be unlawful, and the possession of any fish without such invoice or a copy thereof, attached thereto, when so as above required, shall be unlawful. The proprietor of every private hatchery, licensed under the preceding sections, shall whenever required by the state fish commission, make and send to the commission a report showing as near as practicable the kind and number of the fish added and disposed of during the year preceding, and on hand at the date of the invoice.

2084. Penalty.

SEC. 9. Any person or persons, or the agent of any corporation or company, violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

An Act providing for the protection and preservation of game, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith.

2085. Insectivorous, plume or song birds.

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, firm, company, corporation, or association, to kill, catch, destroy, wound, snare, trap, injure, or pursue with attempt to kill, capture, or destroy, any bluebird, thrush, mocking bird, oriole, humming bird, robin, meadow lark, or any other insectivorous, plume or song birds within this state.

2086. Pheasant, bob-white quail, partridge, or imported game birds.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association, to take, kill, wound, trap, net, weir, destroy, injure, or pursue with attempt to take, kill, injure or destroy any pheasant, bobwhite quail, partridge, or any other variety of imported game birds within this state.

2087. Sagecock or sagehen.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation, or association, after the 1st day of October and before the 15th day of July of each and every year, to kill, catch, trap, cage, weir, destroy, injure or pursue with attempt to kill, catch, capture, injure or destroy any sagecock or sagehen within this state.

2088. Grouse or mountain quail.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association, to kill, catch, destroy, injure, snare, weir, wound, or pursue with attempt to take, kill, injure or destroy, any grouse or mountain quail after the first day of January and before the first day of October of each year, within this state.

2089. Wild duck, sandhill crane, plover, curlew, snipe, woodcock, swan or

wild goose.

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association, at any time after March 15th, and before September 15th, of each and every year, to kill, catch, net, cage, pound, weir, trap, or pursue with intent to catch, capture, injure or destroy, any wild duck, sandhill crane, plover, curlew, snipe, woodcock, swan or wild goose within this state.

2090. Valley quail.

SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association, at any time after the 15th day of January, and before the 15th day of October of each and every year, to kill, catch, trap, cage, net, weir, pound, destroy, or pursue with attempt to catch, capture, injure or destroy, any valley quail within this state.

2091. Nests and eggs protected.

SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful at any and all times of the year for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation, or association, to disturb or destroy the nest of, or to take or remove from any nest of any wild fowl or game bird mentioned in this act, any egg or eggs of such wild fowl or game bird, or to have in their possession, or to sell or to offer for sale or exchange, except for scientific purposes, or for the purpose of propagation, any such eggs or nests, within this state.

2092. Limit to number taken.

SEC. 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any person from selling game killed by himself, but it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company, corporation or association, to purchase such game for the purpose of barter or sale, and it shall also be unlawful for any person