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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. OH. 429. 1899. 128] authorized and directed to remove such obstructions and to establish and enforce such regulations and surveillance as may be necessary to insure that this prohibition and all other provisions of law relating to the salmon fisheries of Alaska are strictly complied with. Sec. 180. That it shall be unlawful to hsh, catch, or kill any salmon M°*!¤>d¤ ¤¤¤ *¤¤¤¤ of any variety except with rod or spear above the tide waters of any °m°l"”g r°°“1°°°d’ 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 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 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, Bering Sea, and the waters tributary thereto, from midnight on Friday of each week until six o’cl0ck ante» meridian of the Sunday following; or to fish for or catch, or killin any 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’clock in the evening and six o’clock in the morning of the following day of each and every day of the wee. SEc. 181. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his discretion, §i>¤w¤i¤z zr¤¤¤•1¤ set aside any streams as spawning grounds, in which no fishing will be “° °l°°° '°"°“ permitted; and when, in his judgment, the results of fishing operations ¤¤¤¤=¤r¤i¤z s¤¤¤¤¤¤ on any stream indicate that the number of salmon taken is larger than “"‘i °1°°° '°"°"" the capacity of the stream to produce, he is authorized to establish weekly close seasons, to limit the duration of the fishing season, or to prohibit iishing entirely for one year or more, so as to permit salmon to increase: Provided, however, That such power shall be exercised only after a.l1 persons interested shall have been given ahearing, of °°‘ which hearing due notice must be given by publication: And provided further, That it shall have been ascertained that the persons engaged H**°l*•**¢¤ in catching salmon do not maintain fish hatcheries of sufficient magnitude to keep such streams fully stocked. Sec. 182. That to enforce the provisions of law herein and such I¤¤v·¤¢¤r· regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may establish in pursuance thereof, he is authorized and directed to appoint one inspector of fisheries, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and two assistant inspectors, at a alary of one thousand six ¤¤·r>•¤¤¤··¤—- 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. 183. That any person violating the provisions of sections one I g·¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤·>¤¤=f¤r~*¤<> hundred and seventy-nine, one hundred and eighty, and one hundred " °""‘ and eighty-one of this Act or the regulations established in pursuance of section one hundred and eighty-two of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a iine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for a term not exceeding 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 hundred and seventy nine, and conviction thereof, a further line of two hundred and fifty dollars per diem will be imposed for each day that the obstruction or obstructions therein are maintained. v0L xxx--81