The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31] Page: 87 of 1,313

FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE--FIRST CALLED SESSION. 1815
imperative public necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring
bills to be read on three several days in each House be suspended,
and the same is hereby suspended, and this Act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is
so enacted.
[NOTE.-
H. B. No. 50 passed the House, June 23, 1937, by a
vote of 101 yeas, 1 nay; passed the Senate, June 24, 1937, by a
vote of 28 yeas, 0 nays.]
Approved June 28, 1937.
Effective June 28, 1937.
FISHING LAW FOR HAMILTON COUNTY.
H. B. No. 51.] CHAPTER 35.
An Act to prohibit the use of a seine for taking fish in the waters and
tributaries of the Bosque River in Hamilton County, Texas; providing,
however, for the use of a net during the months of July, August,
September, and October for the purpose of taking fish; permitting the
use of a minnow seine not more than twenty (20) feet in length for
the purpose of taking minnows for bait; providing a penalty; repealing
Chapter 47, Acts of the Forty-fourth Legislature, Regular Session;
repealing House Bill No. 965, Acts of the Forty-fifth Legislature,
Regular Session; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith;
and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this Act, it shall
be unlawful for any person to use any seine of whatever kind or
character for the purpose of taking or catching any fish in the
waters and tributaries of the Bosque River in Hamilton County,
Texas; provided, however, that during the months of July, August,
September, and October of each year, it shall be permissible
to take or catch sucker, buffalo, carp, shad, and/or gar with a
net, the meshes of which shall not be less than one and one-half
(1k) inches square. Nothing in this Act contained, however,
shall be construed so as to prohibit the use of a minnow seine
not more than twenty (20) feet in length, when used for the
purpose of taking minnows for bait.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his
possession any bass, crappie, or white perch, catfish, perch,
bream, or trout at the time that such person has in his possession
any sucker, buffalo, carp, shad, or gar taken by methods
permitted in this Act.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his
possession any bass, crappie, or white perch, catfish, perch,
bream, or trout caught while using a net of not less than one
and one-half (1 ) inch square mesh, or using wire, rope, or gig