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GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS. 91
FISH-SEINING.
H. B. No. 201.] CHAPTER 65.
An Act amending Article 941a of the Penal Code of the State of Texas asrecodified
and adopted at the Regular Session of the Thirty-ninth Legislature,
1925, relating to the catching of sucker, buffalo, carp and shad,
in certain counties, by adding to said article the names of Bosque,
Grayson, Cook, Denton, Coryell, Hamilton, Erath, Dallas and Hood
Counties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That Article 941a of the Penal Code of the State
of Texas, as recodified and adopted at the Regular Session of
the Thirty-ninth Legislature be and the same is hereby amended
so as to hereafter read as follows:
"Article 941a. Any and all persons shall be permitted to
take or catch sucker, buffalo, carp and shad in any fresh waterrivers,
creeks or lakes in the counties of Grayson, Bosque, Cook,
Denton, Burnet, Williamson, Lampasas, Coryell, Hamilton,
Erath, Dallas and Hood with a seine of any size mesh or by the
use of wire, rope or grab hooks, during the months of July,
August and September of each year; provided, however, that
any catfish, crappie, perch, bass or any other kind of fish caught
by any of the above methods herein allowed shall be immediately
released in the waters from which they were caught; and provided
further, that the owner or the one in possession of any
seine used for the purpose of seining shall within five days from
and after using of any seine for the purpose of catching fish,
make a report under oath to the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner,
giving in said report the names of each and every
person in the seining party, and showing in said report that all
fish not permitted to be caught or taken with a seine were released
in the waters from which they were taken immediately
after they were caught.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction,
shall be fined in any sum not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor
more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, and any person making
a false affidavit shall be guilty of false swearing."
SEC. 2. The fact that the present law does not permit the
seining of sucker, buffalo, carp and shad in the rivers, lakes and
creeks of Coryell, Hamilton, Erath and Hood Counties, and the
fact that said fish are a detriment to the fish which are protected
under the law, creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days be 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.
Approved March 1, 1927.
Effective March 1, 1927.)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/107/: accessed April 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .