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§ 2. Controller to prepare license. Countersigned. The controller of state shall prepare suitable licenses, of the classes designated by the fish and game commissioners which shall purport to license the holder of such license to buy, sell and deal in fish and shellfish and wild game and animals in this state by wholesale for the term of one year from the first day of July of one year to the first day of July of the year following. All licenses shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number one and contain blanks for the insertion of the name of the holder, his residence, and place of business, which information shall be furnished by the applicant to the board of fish and game commissioners. The controller shall sign all licenses and deliver the same to the fish and game commissioners, on demand, who shall be charged for the same by the controller. Each licence, before delivery to the applicant for a license, must be countersigned by the president of the board of fish and game commissioners and the president of the board of fish and game commissioners shall execute a bond to the people of the state of California in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him by this

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§ 3. To whom issued. Licenses shall be issued and delivered upon application to the state board of fish and game commissioners or their deputies. The licenses hercin provided for shall be issued as follows: To any citizen of the United States and to any person who has duly made his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States as provided by law, upon the payment of five dollars; to any person not a citizen of the United States upon the payment of twenty dollars. Not more than one license shall be issued to any one person for the same year, except upon an affidavit by the applicant that the one issued has been lost or destroyed, and no license issued as herein provided shall be transferable or used by any other person than the one to whom it was issued. Every person having a license as provided herein, who refuses to exhibit such license upon demand of any officer authorized to enforce the fish and game laws of this state, or any peace officer of this state, or who transfers or disposes of the same to another person to be used as a license, shall forfeit his license.

§ 4. To whom fee paid. The said license fees must be paid to the fish and game commissioners or to someone designated by them for that purpose.

§ 5. Money collected from licenses, disposition of. The money collected from the sale of such licenses shall be paid by the board of fish and game commissioners into the state treasury to the credit of the fish and game preservation fund.

§ 6. Fenalty for violation. The violation of any provision of this act is hereby declared a misdemeanor, and every person violating any of its provisions, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than ten nor more than one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and all fines collected for any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fish and game preservation fund.

§ 7. Acts repealed. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

§ 8. In effect when. This act shall take effect immediately.

ACT 2886.

An act to prevent the fishing, or the taking of fish by means of weirs, dams, nets, traps or seines in certain portions of the Monterey Bay, within the county of Santa Cruz. [Approved March 4, 1911. Stats. 1911, p. 272.]

ACT 2887.

An act to regulate and license the taking and catching of game fishes and to define game fish and to provide revenue therefrom, for fish preservation and restoration.

[Approved June 16, 1913. Stats. 1913, p. 986.]

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§ 1. License to take game fish. Every person over the age of eighteen years, who, in the state of California, takes, catches, or kills any game fish for any purpose other than for profit, without first procuring a license therefor, as provided in this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 2. Licenses issued by county clerk. Licenses granting the privi lege to take, catch or kill game fishes for purposes other than for profit, shall be issued and delivered, upon application, by the county clerk of any of the counties of this state, or by the state board of fish and game commissioners, which board shall prepare suitable licenses of convenient form, and size and have printed or stamped thereon the words "Sporting Fishing License No.-, State of California, expires December 31, 19-," with the registration number and appropriate year printed or stamped thereon, which said license shall be prepared and furnished to the county clerks for their own disposition by the state board of fish and game commissioners, which board shall take receipt therefor by number and quantity, from the several county clerks and the county clerks shall be responsible therefor, and shall account for the same to the controller of the state every three months beginning with the first day of January of each year. For each license sold, registered and accounted for by any person, excepting by a fish and game commissioner, he shall be allowed as compensation, for his own use, out of the fish and game preservation fund, ten per cent of the amount accounted for.

§ 3. Fees for game fish licenses. Licenses as herein provided for shall be issued as follows:

First-To any citizen of the. United States, over the age of eighteen years, who is a bona fide resident of the state of California, upon the payment of one dollar; provided, that licenses shall be issued to veterans of the Civil War free of charge.

Second-To any citizen of the United States, over the age of eighteen years, not a bona fide resident of the state of California, upon the payinent of three dollars.

Third-To any person, not a citizen of the United States and over the age of eighteen years, upon the payment of three dollars. [Amended 1917. Stats. 1917, p. 37.]

§ 4. Facts given by applicant. Every person applying for and securing a license as herein provided, shall furnish to the county clerk and the state board of fish and game commissioners his name and resident address, which information shall be by the clerk or board entered in a book kept for that purpose, and provided by the state board of fish and game commissioners, together with a statement of the date of issuance and the number of the license issued to such person. Such applicant shall also furnish to the county clerk or fish and game commissioners a written description of himself, by age, height, nationality, and color of eyes and hair.

§ 5. Life of license. All licenses issued as herein provided shall be valid, and shall authorize the person to whom issued to take, catch and kill game fishes in accordance with law, on and from the first day of January of the year in which such license is issued, until the date of expiration written or stamped thereon, but no license shall continue in force for a period longer than one year, nor shall such license be issued to any person unless the holder thereof shall agree to exhibit any game fish in his possession to any regularly appointed deputy fish and game commissioner upon demand, said agreement to be contained in said license.

§ 6. Only one license to a person. Not more than one license shall be issued to any one person for the same license year, except upon an affidavit by the applicant that the one previously issued has been lost or destroyed, and no license issued as herein provided shall be transferable or used by any other person than the one to whom it was issued.

§ 7. Must exhibit license or fish. Every person having a license as provided herein must exhibit such license, or any game fish that may be in his possession, upon demand of any officer authorized to enforce the fish and game laws of this state, or any peace officer of the state.

§ 8. Game fish. For the purposes of this act the following only shall be considered game fishes: Tuna, yellow-tail, jewfish or black sea bass, albicore, barracuda, bonita, rock bass, California whiting, also known as corbina and surf-fish, yellow-fin croaker, spot-fin croaker, salmon, steelhead and other trout, charr whitefish, striped bass and black bass.

§ 9. Penalty for false statement. Every person who makes any false statement as to any of the facts required by this act, for the purpose of obtaining a license, and every person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon convic

tion thereof be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days or by both such fine and imprisonment and shall forfeit such license as may have been obtained, and no new license shall be issued to such person for the remainder of the license year.

§ 10. Disposition of receipts. All moneys collected from the sale of licenses as provided in this act and all fines and forfeitures imposed and collected for the violation of any of the provisions thereof, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fish and game preservation fund.

§ 11. Not applicable to game commission. Nothing in this act shall apply to any deputy or employee of the California fish and game commission while employed in taking fish for scientific purposes or for the purposes of propagation under the direction of said commissioner.

§ 12. In effect when. This act shall take effect January 1, 1914.

ACT 2888.

An act to license canners, curers, preservers and packers of fish and handlers of crustaceans and mollusks, and providing a revenue therefrom for the conservation, propagation and restoration of fish in the state of California, and providing for a record of fish caught or received, and providing penalties for the violations of the provisions thereof, and repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith.

[Approved May 28, 1917. Stats. 1917, p. 1275. In effect July 27, 1917.] § 1. Unlawful to can, etc., fish without license.

Licenses prepared by controller.

Issued to whom.

Payment of fees.

Record of fish purchased. Monthly statement to fish and game commission.

Receipts to fishermen.

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Privilege tax. Quarterly report of fresh fish purchased. Affidavit. Forfeiture of license.

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§ 1. Unlawful to can, etc., fish without license. Any person in this state, who engages in the business of canning, curing, preserving or packing fish, which are taken in the waters of this state or are brought into this state in a fresh condition; or of manufacturing fish scrap, fish meal, fish oil, chicken feed or fertilizer from fish or fish offal; or of dealing in mollusks or crustaceans by wholesale, without first procuring a license for each plant or place of business is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 2. Licenses prepared by controller. The controller of state shall prepare suitable licenses, of the classes designated by the fish and game commissioners, which shall license the holder of such license to can, cure, preserve or pack fish, to manufacture fish meal, fish oil and other products from fish, and to deal in mollusks and crustaceans by whole

sale in this state, (subject to the restrictions provided by law) as provided in section 1 of this act, for the term of one year from the first day of July of one year to the thirtieth day of June of the year fol lowing. All licenses shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one and contain blanks for the insection of the name of the holder, his residence, and place of business, which information shall be furnished by the applicant to the board of fish and game commissioners. The controller shall sign all licenses and deliver the same to the fish and game commissioners, on demand, who shall be charged for the same by the controller. Each license, before delivery to the applicant for a license, must be countersigned by the president of the board of fish and game commissioners and the president of the board of fish and game commissioners shall execute a bond to the people of the state of California in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties imposed upon him by this act.

§ 3. Issued to whom. Licenses shall be issued and delivered upon application to the state board of fish and game commissioners or their deputies. The licenses herein provided for shall be issued as follows: To any citizen of the United States and to any person who has duly made his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States as provided by law, upon the payment of five dollars; to any person not a citizen of the United States, upon the payment of twenty dollars. In case a license is lost or destroyed, a duplicate may be issued to any licensee by the fish and game commission, upon an affidavit by him that the one issued has been lost or destroyed. Every person having a license as provided herein, who refuses to exhibit such license upon demand of any officer authorized to enforce the fish and game laws of this state, or any peace officer of this state, or who transfers or disposes of the same to another person to be used as a license, shall forfeit this license.

§ 4. Payment of fees. The said license fees must be paid to the fish and game commissioners or to some one designated by them for that purpose.

§ 5. Record of fish purchased. Monthly statement to fish and game commission. Every person operating under a license as provided in section one of this act, and every person dealing in fresh fish shall keep a book or books in which shall be entered a full and correct record, in the English language, of all fresh fish purchased or received by them from fishermen or taken by themselves, giving the names of the different species, and the number of pounds so received or caught of each different species, and the name and address of the person or persons from whom such fish were received. Said book or books are to be open at all times for the inspection of members of the fish and game commission or persons duly authorized by them. They shall also render to the fish and game commission, on or before the tenth day of each month on blanks to be furnished by the said fish and game commission, a true and correct statement showing the amount of each species of fresh fish, stated separately, so purchased, received or caught during the previous month, together with the name and address of the person or persons from whom such fish were received or purchased. Said monthly statements are to be accompanied by an affidavit to the effect that the said report is

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