Public Law 53–35

That, from and after date of passage, of this act, for a period of ten years, the provisions of the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and entitled “An Act to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River,” be, and the same are, continued in force as follows: That it shall not be lawful to fish with fyke-net, pound-net, stake-net, weir, float-net, gill-net, haul-seine, dip-net, or any other contrivance, stationary or floating, in the the waters of the Potomac River within the District of Columbia.

Sec. 2.

That any person who shall offend against any of the provisions

Penalty for violations.

of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon sufficient proof thereof, in the police court or other court of the District of Columbia, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offense, and shall forfeit to the District his nets, boats, and all other apparatus and appliances used in violation of law, which shall be sold; and the proceeds of such sales, and all tines accruing under this act, shall be

Proviso.

Permission for angling and Fish Commission.

paid into the Treasury: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit angling or fishing with the out line or to prevent the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, or his agents, from taking from said waters of the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, in any manner desired, fish of any kind for scientific purposes or for the purposes of propagation.

Sec. 3.

That it shall be unlawful to allow any tar, oil, ammoniacal

Deposit of chemicals, etc,, unlawful.

liquor, or other waste products of any gas works or of works engaged in using such products or any waste product whatever of any mechanical, chemical, manufacturing, or refining establishment to flow into or be deposited in Rock Creek or the Potomac River or any of its tributaries within the District of Columbia, or into any pipe or conduit leading to the same; and any one guilty of violating this section shall,

Penalty.

on conviction, as provided in section two of this act, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every day during which said violation shall continue, to be prosecuted for and recovered as provided in the preceding section.