1917 public laws – Ch.290 Sec.3

Amend section twelve of chapter eighty-four, Public Laws: of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, by striking out all after the word to in line eleven down to and including the word thereof in line thirteen, and insert in lieu thereof the words one dollar and fifty cents for each ton of the gross tonnage. Strike out the word net in line fourteen and insert in lieu thereof the word gross, so that said section twelve, as amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 12 Whenever any person or persons, corporation or corporations, may intend to take menhaden (fat-backs), porgies, herring, or other fish in any waters within the jurisdiction of the State, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within three nautical miles of the coasts of said State, either on his own account and benefit or on account and benefit of his employer, with purse or shirred nets, such person or persons, corporation or corporations shall make an application to the Fisheries Commissioner for a license, and, upon receipt of such application, the Fisheries Commissioner shall, upon the receipt of a sum equal to one dollar and fifty cents for each ton of the gross tonnage of each vessel employed in such fishing, said gross tonnage to be determined by customhouse measurements, as a license fee, issue to such person or persons, corporation or corporations, a license duly signed by the Fisheries Commissioner, which said license shall be valid and in force for the,term of one year; all such licenses to be dated January first, and no license shall be for a space of time less than one year. And the owner or captain of any and every vessel or boat engaged in such fishing shall furnish the Fisheries Commissioner with the names and postoffice address of every member of the crew employed, and in case of any change in the crew, the captain or owner shall immediately notify the Fisheries Commissioner, giving name and address of the member of the crew employed or substituted. For every violation of this act or any provision of this section the offending person or persons, corporation or corporations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined two hundred dollars for each and every offense.