Excerpt from Game Laws of the State of Arkansas: In Force August 12, 1911 Sec. 3600. No person shall be allowed to place, erect, or cause to be placed or erected, or maintained in any of the waters of this State, or in front of the mouth of any stream, slough or bayou, any seine, net, gill-net, tram me - l-net, set-net, bag-weir, bush-drag, andfish-trap or dam, or any other device or oh struction, or by any such means to take or catch any fish in the waters of this State. Provided, the prohibition of this section shall not apply to waters wholly on the premises belonging to such person or persons using such device or devices; and, provided, further, it may be lawful to use a very small seine not to exceed fifteen feet, for catching very small fish, usually called minnows, which may thus be caught to be used for bait or for stocking other waters with fish, but for no other pur poses. Provided, further, it shall not be unlaw ful for any person or persons to use a seine with meshes not less than. Four inches square, and any person using a seine with meshes less than four inches in width shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and such nets shall be and are hereby declared a nui sance, and no person shall be liable in damages to the owner or owners of said nets, for de stroying the same, and it is hereby made the duty of all sheriffs, constables and peace officers to destroy all such nets unlawfully used, upon receiving information of their use, under penalty for failure so to do of a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than fifty dollars. Provided, further, it shall not be unlawful for any person or persons to use a seine or net not exceeding sixty feet in length in any unnavigable stream or lake in this State to catch fish for family use, or for picnics, and not for sale, nor shall it be unlawful for any person or persons to place traps in the unnavigable streams of this State; provided, 'such ntraps do not obstruct the free passage of fish ascending and descending such streams. Provided, further, that the pro visions of this act shall not apply to the fol lowing-named counties: Miller, Lafayette. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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