Report of the Department of Fisheries of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Page 184 - It is situated on the south or west fork of French Creek, near the water ; and is almost surrounded by the creek, and a small branch of it, which form a kind of island.
Page 189 - Assignes, all that Tract or Parte of Land in America, with all the Islands therein conteyned, as the same is bounded on the East by Delaware River, from twelve miles...
Page 191 - Town, unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, if the said river doth extend so far northward...
Page 167 - ... make, or cause to be made, an actual settlement thereon, by clearing, fencing and cultivating at least two acres for every hundred acres contained in one survey, erecting thereon a messuage for the habitation of man, and residing or causing a family to reside thereon, for the space of five years next following his first settling of the same...
Page 184 - I cannot say that ever in my life I suffered so much anxiety as I did in this affair...
Page 191 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward, unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude ; and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
Page 181 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle...
Page 191 - River unto the said three and fortieth degree, the said lands to extend Westwards, five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said Eastern Bounds, and the said lands to bee bounded on the North by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of Northern latitude...
Page 153 - The duty of preserving the fisheries of a State from extinction by prohibiting exhaustive methods of fishing, or the use of such destructive instruments as are likely to result in the extermination of the young as well as the mature fish, is as clear as its power to secure to its citizens, as far as possible, a supply of any other wholesome food.
Page 144 - ... or vessels, or any deleterious, destructive or poisonous substances of any kind or character to be turned into or allowed to run, flow, wash or be emptied into any of the waters aforesaid, unless it is shown that every practicable means has been used to prevent the pollution of waters in question by the escape of deleterious substances.

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