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"text": "Any net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net used for taking or catching fish, which shall be used or maintained in any of the waters of this state in violation of any existing or hereafter enacted statutes or laws of this state for the protection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it is the duty of every peace officer to seize and keep the same and report such seizure to the board of fish commissioners of the state.",
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"ref": "2000, Mike Baughman, Charlotte Cook Hadella, Warm Springs millennium: voices from the reservation, page 150",
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"ref": "2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, page 46",
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