State v. Gates

The sufficiency of the complaint depends upon the validity of the order of the Fish Commission. The defendant makes two contentions He claims: (1) That the Fish Commission was withuot authority to make a valid order affecting the Willamette River north of the suspension bridge; and (2) that, even though it be assumed that the Fish Commission had authority to make an order, its authority was limited so that it could do no more than to prohibit the catching of “stocked salmon.” *114The first contention, arises ont of the fact that Section 116, Chapter 105, Laws of 1921, was amended by Chapter 397,…