State Ex Rel. Bacich v. Huse

MILLARD, C.J., and BLAKE, J., dissent. This is an original application made in this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to issue to the relator a license to take salmon fish from the waters of Puget Sound by means of a gill net.

At the general election held on November 6, 1934, initiative measure No. 77, relating to the taking and catching of fish, was passed by vote of the people. The law became effective December 3, 1934, and now appears as chapter 1, Laws of 1935, p. 4 etseq., Rem. 1935 Sup., §§ 5671-1 to 5671-11 [P.C. §§ 2534-21 to 2534-31], inc.

By § 1, p. 4, of the act…