NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 765

SENATE BILL 253

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHEROKEE INDIAN TROUT FISHING PROGRAM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, representing the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokees shall be responsible for the management of the trout fishery on the waters of the lands presently held in trust for their use and benefit in Jackson and Swain Counties. Such management shall include the establishment of creel limits, size limits and choice of bait.

Sec. 2.  The above management may provide for a trout fishing season beginning with the state-wide trout season and extending to the thirty-first day of October.

Sec. 3.  All trout transported from the Cherokee Reservation shall be accompanied by an official Cherokee Indian Reservation Fishing Permit, bearing on its face the official wildlife seal of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, the number of the permitee's North Carolina fishing license, the name of the licensee, the number of trout taken and the date of such taking.

Sec. 4.  The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall not have jurisdiction over the above described tribal trout fishery management program on the above described waters.

Sec. 5.  If at any time the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ceases to support this program by providing the fish or if the Tribal Council should decide to discontinue this program, such management shall revert to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Sec. 6.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7.  This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1965.