Curry v. Moran

Citations

• 76 Fla. 373

Syllabus

<p>1 The provision of Chapter 6877, Acts of 1915, that “an additional license tax of ten dallors shall be required of all aliens or non-residents of the State * * * on each boat or vessel engaged in the fishing industry in this State operated in whole or in part by such alien or non-resident in addition to the beat license tax required” is not qualified by the provision of the Statute that “the payment of a license tax, or the procuring of any license shall not be required of persons fishing only with hook and line or with rod and reel or similar device.”</p> <p>2. An, information alleging that the defendant, an alien or non-resident of the State, did engage in taking fish with a hook and line only from the salt waters of the State in a boat engaged in the fishing industry in the State, which boat was operated in part by the defendant, states an offense under Chapter 6877, Acts of 1915.</p>