Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-05-12
The Fishing Season.

The open season for trout begins
the LIST Of May. The general stat
ute which has been in force three or
four years makes it unlawful to fish
for trout in any stream in the State
bet wcen the first of September and
the first of May. At the last SEES
sion of the Legislature a law was
passed prohibiting trespassing on
any enclosed lands for the purpose
of shooting, trapping or fishing.
The law requires that the owner of
the lands shall post notices in at
least two conspicuous places on the
premises il he wishes to avail him
self of the benefits of the law. 1t
may be Of interest to some of our
readers to see this law in print again,
and we therefore reprint the first
two sections of the act:
SEC. /. Whenever the owner of
any enclosed land in this State shall
conspicuously post on the same a
notice that shooting, trapping or
fishing thereon is prohibited, if any
person shall thereafter willfully en-.
ter upon such land without permits.
eion of the owner thereof, for the
purpose of shooting, trapping Or
fishing, the said owner shall he en-.
titled to recover against such per.
son, in an action of trespass brought
for such entry, penalty of ten dol.
lars for every such entry, In addi-
ton to the actual damage thereby
sustained.
SEC. 2. The presence of any per.
son without permission of the own.
er, and with the implements of
shooting, trapping or fishing, upon
any land that is posted as provided
in the first section of the act, shall
be taken as pvima .tacle and pre-.
sumptive evidence Of willtnll Ell.
try by him thereon, for the purpose
of shooting, trapping or fishing,
within the meaning Of the act.
Section six of the same statute
also provides:
"The notice mentioned in the first
section of this act shall he given by
erecting and maintaining sign.
boards, not less than two feet long
by one foot wide, in at least two
conspicuous places on the premises,
such notices to have appended there,
to the name of the owner or Occn-
pant. and any person who shall
break down or in any way deface
or injure any such signbOard, shall
be liable to penalty of ten dollars
Many of the strt ans will not I've
posted, but when the fisherman sees
any such signboard as the above
quoted law prescribes, it will be ne.
cessary for him to see the owner of
the land before he enters upon it
for the purpose Of fishing. There
are many streams which pass thrO'
land rot enclosed, and these will be
open to all fishermen, as they have
been before this law was passed.
Permission to fish may he obtained.
in many instances, doubtless, from
the owner of the lands posted, but
fishermen should remember that one
of the most important rules to be
observed for the protection and
preservation of fish in all these
streams is ito spare the fingerlings.j
THE Cincinnati Commercial has
been through with the election re-
turns and finds that had the dist
riot system for appointing Presi-
dental ElectOrs-that is, the cleo
ton of two electors by the State at
large, and the remaining electOr by
single Congressional Districts-l
been in vogue at the last election.
the result would have been one
hundred and eighty seven votes for
Hayes, and one hundred and. eigh.
ty-twO for Tilten. In arriving at
this result, however, it gives the
vote at large in Florida and Louis.
lana for Hayes. SO that without these
four votes, Hayes would have had
but one hundred and eighty three
votes to one hundred and eighty.
two for Tiltlen, with the Louisiana
and Florida returning boards quar-.
rel still OH hand TO determine the
election as it was finally determin.
ed,