The Republican journal., 1885-04-02
Chapter 4sis.


AN ACT to amend section seventeen of chapter
forty of the Revised Statutes, relating 10 migrate
ry fish.
BE il enacted, etc. as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter forty of the re-
vised statutes is hereby amended as follows After
the word 'herring in the first line of said section,
insert the word 'shad.' Strike out the word
two in the fourth line and in its place insert the
word three Strike out the word ''sait' in the
sixth lin and in its place insert the word any
After the words ''or seines, in the sixth line in
sert the words employed i'll such unlawful fishing
Strike ont the word one' in the sixth line and i'll
its place insert three. Strike out the word three
in the seventh line and in its place insert five.
After the word "depth,' i'll the fifteenth line, in
sert the words and net for me hing shad Of not
more than seventyve mesheS III depth, so that
said section amended shall AL "a follows:
Section II. The taking of mackerel herril g.,
shad, porgies or menhaden, and the fishing there
for by the of purse and drag selnes is prohibited
in all small bays, iniets, harbors, or rivers, where
any entrance to the same, any part thereof from
land to land, is not than three nautical miles
in width under Il penalty upon the master per
son in charge of such seneS. or upon the owners of
any vessels or seines employed in such unlawful
fishing, of not less than three hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars to be recovered by in
dictment, action of debt; Ona-fourth of the
penalty to the complainant or prosecutor. and
threefourths to the county in which the proceed
ings are commenced; and there shall be IL lien upon
the vessels, steamers, boats and apparatus used in
such unlawful pursuit until said penalty. with
costs of prosecution il paid but net for meshing
mackerel,or porgics, of not more than one hundred
meshes in depth, and Il net for meshng herring, of
not more than one hundred and seventy meshes in
depth and net for meshing shad of not more than
seventy five meshes in depth, shall not be deemed
seine lApproved February Is, 1851
Chapter 262.
AN ACT to provide for notice of special legislation
for protection of fish.
Be IL enacted, ETC., as follows:
Section cit shall be the duty OF all persons
that are may be benefited by legislation, other
than the general statutes for the protection of fish
in any waters of this state 10 publish such protec-
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after provided. Said notices shall be placed on
the banks or shores of such protected waters, not
IN re than ten feet and not less than six feet above
the ground, in conspicuous position and if on rum
ming water, such notices shall be not more than one
half mile apart on the banks of such waters; and if
on pond or lake, not more than one mile apart
on the shores of such pond or lake.
Section 2. Said notices shall be painted on wood
In black roman letters not less than two inches
so that such letters shall be plainly legible and
such notices shall state the number of the act and
the date of the same giving the said protection to
such waters.
Section g. Any mutilating destroying
such notices, shall be subject to such penalties as
set forth in section twenty. chapter one hundred
and twenty-seven of the revised statutes.
Section 4. In case notices as herein provided
posted and maintained on waters that pro-
tected by special laws, then, no one violating such
laws shall be liable hereunder to any penalties set
forth in such laws. tApproved Feb. 16, 1855.
Chapter 263.
AN ACT amending chapter two, sections forty
ana IOrty-One, fSeVlSeu statutes, reliuVe 10 ro-
cord of Qualification of Justices of the Peace.
Be itendcted, etc, as follows
Chapter two, sections forty and forty-ono Of tho
revised statutes, is hereby amended so as to read
follows:
Section 40. The secretary Of state shall on the
first days of June and December, forward to the
registers of probate courts. judges Of municipal
and police courts clerks of United States courts,
and United States pension agents in the state, list
of all justices OF the peace, justices Of the peace
and quorum, trial justices, and notaries public,
whose commissions are then In force, and the evil
dence of whose qualifications has been filed In his
Office within the six months next preceding the
time Of forwarding such lists, which shall contain
the name and residence Of every such officer. the
date of his commission, and the county or counties
for which he is commissioned, and he shall send at
the same time two copies of such lists to each Of
the clerks of the state courts
Section Al. The clerks of the state courts shall
make memorandum on such lists Of the fact and
date Of their reception and either of such lists at
tested, or the certificate of such clerk under the
seal Of his court, shall be legal but not concusive
evidence Of tho appointment and qualification Of