The Portland daily press., 1885-02-13
FROM AUGUSTA.
Act to Amend the Law Relating
to Taking of Lobsters.
Hearing on the Proposed New Caps
Elizabeth Ferry.
What the Committee on Temper
ance Will Report.

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AUGUSTA, Feb. 12.
THE LOBSTER LAW.
The act to amend chapter 40 of the Revised
Statutes, relating to fish and fisheries reads as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10 of chapter 40 of the Re-
vised Statutes is hereby amended SO that as
amended it shall read as follows:
SEoT. 49, There shall be a close time for Holsters
between the 18th day of August and the 1st day of
October during which lobster shall be fshed for
taken, caught, killed, bought, sold exposed for
sale or in possession in cars, pounds or otherwise
under penalty of fifty dollars tor the offence and
one dollar for every lobster so taken caught killed.
bought, sold, exposed for sale or in possession
aforesaid.
SECT. 2. Section 20 of said chapter is hereby
lows:
SECT. 20. No person or corporation shall can or
preserve any obsters between the 10th day of July
and the LIST day of the following April, under
penalty of i've dollars for every lobster canned
preserved and further penalty of three hundred
dollars for each day on which such unlawful can
ming or preserving is done.
SECT. 3. Section 81 of said chapter is hereby
amended so that as amended it shall read as fol-
lows:
SECT. 81. 1t is unlawful to fish for catch, buy,
SELL expose for sale or possess. between the lst day
of October and the 18th day OF the following
August, any female lobster in spawn with eggs
attached, or any young lobster less than 101a
tended, exclusive of claws feeers, and such lob
sters when caught shall be liberated alive at the
rlsk and @ cost Of the party taking them, under
boughr, sod expo cd for sale in possession not
go liberated. Provided, however, that from the
LIST day of April to tie 18th day of July it shall be
lawful to fish for, CATCH buy, SELL expose for sale
possess for canning and all other purposes any lob
sters net less than inches in length measured as
aforesaid but not including female Holsters in
spawn or with eggs attached.
SECT. 4. Section SO Of said chapter is hereby
cd hot ,Ial
as follows:
SECT 33. The Governor, with the advice and
consent of Council shall appoint or two persons
as they think BEST TO be commissioners of fisheries
and game, who shall have general supervision of
the fisheries regulated by the following sections aud
anime dams and all other distractions existing in
all rivers and streams and determine the necessity
of fsh-ways ana the location form and capacity
thereof visit those sections where fisheries regu-
lated by this chapter carried on and introduce
and disseminate valuable species of fish into waters
where they do not exist. The Governor, with the
advice and consent of Council, shall also appoint
one other commissioner, who shall have general
supervision OF the sea and shore fisheries and shall
fish regulated by this chapter Said commissioners
shall hold Office for three years unless sooner
the fish and game laws, that violations thereof
are duly prosecuted and perform all other duties
efde BY 6y laT They shall report Annually on
ernor, who shall cause 5000 copies to be printed.
THE CAPE ELIZABETH FERRY.
Bion Bradbury of Portland, appeared before
the committee on interior waters this after
noon and suggested few changes in the act
to incorporate the Peoples Ferry Company,
which authorizes the establishment of steam
ferry between Ferry Village, in Cape Eliza
beth, and Portland, across Fore river. The
names of the incorporatora are Frederick H.
Hartford, Charles A. Tilton, Tristram G.
Hutchins, David A. Kincaid, Aurelius "
Cole. Andrew W. Smart, Rothens M. Cole.
Caleb Dyer, William Spear, Nathan R. Dyer,
M. Saunders Small and Albert W. Spear. The
capital stock is not to be less than $4,000 nor
more than $4,000. The act provides that the
company shall run double end ferry boat or
boats, to be propelled by steam, and such 9TH
or boats IS may be suitable and convenient for
the night Tins or when Fore river is DISTRACT
ed by ice. The toll to be established is accord
ing to the following rates: Foot passengers not
exceeding four cents for each person. Thirty
five tickets for foot passengers shall be sold
upon demand for one dollar; for one vehicle
drawn by one horse with driver, ten CENTS one
coach with two horses and driver fifteen cents;
for each additional horse or person four cents;
for each cart or sled with two oxen and driver
fifteen cents; for each additional yoke of oxen
five cents. All other neat cattle and beasts OF
burden three cents; sheep, swine and smaller
animals two cents each, and for each hundred
weight of freight or less, four CENTS and for all
trips made between nine o'clock p. m. and
eleven and one-half O'Clock at night double
fare may be charged.
The said corporation shall at all times keep
at the ferry, after it is established, boat or
n On nd ianf
for the accommodation of travellers, their
horses, carriages, carts, teams and cattle. Due
and ready attendance on patrons shall be
given on all occasions and for every neglect Of
such attendance the corporation shall forfeit
and pay IS, and for every neglect in keeping
boat or boats, unless prevented by unavoidable
circumstances or accident, $5s,-each penalty
to be recovered by action of debt in any court
of competent Jurisdiction, to the use of any
person who shall sue therefor, and shall be
further liable to pay in an action on the case,
such special damages as any person may sus-
tain by It's unreasonable neglect. The time
for iunning the boats unless prevented by ac-
cident or unavoidable casualty, shall be from
6 O'Clock a. m. to 11.30 o'clock p. M, land from
6 o'clock a. m. to 8 p. m. two round trips shall
11s0 o'clock in the night time one round trip
shall bs made hourly. Unless the ferry is es-
tablished and put in operation within two
years from the approval of the act, then the
act become void. The committee have de-
cided to make favorable report On this act.
LETTER FROM GENERAL GRANT.
Speaker Hamlin received the following let
ter today from General Grant:
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 10, 1885.
Hon. Charles Hd1alin:
Dear Sir,~Your letter of the 7th instant is be-
fore me. The action taken by the House of Repre-
sentatives in the Maine Legislature, have seen in
oluions favoring my restoration to the retired list
of the army wish now to thank you.
Very truly yours,
o. S. GRANT.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS
The Judiciary committee gave hearing On
the petition of the sheriff of Cumberland
county who asks for change Of the law SO as
to give him the fees for posting the notices
where liquors have been libelled. Judge
Enoch Knight of Portland appeared for the
remonstrant.
An extended hearing took place on the bill
to amend the charter of the Artesian Water
Company of Rockland.
The committee on legal affairs will report
adversely on bill an act to prevent the throw
| ing OF coal tar, gas water, waste matter. &C.,
into Saco river. They will report favorably
| on bill to change the time of holding the
| September term of the S. j. Court In Somer-
set county, changing the time from the third
to the first Tuesday in September; on bill in-
cooperating the Maine Eastern fair and repeal
| ing the charter of the town of Kingsbury.
They will also report bill relating to the cleo
tion of selectmen, which makes q collector of
taxes ineligible for the office of selectman un-