The Portland daily press., 1885-04-01
Chapter PSI.

AN ACT to amend section seventeen of chapter
forty of the Revised Statutes relating to migrate
ry fish.
Be vt 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 sshad Strike out the word
two in the fourth line and in it's place insert the
word three Strike out the word ssaid'' in tho
sixth line and in its place insert the word amy
After the words cor seines, in the sixth line In
sert the words employed in such unlawful fishing
Strike out the word s'One' in the sixth line and in
its place insert three. Strike out the word three
III the seventh line and in its place insert fve,'
After the word "depth in the fifteenth line, in
sert the words 'and a net for meshing shad of not
more than seventy-fve meshes in DEPTH so that
said section as amended shall read as follows:
Section II. The taking of mackerel, herring,
shad, porgles, or menhaden, and the fishing there
for by the use of purse and drag senes is prohibited
III all small bays, lnlets, harbOrs rivers where
any entrance to the same, any part thereof from
land to land is not more than three nautical miles
IN width, under penalty upon the master or per-
son IN charge OF such seines 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
dlctment or action of debt; one-fourth of the
penalty to the complainant or prosecutor, and
three-fourths to the county in which the proceed
ssngs are commenced; and there shall be lien upon
the vessels, steamers boats and apparatus used in
such unlawful pursuit until said penalty with
costs Of prosecution is paid; but net for meshing
mackerel,o porgies, of not more than one hundred
meshes in depth, and a net for meshing 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.' [Approved February Is, 1885,
Chapter 262.
AN ACT to provide for notice of special legislation
for protection of fish,
BE 1t enacted, ETC., as follows:
Section /. 1t shall be the duty of all persons
that may be benefited by legislation, other
than the general statutes for the protection of fish
IN any waters OF this state to publish such protec
ton by posting and maintaining notices, herein
after provided. Said notices shall be placed on
the banks or shores of such protected waters, not
10 re than ten feet and not less than six feet above
the grOund conspicuous position; and if On run
ming water such notices shall be notnore than one
half mile apart on the banks of such waters; and if
On pond or lake, not more than mile apart
Oh the shores ofsuch pond or lake.
Section g. Said notices shall be painted on wood
IN black roman letters not less than two inches
In length and not less than onehalf inch in breadth
so that such letters shall be plainly legble and
such notices shall state the number of the act and
the date OF the same giving the said protection to
such waters.
Section 8. Any one mutlating or destroying
such notices, shall be subject to such penalties
set forth in section twenty. chapter one hundred
and twenty-seven of the revised statutes.
section f. In case no notices as herein provided
are posted and maintained on waters that are pro-
tected by special laws, then violating such
laws shall be liable Hereunder to any penalties set
forth III such laws. lApproved Feb. 16, 1885.
Chapter 263.
AN ACT amending chapter two. sections forty
and forty-one Revised Statutes, relative to re-
cord of Qualification of Justices of the Peace.
Be itenGcted, ETC., as follows:
Chapter two sections forty and forty-one of the
revised statutes, is hereby amended so as to read
as 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 nofaries 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 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
tested, or the Certificate of such clerk under the
seal OF his court, shall be legal but not conclusive