The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-01

fifteenth day of july it shall be lawful to fish fo
catch, buy SELL expose for sale, possess for car
ming and all other purposes, any Holsters not lie
than nine inches in length, measured as aforcsai'
but not including female Holsters in spawn or wit
eggs attached
Section 4. Section thirty-three of said chapte
is hereby amended so that as amended said section
shall read as follows:
Section SO. The governor with the advice AMI
consent OF council, shall appoint tw:,
persons, as they think BEST to be commission
ers of fisheries and game, Who shall have a general
supervision of the fisheries regulated bv tie fol.
lowing sections and of thu game ,ws Said com
mlssioners shall examine dams and all other OBJ
struct1Ons existing in all rivers and streams and
determine the necessity of shways and the location
form, and capacity thereof; visit those sections
where fisheries regulated by this chapter are car
r1ed on, and Introduce and disseminate valuable
species OF fish into waters where they do not exist
The governor, with the advice and consent fcour-
Gil, shall also appoint other commissioner who
shall have general supervision Of the and shore
fisheries and shell fish regulated by this chapter
Said commissioners shall hold Office for three Years
unl%ss sooner removed. They shall examine into
the workings of the fish and game laws see that
violations thereof are duly prosecuted, and per-
form all other duties prescribed by law. They
shall report annually Oh or before the thirty-frst
day or December to the governor, who shall cause
three thousand copies to be printed
lApproved February II, 1885.
Chapter 276.
AN ACT to amend section twenty-six of chapter
disposal of fines
Be it enacted. etc., as follows:
S0CLlOn UWenCy-S1X or chapter thirty of the re-
V1sed statutes. Is hereby amended by striking out
of the last clause the words s'the commissioners
shall appropriate the same to such society as afOre-
said as they deem proper" and inserting in lieu
thereof the same Shall be paid into the county
treasury so that said section as amended, shall
read as follows:
preceding sections may be recovered by action of
debt, or by complaint Indictment, in the name
OF the state by any warden or his deputies, or any
other person, in any county III which such offence
s committed or the accused resides; and in all ac-
tions therefor in the supreme judicial or superior
courts, it the plaintiff prevails he RECEIVERS full
costs without regard to the amount recovered. All
fines and penalties recovered for violation of the
seventeen preceding sections, except sections ff-
teen and sixteen, shall be paid Onehaf to the com
painant and One-half to any game and fish protec-
tive society, other spOrtsman's association or
gained under the laws of Maine, and located in
the county where said fines and penalties are re-
covered provided, that said society association
expend the same in the propagation and cultiva-
ton of trout and salmon for the fresh water lakes
and ponds of the state, under the direction and
supervision of the fish commissioners. LIZ more
than one such society or association is located in
such county, said commissioners shall designate to
which society the money shall be paid, Or they
may cause the same to be divided between them.
Ii there is no such society or association in said
county, the same shall be paid into the county
treasury approved February q, 1851
Chapter 277.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred of chap
ter forty-seven of the Revised Statutes, relating
to banks and banking.
Section one hundred of chapter forty-seven of
the revised statutes is hereby amended by insert
ing in the twentyfrst line, after the word snort
gage the words, Sin the first mortgage bonds of
any water company in this state, actually engaged
In supplying, to any city or town having not less
than forty five hundred inhabitants water for do
nestle use, and for the extinguishment of fires so
that said section shall read as follows:
Section 100. Savings banks and institutions for
savings are restricted to and hereafter may invest
their deposits in the public funds of any Of
the New England States, including bonds Of the
counties cities, and towns of the same; in the pub
lie funds of the United States and District of Co.
lumbia in the stock of any bank or banking associ-
alton incorporated under authority of this state or
of the United States the municipal bonds of cities
or ten thousand inhabitants, more, of the states
OF New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio Indi-
ana, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, and in the public
funds of each OF the above named states, and in
the bonds of counties in said states having twenty
thousand population, when not issued in aid of
railroads. provided that no investment shall be
made in the bonds Of any cities or counties of the
states above named except of the city of ST. Louis
Missouri where the municipal Indebtedness of such
city or county exceeds five per cent of it's valuations
In the first mortgage bonds of any completed rail-
roads OF the states above named, together with
New Jersey, Kansas, Nebraska and in the first
mortgage bonds of the Central Pa~fc Union Pacif-
ic and Northern Pacific railroads, and in the rail-
road bonds OF this state; in the stock of any dv-
dend paying railroad in New England; in the
stocks of any railroad company in this state unen-
numbered by mOrtgage in the first mortgage bonds
of any water company in this state actually encap-
CT in supplying to any city town having not
less than fortyfve hundred Inhabitants water for
domestic and for the extingushment Of tires in
thc stock and bonds Of any other corporations cOr-
porated under authority of this state which earl and
are paying regular dividends ofnot less than i've per
cent year; and may invest by loan on first mort
cages of real estate i'll this state anu New Hampshire
not exceeding sixty per cent of its vaue and may
loan to any county, city, or town thereof and on
notes with pledge as collateral of any of the
aforesaid securities, including saving bank de-
post books of any savings bank in the state, and
the stock of any of said railroad companies, not
over seventy five per cent of the market value of
such stock; and may loan to corporations having
real estate and doing business in this state; and