The Portland daily press., 1885-03-09
rNTEREsTrNG TO spoRTsmEN.
Changes Made i'm the Maine Game Laws
During the Lnst Session of the LegisIa-


Changes Made i'm she Maine Game Laws
During the Last Session of the LegisIa-
ture.
The changes made in the fish and game laws
OF this State by the present Legislature are
confined to game birds and trout, togue and
land-locked salmon about the Rangeley and
Moosehead Lakes. In addition to these, con-
siderable number of private acts for the pre-
lection of special localities were passed. The
legislation of the session is as follows:
An act to amend section 81 chapter 80, of the
Revised Statutes changes that section so that it
reads as follows:
Whoever kills or has in his possession except alive
any wood duck dusky duck, commonly called black
duck or other sea duck, between he first DAYS of
May and September; or kills. sells. has In pos
session except alive, any ruffed grouse commonly
called partridge or woodcock, between the frat
days of December and September following or kills
Sc Is or has In possession except alive any quail
pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken.
between the first days of January and Septein Der
or ployer between the first days of May and August
torfets not less than five more than ten dol ars
for each bird SO killed. had in possession or exposed
for sale And no person shall kill, expose for sale
or have in possession, except alive. any woodcock
or ruffed grouse, or partridge during September,
october or November, or plover during the months
OF August September. October November ex-
cept for consumption as food, within the State un
der the same penalty.
All attempts to change the close time for moose,
deer or caribou have been defeated
An act for the protection of trout and handbook
cd salmon in the RaDgeey, South Bog, Bemis,
Cupsupte and Kennebago streams provides that no
person shall take, CATCH kill fish for or destroy
any trout or land-locked salmon in the Rangeley
stream between the mouth of the Kennebage
stream and the head of the island at the eddy SO
called in said Rangeley stream from the first day
OF July to the first day of May; in that portion
OF said stream from the head of said island to the
Rangeley dam at any time; nor in the South Bog
Stream, which empties into Rangeley Lake above
the dead water at the mouth of said stream from
the first day of July to the first day of May nor in
the Bemis stream which empties into Mooselucma-
guntic Lake, above the blue water, SO called. at
the mouth of said stream, from the first day of July
to the first day Of May; nor in the Cupsuptic
tween the foot of the first falls toward its mouth
and its source, from the first day of July to the
tween the foot of the first falls toward its mouth
and the upper falls at the outlet of Kennebago
Lake from the first day Of September to the first
day of May.
1t is also provided that no person shall take,
CATCH KILL FISH for or destroy any trout, land
catien or Socatian Rivers which empty into Moose
first day of May.
ter 40 of the Revised Statutes relating the trans
portation of trout, togue and landlocked salmon,
has been amended to read as follows: mo
person shall take catch, kill have in possession
at any one time for the purpose of transportation
more than fifty pounds of land-locked salmon,
trout or touge, in all, shall any such be trans
ported except in the possession of the owner
thereof, under penalty of $50 for the offence
and So for every pound of land-locked salmon,
trout or togue, in all, taken, caught killed in
possession or transportation, in excess of fifty
pounds. and all such fish transported In violation
OF this section may be seized on complaint and
shall be forfeited to the prosecutor. Whoever has
in possession more than fifty pounds in all of such
fish shall be deemed to have taken them in violation
of this section"
In addition to the above public laws several pri-
vate fish laws have been enacted. On account of
the inability OF sportsmen to keep of the
GUS private fish laws, special act has been passed
providing that all persons who or may be bene-
fitted by legislation for the protection of fish in any
waters OF this State shall publish such protection
by posting and maintaining notices on the banks or
shores of such protected waters in conspicuous
position not more than one half mile apart. Such
an act will prevent good deal Of the trouble that
has been heretofore experienced by visitors from
other States. The old law regarding prosecutions
for violations Of the fish and game laws has also
been amended SO that hereafter municipal and
police judges and trial justices within their
counties have by complaint and concurrent
jurisdiction with the Supreme Judicial and Su-
perior courts.