Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-21
CONIITTEE HEARINGS.
The Committee on
Fisheries and Game.

! voted SIX to two to report in favor of strik-
/ ing the word "msekerel" from the law pro
/ hibiting the seining of fish in bays there viii
be a minority report. They also reported
4 in favor of a lobster bill the principal pro-
vsions of which are as follows Anyone
who shsll destroy, buy, sell or possess an,
/ female Holsters in spawn or with egg
attached at any season of the year shall BE-
| fined ten dollars each. 1t is unlawful l.
possess for any purposes between the first
day of July and the first of February, an
/ from the frs, day of April to the first day
of May any lobster less than 10 IL ZACH
I in length, and any Holsters shorter than tn
] prescribed length when caught shall be lib
Grated alive at the rick and cost of the party
taking them under penalty of one dollar
each, unless it appears that he intended 10
/ liberste them. The possession of mutlsted
uGcooked Holsters shall be prima facie ev-
dence that they are not of the required
length. All lobster cars and all traps, nets
and other devices for the capture of lobster
and all buoys attached to them shall have
the name of the owner plainly carved or
branded upon them in letters not less thai
thrt e fourths of an inch in length under a
pena'ty.of ten dollars for each car and five
for each trap or buoy.
No person or corporation shall can or pre-
serve any lobster less than nine inches in
1 length. between the first of July and the
I first of the next May, un Ter penalty of five
dollars for each lobster so canned or pre-
served, ard further penalty of $500 for
each day on which such unlawful canning OF
preserving is done; provided, howeve. thai
! it shall be lawful for dealers to preserve in
| pickle or vinegar such surplus sto * as for
good reasons can not be disposed Of other
wise.
! All short Holsters seized when alive shall
| be released, and the rest of the
lots in which they are found sold, unless
their owner pay to the officer making
/ the seizure within twenty-fo four hours
fine of 8 for each short lobster, under which
circumstances he shall be given back the
fish above the legal limit. All fines under
this act may be recovered by an action for
debt or a criminal process.
A minority of the committee will report in
favor of no close time for Holsters.
The petitioners for law prohibiting porgy
factories to locate within mile of any
house were given leave to withdraw.
The committee will report in favor of the
following bill for the protection of deer,
carr bou, and other wild game
Section one would amend section nine of
the chapter so that it would provide that
whoever hunts, kills or destroys with dogs
any moose, or in any manner hunts. kills,
destroys or has in possession any COW moose
or any part thereof. forfets 500 for every
moose SO hunted, killed or destroyed or had
in possession, and no person shall between
the first days of January and October in any
manner hunt, catch kill or destroy or have
in possession any bull moose or any part
thereof taken in close time under the same
penalty. The effect of this is to give COW
moose continual protection
Section two provides the same penalty for
catching any deer or caribou as for hunting
or destroying the same and makes it unlaw-
full for person to hunt with "a dog" as
well as with dogs"
Section three amends section II of chap
ter 30 of the Revised Statutes to read as fol-
lows Whoever has in his posse ssion any
such animal or part thereof between the
first days of January and October shall be
deemed to have hunted caught and killed
the same contrary to law and be liable to the
penalties aforesaid. But he shall not
be precluded from producing proof
in his defence that such animal was
hunted, caught or killed in open time.
Any officer authorized to enforce the game
laws may search for such animal or part
thereof subject TO sections IL. ID and IA of
chapter 1872 and the warrant may be issued
on his own complaint
Section amends section u of chapter 80
by leaving out that part which gives the
bodies or parts of moose, caribou or deer
illegally killed to the prosecutor.
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