Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-09
The Fish and Game Law
NO. so-AN Aor REVISING. IN AMEND
MENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO THE
FISH AND GAME LAWS.
1T IS HEREBY ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, oF TIE STATE OF VERMONT:

1T IS HEREBY ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, OF THE STATE OF VERMONT:
SECTION l. Words and phrases under
this act, and in proceedings pursuant
thereto, shall, unless inconsistent with
the context, mean as follows:
I. Angling is defined TO mean taking
fish with hook and line, or rod held in
b md, and does not include set lines.
Close season" is that period of time
during which an act is prohibited
3. Where an act is prohibited between
/ two dates, it is not lawful upon the first
| date named. and is lawful upon the date
Est named
4 Private preserve is defined to mean
a natural pond, the area Of which is not
more than twenty acres, owned by COM
mon owner, or any artificial pond male
solely for the purpose of fish culture,
owned by a common owner.
s. Public waters' Is defined TO mean
all waters over which this state has jnris-
diction, exclusive Of private preserves and
posted waters, y the term posted waters
meaning all waters on lands posted as pro-
yided by sections 46 and AZ of this act.
Waters of this state" is defined to
mean all the waters over which Vermont
has jurisdiction.
Z Words importing the singular mum
Der may extend to and import the plural
number, and words importing the plural
number may import the singular number.
Fish aud Game Commissioners and War
dens aud Their Duties.
SEC. 2. The governor, in the month
preceding the date first hereinafter named,
eel.
and game commissioners. one for two
years aud one for four years from the first
day of December, 1876; and thereafter,
bienially, one member of the board shall
be appointed for the term Of four years in
place Of the member whose term OF Office
expires on the first day of December fol-
lowing each biennial session of the gem
eral assembly. Vacancies in the Office Of
fish and game commissioner shall be
filled by the governor.
SEC. 3. From the passage of this act
till the first day of December, 1896, the
officers known before the passage of this
act as fish commissioners and their sue
cessors, shall be termed, designated and
known as fish and Z ,me commissioners,
and shall have all tue rights, powers and
privileges, and be subject to the same re-
sponsibilities and have the same duties as
the fish and game commissioners de
scribed in this act. And the phrase "fish
and game commissioners used in this
act, or any word or phrase importing the
same, or one or both of the same, shall
refer and apply with equal force, until
said first day of December, 1895, to the
officers heretofore known as fish commits
sioners, or their successors, or one or both
of them, as the case may be-
SEC a. The fish and game commits
sioners MAY confer with the fish com mis-
sioners and the fish and game commits
sioners of other States aud Canada: direct,
in their discretion, the construction OF
ishways. and, at the expense of the State,
Introduce trout, shad, salmon and other
good varieties of fish into such streams,
lakes and ponds within the State, not
private preserves OF posted waters, as
they deem suited to the successful culti-
vation Of fish, and for this and other pur-
poses they shall have sole conduct and
control OF such fish Matching stations as
are now owned or operated by the State
and such as may be hereafter established,
and may make all regulations and rules
for the distribution of the pro-
duct of such station or stations; they
shall adopt suitable measures to secure
the enforcement of the laws relating TO
the protection of fish and game, and shall
make a biennial report to the governor
a record of their acts and ex-
penditures, and such recommendations
the preservation and propaga-
ton of fish aud game as they deem advis-
able; but the expense incurred under the
provisions contained IN this section, ex-
sept such expense MS may be permitted by
law in the conduct and control of such
Iish hatcning station or stations, shall not
exceed two thousand dollars annually.
SIC. 3. Waters stocked by the fish aud
game commissioners shall thereafter be
treated AS public waters, provided that
1 person, company or corporation, which
might other wise make such waters pri- !
rate preserve or posted waters, may do so
i've years after having filed with the fish
md game commissioners written notice
4 intention to make such waters private
preserve or posted waters. Such notice
shall contain reasonably definite descrip-
ion of the stream, portion of stream OF
pond so intended to be made a private
preserve or posted waters, and shall be
preserved in the files Of the fish and game
SEC. 6 When the fish and game COM |
nissioners place fish IN a pond or stream |
hey may post conspicuously on the banks |
notice that fishing therein, or in specified |
PORTIONS thereof, is prohibited for any
,eriod not TO exceed three years, and they
hall give like notice in newspaper pub
ished in the county where the pond or
tream wherein fishing is so prohibited is
ocated, by publishing such notice in said
,aper for three successive weeks; and if a
,erson thereafter fishes, or attempts to
ish, in said waters within the time speci-
led. he shall BE- fined fifty dollars and costs
# prosecution; but such prosecution must
,e commenced within six months after
he off .nce is committed.
SEC. :. The fish and game commission
rs may take fish in public waters, and
be owners of private preserves may take
Ish in their preserves, at any time and in
uch manner as may be most convenient
or purposes Of propagation, dissemina-
ion or science; but they shall not be
aiken. used or sold for the purposes of