Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-29
CHAPTER las.

AN ACT to amend sections forty one and forty
three of chapter forty. of the Revised Stat
utes, relating to Fisheries.
SECT. l. Section forty-one of chapter forty
of the revised statutes Is hereby amended by
inserting after the words " Augusta dam " the
following: nor any salmon above Ferry Point
bridge on the Saint CroiX river in Calais so
that said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
SECT. Al. No salmon shad or other migra-
tory fish shall be taken or fished fol- within
five hundred yards of any tishway; dam or
mill race; nor in the Penobscot river between
the mouth of the kenduskeag stream and the
water works dam at Treats falls on said river,
nor between the Augusta highway bridge over
the Kennebec river and the Augusta dam; nor
any salmon above Ferry Point bridge on the
Saint CroiX river in Calais, between the first
days of April and November, except by the
ordinary mode of angling with single hook and
line or artificial flies, nor shall hook and line
or artificial flies be used at any time within
one hundred yards of any fishway, dam or
mill race but this section shall not apply to
the taking of alewives by the town Of Warren
in the Georges river. and by the town of wal
doboro in Medomak river under the authority
granted said towns by the private and special
laws of Massachusetts, passed March six,
thereto passed by the legislature of this state;
nor shall il apply to the taking of alewlves by
the town of Woolwich in Nequasset stream;
provided that fly fishing shall be allowed up
10 the bridge across the Dennys river at Lin
coins mill, but not between said bridge and
Lincoln's mill dam; and provided, also that
fishing with an artificial fly or single balted
hook and line shall he allowed up 10 within
fifty feet OF the dam across the Aroostook river
in the town of Caribou. The penalty tpr viola
ton of this section is fine OF not more than
fifty nor less than ten dollars for each offensc
and a further fine of ten dollars for each salm-
ON and one dollar for each shad so taken
SECT 2. Section fOrty-three of chapter forty
of the revised statutes is hereby amended by
striking cut the words " or to the Saint CroiN
river below the breakwater Mt the ledge" so
that said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
.SEcr ~. Between the first day of April and
the fifteenth day of July, there shall be a
weekly close time of forty.eight hours, from
sunrise on each Saturday morning TO sunrise
which no salmon, shad, alewives or bass shall
be taken. During the weekly close time all
seinps, nets and other movable apparatus shall
be removed from the water Each weir shall
have, in that part where the fish are usually
taken, an opening three feet wide extending
from the bottom to the top OF the weir, and the
netting OF other material which closes the
came while fishing. shall be taken ont, carried
on shore, and there remain during the weekly
close time; to the intent that during said close
time. the fish may have free and unobstrueted
passage through said weir or other structure,
and no contrivance which tends to hinder such
fish, shah be placed In any part thereof. II the
with board floor, an opening extending from
the floor to the top of the weir is equivalent tn
one extending from the bottom to the top. The
penalty for The violation of this section Is
twenty dollars for each offensc. This section
does not apply to the Kenuebec, Androscoggin
or Penobsc0t rivers or their tributaries, or to
the Aroostook river and its tributaries
SECT. 3. The above section does not apply
to the Penobscot and Belfast bays.
Approved Mar. &c.