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

salmon or landlocxed salmon and one dollar
ior each ana every other fish so taken, caught
Killed or destroyed; and when such prohibited
implements or devices are found in use or on.
Grafton they are forfeit and contraband, and
any person unulnS them In use may DESTROY
tnem.' lAppr0yed February 81
Chapter 10.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter one
hundred and forty four of the Revised Stat
utes, relating to state Pensions.
Section one of char a one hundred and for.
ty-four OF the revised statutes, granting state
pensions pension is hereby amended by adding next
aiter the clause son the quota of Maine" i'm
the third line, the following words: land anv
person not on the quota Of Maine, who has
served In the army or navy of the United
sas IN sald war, and who was a resident of
tnlS STATE at gate OF enlistment, and at time of
making application for pension shall have
been resident of the state at least five wears,
80 mat said section when amended, shall read
SECT. /: Any person who has served by en-
iistment In the army or navy of the United
states, In the war OF eighteen hundred and six
ly-ones on the quota of Maine, and any person
not on the quota of Maine who has served in
the army or navy Of the United States in said
war, and who was a resident of this state at
GATE OF enlistment, and at time of making ap-
plication for pension shall have been resi-.
uenI OF the state at least five years, and who
has been disabled by wounds or other injury
received in said service, in the line of duty, is
entitled to pension from the state of Maine,
not exceeding eight dollars month /; provided,
tnat such soldier or seaman is unable, from his
own resources and the United States pension
Chapter IL.
AN ACT to amend section forty five of chap
ter one hundred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes, relating to the duties of Off
GERS and agents in the enforcement OF the
laws for the Prevention OF Cruelty to An
finals.
Section forty five of chapter one hundred and
twenty-fOu of the revised statutes is hereby
amended, so that the same shall read as follows:
SECT. 45. It shall be the duty:of sheriffs, dep
uty sherihs, police officers, constables and
agents appointed under the provisions OF sec
ton forty-six of this chapter, to investigate all
cases of cruelty to animals coming to their
knowledge, and to cause offenders to be pros
appear to be of sufficiently aggravated ma
ture to require prosecution, and all fines i'm
posed for the punishment OF such otfenses
shall be paid over to the county treasurer OF
committed. For their travel and services, in
conducting such Investigations, such agents
shall be paid by the county in which such ser.
vices are rendered, the same fees as are now
allowed officers by law for the service of a war
rant for arrest: provided, however, that all
claims of such agents for such travel and ser
vices shall first be audited and approved by the
county commissioners of the county liable to
pay the same.' [Approved February s.
Chapter 12.
AN ACT to fix the salary Of the Treasurer OF
SECT. !. From and after the first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one Thousand
eight hundred and ninety-fve, the salary OF
the treasurer Of Aroostook county shall be
five hundred dollars year, to be paid in equal
SECT T. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act, are hereby repealed.
SECT. 8. tbs act shall take effect when ap-
proved. IApproyed February Ill
Chapter Is.
AN ACT to amend chapter seventeen Of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty
seven, relating to the protection OF the Ale
wive Fishery.
SECT. /. Section one of chapter seventeen
of the public laws of the year eighteen hun
dred and eighty-seven is hereby amended by
striking out the words ga line drawn east and
west across said river at point one,half mile
south of Goose Rock SO Called" in the third,
fourth and fifth lines and inserting in their
place the words the bridge between the vii
lagos of Newcastle and Damariscotta,' and by
striking out the word "twenty" in the eighth
line and inserting in its place the words two
hundred,' so that when amended, the whole
section shall read as follows;
SECT, !. Whoever shall construct, set, na1n-
tain. or use any net, weir, seine, or other ma
chine or device, in the waters of the Damar1s-
Gotta river, northerly of the bridge between
the villages of Newcastle and Damariscotta,
for the purpose IF taking or catching alewives,
or whoever shall take or catch any alewives
within said limits, except by hook and line,
lars for each offense; all nets, weirs, senes, or
other machine or device, prohlplted as aiore-
said, shall be deemed forfeited and contra
band, and any member OF the fsh commlttee
If the towns of Newcastle or Nobleboro find
ing them in such use, may destroy them
SECT. 9 This act shall take effect when ap-
proved. lAPproFeo fepiu'iy LII
Chapter II.
! AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and
forty-nine of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-three, in relation TO
boundary lines on the Damariscotta river.
| SECT. /. Section five of chapter two hun
dred and forty nine of the public laws OF e1gl-
| teen hundred and ninety-three Is hereby
amended by striking out the word "MerrilIs
in the fourth line and inserting the word the
in place thereof, so that when amended, 1t shall
read rs follows:
| sSFCT g. In the Damariscotta river above a
line drawn from Farnham's head in the town Of
| Boothbay to point opposite on the shore in
| the town of Bristol, excepting the use OF drag
| seines between the above line and The Lodges,
| for all fish excepting alewives.'
! SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when ap-
[; proved. (Approved February IL.
| Chapter 10. - sas
AN ACT for the better protection Of FISH in
Machias Bay.
| The taking of herring, or fishing therefor,
by the use OF purse ana drag scenes IN ana al.
nets in weirs, from the first day of jane to the
| first day of November in the waters OF Machias
| bay and its approaches inside Of or to the
northward OF a direct line drawn straight from
the highest summit of the island called The
Brothers, easterly to n point one-half mile dis
| tant, and due south from Libby island light
| house, thence from said point easterly to the
| southern extremity of the southern Island
called The Double Head Shots. is hereby pro-
| hibited Improved February ii.
| Chapter 16.
AN ACT to regulate the Alewive Fishery in
| PemaQuid River.
| SECT /. From the first day of April to the
| Afteenth day of July in each year, all persons
are hereby prohibited from fishing with nets.
| seincs traps, weirs, or any other contflvance,
| in that part of PemaQuid river which lies be-
| tween Pemaqud falls and line drawn west
| rom the site of the old Pemaqufd fort, for the
term of ten years from the passage of this act.
SECT 9 ANY person violating any of the
nroyisions of section one of this act shall be
Subject to a fine of one hundred dollars and
! forfeiture of all boats, nets, and apparatus
| used in such illegal fishing.
| SECT g. All fishing tor alewives, at or about
| Pemaouid falls below the mill dam, shall pc
| restricted to four days in each week, and the
| fishing season shall be from the first day Of
AnriI TO the fifteenth day of July of each year,
and All fishing shall be under such regulations
and further restrictions as the fish committee
| Of the town of Bristol shall decide upon.
! SECT L. No person not authorized by the
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