Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

vidcd TINT nv fishing shall be allowed ur
to the bridge across the Denny river ~
bridge and Iincoha's min dam; ana pro,
vidcd also, that fishing with an artinclai
ny or single baited hook and line snaii pe
acr"ss 81 the he J. %r"ostoo, river in the town
OF Caribou. But this section shall not APP
ply to the Laconin falls and the Lower
falls, so called, of the Saco river, iocatea
at Blddeford and Saco: and upon the iirst
three days of each week. from the llrst
OF June TO the first of September OF each
year. all persons may dip for saiinoIi;
sl.id and alewives at the falls last named
above The penalty for violation of this
section il a fine Of not more than hfty
nor less than ten dollars for each onense.
salmon and one dollar for each shad so
taken.
Section 30. From the fifteenth day or
there Shall be a u close time for salmon
during which no salmon shall be taken
or killed in any manner. under a penalty
Of not more than fifty nor less than fan AZ, zen
lars for each salmon so taken or killed.
Provided. however. that between the
fifteenth days of July and September, 1t
is lawful to fish for and take salmon by
the ordinary mode. with rod and single
line. but not otherwise.
Section 81 Between the first day Of
shall be a weekly close time Of forty -eight
hours from SUNRISE on each Saturday
morning to sunrise on the following Mon
dnv morning. dur,na which no salmon,
shad aiewives or bass shall be taken
Dir;np the weekly close time. all seines.
nets. and other movable apparatus shall
he renewed frnn, the wafer Every weir
shall have in that mart where the fish
are usually taken M opening three feet
wide extendinr fron, The bottom to the
top of the weir. and the netting or other
iishinx shall he taken out. carried on
shore and there remain during the week
iv cicst. time, TO the extent that during
said close time the fish NAV have a free
anI nrohstr,,ctad nassare through such
weir nr other strnctmre and no contri-
vance which tends To- hinder such fish
SILL Ia" ,,IocosI In any mart there0f n
the inciosure where the fsh are taken is
tmrrishsI Nth hoarT floor an oneninS
extendinr from the floor to the ton OF
the wa;r 10 en,,,vaiant 70 one extending
fro,r The hottnm 70 the ION THE nenaitv
f~ ~, nv ,,nSnttnm ~ .hIs san,,on 10 ,van,y
dnl,ars for each otransc This section
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c o0es ~ Pnohscot r,Iors nv their trih.
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Ss shi - - T.; .,snr 10 81, S' xc.n, a..
OF hsneu neg, tUn eua. ~, ,,rst Tppvs ~
nW,Hi ana nn,c,nnr ~sdnr - nv ai,v ~ rot
Tess tniih zen, nor more ,hau tn,rty uoi-
lars for each onense. and further pen.
aHy VI .WenX veHss ior S.,en sine.. ~
.aken, anu az welrs IoE tis capauIe oi
sneNS shail De opened, ana SO remain.
anu aiI nets uss9.f an the silelt anu TOM
cod ilshery shaiI ne taken from me wafer
pehaty OF Hot less lhah twenty. nor
more tnan MY dollars. and further
me OF hve doilars Tor each day thar any
Sucn Weir or net remains IN violation OF
law put weirs with catcn-pounds, covered
with net, the meshes OF which are one
men square in the clear. or greater. are
however, that dip nets may be used be-
tween IRE frst ana twentieth days OF
April. Provided, further, that this section
does not apply to smeits taken In the
Androscoggin river above the Merrymeet-
ing bay bridge. between the first days OF
October and November nor TO smelts
tributaries, between the first and the
fifteenth days Of April. nor to smelts
taken In Casco bay between the fifteenth
day OF September and first day of Octo-
Der. nor to smelts taken in Machias river,
above Machiasport toll bridge. between
the first day of April and the first day OF
May.
Section 80. No net other than a dip net,
the meshes of which are smaller than one
inch square in the clear. shall be used in
fishes except the Saint Croix river. be-
tween the first days OF April and October.
under a penalty of not more than twenty
Tense.
Section a. No weir. hedge, set net or
fish. which is stationary WI Wnile p in use e.
shall extend into more than two feet OF
water at ordinary low water under n
penalty of not more than one hundred
nor less than fifty dollars. and forfeiture
of all apparatus and material so unlaw-
fully used. This provision applies to any
seine or drift net which is al any time
attached to a stationary object but not
to fykes or bag-nets used in the winter
fishery for smeits ard tom-cods nor to
any implements lawfully used above the
flow of tide. nor to any portion III fenob-
scot river. bay or tributaries nor to the
Saint Croix river five hundred feet abov,
Ferry's point in Calais
Section 20. The limit of depth pre-
scribed for weirs in the preceding seq
tions shall be measured AT the entrance
of the weir. provided that no mart Of the
weir known as the leader is in more than
two feet AT low water mark. Weirs NAV
exceed the limit of two feet depth meas
ured as aforesaid. under the following
conditions: first. the distance from the he.
fore mentioned two feet limit 10 the en-
trance Of such weir shall not EXCEED
one hundred feet: second no such weir
shall Obstruct more than one-eighth NJ
the width of the channel. third every
such weir snail be stripped SO as To ran
der II incapable Of taxing fish on and
after the tWenty-fifth dav Of lime. h,f
these conditions annly only to weirs thar
exceed the aforesaid limit of denth. The
standard for low water mark on the
Kennebec river. is in ali cases the nearest
bench mark OF the United States coast
survey. allowance being made at the va
The prOyisions of this and the nreceninr