The Portland daily press., 1897-02-23

in book kept for that person the name
and residence of each person from whom
he purchased any inland nsh or game and
the date of the purchase. The penalty is
a fine Of $500 and the loss of the market
mans game privilege for i've years.
. Officers may search buildings except
dwellings houses, also any box or car or
other reoeptical and seize the game when
found if it is held contrary to law or
has been unlawfully killed.
Any person may kill any dog for
which is used in hunting deer, moose or
caribou. ANY person keeping such dog
to hunt big game shall be fined 500.
Nc man shall keep any dog in any
camp or tent frequented by sportsmen in
any unorganized township until he has
obtained permission from the commits
sioners.
: When any person or corporation shall
accept game for corporations without
proper tags it shall be prims faoie evil
dence that it Was killed unlawfuliy and
the penalty for SO accepting is fine of
$40.
Keepers of camps and spor tsmen's
hotels shall annually before April lst,
seoure a license and give bonds not to
violate tho game laws. Failure to do SO
is punishable by fine of $500, and such
fines shall be added to the permanent
fund for the inland fisheries aud game.
The possessor of any jack light, spear.
trawl or net other than dip net In
camp, lodge or place of resort for sports
men in inland territory shall be
prima facie evidence that the same Is
kept for unlawful purposes and may be
seized. The one wEo has the nipple
ments mentioned shall pay fine of $50
and costs. Following Is one of the sec
tions of the bill: >Hh
The killing or ha Wing possession each
bird, duck, moose, deer, or caribou, or
part thereof, in violation CT the provis-
ions of this chapter and chapter 10 of the
Revised Statutes shall be deemed separ-
ate offence, and shall be fined in accord
ance with the penalty provided for such
offence in this chapter and chapter 40 OF
the Revised Statutes.
Here is another interesting section:
1t shall be unlawful to use in bunting
for or shooting any moose, caribou or
deer with any metal patched or metal
cased bullets under penalty Of $50 for
each offence.
Another section provides that no per-
SON shall sell or give away any big game
to be cnrried beyond the limits Of Of the
state under penalty Of $40, and any one
buying or accounting any big game as a
gift to transports shall be subject to the
same penalties.
The close time on trout, land-locked
salmon, trout and t0gue, Is fixed from
October 1st to May LIST, and on white
perch from October 1st to June 18TH
but citizens of the state may fish and
take land looked salmon trout and toeue
and convey the same to their own homes,
but not otherwise.
No person shall have in his possession
or expose for sale any of those fish in
close time and persons SO doing shall be
deemed to have killed them unlawfully.
The use of fish spawn, Rrapnel, spear,
trawl weir, seine trap, or set lines, ex-
C6pG Wu6u' 1SlluB I'll tu6 lC0s duu l1Ou
with not more than I've set lines in the
day time is prohibited.
No one shall have in his pos session at
one time more than % pounds of trout,
nd-lucked salmon or white perch, nor
shall such fish be transported in pcs,
session of the owner with tags bearing
the name and residence of the owner un-
der penalty of s. for each offence and S.
pound additional for every pound in
excess of % pounds.