The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-30
Of tbe revised statutes is hereby amended SO as

to read as follows:
section 49. No person shall sell, expose for
sale OF have in possession with intent to SELL or
transport from place to place, any land-locked
salmon, trout, togue or white perch between
the first day of October and the first day of the
following May, under Il penalty OF not less than
ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offense.
SECT. Is. Section fifty of chapter forty of the
revised statutes is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows
Section So Any person having in possess
sion, except alive, any land-locked salmon, trout
togue or white perch, between the nrst day of
October and the first day of the following May,
or who transports from place to place within
the state, any land-locked salmon, trout, togue
or white perch, between the first day OF october
and the first day of the following May, shall be
deemed to have killed, caught, or transported
the same contrary to law, ana be haDle 10 tne
penalties aforesaid
SECT 10. Section fifty -one of chapter forty of
the revised statutes, as amended by chapter
nine of the public laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety five, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
es kills or destroys any fish, with fish spawn,
grapnel, spear, trawl, weir, seine trap or set
lines, except when fishing on the ice, ana then
except in tide waters where such methods are
not prohibited, OF with any device OF in any
other way than by the ordinary mode OF angling
with single baited hooks and lines, or with artl-
fetal flies artificial minnows, artificial insects,
or spoon hook so called, forfeits twenty-five
dollars for the Offense, and ten dollars for each
salmon or land-locked salmon, and one dollar
for each and every other fish SO taken, caught,
killed or destroyed; and when such prohibited
implements or devices are found In use or
possession they are forfeit and contraDand,
aud any person finding them in use may de-
stroy them. Provided, it shall be lawful to
| fish for and take cusk in the night time, with
| five set lines.
| forty of the revised statutes, as amended by
chatter thirty -one of the public laws of one
thousand eight hundred ninety-f1v is hereby
amended so as to read as follows; ,-.,
Section 81 No person shall take, catch, Kill
or have in possession at any one time more
than twenty-five pounds Of land-locked salmon
| trout or white perch, in al, nor shall any such
| be transported, except in the possession of the
owner thereof, plainly labeled with the owners
| name and residence thereon, under penalty
Of fifty dollars for each offense, and five dol
| lars for every pound of land-locked salmon
trout or white perch SO taken, caught, killed OF
had in possession, or being transported, in ex-
cess of twenty-five pounds, and all such fish
| transported In violation of this section may be
seized. and shall be forfeited to the prosecutor
/ Whoever has in his possession more than TWEEN
| ty-fiye pounds, in all, of such fish, shall be
deemedto have taken them In VIOLATION OF , tnis
of one fish additional when having less thar
/ TWENTY-FIVE pounds shall not be regarded as
| violation of the law
SECT. II. Chapter forty of the revised stat
utes is hereby further amended by ADDING
thereto the following section:
| Section 50. The commissioners OF lnlanc
fisheries and game, upon petition OF ten o.
more tax PAYERS, residents in the locality ma.
adopt such needful rules and regulations, moi
contrary to the general laws Of the state, a
may be necessary to prevent the intsrferenc'
feeding troughs, or artificial ponds of land
locked salmon or trout; and notice of the hear
ing ON such Petition, and the adoption of an!
such rules and regulations shall be given az
provided In section seyenty-six, chapter forty
The penalty for the wilful violation of any sucl
rules and regulations shall be fifty dollars TO
each offense.'
Improved Mar. 25.l