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


foiiowing May, shall be deemed to have
Killed, caugit, or transported the Same
contra Y law: and po Fable to the
Section ~. Section tifty-onc OF chapter
forty of the revised statuteS as amended
by chapter mine CT the public laws OF
eighteen hundred ard ninely-fiye, is hert-
by amended SO as to read us follows:
Section 81. whoever fishes for, takes.
catches. kills or destroys any fish witt,
fish spawn. giapEel, spear, trawi, wcfr.
ing on the lee. and then with rot more
than five set lines In the day time. exceut
IN tide waters where such methods are
not prohibited, or with any device or in
any other way than BY tine ord;n,r -,
mode OF angling with single baitfyi hooks
and lines. or with artificial flies arfifi
eiai miniicws artificial insects. OF spoon
lars for the offense, and ten dollars FIR
each salmon or land-bocked salmon, ana
one dollar for each and every other fish
and when such prohibited Indictments ar
devices are found in use or posse ssion
they are forfeit and contraband, and anv
person iinding them in use may destroy
for and take cusk In the night time, with
tive set lines.
Section 20. Section hfty-four of c.,apter
forty Of the revised statutes, as amendcI
by chapter thirty-une CT the public Avs
OF CHE thousand eegnt hundred i,ii,cIy-,ive
Is hereby amci,ced so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 81. 10 person shall take catcb
kill o: have in possession at any one time
more than twenty-five pounds OF land
locked salmon, trout Or white perch. in
all. nor shall any Suci1 he transy,orte,I
except Ia the possession OF the owner
thereof. plainly labeled with the owners
name and residence thereon under a
penalty OF fifty dollars for each offenee
and FIVE dollars for every pound of lana,
locked salmon. trout or white Dcrch so
taken, caught killed or had in possession,
or being transported, In excess of twenty
five pounds. and al! such fish transported
in violation of this section may be seized.
and snail be forfeited to the prosecutor
Whoever has In his possession more than
shall be deemed 10 have taken them in
violation CT this section. Provided, how
ever, that the taking of one fish addi-
tional when having less than twenty-five
lItlon OF the law
Section q. Chapter forty of the revised
statutes, il hereby further amended by
adding thereto the following section:
Section So. The commissioners CT in
lard fisheries and game. upon petition
q zen Or mere tax payers. residents in
ana regulations. not contrary to the gen.
crdl laws OF the state. as may DE neces-
sary to prevent the interference with. or
the destruction of the spawning beds.
! e<ssting troupis, or artificial ponds of
Iard-iocked salmon or trout: and notice
or tho hearing on such petition. ard the
ion of any such rules and regula-
lions shall be given as provided in section
seventy-six, chapter forty. The penalty
for the wiiiful violation of any OF sucn
rules. and regulations shall be fifty dol
lars for each offense.'
approved March 2G.)
Chapter FOG.
AN ACT to amend Chapter sixty-five of
the Public Laws OF eighteen hundred
and ninety-lve. entitled AN Act in re-
iaison to State Taxes on organized
plantations taxed by the state as Wild
Lands
Section l. Section one of chapter sixty
dred and ninety-fve is hereby amended
by adding the words in the month OF
April in each year. so tina; said section,
as amended. shall read as follows:
Section !. Warrants for state taxes on
plantations taxed by the state
as wild lands. shall be sent by the state
treasurer TO the county commissioners
Of the county in which such plantations
are. in the month of April in each year.
Section 2. Section two of said chapter
is hereby amended by striking out the
words stating the amount of such state
tax on each owner in a separate column
II the end of said section. and adding the
words including such oyerlay. not ex-
cecding five per cent thereof, as fr:lc-
tional division renders convenient. The
of such plantations in April of
each year shall furnish the county com.
iriss;oners of their county true and
copy OF the tax list and valua.
titfl Ulduc UE l1cT OIL Tue hds Oi
said April. and the county commissioners
may adopt such list and valuation as
their own, making such changes therein
as they think best so that said section,
as amended. shall read as follows:
Section ?. The county commissioners
shall add the amount thereof to their
assessment for county taxes and assess
the same on the real and personal prop
crty in such plantation to the owner. or
person in possession. in accordance with
their valuation thereof. jncluuing such
overlay. not exceeding five per cent there
of. as fractional division renders con-
The assessors of such planta-
tons in April of each year shall furnish
the county commissioners of their county
a true and attested copy OF the tex INST
day of said April and the county com
missioners may adopt such list and vaiu-
ation as their own, making such changes
therein as they think best
Section s. Section three of said chap
ter is hereby amended by adding at the
beginning of said section the words in
jury, OF each year by changing the
December and by striking out in the
last clause the words the same and
adding the words the amount of state
taxes received by him; so that sad sec
Section 3. In July of each year they
shall commit the same with warrant
In the usual form to some inhabitant OF
the plantation. or in their discretion to
any other person. appointing him col
lee;or and directing him to collect and
,ne same to the county treas
l,rer by December first. next after the
date OF commitment. The county treas
urer shall forthwith transmit to the state
treasurer the amount of state taxes re-
ceived by him. d.
Section 4. Section five of said chapter
is hereby amended by changing the word
first in the second line to the word
tenth and by changing the word July
in the fifth line to the word 'December:
so that said section, as amended, shall
read as follows: az
Section 5. He shall settle with the
by the tenth day of De-
his collection list. showing the amounts
received or unpaid on each tax in his
list. On all such taxes then unpaid, IN
terest shall be added from the first day
of December preceding at twenty per
cent until paid. The clerk of courts
shall record in a book Kept for that pur-
pose such returned collectors list with
the collectors return thereon showing
the amounts received or unpaid on each
tax in the list, which record shall be evil
ticnce of the facts therein stated
Section 8. Ii any owner OF property IN
plantations assessed by the
state as wild lands, fails to pay the sum
assessed on him for the expense of max
ing and opening new roads, or his assess
ment for repairing roads, within the time
sioners in their next assessment of state
and county taxes in such plantation shall
place in distinct columns, the amounts
due from such owners. to be collected as
other state and county taxes and paid to
the county treasurer: and he shall hold