The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-23

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thirty and forty of tho Revised Statutes, and
in amendments and additions thereto, and to
repeal old and obsolete, private and special
laws pertaining 10 Fishing in the PUBIC
Waters Of the state.
SECTION I. Chapter thirty of the revised
statutes Is hereby amended by striking out all
of said chapter after section four and inserting
| In place thereof the following:
Section 5. There shall be an annual close
time for land-locked salmon, trout, togue, and
| white perch, as follows: for land-locked sal
mon, trout, and togue, from the first day OF
October until the ice is out Of the pond lake or
river fished in tho following spring of each
year, except on the st. Croix river and its trib-
utaries, and on all the waters in kennebec
county, in which the close time shall be from
the fifteenth day of September until the ice is
| out of tho ponds and lakes the following spring,
| and In Oxford and Franklin counties In which
the close time shall be from the first day of
October till May first; but for white perch, the
| close time shall be from the first day of April
| to the first day of July No person shall take,
catch, kill, or fish for in any manner, any land
locked salmon, trout, togue, or white perch In
| any of the waters of this state in close time,
under penalty of not less than ten dollars nor
one dollar for each fish thus caught, taken, or
| killed; provided, however, that any person
lawfully trolling for trout, lsnd-locked salmon,
| or togue, in good faith who shall accidentally
hook or catch white perch may lawfully keep
the same; and provided, that during February,
| March and April, citizens of this state may fish
| for and take landlocked salmon, trout and
togue, with not more than Ave set lines for each
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day time and when under the immediate per
| sonal superintendence Of the person hshlng,
and may convey them to their own homes for
consumption therein, but not otherwise; but
no citizen of the state during this time shall be
| permitted to catch more than twenty pounds
or one fish, of any of the above named fish in
any one day. The provisions of this section
pertaining to fishing through the ice shall not
| apply, however, to any of the lakes or ponds
| lying wholly or in part in the counties of Ok
ford, Franklin, Kennebec and Somerset, ex-
cepting Moosehead lake, Pickerel pond in
| Flagstaff, Gilman pond In Lexington ana
Pierce pond in township number two, range
| four In said Somerset county; nor to Allen
pond 80 called in the town of Greene, to Lake
| Auburn in Auburn, or Brettun's pond in Liver
more, all in Androscoggn county; nor to Sab
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nor to Thomas pond situated in the towns of
| Raymond and Casco, in the county of Cumber-
land; nor to Noyes' pond, Green lake, Eagle
lake, Bubble pond, sometimes called Turtle
| lake, on the island of Mt Desert, Croker pond
| in township thirty-two, Middle Division, Jor-
| dan pond, Long pond, Pickerel pond, in town
| ship thrty-two, Middle Division, all in the
county of Hancock; nor to Crystal lake, in
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lake Hebron, otherwise known as Hebron pond,
nor to Twin and Doughty ponds, known as ship
| pond and Bear pond, in Elliottsylle township,
nor to Garland pond in Foxcroft and Sebec,
| Lower Wilson pond In Greenvlle lake Onawa,
| Grindstone pond In Wiimantic, Horseshoe
pond and Indian pond, all in Piscataqnis coun-
| ty; nor to Messabesic pond, cal" Shaker pond,
and its outlet AS far down the stream as the
| mill dam of Lttlefed Brothers, nor to Middle
Branch pond, In the towns of Alfred and Wat
| erboro, nor to Ifttlefeld's pond In Sanford, all
| in The county Of York; nor to Lambert lake In
| the county of Washington; nor to Dyer's pond
In the town OF jefferson. in the county OF Lin
| coin; nor to Dexter pond in the town of Dex-
| ter, In Penobscot county, in all of which lakes
and ponds it shall be unlawful to fish through
the ice for any kind of fish at any time except
as hereinafter provided, under penalty of not
| less than ten dollars nor more than thirty dol
lars for each ofrense, and further penalty of
one dollar for each fish thus taken, caught, or
| killed. Moreover II shall be unlawful under
the same penalty to fish for, take, catch, or kill
any fish at any time, except as hereinafter pro
| vided, in the tributaries Of any of the follow
| ing named ponds, lakes and streams, namely
| the following named ponds. lakes and streams
| of Androscoggin county; Lake Auburn, or
! Wilson's pond and all that part of the waters
| of said Lake Auburn and Townsend brook, so
| called, that lie north OF the road leading from
| the Turner road, so called, to North Auburn
village and crossing said Townsend brook,
| shall be considered as tributary waters OF said
Lake Auburn; Townsend brook within one
| hundred feet from the culvert at the mouth,
during September Of each year; Taylor pond in
the city of Auburn; Brettun's pond in the town
| OF Lvermore; and Big Bear pond situated
partly in Turner; the following named ponds,
| lakes and streams of Aroostook county; the
| inlet streams OF Squaw Pan lake from Thiba-
deau's landing to the source OF said stream,
said stream being in township eleven, range
| four; and the tributaries to Madawaska lake in
townships fifteen and sixteen, range four; the
| following named ponds, lakes and streams of
| Cumberland county: the tributaries to Sab
bath Day pond, in the town of New Gloucester
the tributaries to Sebago lake, except Crooked
| and Northwest rivers; the tributaries to Anon
ymous pond, in the town of Harrison; Royal
| river from Sabbath Day pond to Jordan's dam
the tributaries to Thomas pond in the towns
| of Raymond and Casco; Greedy brook and
| tributaries in the towns of Oxford, Norway
| and Otisheld; and Hancock pond in Sebago
and Denmark. or any of its tributary brooks,
| for period of two years; the following ponds,
| lakes and streams of Franklin county: the
tributaries to Webh's pond in the town of
| Weld, except Alder brook down as far as the
mill dam at Hildreths mills; the tributaries
to Tufts and Dutton ponds in township two,
range four, west of Bingham's kennebec Pur-
chase; the outlet Of the same from Dutton
pond to Reids falls and from Tufts pond 10
Alder stream the tributaries to Rangeley lake
and Ross pond; Rangeey stream from the
lower wharf at the outlet of RaDgeley lake
down to the dead water at the upper end OF the
eddy and from the upper end of the eddy to
the mouth of Kennebago stream, from July
first to May first; Eennebago stream between
the foot of the first falls near its mouth to the
upper falls at the outlet of the lake, between
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