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

,e.otion 15 Whoever, between the first day
Nav and the fifteenth day of October, de-
60 any mink, sable, muskrat, or fisher, for
.,s ten dollars for each animal so destroyed
,cepting, however, that it shall be lawful to
In muskrats in Lily pond in the towns of
kockport and Camden and also such muskrats
interfere at any time with the operation and
,.intenance of any canal, ditch, lawful dam,
+. cranberry bog. Whoever at any time kills
|, DESTROYS any beaver, except upon written
emission of the commissioners OF inland
.beries and game, shall be fined one hundred
STARS and costs and twenty-five dollars addi-
,onal for each beaver killed or destroyed.
section 10. a bounty of FIVE dollars for
,ery wolf and of two dollars for every wild
At killed in any town, shall be paid by the
rossurer thereof to the person killing 1t, upon
omplianoe with the following conditions; No
Iounty shall be paid unless the claimant, within
on DAYS after he has killed such animal, or has
cmrned from the hunting in which he killed
| exhibits to the town treasurer the entire
hin thereof, with the ears and nose thereon,
as perfect state as when killed, except
sural decay, and signs and makes oath to
ertifcate, which oath said treasurer may ad-
Dinister, in which he shall state that he killed
rch animal, and the time and place, showing
n DO within the state; and the treasurer
nall thereupon cut off the whole of the ears
nd of the nose from such skin, and entirely
estroy them by burning; then he shall pay the
Xounty and take the claimants receipt there
NJ upon the same paper with such certificate.
be town treasurer shall Immediately make
non the same paper certificate under oath
ddressed to the treasurer of state, that he first
M of the ears and nose from the skin of such
pima and destroyed them by burning, and
hen paid said bounty to the claimant. Said
ertifcates and receipts shall annually in Dc
ember be transmitted to the treasurer of state,
nd by him laid before the governor and coun-
"A early as convenient; and when allowed
them shall be paid by the treasurer of state
such towns. The certificates shall be in the
blowing form:
CLAIMANTS CERTIFICATE.
To the treasurer OIL hereby certify that on
ke. day of....A. d. is, at, in the State
Maine killed the the skin of which l
Ov exhibit to you; and l claim the bounty
bowed by law for killing the same.
Dated at...., this. day of. "A. D....1S-.
........ Claimant.
subscribed and sworn to before me the day
nd year aforesaid.
Treasurer off,.
CLAIMANTS RECEIPT.
On this. day of...A. ID. Is, l received o {
.. treasurer off,, ....dollars, being the
ounty allowed by law for killing the....de-
ribed in the above certificate.
$500. Claimant.
TREAsURER's CERTIFICATE.
thereby certify that as required by law, I
MT cut off the whole Of the ears and nose from
be skin of the. described in the foregoing
rhfcate and destroyed the same by burning,
nd then paid to said. =. the bounty for which
have taken BIS receipt as above.
Dated at...this day OLA. D. Is.
............ Treasurer Off,.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day
BID year aforesaid.
............Justice of the Peace.
Section II. No person shall at any time
unt CATCH kill, destroy or have in possession
y COW or calf moose; and the term calf
oose,' as herein used, shall be construed TO
can that these animals are calves until they
at least one year Old, and have at least two
Gags or tines to their horns. No person
bail, between the first day of December and
Dc fifteenth day of October, in any manner,
mt, take, catch, or kill any bun moose and
pperson shall, between October fifteenth and
ecenber first, take, catch, kill or have in pos
ssion more than one bull moose or part
Neof.
Section Is. No person shall, except as here |
after provided. in any manner, hunt, take, |
Itch, Kill, or have in possession any deer or |
lt thereof, between December fifteenth and |
E.ober first; no person shall between October |
stand December fifteenth, except as herein |
erproyided, take, catch, kill, or have in pos |
ssion more than two deer or parts thereof.
Section 10. No person shall at any time, in
gmanner, hunt, catch, take, kill or destroy, |
fth dogs, jack lights artificial lights. snares,
traps, any moose, deer, or caribou; and no |
Frson shall, within six years from October tf- |
enth, in the year of our Lord eighteen hun
bed and ninety-nlne, in any manner, hunt, |
ase, catch, kill, or have in possession any :
-bou or parts thereof.
Sc Ion 20. Whoever shall violate any of the |
DIVISIONS of section seventeen of this chapter, |
al be punished by fine of not less than five |
inbred dollars nor more than one thousand |
liars or by imprisonment not exceeding four |
enths; whoever shall violate any of the pro-
slons of section eighteen of this chapter |
all be punished by fine of forty dollars and |
sts; whoever shall violate any of the provi- |
ons of section nineteen of this chapter, relat- |
to deer, shall be punished by fine of forty |
ars and costs; and whoever shall violate |
gof the provisions of section nineteen of |
chapter, relating to moose or caribou, shall |
punished by fine of not less than five hun |
led dollars nor more than one thousand dol |
=, or by imprisonment not exceeding four |
Onths.
Section II. 1t shall be lawful however, for |
person from the first day of September to the |
fNday of October of each year, to take, catch, |
flkill one deer, for food purposes only, to be |
nsnmed in the locality where taken, by the |
bison taking the same, in either of the eoun-
Fsof Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, Piscataguis, |
fnobscot, Aroostook, Hancock, or Washing
Q, such person having first procured a license |
erefor, as hereinafter provided, on payment |
SIX dollars by a nonresident, and -four dol |
p by resident, of this state, for the license |
herein provided, and having at the same
DC his license in his possession, and under
chrdles and regulations as the commissioners |
inland fisheries and game shall from time to
pc establish; but 1t shall be unlawful for
Presidents of the state to take a deer as pro-
aed in this section, or to enter upon tho wild
DDS of this state with intent to camp and kin
fires thereOn while enparnd in huntinp or