The Republican journal., 1899-03-16

i"Ae, pond or river as are useu III 'he Ueirl1orJ
In which he is authorized to guide, and shall be
| safe person under all circumstances to be
GUIDE for inland fishing and ioresC huhtlhg
partles. A person may receive a certiileaGe as
a local guide who does not, in the judgment
y me commissioners, possess al we necesss-
ry qualifications of a general guide, yet is
ueemed suitable to act as silch "hoer certain
CONDITIONS; and guides may DO RESTRICTED III
me territory in which they are permitted to
guide. Every nonresident reglstereu asa gulde
snail pay fee of twenty dollars the comm's-
sioners may at their discretion refuse TO issue
any certificates of registration alGer octoner
twentieth of each year, and every certlhcate
Issued shall expire with the calendar year. An
Official badge for guides may be prepared by
the commissioners.
Section y. The governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, shall appoint three
persons to be commissioners Of inland fisheries
and game one Of whom shall be the land agent
of the state and shall hold the office so long as
he shall continue to be land agent, and shall
receive in addition to his salary as land agent,
the annual sum of two hundred dollars; the
other two commissioners shall hold their office
for three years, ana until their successors are
an annual salary of one thousand dollars. Said
commissioners snail receive, in addition to
their salaries, actual travelling expenses, to be
audited by the governor and council; they
Shall oe provided with an office in the state
capitol, with suitable furniture, stationery and
other facilities for the transaction of the bust
ness Of the department, and they may appoint
clerk at a salary not exceeding five hundred
dollars PEI aunum.
Section 33. The commissioners of inland
fisheries and game shall examine dams and all
other DISTRACTIONS existing in all rivers and
streams, and determine the necessity of fish
ways, and the location, form and capacity
thereof; and Shall introduce and disseminate
valuable species Of food fish into the inland
waters Of the state, and valuable food birds
into the state. They shall examine into the
workings OF the inland fish and game laws, see
that all violations thereof are duly prosecuted,
and perform all other duties prescribed by law.
They shall annually, on or before the thrty-irst
any of December, report TO the governor, who
shall cause three thousand copies of said re
port to be printed.
section "a. The commissioners OF inland
fisheries and game shall have authority, upon
petition Of tive or more citizens of the state or
whenever they shall deem it for the best inter
est5 OF the state, after due notice and public
hearing in the locality to be affected, to rega-
late the times and places in which and the cir
culnstanees under which game and inland fish
m1i be taken, but they cannot authorize the
taking Of game or inland fish at a time in
when its capture IS prohibited by the laws OF
the state, and in all cases where the PRAYER of
f1p ir NJ oF
pen5es OF the commissioners shall be paid by
the petitioners. Whenever they deem it for
the best interests of the state after like notice
and hearing, they may entirely prohibit the
taking Of any kind of game inland fish, i'll
any part of the state, for series Of years not
exceeding four. They may adopt and, from
time to time, modify repeal such needful
rules and regulations, not contrary TO the laws
Of the state rs they may deem necessary or
proper Tor the protection and preservation Of
the game and inland fish Of the state, in con
lormIty with the provisions of the last two pre-
cedng sections. They shall file, in the Office of
the clerks Of the ciJics, towns and plantations i'll
the territory to be affected n copy of the rules
and regulations adopted by them, aud publish
the same three weeks successfully in a news
paper printed IN the county, and post on the
banks Of waters to be affected, as nearly az
mary be, like notices; and whenever any such
rules OF regulations apply to any unorganized
township, 4 like copy shall be filed with the
clerk Of courts for that county, and published
three weeks successfully i'll a newspaper print
Ell IN the county; they shall also Immediately
upon the adoption Of any rules and reguia lions
contemplated by this act, tile an attested copy
OF the same III the Office of the secretary of
state.
Section So. Whoever fishes for, takes,
catches, kills, or destroys any inland fish, in
any manner or at any time, i'll violation Of any
of the rules ana regulations of the commission
ers OF inland fisheries and game made and
promulgated in conformity with the provisions
OF this chapter, shall be punished in the same
manner and to the same extent as is provided
for by law for the Illegal taking, catching, kill
ing or destroying Of any such inland FISH.
section 50. Whoever at any time or IN any
manner shall hunt, chase, catch, kill, take,
have in possession, or destroy any inland game,
in violation OF any Of the rules and regulation
of the commissioners of inland fisheries and
game, made and promulgated IN conformity
with the provisions of this chapter, shall be
punished in the same manner and to the same
extent as ID provided for by law for the Illegal
hunting, chasing, catching, killing, taking,
having in possession, or destroying OF any such
iul.nd game.
Section 81. Any person who wilfully mutt
lates, dGfaces or destroys any notice, rule or
regulation Of the commissioners OF inland fish
cries and glnAe, posted in conformity with the
provisions Of this act, shall be punished by 4
tue not exceeding fifty dollars, TO be recovered
By complains or Indictment; aud one-half OF
said tne shall be paid to the prosecutor.
section 81. said commissioners of fisheries
ana game may Take fish and game OF any k ind
when, where. and in such manner, as they
choose, for the purposes OF science aud Of cul-
tv1sion and dissemination, and they may
graz 1t written permits to other persons to take
fish and game Tor the same purposes and may
introduce or permit to be introduced, any kind
Di fish into any waters. They may, after a hear
ing, set apart, for a term not exceeding ten
wears any waters for the Use Of themselves. or
Of the United States commissioner of fish and
fisheries in the prosecution OF the work of fish
culture and OF scientific research relative to
fishes. the order setting apart such waters
shall be recorded in the registry Of deeds OF the
county in which tAey are situated. In the
We tiers so SIT apart, they and the United States
commissioner Of fish and fisheries, and persons
acting under their authority may. in their re
spectiva fish culture and scioHtic work, take