The Portland daily press., 1899-03-20


ment and handling Of such boats or canoes, on
lake, pond or river as are used in the territory
in which he is authorized to guide and shall be
guide for inland Fishing and forest hunting
parties. A person may receive certificate as
a local guide who does not, in the judgment
of the commissioners, possess all the necessa-
ry qualifications of general guide. yet Is
deemed suitable to act as such under certain
conditions; and guides may be restricted in
tho territory in which they are permitted to
guide. Every nonresident registered asa guide
shall pay fee of twenty dollars; the commits
sioners may at their discretion refuse to issue
any certificates OF registration after october
| twentieth of each year, and every certificate
issued shall expire with the calendar year. An
official badge for guides may be prepared by
the commissioners.
Section %. 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 holdthe Office so long as
ho shall continue to be land agent, and SHAH
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, aud until their successors are
| appointed and qualified, and shall each receive
| an annual salary of one thousand dollars. said
| commissioners shall receive, in addition 20
their salaries, actual travelling expenses, to be
audited by the governor and council; they
shall be 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 salary not exceeding five hundred
dollars per annum.
Section 49, The commissioners OF inland
| fisheries aud 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 aud 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 thirty-irst
| day Of December, report to the governor, who
shall cause three thousand copies of said re-
| port to be printed
section 81. The commissioners OF inland
| fisheries and game shall have authority, upon
petition of five or more citizens OF the state, or
whenever they shall deem it for the best inter
ests 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
| cumstances under which game and inland fish
may be taken; but thoy cannot authorize the
taking of game or inland fish at n time in
which its capture is prohibited by the laws of
| the state, and in all eases where the PRAYER of
the petitioners Is refused, one-half of the eX-
penses of the commissioners shall be paid by
| the petitioners. Whenever they deem 1t for
the best interests of the state after like notice
and hearing, they may entirely prohibit the
takingof any kind of game or inland fish, in
any part of the state. for series of years not
| exceeding four. They may adopt and, from
time to time, modify or repeal such needful
| rules and regulations, not contrary to the laws
| of the state, as they may deem necessary or
proper for the protection and preservation of
the game and inland fish of the state, in con-
formity with the provisions of the last two pre-
ceding sections. They shall file, in the Office of
the clerks of the cities towns and plantations in
the territory to be affected a copy of the rules
| and regulations adopted by them, and publish
| the same three weeks successfully in news
paper printed in the county, and post on the
banks of waters to be affected, as nearly as
rules or regulations apply to any unorganized
township, n like copy shall be tiled with the
| clerk of courts for that county. and published
three weeks successfully in newspaper print
ed in the county; they shall also Immediately
upon the adoption of any rules and regulations
contemplated by this act, file an attested copy
of the same in the Office of the secretary Of
state.
% aaha for tal-
catches, kills, or destroys any inland fish, in
any manner or at any time, in violation of any
of the rules and 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 regulations
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 is provided for by law for the Illegal
hunting, chasing, catching, killing, taking,
having in possession, or destroying of any such
inland game.
Section 81. Any person who wilfully mutt
lates, defaces or destroys any notice, rule or
regulation of the commissioners of inland fish
cries and game, posted in conformity with the
provisions of this act, shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered
by complaint or Indictment; and one-half of
said fine shall be paid to the prosecutor
Section IS. Said commissioners of fisheries
and game may take fish and game of any kind
when, where, and in such manner, as they
choose for the purposes OF science and of cul-
tivation and dissemination, aud they may
grant written permits to other persons to take
fish and game for the same purposes, and may
introduce or permit to be introduced, any kind
of fish into any waters. They may, after hear
ing, set apart, for a term not exceeding ten
wears, any waters for the use of themselves. or
of the United Statos commissioner of fish and
fisheries, in the prosecution of the work of fish
culture and OF scientific research relative to
fishes Tho order setting apart such waters