Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-28

laws. except that part of Moosehead lake
which Is In Somerset county. All special
laws closing tributaries to ponds AMI
lakes and all special laws on any and all
streams, ponds and lakes are included Ii,
this section, SO that any person desiring
to ascertain what law there is or any
lake, pond, or stream can find 1t in this
section.
Section makes no change whatever.
except permitting "spinncrs,' SO called
1 to be used In fishing. These are and have
been in general Use. Section 7 makes no
change from present law except that
togue Is included with trout ana land
locked salmon and white perch in the %
pound limit for one days catch.
Section 10. cusk suckers and pickcrel
added to present law only. Section IL
makes no change except sale of ruffed
grouse prohibited and number that one
may kill In day limited to Il, and sanI-
pipers added to list of protected birds.
| Section 13 makes no change whatever ex
cept Having firearms in possession in the
night on the duck grounds in Merrymee.-
| ing bay and Kennebec river below Gar
diner bridge shall be prima facie evidence
that the person having them Is hunting
| Illegally
| Section IA makes no change in the law
except the commissioners shall appoint
| the persons authorized to take birds, their
nests and eggs, ETC., the same as they do
| the taxidermsts. Section Is makes no
change in the old law except the close
| time on muskrats. Section 10 makes NJ
change in the present law except close
time on deer commences December 18th
instead of January lst Six years close
time on Caribou. Section 20 changes pen
atty for illegal killing of moose so the
court may impose fine or Imprisonment
in it's discretion.
Section q is new. Provides that one
deer may be taken for food purposes in
September TO be consumed by the person
taking it in the locality where taken, or
payment of fee of $500 by nOn-residents
| and $500 by residents, under such rules
and regulations as the commissioners
shall establish. This applies only to the
counties of Oxford. Franklin. Somerset,
PiscataQus. Penobscot. Aroostook. Wash
ington and Hancock. 1T is believed that
no more deer will be killed in September
under this law than now. and the State
will derive some revenue from it. and be-
sides. it will. it is believed, create a feel
ing among the guides which will aid ma
terially in enforcing the laws. Registered
guides must accompany non-residenrs
camping out in the wild lands of the State
during certain months
Section Is is new. 1t provides that two
game BIRDS 10 pounds of fish. or moose
or deer may be shipped without the own
| ,x,ith iS cnm g
about it, but an additional privilege ii
one wants to avail themselves of it by
payment of fee. The fee is SO large that
it cannot be made profitable to ship for
the markets under this. law, and it gives
an honest citizen a chance while away
from home on trip to send fish, bird.
or deer to his home.
Section q makes no change from the OLD
law except a fee is required for the priv-
lege of the exclusive right to retail deer
meat, Section IS is new. 1t provides way
that a deer skin may be lawfully bought
and had in possession and sold. Section
% is new. Places of resort or sporting
camps are very numerous in the hunting
territory of the State. and lit is of the Ut,
most Importance that the commissioners
shall have some way Of knowing who
operates them, where they are located.
and of keeping non-residents from across
the border from destroying the game by
operating such camps, and the same APP
plies to the professional, all the year
round hunter or trapper.
Sections 30 and 81 pertain to the regis
tration of guides. No change is made ex-
cept guides may be registered as genera
or local guides, and nOn-residents regis
tered shall pay fee of $1,000. The other
sections in the bill, of which there are 81
in all. make no change in the present law.
Secretary ~. G. Young Of the State |
board of health. who has been suffering
from an attack of the grip was able to be
at his office at the State House, Monday.
He Is still weak but is feeling strong
enough to conduct the business of the
once once more. His illness came at a
very inopportune time. just when he was
Most needed al his desk. During the time
that he was i'll in bed. he was obliged to
dictate letters every day in answer to in
auiries and also in regard to the business
/ that is always attached to an outbreak Of
any contagious disease in the State.
Dr. Young expressed himself as ex-
ceedingly pleased with the way the OUT
break in Augusta had been handled aal
complimented Health Officer Randall and
| the rest of the board for their promp.--
ness and the preventative measures they
had taken
He also expressed himself as very much
! pleased with the prompt work in Lewis
ton and Auburn.
There are reports coming in from
many of the small towns" remarked the
reporter, that tell of smallpox in the
towns. There is never more than one case