The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-03-28

: shall take orr catch any alewives within
: SAID limits. except by hook and line, shall
pc punished by j flfle OF Two hunafsO
collars for each offensc, al nets, welrs
9 selnes or other machines or deviccs, pro-
i nlblled as aforesaid, snail be deemed IOr-
{ 1eited and contraband, and any member
OF the 1ish committee OF the towns 81
t Newcastle or marlborough finding
y them in such use, may destroy them. Bus
2 nothing in this section snail be construed
! 10 abrldge OF affect IN any manner, the
g's and privileges mow Le'u any ny M Mnh' ny
: borough in the alewive fishery In the SAID
DamaflScOtta river. -. -,
= section 54. From the nIst Jay OF april
to the fifteenth uay OF July In each year
: all persons are nereDy prohibited iron,
: nshing with nets, seines, traps, welrs, OF
: any other contriNance, IN mat part 81
g aquiu rails and u line uraWn west from
the site of the old femaluid fort, Tor the
!: term of ten years from the twelfth day
Z, OF February, eighteen hundred amt
: ninei y-tive Any person vioiatlng any OF
! | the provisions oil ms svet.on shan be
!, subject 10 d inc OF one anuled uoliarS,
: anu forfeiture OF all LoatS, ncls anu aI'-
! paratus USED III Suc.i lieSal flshing.
Section oy. All AsninS lor aieWves, at
or ipout fenlaquld Ia.is oeiuW the mill
ualn. shall NC itstric,eu 10 iour days II,
eae.. week, s.lu me Aa4lines aeason saali
be from the I1st uay oI ApiA 70 the
h1teenln Gay ul july of each year, Tor tne
.elin aforesaid, ana aii mahiis sila4i W
StrictiOnS, as the iish committee OF the
town OF Bristol shall decide upon:
section OF. NO person llot au.holiIeu oy
the fish committee OF the town OF Biistol,
shall be allowed 10 eaten OF disturb any
alewives i'll femaquid river above the
now OF the tide ana no person un!ess
authorized by said fish committee, shall
set traps, or use any other continuance.
lor catching eeIs, Or any othef nSh, that
4 snail IN any way interfere vain The pas
nT
young; any person violating this section
snail pe subject 10 fine Of Twenty-Five
uOilarS and one dollar 1Of eacl nSh SO
taken or destroyed.
Section ot. y bounty of one dollar for
each and every seal allied III the waters
OIL mis- state snail be paid by the treas
urer of the iowa in Wnlch such seal Is
killed, to the person exhibiting to sad
treasurer tne hose OF sueh seal W!thlil
tnlrty days after sad seal was killed.
Such treasurer snal destroy 1t, and snau
then p; oceed as IN sections six and seven
OF chapter thirty of the revised statutes
4 he cdrcasscs OF sicn seals when de-
sL.oyeu sha4 not be left uerelict III any
| waters OF the state, but shall be removed
| tnerefrom and properly disposed or by
| the persons .cstioylns tnem; proVldea,
| however, that 1t snail DC uniaWt.l during
| the months OF June, July ana August to
| destroy seals III Tie Wa.ers OF Casco bay
| by shooting wl,n rihe or other long range
| Yea pom, WHICH might endanser human
! HE, under penalty Tor Violation OF
| elCner OF the PROVISIONS or tins section,
OF htty dollars, 10 be recovered upon COM
PAINT or llulc ement, before any count OF
| competent JUrisdIctlon
| Section IS. Cities, towns and planta-
| tons are authorized To raise annually,
by u two-thlrds vote at their. annual
meeting, sum not exceeding five nun
ored collars, to De expended ny the
municipal oIficers lnereor or by Il COM
MISSION elected ny the cities, towns or
| Plantations, lor tue ptopaga ION anu pro-
lection OF fish in pupiic waters located
| wholly or partially within their respec-
| tive limits a report OF the expenditures
| thereof shall ce I.ade at the hex, annual
| meeting by the officer CT oitlcer5 althDf-
| lzed 10 cApenu such Appropriation.
| Section %. ANY llparIan proprietor
may within the limits OF ms own prem
| iseS, incloSe the waters of a stream not
| llaVigaDle, for the cultivation OF useful
| fishes; provided, that he furnishes suit
able Passages for migratory fishes natuf-
not obsruct the passage OF boats and
other craft and materials ill places wheru
The same have right 10 pass.
Section Co. Any person legally engaged
| in the artificial culture ana maintenance
| of fishes, may take them in his own in
| closed waters wherein the same are 50
| cultivated and maintained, as and when
he pleases, and may at all times sell them
| Tor cultivation and propagation, but l.e
/ snail not sell them LOT food at seasons
Wien Tie taking thereof is prohibited, I'M
DER IL penalty of not less than ten nor
more tnan one hundred dollars, and !,
| further penalty of not less than one dol
| lar for each fish sold.
i Section bl. Any person engaged in the
artificial propagation of trout, or fresh
and salt water salmon, when the parent
| fish are taken from public waters in the
five per cent. OF all eggs taken from SAID
| parent fish and cause the same to be
properly cared Tor and Matched, and when
matched, and in proper condition, to be
| returned to Il place suitable for such
young fish in the original waters from
which the parent fish were taken, and
shall cause said parent fish to be re-
| turned to safe locations i'll such waters,
| under a penalty of not less than fifty nor
more than five hundred dollars for each
| otfense. But this section does not apply
taken in the manner and at the time and
place permitted tor the capture of such
| fish for food; nor to operations in fish
| culture conducted for public purposes by
permission of the commissioners of fish
| cries, who may aftix such conditions to
| their permits as they see TIT. requiring
| i'll no case less than twenty-five per cent.
of the young fish to be returned as pro-
vided in this section
Section 60. No person, without permits
sion. of the proprietor, shall fish In that
portion of Il pond or other water in whic 4
| fish are artificially cultivated or main
! tanned, under a penalty of not less than
ten nor more than one hundred dollars,
besides two dollars for each fish SO taken
| or killed. and in default of payment such
offender shall imprisoned at the eN-
pense Of the prosecutor, until said for,
| lcllu1c 10 pau VI othSl NiSC oioShdi SCI
by, due process Of law;
| Section 63. 1t shall be the duty of all
persons who are now or may hereafter
! derive special benefits from legislation
| for the protection of fish i'll any waters
| of this state, i'll excess of what is or may
be derived by others, to publish such pro-
| lection by posting and maintaining
| notices substantially as hereinafter pro-
vided. Said notices shall be placed on
| the banlpb or shores of such protected
! waters not more than ten feet nor les;
than six feet above the ground i'll a con-
spicuous position; and if on running
water such notices shall be not more than
| one half mile apart on the banks of such
waters; and it on a pond or lake, not
more than one mic apart ON the shores
| of such pond or lake.
Section 81 Said notices shall be painted
on wood in black Roman letters not less
than Two inches in length and not less
than oE.-ha,f inch in breadth, SO that
such letters shall be plainly leSible, and
such notices shall state the number of
the act ard the date of the same giving
the said protection to such waters.
| Section S. Any one mutilating or
| destroying such notices, shall lie Supi2Ct
| 10 the same penalties as set forth in sec.
ton twenty, chapter one hundred and
| tWenty-seven of the revised statutes.
Section &c. In case no notices as herein
provided are posted and maintained on
waters that are protected by special law
| then no one violating such laws snail lie
| liable hereunder ~ any penalties set
| forth in such laws.
Section III Sections Sixty-threo SiXtv-