The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28


way. dam. or mill race; nor in the Penob.
scot river between the mouth of the Ken
duskeag stream and the water works
dam at Treats falls on said river, nor
between The Augusta highway Fridge
over the kennebec river and the Augusta
dam; nor amy salmon five hundred feet
above Ferry point bridge ON The SAINT
CroiX river i'm Calais between the first
days of April aud November, except by
the ordinary mode of angling with single
hook and line or artificial flies, nor shall
hook and line or artificial flies be used al
any time within one hundred yards OF
any tshway. dam or mill race: but this
section shall not apply TO the taking OF
alewiNcs by the town OF Warren In the
Georges river, and by the town of Waldo
boro in Medomak river. under the author
ity granted sand towns by private
March six, eighteen hundred and two
and amendments thereof, passed by the
legislature of this state nor shall il
apply to the taking Of alcwiYes by the
town of Woolwlch IN Neqlasset stream
ny fishing shall DC allowed np 10 lie
bridge across the Denny.s river d!
lincon's mill but not between sand
bridge and l.ncolns mill dam. Bat this
section shall not apply 10 the Tacoma
falls and the Lower falls SO called. OF
the Saco river, located at Btddeford aud
SaCo; and upon the first three days o.
eacn Week from The first OF June 10 thu
first OF September of each year. all per
sons may dip tor salmon, shad and ale
wives at the rails last named above. But
ii shall be lawful iof any person 10 tax
any SIlfnOI, Sildu OF ultNlNtS III lilN
waters OF Orange river, IN the town VI
4 Whiting, In the county of Washing Oh,
up TO ole hundred and thirty yards vi the
| fishway at the lower dam IN said river,
! sub1ect, however, To all the laws OF the
/ state, and laws regulating the taking OF
such fish in said river. The penalty Tor
not more than fifty nor less than ten dol
i lars Tor each offense, and further line
/ OF ten dollars tor each salmon ana one
i dollar Tor each shad SO taken.
/ Section "a. No person Snull sci any net
or seine within 1--WE hundred feet OF the
mouth of any weir under u penalty OF
iiliy dollars Tor each offense.
Section 80. The owner or person In
charge OF any weir Is hereby permitted
to use nets and seines in such Weir;
| Section a. From The fifteenth day of
| July TO the first day of April followirk
| there shall be close time FOR sa'moh
during which no salmon shall be taken
| or killed In any manner, under penalty
| of not more than titty nor less than ten
dollars, and further penalty of ten COS
lars Tor each salmon so taken or kli.Gd
Provided however. mat between nc
fifteenth days of July and September, II
Is lawful To fish for and take salmon By
the ordinary mode, with roa ana slns,e &c
| lawful to take salmon by welrs on the
S.. Crolx river below the breakwuter ut
May and the first of September.
StctiGn Ii. Between the INST day oil
! April and the fifteenth day o! July there
snail be weekly close time Of forly-eighl
morning TO sunrise ON the following Mon
day morning, during which no salmon
snad, a!cwIV@s IT Dass. shall be taken
During the weekly c.ose time, all seinesi
| nets, and other movable apparatus snail
be removed rom the water Every Weir
small hay. in thai part where the lish
ale usually taken, an opening three feet
wide. extending from the bottom to the
up Of the well. and the netting or other
| material which closes the same While
rshlrg shall he taken out carried on
SHORE, aid there re nam during The week
Is close TINE 10 the intent ihat during
said ciose lime the fish may hive free
and uEnSstructId passage through such
Weir OF other structure, ana no eontrV,
ance which tends to hinder stieh fish shall
| be p,ac Il in any part thereof, II lhe III
| closure where the hsh are taken Is FUR
nished with a board floor, an opening
extending from the lioor 10 the top of the
weir ls equivalent To one ex tendihg from
| the bottom TO the top. The penalty toi
| the violation Of this section Is twenty
dollars Tor each otfense. This section
dues rot apply 40 tn kenncbec. Andres
..ogrin or PrnobsCot rivers or their trib-
uialies. or TO the Saint Croix river below
!he bleah water at the ledge, pf9niurd,
! he Dama:i4cotta river below the bridge
al Ddmariscotta shall be from sunset on
each SATURDAY night to Twelve cio'K
! Section Is. No smells shall be taken or
fShed Ter IN tidal waters. except by Hook
and line between the first days OF April
and October, under penalty OF NOT less
than ten, nor more than thirty dollars
| Tor each oifenss, and a further penalty
| Of twenty cAu,s for each smelt so taken
/ and an weif3 for the capture OF sinelts
shall he opened and 40 remain. and al
! nets Used III the smelt and tom-eod fish
| cry, suaII be taken HON the water on or
h ,tote said fits; day of April, under
penalty oil not less than twenty nor more
than hftN dollars ana further fine Of
| FIVE d bliutS for each day that any Such
wnic or net remains in violation of law,
bat wells with eaten pounds covered
| with ne $ the meshes of which are one
I'm tn lNA ola or M tar
not subject 10 this section. But no
smells caught in such weirs after the first
day of Apiil, shall be sold or offered for
sale in this state, nor shall snelts caught
IN any manner between the first day of
April and the first day of October follow
ing. ~, offered To- sale, sold, or shipped
from the state under penalty Of twenty
: five dollars for each oHensc; provided,
| however, that dip ne.s may be used he
tween the first day of April and the first
day of May, and az smelts caught by
dip nets between said days may be law
/ fully offered for safe and sold In THIS
state; provided, further, that this section
/ a ndroseogein river above the Merry
meeting bay bridge. between the. first
smelts taken in the Penobscot river, ana
it's tributaries between the first and ff-
teenth days Of April, nor to smelts taken
in Casco bay between the fifteenth day
Der nor to smelts taken in Taunton bay
be tween the first day of April and the
iISt GAM bl MAY, nOi u SiiltltS lutt.i III
Little ien lebec Nay. 40 called, In the
county Of Washing on. between the first
day of April and the hrst day of May.
Section ~. No net, the meshes of which
are smaller than one inch squire IN the
cieaI, shall be used I'm any waters fire.
Yuentcd By migratory fishes, except the
Saint Crolx river, between the first days
Of Apri and October, under penalty Of
: no; more then twenty nor less than ten
dollars ar each offense. But this section
: shall not apply to dip nets.
Al ~ at or
my ether contrlvance for the capture of
: fish. winch is stationary While IN use,
shall extend INTO more than two feet or
water II ordinary low water, under a
penalty Of not more than one hundred,
; nor less than iifty dollars, and forfeiture
Of all apparatus and material SO un,aw
fully used. This provision applies to any
seine or drift net which is al any time
- attached to a stationary object. but not
TO fykes or bdg-nets used in the winter
fishery for smrlts and tom-cuds, not tn
any Implements lawfully used above the
flow OF t,dC, nor to any portion OF Pen0h-
scot river, LaN or tributaries, nor To- the
saint GrpiX river five hundred feet abov"
FoUN's pnint in Calais.
section u. the limit OF depth pre-
scribcd FOR weirs In the preceding section
shall be measured at the entrance OF the
: Weil. provided that no part Of the weir
known as the leader. Is in more tllan two
! may exceed the limit of two teet depth,
measured as aforesaid. under the follow
ine conditions: Irst, the distance from
the before mentioned TWO feet limit To
l the entrance of such weir, shall not OK
2 coed one hundred feet; second, no such
weir Sh II Obstruct more than one eighth
| of the channel, except that In the Cat
' hance. Abbagadasset and Eastern rivers
: brvuHd The one-eighlh aforesaid. pto.
Vidrl such extension shall not exceed