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

g way. dam. or mill race; nor in the Penob
y scot river between the mouth of the Ken
d duskeag stream and the water work
at Ss A falls on SAID river
: over the Kennebec river and the August:
. dam; nor any salmon five hundred fee
above Ferry point bridge on the Sam
CrOix river in Calais. between the frs
: days of April and November, except b.
the ordinary mode Of angling with singh
hook and line or artificial nies; nor shal
hook and line or artificial flies be used a
!. any time within one hundred yards O
> any fishway, dam or mill race; but thi
section shall not apply to the taking o
: Georges river, and by the town Of Waldo
boro in Medomak river. under the author
; ity, granted said towns by y private
E and tpecial law OF Massachusetts, passet
3 March six, eighteen hundred and two
) and amendments thereof, passed by thu
Iegislatu of this state; nor shall i
town Of Woolwich in Neqnasset stream
: fly fishing shall be allowed UP to III.
bridge across the Denny's river d
| Lincoln's mill. but not between sal.
bridge and Lincolns mill dam: But thi.
5 section shall not apply 10 the Lacon.,
falls and the Lower falls, SO caheu, OF
4 the Saco river, located at Biddeford aut
= Saco; and upon the first three days o.
!, each week, from the first OF June 10 the
: first OF September of each year, all per
sons may zip Tor salmon. shad and ac
: wives at the falls last named above. But
1 it shall be lawful Tor amy person 10 TAX
2 any salmon, shad or alewlv.s in t.ie
!. Whiting. in the county of Washington
up to che hundred and thirty yards OF the
fishway at the lower dam in said river
subject, however, 10 al! the laws OF tne
i sta.c, and laws regulating the taking OF
sucn fish III said river. The penalty foi
, any violation vi this section Is a flie OF
not more than fifty nor less than ten dol
lars Tor eacn offense, and a further tne
of ten dollars Tor each salmon and ohe
dollar for each snad 50 taken.
Section a. No person shall! set any net
or seine within i've hundred Ieet OF the
mouth of any weir under penalty OF
fifty dollars 1or each offense +,
Section A. me owner Tor. or person IN IN
to use nets and seines in such weir.
Section 4C. From the fifteenth day OF
July to the first Cay of April following.
during which no salmon shall be taken
or killed in any manner, under penalt, '
of not more than fifty nor less Than tea
dollars, and a further penalty OF ten CO.
lars for each salmon SO taken or Killed
Provided, however. that between the.
fifteenth days of July and September. i1
Il the ordinary Inoue, with rod and single
line, but not otherwise. But it shall be
lawful TO take salmon by weirs ON the
S.. Cro:l river below the breakwater ut
/ the ledge between the fifteenth day OF
May ana the first of September.
/ -. cncn H.. bs.wcen The inst day OF
snail be weekly close time of forty eight
hcuts nom sunrise on each SATURDAY
morning to sunrise on the toiiowing Mon
day morning, during which no salmon,
| Sisid, a.GwiNes Or bass, shall be taken.
| During the weekly c.ose time, all seinss,
nets. and other movable apparatus snail
snail 1ave, i'll iha, part where the fish
are usually taken, an opening three feet
Vide. eX ending from the bottom to the
| Up Of Tue Weil. and the netting or other
i
tshlrg. shaft he taken cut, carried on
| SHOE, aI.d there re nam during tlle wcch-
+! said close time the fish may have a free
AID uno.stl uc,9d passage through sucii
Mcir OF o.her structure, anu no contriv-
ance VII .cil tends to hinder sucn fish shah
IL ir.ac.'i i'll any part thereof. If The in-
| closure where the lish are taken is fur
Eished WIKI a board floor, an opening
| eX ,elluir:r IL ON The ECor 10 the top of the
weir is equivalent 10 one extending from
the b.,ttom 10 the top. The penalty for
The Notation Of this section IS twenty
i does nc, apply 20 thu lenncbec. Andros-
:p%::in on f,anobscot riVtls or their trlb
utalies or to ,he Saint Croix river below
the bic;,k water at the ledge. Provided,
/ however, t.4as The weekly 1iose time on
! IN" G;,m;.:I ,cotta river below the bridge
/ al I,Ama!lscotta shall lie from sunset OH
each "a iu' aty n.sat t. !MeVe o'c'c@A
/ Scct.o! u.s. NO SmcitS small he taken or
lisheG f. !, III tluAl waters, except by hook
| ara lliC. lt tNt.nl Inc hist tetsS I'll AiiIli
AID Ocsuber, under IL penalty Of not less
than zen, nor more tiliin dirty dollars
! Ior chc!i nffens". ald further penalty
Ct t,,en cants for each :s.uclt so taken;
| ana III Nclrg Tor the capture of smeltS
| shall be opc:!cd and 50 remain, and all
| Ects used III the smclt and tom-cod fish
| cry, #llat4 be taken from the water on or
| il fore SID first day of April, under .
| i.cGalty nt not u ~ iIj''l1 twenty nor more
than III d"iis;s ;iaJ Il further fine OF
tlNc dlll;ir.s lor cstc.l day that any such
,kr,njr li,.t La
/ but wers with eaten pounds covered
with he ., ,he mcsnes of which are one
i inch square in the clear, or greater. are
not subject TO this section. But
| sme!ts caught i'll such WeirS after the first
day OF April, shall! be sold or offered for
SAFE in this; state, nor shall :smclt; caught
| III amy manner between the first day of
April and the first day of October follow,
Ing he offered TO- sale, sold, or shipped
ir"m ihH ate eo under penaltS Of taaty
however, that dip nets may be used be-
! tWcen the first day OF April and the first
day of May. and al! srnelts caught by
dip Gets between said days, may be law
fully offered fer sale and sod in this
state; provided. further that this section
docs NO. apply to smelts taken Axe N the
ntt tins bay bridge, between the first
days of October and November, nor to
smelts taken in the Penobscot river and
lis tributaries between the first and Hf
toenih days of April nor TO sinelts taken
in Casco bay between the fifteenth day
u SCptPDbIT ana tne nTSl City OIL octC-
Der. Eor to SmeltS taken in Taunton bay
between the first day of April and the
first day of May, nor to smclts taken in
i Little Kennel bay. 50 called, in the
county OF Washington, between me first
day OF April and the first DAY of May.
/ SecG!t.n -. No net, the meshes of which
are smaller than one inch square in the
4 cie.,t. shall be used in any waters fire.
uuentcd By migratory fishes except the
Saint CrGiN river, between the first days
of April and October under Il penalty of
I no. more than twenty nor less than ten
dollars Cor each offense. But this section
i shalt not apply to dip nets.
Section 80 No weir, hedge, set net or
an% other contrivancc for the capture OF
fish. which is stationary while in use
shall extend into more than Two feet of
water at ordinary low water under II
penalty Of not more than one hundred
nor less than fifty dollars, and forfeiture
Of all apparatus and material SO uniaW-
fully used. This provision applies to any
seine or drift net which is at any time
attached 10 a stationary object. but not
to fykes bag-netss used in the winter
, fishery for smelts and tom-cods, not to
any Implements lawfully used above the
, flow of tide, nor to any portion of Penob-
Saint Cr.)iX river five hundred feet above
FofrYs point in Calais.
Scciio II. the limit of depth pre-
scribed Tor WelrS in the preceding section
shall he measured a. the entrance of the
Weir. provided that part Of the weir
, known as the leader. is in more than two