Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-23
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Section l. Any person who soicits in
s'rance on behalf of any domestic mu-
tuai lire insurance company, or transmits,
10r person other than himself. an APP
piication for, or policy of insurance to.
or from such company. or in any manner
acts in the negotiation of such insurance.
or IN the inspection or valuation of the
property insured shall be deemed the
agent of such company and, except as
hereinafter provided shall become Liable
to All the duties. requirements. liabilities
ana penalties to which an agent of any
insurance company is subject Said com
panies shall procure licenses for their
agents as provided in section seventy
three of chapter forty-nine of the re-
Vised Statutes. as amended. but no fee
shall be required by the insurance com
missioner for licenses issued to the
agents of such companies.
Section 2 This act shall take effect
on the first day of July. nineteen hun
dred and one. Improved Feb. s
Chapter IA.
AN ACT to amend Chapter sixty-sevcn of
the Public Laws of one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-onc, relating to the
taking of Smells.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives in Legislature as
sCmbled, as follows:
Section |. Section forty-six of chapter
forty of the Revised Statutes as amended
by section, one of chapter one hundred
and twenty-five OF the public laws of one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
ana by chapter sixty seven of the public
laws of one thousand eight huud1e co ami
nlnety-one. is hereby amended by adding
TO said section the words nor smeltS
taken in Taunton bay between the first
day OF April and the first day of May So
that said section. as amended, shall read
as follows:
Section Is. No smcts shall be taken or
hshed for in tidal waters. except by hook
and line, between the first days of April
ana october. under "A penalty of not less
q ham hirtNr .t..ll+ 1tS-
for each offenSe. and a further penalty of
twenty cents for each smelt so taken. ana
all weirs for the capture of smelts shall
ne opened and so remain and all nets
used in the Smelt and tom-cod fishery,
shall be taken from the water on or be
fore said first day of April, under a pen
atty of not less than twenty nor more
tian nifty dollars. and further fine of
i've dollars for each day that any such
Weir or net remains in violation of law.
nut WclfS with eaten pounds covered with
net. the meshcs of which are one inch
square i'll the clear. or greater. are not
subject to this section. But no Smelts
caught In such weirs after the first day
OF April. stall be sold or offered for sale
i'll this state nor shall smelts caught in
any manner between the first day of
April and the first day of October follow
Ing, be offered for sale, sold or shipped
from the state under penalty of
twenty-five dollars for each offence; pro-
vided. however. that dip nets may be
used between the first day of April and
tiit llISl udN bI May. ana all SmeitS
caught by dip nets between said days,
may be lawfully offered for sale and sold
in this state; provided, further that this
section does not apply to smeltS taken in
the Androscoggin river above the Merry
meeting bay bridge. between the first
days of October and November. nor to
smelts taken in the Pcnobscot river and
its tributaries between the first and ff
tCcnth days of April, nor to SmeltS taken
in CaSco bay between the fifteenth tay
of September and the first day of Octo-
Der, nor smelts taken in Taunton bay be
tween the first day of April and the first
day of May, nor smelts taken in Little
kennebec bay. SO called. IN the county
OF Washington. between the first day of
April and the first day of May.
Improved Feb. 49,
Chapter IL.
AN ACT to amend Chapter thirty Of the
Revised Statutes. as amended by Chap
ter forty-two of the Public Laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety mine, per
tanning to Inland Fisheries and Game
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Sembied. as follows:
Sections twenty-thrce and twenty-four
of chapter thirty of the revised statutes
as amended by chapter forty-two of the
public laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, are hereby amended as fol
lows: by striking out all of section twelve
of said chapter thirty as amended afore-
said. and substituting the following in its
place. so that said section shall read as
follows:
Section 12 No person shall. within the
state of Maine. kill of catch or have in
his or her possession. living or dead. any
wild bird, other than Il game bird, nor
any such wild bird after it has been
killed or caught. 40 part of the plum
age skin or body OF any bird protected
by this section shall be sold or had in
son within the state take or needlessly
destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild
bird. nor have such nest eggs in his
or her possession. The English or Euro
pean house sparrow. the common crow
and the hawks and owls are not included
among the birds herein protected; and for
the purposes of this act, the following
only shall be considered game birds: the
anatidae, commonly known swans,
geese brant. and river and sea ducks; the
rallidae, commonly known as rails. coots,
mud-henS and gallnuleS; the limicoiae.
commonly known shore birds. plovers.
surf birds. snipe. woodcock. sandpipers
tatlers and curlews the galinae, COM
monty known as wild turkeys, grouse.
prairie chickens, pheaSantS. cartridges
and quailS. Nothing in this section how
ever shall be construed to affect in any
way the protection of game birds. as pro-
vided in sections eleven and thirteen of
the act hereby amended. Any person
who violates any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty OF a msdemeanor.
and when convicted therefor. shall be
fined five dollars for each offenSe and
an additional five dollars for each bird,
living or dead or part of bird. or nest or
eggs possessed in violation of this section
or to Imprisonment for ten days, or both |
at the discretion of the court
Improved Feb. l5.l
Chapter H.:
AN ACT fixing the Salary of the Sheriff |
of PiScataquiS County.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House |
of Representatives in Legislature as |
as follows:
The sheriff of the county of Piscataojls |
from and after the first day of January, !
one thousand nine hundred and one shall |
receive an annual salary of three hun |
dred and fifty dollars from the county !
treasurer instead of the compensation ,
provided in section twenty three Of chap
ter eighty of the revised statutes and il |
is further provided that the sheriff Of |
said county shall not receive from any of |
his deputies any of the fees earned ny
said deputies or any percentage earn.t'
thereon after said date.
Improved Feb. 81.
Chapter ia
AN ACT to amend Section TWENTY-FIVE of
Chapter one hundred twenty-five of the
Revised Statutes, relating to falsely as
Stunning to be "A justice or officer
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
follows:
Section twenty-five Of chapter one hun
bred and twenty-five OF the Revised
Statutes. is hereby amenued by inserting