Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-16
FRIDAY
FISHERMEN, ATTENTION !
HOW THE LEGISLATURE HAS
CHANGED THE LAW.
Text Of the Bill introduced by the
Joint Committee on Game and
Fisheriss-Trout Season Shortened
One Month-No Trout Selling.

Fishsries-Trout Season shortsnss
One Month-No Trout Selling.
Section I. Sec. 1862 of the Yer
mont Statutes is hereby amended
by adding thereto In line five. after
the words "set Zines" the words
"raking or hooking fish by what is
called graphing, shall not be termed
angling under this provision. and
any one so taking fish shall be fined
five dollars for each fish so taken."
Section 2. Sec. 4,577 of the Ver-
mont Statutes is hereby amended
SO as to read as follows Sec
4.577. If a person takes or catches
brook trout, golden trout, rainbow
trout steelhead trout, lake trout,
handbook salmon or longe, in any
brook or stream in this State, be-
tween the list day of August and the
LIST day of May following, or in any
of the ponds or lakes in this State,
between the list day Of September
and the list day of May following, he
shall be fined not more than ten dol
lars for each fish so taken, caught
or possessed, but the provision of
this chapter shall not apply to trout
Matched artificially or grown In arti-
fetal pools, taken by the owner
February in any year and the end of
the close season on the same.
Section 3. Sec. 1919 as amended by
No 50 of the Acts of 1898 is hereby |
so as to read as follows:
Section 1873. If person between |
the first day of January and the fif- |
teenth day Of June, takes or catches
a black bass in any of the waters of
this State. or has in his possession
any black bass so taken, he shall be
fined five dollars for each fish so
taken, caught or possessed. If a per-
son between the first day of No
1ember and the first day of May
axes or catches a wall eyed pike
bike perch or pickerel, in any of the
waters of this State, except Lake
or has in his possession
my such fish so taken, he shall be
ined five dollars for each fish so
AIKEN, caught or possessed. If any
'erson between the fifteenth day of
april and the fifteenth day of June
axes or catches q white perch or $
nuskaHonge in any of the waters of
his State except Lake Champlain
r has in his possession any such
sh so taken, caught or possessed, c
e shall be fined five dollars for
ach fish so taken, caught or pos
essed
Section 4. Sec. 4,5SS is hereby
mended so as to read as follows:
&c. 4,5S3. If a person takes or \
atches any brook trout golden
out, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, a
Ike trout, handbook salmon, longe
lack bass, wall-eyed pike, pike perch,
ckerel or muskallonge in any of the
aters of this State, except by an
ing, he shall be fined five dollars
r each fish so taken.
Section 5. If person takes or
Ltches more than ten pounds of lie
'ook trout, golden trout. rainbow a,
out, steelhead trout or handbook
lmon in one day, or more than
,enty-five pounds. of lake trout or
nge in one day, he shall be fined
e dollars for each pound so taken r
excess of these amounts, provid- -,
however, that the taking of one W
h additional, having less than the b,
mber of pounds herein specified
len TAKEN shall not be regarded as
violation of the law.
Section g. If person takes or
tches for hire, sale or gain, any fa
ook trout, golden trout, rainbow :,
tut, steelhead trout, lake trout, III
ldlock salmon, longe or black bass co
any of the waters of this State
III fish so taken and disposed of.
Section 7. Sec. 1926 as amended
No. 1O1 of the Acts of 1898, is
'eby amended by adding thereto
following "The stocking of
tiers under this provision shall
an the placing therein annually,
the owner or occupant of the IN
d in which such posted waters
not less than one thousand fry
three hundred fingerlings, for -
h half mile or less of stream, or
h acre or less of pond or
! so posted, and said owner or oc-
ant shall on or before the open /,
son for trout each year, file with
town clerk of the town or towns her
which such posted waters lie, a ~,
'rn affidavit stating that the pro-
ons of this act have been fully bul
lplied with, and said affidavit Rre
II show the number and kind of
so distributed by the owner or tuc
Ipant in said waters, from whom tue
fish were purchased or procured
the date thereof. .
he town clerk shall place such n
lavits on file in their Office, and Hel
same shall be open to inspec- tr;r
by the public in the same man.
as other public documents. Hal
,ction 8. Sections 1850, 1851,
2, 1854 1856, 1900, 4,601, 1902, A
3, 1904, 4,605, 1906 4,607 and A.
of Vermont Statutes, also Sec. tlor
No 80 of the Acts of 1898 and and
rs of the Acts of 1900 are here r.
repealed. iioA
ction 9. This act shall take eff Smi
January 1st, 1905. Dai