Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-12-31
NO. 119.
Approved December .. 1904

NO. 119.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 45s2
4b77. 1853 AND 1925. AND REPEATING
SECTIONS 1850. 1851. 1852. 1884, 1900. 1901
1902. 1909. 4eo4. 1905 1896. 1907 AND AGO!
OF THE VERMONT STATUTES, ANr
SECTION OF NO. 90 OF THE ACTS
OF 1898 AND NO. rs OF THE ACTS
OF 1soo RELATING TO FISH.
It II hereby enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Vermont:
Section 1. Section 1862 Of the Vernon,
Statutes is hereby amended by adding
thereto in line five. after the words "set
lines" the words taking 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"
Sec. 2. Section 4577 of the Vermont
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 457. If a person takes OF
catches a brook trout, golden trout, rain
bow trout, steelhead trout. lake trout
handbook salmon or longe, in any brook
or stream in this state. between the first
day of August and the first day of May
following. or in any Of the ponds or lakes
in this state. between the first day OF
September and the first day of May fol-
lowing, he shall be fined not more than
ten dollars for each fish so taken, caught
or possessed, but the provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to trout Matched
,rtifcially or grown in ARTIFICIAL pools,
taken by the owner thereof. between the
first day of February in any year and
the end of the close season on the same,
Sec. 8. Section 457s of the Vermont Stat
utes as amended by No. s5 of the acts
of 1895 is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1879. II person between the
first day Of January and the fifteenth
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 to taken. caught or pos
Eessed. II person between the first day
Of November and the first day Of May
takes or catches a wall-eyed pike, pike
perch or pickerel, in any of the waters
Of this state. except Lake Champlain, or
has in his possession any such fish SO
taken, he shall be fined five dollars for
each fish so taken. caught or possessed.
But this shall not apply to the taking or
catching Of pickerel. as heretofore in
that portion of Lake Bomoseen south of
n line running from STANDARDS Point on
the west shore of said lake to a point
on the east shore thereof, due west from
the dwelling house Of s. 8. Goodwin. II
any person between the fifteenth day OF
April and the fifteenth day of June takes
or catches white perch or muskallonge
in any Of the waters of this state except
Lake Champlain, or has in his possession
any such fish so taken, caught or pos
sessed he shall be fined five dollars for
each fish so taken, caught or possessed.
Sec. 4. Section 1853 of the Vermont
Statutes is hereby amended so as tc
read as follows:
Section 45SS If a person takes OIL
catches any brook trout. golden trout
rainbow trout, steelhead trout lake trout
handbook salmon, longe, black bass, wall.
eyed pike, pike perch, pickerel or mus
kallonge in any of the waters Of this
state, except by angling, he shall be flnet
five dollars for each fish so taken.
Sec 5. If a person takes or catche.
more than ten pounds Of brook trout. gol
den trout, rainbow trout, steelhead trou
or handbook salmon in one day, or NOR,
than twenty-five pounds of lake trout Of
longe in one day, he shall be fined fly,
dollars for each pound so taken in ex
cess of these amounts. provided, however
that the taking OF one fish additional
having less than the number of pounds
herein specified when taken, shall not b,
regarded as n violation of the law.
Sec. 6. If n person takes or catches To-
hire, sale or gain, any brook trout, COLDER