The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
Chapter 1872.

bou aud amend Chapter thirty-two of
the Revised Statutes relating to Inland
Fisheries and Game.
Section l. The provisions of section
eighteen of chapter thirty-tWo of the re-
Ysed statutes relating 10 II close tine
on caribou are hereby extended for six
years from October fifteenth, III the year
Ot our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and five.
Section 2. Section nineteen of chapte I
thirty-t%o of the revised statutes is here
by amended as follows: by striking out
the words mot less than five hundred
nor more than one thousand in the sec
ond, third and eleventh lines of said SEC
tion and inserting instead thereof TIN
words not exceeding hYe hundred, dnt
by adding to said section the following
Tho provisions of section siXtY-one oil
chapter forty-one of the revised statutes
relating to the powers of the commission
er of sea and shore fisheries, are hereby
extended to the commissioners of milan
fisheries and game, SO that said section
as amended, shall read as follows:
Section ~. Whoever violates any pro
vision OF section sixteen OF this chapter
shall be punished by a fine OF not exceed
ing five hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment not exceeding four months; who
ever violates any provision OF section
seventeen OF this chapter, shall be pun
ished by Il fine OF forty dollars and costs
for each deer taken. caught killed or had
in possession in violation OF the provisions
OF section seventeen OF said chapter, who
ever violates any provision OF section
shall be punished by "A fine of forty dol
lars and costs; and whoever violates any
provision of section eighteen of this chap
ter relating to moose or caribou shall be
punished by IA tine of not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment not
exceeding four months. The provisions
OF section sky of chapter forty-one
of the revised statutes. relating 10 the
powers of the commissioner of sea and
shore fisheries, are hereby extended to
the commissioners OF inland fisheries and
game.
Section 3. Section twenty of said chap
ter is amended by striking out the words
with intent to camp and kindle" in the
second line OF SAID section and Inserting
instead thereof the words ami camp or
kindle, and by striking out the words
take, catch or kill any deer or moose or
In the seventh line thereof, and by strik-
ing out the words with intent to camp
and kindle' in the eighth line OF said sec
ton and inserting instead thereof the
words and camps or kindles, so that said
lows:
Section 90 Non-residents of the state
shall not enter upon the wild lands OF the
state ana camp or kndle fires thereon
without being in charge of a registered
guide, during the months of May, June,
July, August, September, October and
November, and no registered guide shall,
at the same time, guide, or be employed
by, mere than five non-residents in hunt
ing
upon the wild lands in the state and
camps or kindles fires thereon. while en-
gagged in hunting or fishing without being
in charge of a registered guide during
the months of May, June, July, August,
September October and November, in
violation of the provisions herein con
tanned, or any guide who shall guide ut
the same time. or be employed by. at the
same time. more than five non residents
in hunting, shall be fined forty dollars and
costs for each ottense and be subject to
imprisonment for thirty days
Section 4. Section seventeen of chapter
thirty-two of the revised statutes is here
by amended as follows. BY adding there
to the following: Provided, however,
that If a deer is found doing actual sub
damage to any growing cult
waited crops, the cultiyator of growing
cultivated crops may kill the same, and
may consume the same in his own family
sue the same beyond the limits of his cul-
tivated land in which the damage is being
done.
Provided, however that whoever kills
deer in accordance with the provisions
herein contained shall forthwith give no
tice In writing to the commissioners OF in
land fisheries and game, at Augusta,
Maine, of the fact Of such killing and the
character ana estimated amount of dam
age done. Whoever fails to give such no
tce shall in no wise be protected by the
provisions hereof.
And provided further. that whoever
shall cultivate any crops for the manifest
purpose of killing deer under the pro-
visions OF this act shall in no wise be pro-
tected thereby, and provided, further
that II shall be unlawful to place any salt
deer thereto, under a penalty of one hun
ired dollars and costs; and provided, fur
Their. that whoever shoots any deer in ar-
rordnnce with the provisions herein con-
Iained shall not be entitled to receive any
for amy damage done his
crops by deer.