The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-20
FISH AND GAME LAWS.
Changes Made During Present Session
 of Legislature.

| Aoiio"AiS are the cHdnSeS II
 the game laws by the present ses
 sion of the general assembly:
 | Chapter 6-That black bass les: than eight inches in length shall no
 De intentionally taken out of water: and if taken shall, without avoiiablt
 injury, be returned immediately tc the waters. This law increases ths size from six to eight inches.
 Chapter 7-Eyery person who sha1 buy, sell or exchange, or have in his possession with intent to sell or ex change, any quail, woodcock, ruffeG grouse or partridge, or Hungarian partridge, shall, for each of such birds bought, sold, or exchanged or kept for sale be fined not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Sec. ?. Section 3,125 ol the general statutes, chapter 52 ot the public acts of 1903 and chapter 70 of the public acts of 1907 are re- pealed. Chapter 11-No person shall set or use any eel of fish racks in any fresh water stream or river. except be- tween August 15 and November 15. and any fish other than suckers and cels taken in such racks during the SeasGn when the use of racks is per
 mitted shall be immediately returned to the waters whence taken. Any person who shall violate any of the
 provisions of this act shall be fined not more than seven dollars, or i'm prisoned not more than thirty days or both. Chapter 112 of the public
 acts of 1903 and all acts and parts of
 acts inconsistent herewith are repeal
 ed.
 Chapter 14-Extending the close season for deer to June, 1917.
 Chapter 18-Continuing the close
 season for Hungarian partridge to November I, 1913, and providing that thereafter the close season therefor shall be the same as the close season for quail, woodcock and partridge or ruffed grouse.
 Chapter 35-Section l. Section B.
 129 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: Section
 SIPS shall not apply to any person holding certificate permitting the holder thereof to take wild birds and their nests and eggs for strictly scien- tific purposes as hereinafter provid- ed. The president of the commis- sioners of fisheries and game may grant to any properly accredited per son not less than eighteen years of age, upon application as hereinafter provided, a certificate permitting the holder thereof to collect wild birds. other than game birds, their nests and eggs, for strictly scientific pur- poses only, and not for sale or ex- change or shipment from or removal out of this state without the consent of the commissioners of fisheries and game. The number of birds which may be taken under any such certif- cate, in any. one year, shall be linn ited to not more than five of any one species, with not more than two nests of any one species and the eggs found therein. Such certificates shall be valid for and during the term of one C. .l< <>f rexex1r ft,~ ,faf and no longer, and shall not be trans ferrable. Before any such certificate shall be issued, the applicant there for shall file with the commissioners of fisheries and game written testl- monialS from two swell-knOwn sc1en- tific ornithologists certifying to h1s good character and fitness, shall pay to said commissioners a fee of one dollar, and shall file, bond to the state, in the penal sum of two hun dred dollars, with two responsible su- reties approved by the commissioners of fisheries and game, conditioned that he will not violate the provisions of such certificate or avail himself of the privileges thereof for other than scientific purposes. Every person re- ceiying a certificate under the provis- ions of this section shall report to the commissioners of. fisheries and game on blanks furnished by said commissioners, at or before the ex- piration of such certificate, the de- tailed results of the collections made hereunder. Any person taking any birds, nests, or eggs in violation Of the provisions of the certificate held by him shall be subject to the penal ties provided in section SPA, and upon conviction of such violation the certificate so held by him shall be- come void and the bond hereinbefOre provided for shall be forfeited.
 Chapter 43-The provisions of sec-' tion 3,162 of the general statutes, chapter 147 of the public acts of 1905, and chapter 57 of the public acts of 1907, as amended by chapter 43 of the public acts of 1909, con corning fishing in Bantam Lake, are hereby extended to and shall apply, to and cover Little pond of the town of Litchfield and Bantam river be- tweeen Little pond and Bantam Lake. and said Bantam river betweeen Lit tie Pond and Bantam Lake shall be subject to the provisions of section 3.15S of the general statutes concern ing the use of seines in ponds and likes and to all other statutory pro- visions concerning fishing in ponds and lakes; provided however, that trout not less than six inches in length may be taken only with hook and line from Little pond and Ban tam river between March 31 and Ju-- ly i.
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