Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-14

first, nineteen hundred thirteen, said sun
10 he paid from the county treasury
tApproved April 3, 1899
Chapter 203.
An Act providing temporary clerk hire
for the register of probate in Piscata.
quis county.
In addition to any sums now provided
by law, there shall be paid the register
of probate in Piscataquis county the
sum of two hundred dollars per year for
clerk hire for two years beginning July
first. nineteen hundred thirteen, said sum
to he paid from the county treasury. -
(Approved April .. 1879
Chapter 204.
An At to amend Chapter one hundred
and ninety-three Of the Public Laws of
nineteen hundred and nine, creating the
Maine Forestry District and providing
for protection against forest fires
therein.
Section /. Chapter one hundred ninety
three Of the pubis laws of nineteen hun
dred nine is hereby amended by inserting
as section fourteen. the following:
Section II. ANY Incorporated town or
organized plantation adjoining any part
Of, the Maine forestry district may ny
vote at any meeting Of its inhabitants
duly call q and held, become part of
said forestry district ana subject To all
the provisions Of this act A copy Of
such vote certified by the town clerk or
plantation assessors, shall he forwarded
forthwith to the state treasurer and also
To the state forest commissioner, and
trom the time of the fling of such GER
iiiied copy of said vote in the office Of
the state treasurer the town or planta-
ton so voting shall he and continue a
part Of said forestry district. All ncor-
porated towns or or%aniZed plantations
when by and under the provisions of
thiS act or any act hereafter to be passed
snail be and become part of said Maine
forestry district and all officers of such
tnwn or plantation shall be and are eX
empt from the duties and obligations
imposed by sections iifty-two and hfty-
SIN or chapter seven of the Revised
statutes of Maine.
Section .. Section fourteen and fifteen
OF Sliu chapter one hundred ninetY-three
are re-numbered respectively sections
fifteen and sixteen.-Gtpprovcd April .,
l9l3.)
Chapter POS.
An Act to Establish Neutral Auto
mobile Zone with Adjacent States.
Section l. A motor vehicle owned by Il
nonresident of this State who has COM
Piled with the laws of his state relating
10 registration and licensing of motor
Nenlcles who has bona fide actual
residence in a state granting like privi-
leges to residents of this state, which
residence is located within fifteen miles
hy highway of the border line Of this
state. may be operated upon any ways
OF this state distant not moro than fif-
teen miles from the border line of his
state. if application for the registration
thereof is made in his own state in ac
cordance with the provisions of section
eight and the proper fee provided for
In said section eight is paid, and the
said motor vehicle is duly registered by
the secretary OF his authorized agent
The secretary of this state shall furnish
at his office. without charge, 10 every
person whose automobile is registered as
aforesaid. metal tag Of suitable design.
ana oval in shape, u have displayed
upon il the register number assigned To
Va he lAIt nd
hsnres showing tie year of issue. but
no such tag shall be furnished by the
secretary for motor cycles Such tag
shall at all times he com nieuoIsly dis
played on the front of such motor We
hiele. Every applieat.an filed under the
provisions of this act shall be sworn to
by the applicant before justice of the
peace or a notary public Every permit
issued under the provisions of this act
shall expire with each calendar year.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with This act are hereby re-
pealetis-( Approved .Apri, p. 1872
st7 Chapter 2o6.
An Act to- revise collate. arrange and
consolidate the inland fish ana game
laws of the State. both general and
public and private. and special, and the
rules and regulations of the commits
sioners of inland fisheries and game
now in force.
Section /. Chapter % of the revised
statutes, and all additions thereto and
regulations Of the comm ssioners of in
land fisheries and game now in force,
are hereby ameIIsied by striking out all
of said chaneer and all additions thereto
and amendments thereof, except section
thirty-four IF said chapter thirty-two OF
the revised statutes ana chapter eighty
four of the public laws of nineteen hun
dred and FIVE and chapter twenty-three
of the public laws of nineteen hundred
and nine, and chapter fifty-two of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and nine
CHI fer md
nine of the public laws Of nineteen hun
dred and nine and sections three and
-four of chapter one hundred and nine
teen of the revised statutes and by re-
pealinS all OF the rul.rs and regulat tons
of the commissioners of inland fisheries
and game now in force. and by substi-
tuting therefor the following:
Section l. The words "eosed season.
IS used in this chapter mean The time
or period during which it is unlawful to
catch any fish. and the words "open sea-
SON mean the time during which it shall
be lawful to take these animals, fish and
birds as specified and limited by law.
Section 2. Except as hereinafter pro-
vided, there shall be an annual closed
season on land locked salmon. trout.
togue, white perch and black bass. in all
the lakes and ponds of the state, as
follows:
on land-ocked salmon trout and togue.
from. the thirtieth day of September un-
fished in the following spring: on white
perch and black bass from the thirtieth
day of September until the fifteenth day
of, June following; provided, however
that i'm Sehago lake and Long pond, in
Cumberland county, the annual closed
season on iand-iocked salmon and trout
shall be from October first to the thirty
first day of March of the following year,
both days inclusive, and in Thompson
pond from September first to January
list of the following year. I
in N p,-aI me nta1 rixs
of the. state, above tide waters, the an
nual closed season on trout salmon and
land-locked salmon shall be from Sep
TENDER fifteenth to the time the ice is
out of the brook, stream or river fished
in the following spring; on black bass
and white perch from September tiiir-
tieth to June fifteenth of the following
year.
During the respective closed seasons
on the above named fish it shall be UNI
lawful TO fish for, take, catch, kill or
have any of them in possession.
Provided, however, that no person shall
in any one day during the respective
open seasons herein provided take or
catch or have In possession more than
fifteen pounds in all of the above named
fish, unless one individual fish caught
shall weigh more than fifteen pounds
or unless the last fish caught increases
the combined weight thereof to more
than fifteen pounds and provided, fur
in