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Sec. &C. Penalties. A person who
violates provision of this part or
VINO furnishes to another person or
permits another person to have or use
license or coupon issued to himself
or changes or alters such license or
coupon, or uses a license or license
coupon issued to another person, or
makes false statement in an appli-
cation, or knowingly guides non
resident hunter who has not a license
as provided above, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be fined not more
than fifty dollars nor less than TWEEN
ty-hve dollars for each offense.
PART III. PRESERVES.
Section 57-Private preserves.
Section 5S-Game refugees.
section 59-Propagation farms.
Section G0-Penalties.
Sec. 81 Private preserves. An own
ef, or a person having the exclusive
rig1t 10 hunt or trap upon enclosed
land or cultivated lands not enclosed
OF 10 take fish in pond or stream.
VINO desires to protect his land or
land over which he has such exclusive
control, shall maintain notices or sign
ooards not less than two feet long by
one loot wide, stating that shooting.
trapping or fishing is prohibited and
giving the name of such owner or per.
son. upon every twenty-five acres of
the premises sought to be protected
upon or near the boundaries thereof
ana one such sign at each corner
thereof; said posters shall show the
date on which such waters were stoel,.
ed and shall be maintained unon or
near the shores thereof in AZ least
TWO conspicuous places. No person
snail take or disturb fish. birds or ami
mas upon such private preserve. or
lhJuFe' deiace or remove such notice
or slgnboard. Provided, however. that
no forfeiture as provided in subdi-
VISION "a of section GO shall result
from entering such land for the mr.
pose OF fishing, unless the owner mr.
occupant thereof stocks and keene
SUCKED the waters of such land at
ms expense, with trout or other fish
runclally Matched or reared The
stocking of waters under this provision
snail mean the placing therein ANIMAL.
~ by the owner or occupant of the
land in which such posted waters lie
not less than one thousand fry or
.hree hundred tingerlings, for each
haif mile or less of stream or each
acre or less of pond or pool so most.
ed' and such owner or occupant shall
annually, Immediately after stocking
such posted waters, file with the town
clerk or the town in which such most.
ca waters lie, a sworn affidavit stat.
ing that the provisions of this section
nave been complied with. Such afr.
oavlt shall show the number and kind
OF hsh so distributed by the owner
or occupant in such waters. from
Whoin such hsh were purchased or pro
cured and the date thereof. The
Town clerk shall file such affidavit
IN his office and it shall be open TO
inspection by the public in the same
manner as other public documents If
waters or lands are hereafter stocked
by the ate with fish or game with
the knowledge and consent of the own.
er, the provisions of this section shall
no longer apply thereto
sec. 5S. Game refugees. The com.
missioner may for specified period of
years prohibit or regulate the taking
OF birds and quadrupeds. upon puh.
lie lands set aside with the consent
and approval of the governor O mn.
on privati lands set aside with the
consent of the owner thereof for game
refuges. At least thirty DAYS before
such prohibition, rule or regulation
shall take effect. a copy of the same
snail be filed in the office of the clerk
or the town to which they apply.
such game refuges shall he surrdlnd.
ed by at least one wire at the bound.
airy thereof and notices reading state
Game Refuge; Hunting is Unlawful''
snall be posted at conspicuous places
on said boundary.
Sec 80. Propagation farms The
commissioner is authorized to issue
permits o propagate fur-bearing ami.
mails, game and fish and he shall make
and publish rules governing such in.
dustry The application for breed.
ers permit shall be in writing address.
ed TO the commissioner: shall he
signed b. the applicant and shall de.
scribe the lands or waters owned or
leased by such breeder and such other
facts as may he required by the com.
missioner. When it appears that the
Application is made in good faith the
commissioner may issue said permit
upon the payment of a fee of two dol
lars and fees for tagging which shall
ne paid TO the commissioner and by
MIN transmitted to the state treasur.
er, and al such fees shall be added
to the annual appropriation TO be
USED for the purposes Of this act
Breeders shall be permitted TO sell
ana transport fur-bearing animals
game and fish. at all times. alive for
propagation. and for food during such
seasons as the commissioner may pre
scribe. Such5 fur-bearing animals
game or fish shall be properly identi
he'd either by marking the packages
or by individual tagging as NAV bf
prescribed by the commissioner A
breeder selling game procured from
lands outside of his premises as de
scribed. or who violates a law relat
ing 10 furbearing animals. game o,
FISH or a regulation. except as permit
ted by this section. made by the com
missioner shall forfeit his license and
be fined not more than one hundred
dollars and in addition thereto shall
be fined or imprisoned as prescribed
for the violation Of the laws relat
ing TO fur-bearing animals. game OF
fish.
a person owning a natural pond OF
not zpore than twenty acres or an arti
fetal pond entirely upon his premises
stocked at his own expense with fish
artidcially hatched or reared. may tax,
hsh from such natural or artificial