Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

said section and by substituting therefor
the following section:
Section Sc. No person shall engage in
the business of guiding. either Tor inland
fishing or forest hunting, until he shall
have filed with the commissioners of in
land fisheries and game certlncate ana
affidavit signed by the municipal omcers,
or majority! thereof. of the town or
resides, or. if the applicant is a resident
of an unorganized place, certificate
and affidavit signed by the municlpal
officers, or a majority thereof, OF the
nearest town or plantation, setting forth
in substance that the applicant is per-
son of good moral character and So
briefly. and is deemed by them to be
guide, and until he has caused his
name, age and residence to be recorded in
book kept for that purpose by said
commissioners and has procured a certi-
ficate from said commissioners, setting
forth in substance that he is deemed
suitable to act as guide, either for in
land fishing or forest hunting or both.
as the case may be, under penalty Of
Each registered guide shall, from time to
time. as often as requested by the COM
mlssioners, forward, on blanks furnished
MIN by the commissioners, statement of
the number OF persons he has guided in
inland fishing and forest hunting during
the time called for in said statement.
: pioyed as guide, and such other useful
information relative to inland fish and
game. forest fires, and the preservation
OF the forests in the localities where he
mas GUIDED, as the commissioners may
deem or importance to the State under a
penalty of fifty dollars for unreasonably
requirements.
; The applicant shall apply in writing or
, personally to the commissioners for
: registration, or to some person desgnat-
ed by the commissioners, setting forth in
his application whether he desires to be
/ registered as general or local guide; and
: the commissioners shall, as soon there
/ after as may be, register such person as
: guide In such class as they shall deem
. proper, after such investigation as they
: shall deem proper; bur said commission
ers may refuse to register any applicant
4 Whoin tney may deem unfit to be a guide.
} ana may. for cause shown, after due no.
. tee and hearing, cancel any registratio
' by them made, and may advance anyone
, from the local class to the general class,
wmdisSer =, they shall deem such person
= quanned TO be general guide. A fee OF
= one dollar shall be paid annually for the
!. registration as herein provided
NO person shall receive q certificate as
= general guide unless. he be at least
= twenty years of age, of good repute. and
= friendly to the inland fish and game laws
5 and Will discountenance in all proper
ways all violations thereof. He shall be
D tAoiOuS,hly competent 10 traverse Ine
e hunting grounds in which he is licensed
= to guide and shall be skilled in the use
$ management, and handling of such boats
: or canoes, on la Ike, pond, or river, as are
r used in the territory in which he is au-
: thorized to guide, and shall be a safe
S person under all circumstances to be a
: guide for inland fishing and forest hunt
E ing parties. A person NAV receive a Ger.
, tificate as local guide who does not, in
n the Judgment of the commissioners. pos.
: sess all the necessary qualifications of a
general guide, yet is deemed suitable tc
act as such under certain conditions: and
guides may be restricted in the territory
D IN which they are permitted to guide
: me commissioners of inland fisheries
n ana game may, in their discretion, license
as guides such non-resdents as reside In
territory contiguous to the State under
such conditions as are herein provided TO,
y me ne f reg of resident guides; the
: shall be- twenty dollars
i Whenever a. guide registered, as provid
=. ed in this section, violates any of the in
= land fish and game laws, the commits.
sioners may, at their discretion, canoe
his certificate of registration and strike
. his name from the list of registered
3 guides; but such person may thereafter
be registered again at the discretion OF
Y the commissioners. Any certificate can
. celled by virtue of this section shall b.
. Immediately returned to the commission
!, ers, under penalty Of fifty dollars TO,
= refusal or neglect to comply with this
: requirement '-(Approved March 80, 1851
t Chapter 235.
\ An Act to provide for the granting o.
y lobster licenses and giving Statewide
jurisdiction to wardens.
Section /. Fish wardens and deputy
: WardenS shall be held to be officers with
II all the powers of sheriffs, within the
> meaning of that term as used in the
d general law, and shall have jurisdiction
: and authority in all the counties of the
S State, and in all waters within the juris-
diction of the State, and may enforce
: act relating to the lobster industry, either
e with or without warrant. but shall
t obtain warrant thereafter within
|, twenty-four hours.
! Section =. NO person, firm or corpora
d ton, either by themselves as principal
!. or by their servants or agents, shall, at
:, any time, catch, take, hold, buy, ship
y transport, carry give away. remove
u Sell oreXpose for sale, or have in his OIL
: its possession, except for the immediate
!, consumption of himself and family, any
u lobster from any OF the waters in the
n jurisdiction oil this State. or place, set,
: keep. maintain, supervise lift, raise or
draw in or from any of said waters, or
cause to be placed, set, kept. main
tanned, supervised, lifted. raised OF
r drawn in from any OF said waters any
S pot. trap, trawl, car, boat, smack. vessel
O or other contrivance designed or adapted
: for the catching, taking. holding or for
IcIiiOSdi OT Transportation VI lOoStcl >,
:, unless licensed to do SO as hereinafter
u provided, except that common carriers
:, engaged in carrying general freight on
> fixed schedules may, without license
transport legally caught Holsters, with
!, in or without the State; provided thai
:, said Holsters are received by said COM
5 mon carriers at one of their regular es-
Il tablished places of business upon land
: for receiving freight; and provided the
= receptacle containing said Holsters is
= plainly marked showing the contents to
u be Holsters, together with the full and
correct name and address of both con-
sfgnor and consignee. Every person,
> firm or corporation who shall violate
. any of the provisions of this section, or
= aid in doing so, upon conviction in any
. court of competent jurisdiction, de-
, fined in this act, shall be fined twenty
. second offense. fifty dollars; and for
any subsequent offense, fifty dollars and
= thirty days Imprisonment in addition
u and no sucn party convicted Of a third
II offense shall, either by themselves OF
:. their servants or agents, be entitled to
. receive a license during the period OF
! one year from the date Of said convic-
;, ton.
r Section }. The commissioner of sea
n and shore fisheries shall grant and issue
O licenses to any citizens of this State, OF
f to any person having resided in this
! State for one year Immediately proceed
{. ing the date OF application for license
q or to corporations or firms engaged III
: the lobster business located in this State
or other states, to eaten. take, hold, buy
ship, transport. carry, give away, re-
move, sell or expose for sale. within this
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