Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-25


Assembly Of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section % of No 3oI of the
acts of 1919 as amended BY section I Of
No. I82 of the acts of 1915 (Secs. $50
and 6IS3 of the General Laws, a pro-
Iposed) is hereby amended 90 as to read
Jas follows:
Sec. g. (Sees. 61so and 6ls, G. L.)
Such licenses shall be issued BY town
clerks in this state under such rules and
regulations and in such form as may be
prescribed by the commissioner to per-
sons sixteen years of age or over and
hunting license shall be issued to
person under sixteen years of age with
the consent in writing of the parent or
guardian of such child. The applicant
shall fill out and subscribe to blank
furnished by the clerk, of the town in
which the applicant resides; provided,
however, that the applicant may obtain
such license from any town clerk Upon
presenting satisfactory proof to said
clerk that he is bona fide resident of
the state and pay him the following fees:
| if the applicant is bona fidc resident
of this state or owns improved real
estate therein, and pays taxes thereon,
less than one thousand dollars he shall
ing license, hereinafter referred to as a
combination license, the sum of one dol
lar, of which the clerk may retain fifteen
cents as fee, or he shall pay for either
a hunting or a fishing license the sum
of sixty cents of which the clerk may
retain ten cents, and said clerk shall
thereupon issue resident combination
license or resident hunting license or
a resident fishing license, as the case
may be. If the applicant is non-resi-
dent and does not own improved real
estate upon which he pays taxes N the
appraised valuation by the listers of not
less than one thousand dollars, he shall
pay for nonresident fishing license the
sum of two dollars, of which the clerk
may retain ten cents as a fee; provided,
however, if a nonresident comes from a.
state or country, the laws of which re-
quire nonresident angler to procure
a license before taking fish, such license
fee shall be increased to an amount equal
to that provided by the state or country
in which said nonresident angler re-
sides, or he shall pay for nonresident
combination license the sum of ten dol
lars, together with clerks fee of fifty
cents, and said clerk shall thereupon
issue nonresident fishing license or
iCoi0Cul liNCuoCs IAn
money received by town clerk under
the provisions of this part, except said
clerks fees, which is in the possession
of town clerk on the last day of Feb
ruary, May. August and November shall
by him be forthwith reported to the
state fish and game commissioner and
transmitted to the state treasurer to be
used for the purposes provided for in this
act and may be used by said commits
sioner in his discretion for the propaga-
ton of fish and game, for the construc-
ton, maintenance and operation of sta
tons therefor and for the performance
of all powers given him and duties I'M
posed upon him by this act and said COM
missioner shall keep a full and correct
record of all his official acts. Town
clerks shall return to the commissioner
at least ten days before the close of the
fiscal year June &c. all unused license
blanks with statement of amount re-
mitted to the state treasurer on license
account during the year. Town clerks
shall be held responsible for the face
value of all license blanks supplied to
them until settlement has been made
with the commissioner at the end of the
fiscal year.
See. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage
| Approved March I6, 1917.