Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-09

err; sss OF inland fisheries and game. pay
sa f lnerefor a fee of five dollars. and
,en ,o Incense shall be attached to said
a an0ose or part thereof being transport
~ H. whoever violates any provision of
d dniS section shall pay u fine of forty
sectioaan d costs for each offense.
VINO mas lawfully killed bull moose
or a. deer may send the same to his
n aIhe or to any hospital. in the state.
purchasing of the duly constituted
agent therefor tag, paying for the
moose hve dollars. for a deer two dol
the s, han ana said, said tag shall be attached to
being transported The commissioners
oI inland fisheries and game may ap-
whn agents ss, ths eonvenent Localities
rules and regulations as said commits
sioners may adopt.
-, Section Sc C., %. No owner. keeper or oc-
puliding used partly or wholly in lum-
perlng operations. shall have. use or
Keep Seep IN any manner more than two
season for deer in any one year. under
a penalty of forsy dollars and costs for
each deer or part thereof so had in
possession or used in violation here
Section a.. Except as herein pro-
slueo no person or corporation shall
any bull moose or deer or part thereof
in closed season nor In open season I'M
less open to view. tagged. and plainly
Of the owner s thereof the l and ' accomp pe
by him while being transported and
Identified by him at such places as TIE
commissioners of. inland fisheries and
game shall have designated by publica
ton in the daily newspapers in the
state, under q penalty of forty dollars
and costs for each bull moose. deer or
part thereof so transported or carried.
and any person not the actual owner of
such bull moose or deer. or part there
of. who, to aid another III such trans
portation. falsely represents himself to
be the owner thereof shall be liable to
the. same penalty; and it shall be prina
facie evidence that said moose deer
ed or carried in Violation Of this sec
ton: was illegally killed. Whoever
lawfully kills a bull moose. shall. while
the same. or any part thereof, is being
with the evidence thereon of the sex Of
the same.
Section As. Tho commissioners Of
inland fisheries and game. upon writ
ten complaint of any land owner that
beaver are doing actual. substantial
damage to his property. shall have au-
beaver upon such land for such period
of time as they may deem necessary to
remove tho beaver that are doing the
damage complained Of, during which
open season it shall be lawful for any
licensed hunter and trapper Of fur
bearing animals to trap beaver there
on. No open season for beaver as con
templated by this section shall take
effect until the commissioners of inland
fisheries and game shall have caused
notice Of such proposed open season TO
be published once in newspaper print
ed in the county in which the land on
which the open season for beaver is de-
clsred is located. and said commission
ers shall ais" file copy ot said no,lcc
of open season with tn" clerk of the
town or plantation in which such land
is local ed. or if the land is in an unor-
ganized place. with the clerk Of courts
for the county in which the land IS 10
Gated. Whenever during special open
season on beaver as is contemplated by
this section il shall apprar t" tn" com
miSSionerS of inland fisheries ana game
that the privileges Of such open sea,
son are being abused in any place, said
commissioners of inland fisheries anu
game may suspend the opcn season ana
such land for such time as they may
designate. No person, shall take any
beaver anywhere IN the state at any
time except during such open season as
may he declared by Tho commissioners
of inland fisheries and game in accord
ancc with tho provisions Of ihis sec
ton. Whoever takes any. beaver IN
violation of any 'proNision OF WIS sec
ton shall be punished by fine OF tween
ty-fivc dollars and COSTS for tarh hchN-
or taken caught or killed III violation
of any provision of this section. 1t
shall also be unlawful. uNdcr TING same
penalty, for amy person l." nave IN po%
session at any time, any hc"Ncr. or part
thereof, taken in violation Of any pro
vision OF this section.
Section tG. whoever. from the first
day of March to the fourteenth day "i
the following October both days lnciu-
Sive, hunts traps. kills. pursuos or
catches any fur-b"aring animal (eXrcpt
bears. muskrats, rarcoonS. beaver BOP,
cats loupccrHicr. Canada lynx, ana
wcasels, or whoever from the first day
Of March to tho fourteenth day OF the
following August. both days inclusive.
hunts trars, kills. purSrGS or IA Ia!' ne
dav Of MAY 30 the fourteenth day OF
the following October both DAYS lhclu.
sive. hunts. traps. klllS' purSucS OF
catches. any muSkra', or whoever has
in possession at any tune any rur-
hearing animal or part thereof taken
in closed season. shall pay fine OF
ten dollars and costs Tor each ohenSe
and in addition thereto three dollars
for each fur-bearing ANNA hunted
trapped. killed. pursued, caught or ma, nad
vided. further, that it shall be uhlaw-
full under the same penalty TO lax
catch. trap kill or destroy any musk
rat or muskrats. at any time IN l.oWtr
the county of Oxford. and in the town
Of Hridgton in tho county of Cumber-
land. or in tho outlet siream OF SAD
meadows. eo-called adjacent to saif
pond. (which meadows Gro bounced ny
the outlet stream Of aid pond by IN"
old SacO river, ny VIZ l,,,,'h''1' a.,
casterlv side of said meadows) or in
nc cast bog. so-called, or in the west
hog so-called. bounded by the Up
lands and on the westerly side ny
wire fence oil land owned by r.. G.. Buz-
.e,I, Provided. further. IT shall hc IN
lawful to set a trap AZ any time with
in twcntv-fiye feet of muskrat house
mnder a penalty of ten dollars and costs
Cor each ofTense. Whoever All any ttme
hunts. traps kills. pursuoS. ca'cheS OF
has in possession any beaver or rart
hereof except as provided II 'hec Pre-
reding section. shall pay q I'M" @, on
hundred dollars and costs for cach OIL
ransn Provided. however. that any
person may lawfully kilb any wltd am,
nal (other than beaver? or any WIN
bird found destroying his properly
Section Al No person shall a.
any time dig out. modest or de-
s.rov in any way any fox den or FOX dens,
o. rsr,ove or cause to be removed therefrom
INV fox or foxes, except those enclosed IN
nrivate fox ranches. Whoever violates any
provision of this section shall nay nhe OIL
Ten dollars and costs for each oftense.
Section as There shall be an allh h9i
closed season on gray squirrels during "n WIN
closed season no person shall shoo, a. MI,
or have them in possession eNceP, an. nn.;i
10, 6rst day of November of each year Mht''
. .tr ,h;rtieth dav of September of the follow
NO vcar both days inclusive; PROVIDED ilo"
ror that there shall be a perpetual cioseu
1850, m gray SQUIRRELS within all punnc or
,,r;yste marks and within the limits OF the
rnmnact or built-up portion OF any CIV OF
r;Ilere. Whoever shall shoot at or KIN %
bave in possession any gray sduirrei III ;, ip,"
-, ~ any provision of this section siiaiI pay