Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-30

Resolve in favor Oh ScFeeHAn6 Aone
pond in, the. towns Of Mount desert
and Southwest Harbor' hancock
county.
/ Resolve appropriating money for the
tconstruction Of a flshway at the out
let of Great pond, in the town OF MT.
Desert and Southwest Harbor. on Mt.
lDesertfIsland.
| Resolve in favor of screening the
Stanley ponds in Hiram, in the county
of Oxford.
| Resolve appropriating money to aid
| in screening and maintaining screen
at the outlet of Garland pond in the
county of Oxford.
| Resolve appropriating money for the
erection of a screen in the outlet of
Upper Kezar lake, in the town of Low
ell.
Resolve to appropriate 5000 to screen
Parke pond in the county of Penob-
scot, with petition of S. A. Parks and
others for same.
Resolve to screen Stetson pond, in
the town of Stetson, county of Penob-
scot. b
| Resolve in aid of screening Oak
tpond, in Skowhegan, in the county OF
Somerset.
Resolve in favor of screening the
outlet of Decker pond, in Somerset
county, with petition of A. F. 'Doni-
gan of Bingham and others.
Resolve in favor of screening the
outlet of Moxie pond. in Somerset coun-
ty, with petition of r. c. Jackson of
Mosquito, and others, for same.
Resolve in favor of screening Wilson
Lake, in Wilton. in the county of
Franklin, with petition of E. H. Morri-
son, and others. for same.
Resolve appropriating money for the
installation of a, fish screen at the out
let of Lambert Lake. in Township l.
Range 3, Washington county, with
Statement of Facts, and petition of c.
F. Keef and others for same.
Resolve in favor of screening Cath
ance lake in Washington county, with
petitions of H. b. Sprague, A. D. Nc
Faul, E. r. Gardner, J. C. Pike, f. b.
Keith, w. Gates and others for same.
Resolve in favor Of screening Boy
den's lake. in the county Of Washing
ton.
l Resolve in favor of screening Adams
pond. or Rockhave lake, in Newfield,
in York county.
Resolve, in favor of maintaining the
screen at the outlet of Cochnewagon
lake, in the town Of Monmouth, Ken
nebec county.
Resolve in favor of additional feed
ing pools at the Raymond fish hatch
cry, in the county of Cumberland
Resolve in favor Of John E. Sewell
and c. F. A. Phair. which was recon-
mitted to said committee
Reported the same in a new draft
under the title of Resolve appropriate
ing money to aid in screening lakes
and ponds and for other purposes" and
that it ought to pass.
| Same gentleman, from same commit
J tee, to which was referred the order
of the Legislature authorizing and di-
recting said committee to revise, COL
lateg arrange, simplify and make such
other changes in the Inland Fish and
Cams Laws. both general and public,
and private and special, as might seem
necessary for the best interests of the
State as a whole, and to revise the
rules and regulatio of the commits
Sioners of inland fisheries and game,
have had the same under consideration
and ask leave to submit the following
report:
| After careful consideration of the
present code of Inland Fish and Game
Laws, the committee planned upon
revision embcdying private and special
restrictions as well as public laws, but
as it seemed necessary to retain so
many private and special restrictions,
the committee decided to proceed along
another line, with a view to devising
some way of relieving future Legisla-
lures of the constantly increasing mass
of private and special fish and game
legislation.
1t is generally admitted that owing t.
the widely varying conditions existing in
this State it is. absolutely impossible to
regulate the taking of fish by a general
! law, or even by d. code of county laws,
as has been suggested; consequent;
much special legislation of this charac-
ter is absolutely necessary in order to
properly conserve the inland fishing in
terests of the State as whole.
In 1899 the commissioners of inland fish
cries and game were given authority by
the Legislature to regulate the taking of
game and inland fish by adopting regua
tions restricting the taking thereof. the
law granting this authority expressly
stipulating, however, that said commits
sioners should not permit the taking of
game or fish at a time when it's taking
was prohibited by the laws of the State.
The intention of the trainers of this law
was to place all private and special leg
islation relating to hunting or fishing
under the jurisdiction of the commission
ers, but this scheme could not become
an 1nf.,
laws We're repealed. leaving in the stat
utes only the general inland fish and
game laws, which has never yet been
done.
To illustrate: If waters are closed by
act Of the Legislature. the commits
sioners have no authority to open
them. legislative action being neces-
sarv whenever the repeal Of the law is
desired. while if the waters are clos
ed by the commissioners. they have