The Republican journal., 1917-04-05

each trap set and not marked as provided
herein, and shall forfeit the trap Of tran
ana any Wild animal found therein. to any
no person shall set a bear tran at anv
.ime unless written or printed notice
statmg that such q trap has bean set 10
p cin,t% coaspicuously in the Immediate VI
costs for each offense: and no nersnn
snan set bear trap at any time unless
the same Is enclosed in a hut. so-caiied
under the same penalty.
Section 81. Any person sett,rr tr.,
in any organized or incorporated niace
shail visit said trap, or cause the same
to be visited, at least once in every
twenty-four hours and remove therefrom,
or cause to be removed, any animal fonnd
caught therein. No person shall set ira rs
In any organized or Incorporated place
without first obtaining the written con-
sent of the owner or occupant of the land
on which said traps are to be set. Who
ever violates any provision of this sec
ton shall pay fine OF not less than ten
nor more than fifty dollars and costs for
each Offense.
Section So. A bounty of four dollars for
every bobcat, loupcervier or Canada lynn
killed in any town shall be paid by the
treasurer OF State to the person killing it
upon compliance with the following con-
ditions:
No bounty shall be paid unless the
claimant, within five days after he has
killed such animal. or has returned from
the hunting In which he killed it, ex-
skin thereof with the ears, nose and tail
thereon in as perfect a state as when
killed. except natural decay, and signs
certificate under oath, which said treas
, urer may administer. stating that he
which shall be within the State, and the
treasurer shall thereupon cut off the
whole of the tail from such skin and for
ward the same by mail to the commits
eli nf ir1o oh
Augusta, Maine, together with the claim
ants certificate, which certificate shall
be in the following form:
CLAIMANTS CERTIFICATE.
To the treasurer of the town of
I hereby certify that on the day of
A. D. 10 at In
the State of Maine, I killed the bobcat
loupcervier or Canada lynx, the skin Of
the bounty allowed by law for killing the
same.
Dated at this day of
Subscribed and sworn to before me the
day and year aforesaid.
Treasurer Of
And the treasurer of said town shall
make and send at once to the commission
ers of inland fisheries and game a Ger
tifcate which shall be in the following
FORM
TOWN TREAsURER's CERTIFICATE.
To the commissioners Of inland fisheries
and game:
I hereby certify that as required by law,
Of on the
day of A. D. 10 at
exhibited to me- the whole Of
the skin of a bobcat loupcervier or Can
ada lynx, and signed and made oath to
the following certificate
To the treasurer of the town Of
l hereby certify that on the day of
A. d. 10 , at in
Tot Of Toi1 T L. 1a1 %1,o
loupcervier or Canada lynx, the skin of
which l now exhibit to you, and I claim
the bounty allowed by law for killing
the same
Dated at this day of
1 further certify that 1 cut off the whole
of the tail from the skin of the bobcat,
loupcervier or Canada Lynx described in
this certificate and enclose the same here
with
Dated at this day of
Treasurer of the town of
Subscribed and sworn to the day and
year aforesaid.
Justice of the Peace
Upon receipt by the State auditor of a
certificate from the commissioners of in
land fisheries and game showing that
said commissioners have received the tail
Of the bobcat, loupcervier or Canada lynx
from the treasurer sent as aforesaid, to-
gether with said treasurers certificate,
said State auditor shall audit the claim
for bounty and the same shall be paid
forthwith by the treasurer of State to the
claimant from the appropriation for
bounties on bobcat. loupcervier or Canada
lynx. The town treasurer for administer
ing the oath to a claimants certificate
as above. and for forwarding the same
with the tail of the animal to the COM
missioners of inland fisheries and game,
shall be paid by the claimant the, sum of
TWENTY-FIVE cents.
Section 81. No person shall hunt, chase.
catch, kill, destroy or have in possession
at any time any eagle Hungarian par
fridge. or capercailzie. or cock OF the
woods. or any black game, or any spe-
cies of the pheasant except ruffed grouse
or partridge. Whoever violates this sec
ton shall pay a fine of ten dollars and
costs for each offense.
Section 3d. There shall be an annual
closed season for ruffed grouse commonly
called partridge, spruce partridge wood
cock, all varieties of wild ducks, brant,
geese, plover. snipe, sora and other rails,
coots and gallinules. as follows; On par
fridge and woodcock, above named, from
the first day of December to the THIRTEEN
day of September of the following year,
both days inclusive; on all varieties OF
ducks. brant and geese and on coots, gal
linules and jacksnipe, or Wilson snipe,
from the first day of January of each
year to the fifteenth day of the following
September. both days inclusive; on black
breasted and golden plover and greater
and lesser yellowlegs, from the FIRST day
Of December of each year to the fifteenth
day of August of the following year, both
days inclusive: on rails Except coots and
galiinules) from the first day of Decem-
her of each year to the thirty-hrst day
of August of the following year, both
days inclusive, during which closed sea-
sons it shall be unlawful to lunt, chase
catch kill or have in possession any Of
the above-named birds except as herein
after provided; provided, further, that
it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch.
kill or destroy or have in possession at
any time. any curlew, woodduck, swans,
or any shore birds except black breasted
and golden plover Wilson Jacksnipe,
woodcock, and greater or lesser yellow
legs; and no person shall, during the re-
spective open seasons for the above
named birds, take, catch, KILL destroy or
have In possession In any ono day more
than five partridge or ruffed grouse, ten
woodcock. ten ducks, five plover and ten
snipe; nor shall any person at any time
buy or sell any Of the above-named birds;
nor shall any person or corporation carry
or transport from place to place any Of
the birds mentioned In this section in
closed season Except that a person shall
have a reasonable time after the begin
ming of the closed season. to transport
as hereinafter provided, to his home game
birds legally killed by him in open sea-
SOM nor in open season unless open to
view, tagged and plainly labeled with
owners name and residence, and accom-