Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-14
lief: And then I'll have nothing more
to do until Saturday."
OUR NEW HUNTING
AND FISHING LAWS

The requirements Of the new resi-
dent hunters law have not yet be-
come familiar to the average person
and inquiries are daily received at
the office of The commissioner of in
land fisheries and game as to what
to do and when it must be done
MANY persons confuse the new law
with the requirements Of the alien
resident fishing law. Commissioner
Parsons was asked for a brief state
ment concerning these laws and
said:
Glad you spoke of this matter.
for we are just now sending TO all
town, city and plantation clerks
supply of the new % cent regis
,ration certificates for assurance to
residents of your town who come
within the law, also a supply OF the
alien resident fishing licenses. These
books of licenses contain detailed in
structions, but it may in some cases
be puzzling to the official to deter
mine the class to which the appli-
cant belongs-the IS cent or the $lo
class; and regarding that you might
say:
If an unnaturalized. foreign born
person has not resided in Maine Tor
at least two years continuously
prior to the time he desires to hunt
and is not a taxpayer upon real es-
tate in Maine, he must procure a $lo
| hunting license before he can hunt
or carry firearms. These licenses
| may be obtained at any time by in
dividual hunters by sending applica-
ton and fee to the department or
| they will be supplied town clerks.
upon request. for issuance to hunt-
! ers. This has been the law OF the
| State for quite a number of years
and it's provisions are unchanged by
the new rs cent resident registra-
| ton law.
| "If an unnaturalized, foreign born
person has resided in Maine more
| than two years continuously and is a
taxpayer upon real estate in Maine.
IS we'll as a resident citizen. he would
be required to procure the 25 cent
| registration certificate before he
| could hunt or carry firearms.
| You will note by the full text of
the old law, that in order for Il citi-
zen to secure IS cent hunting Ii
censc, he must he a bona fide resi-
dent of this State-must have ac-
tually been domiciled here for a
| period of three months next prior to
his application for hunters certifi-
| cate. The words bona fide resi-
| dent" are construed to mean that
| the citizen must be actually domi-
cilcd here with his family; if former
| ~ a non resident. he must have given
Up his home outside the State and
| established Il home in Maine, with
the intention of remaining here per-
manently. so far as he knows, and
his family, if he has one, must also
| reside here with him.
"A clerk must satisfy himself be-
fore issuing a person Il % cent Ii
cense that he is entitled to it. A
person can secure one of these %
cent licenses only of the clerk of the
city. town or plantation in which he
resides, therefore if resident of
! another town makes application for Il
hunters certificate, he should be re-
Ierred to the clerk of the town where
| he claims a residence. In the case
of residents of unorganized places.
| the law provides that they may pro-
| cure hunters registration certifi-
Gates of the clerk of the nearest town
| or plantation. In such cese. the clerk
must satisfy himself that the ap-
Llicant is bona fide resident of the
unorganized place where he claims
his residence.
! Under another new law passed by
the Legislature of 1919. the same
class of alien residents which is now
required to procure the SIS hunting
license must procure $2.15 fish
ing license before they can fish in
our inland waters or have fishing
tackle in possession. Please do not
confuse this license with the nom
resident $2.15 license, as they are
ISSUED under separate and distinct
laws: in other words, an alient resi-
dent who comes within the $2.15
fishing law should not be issued a
non resident fishing license, although
the fee is the same. In such a case
our records would not be correct, as
the applicant. if issued a non-resi-
dent license, in error. would be re-
corded as a resident. when he
is really a resident of Maine. al
though an alien"
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