The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-04-10


hereby amended BY striking o,,t ali Of
S sa section and by substituting there
Gee. 20. NO owner or keeper Of any
partly or wholly in lumber rdi1ns, on assa
o LIONS, or employee thereof. shall use,
consume, or have I'm possession, at any
. oi.ne, u Salo camp, or serve to any en-
part th eeeso1; any deer or moose or
less than one hundred, nor more than
Two hundred dollars and costs for each
user or moose or part thereof SO used,
IN violation hereof
sec; u. Section forty-four OF chan
yer thlfty-three of the revised stat
utes' as amended by chapters two hun
a anS ,a ana nineteen and two hundred
nineteen ' hundrs Of IN. ne public laws Of
neIsoy amended by striking out all Of
sa.d section and by substituting there
ion the following section:
~, ~: -. Except as herein provided
no person or corporation shall carry or
lransport from place to place any deer
OF part thereof in closed season nor in
open season unless open to view, tag
geo. ana plainly labeled with the name
ana residence of the owner thereof
ana accompanied by him while being
transported and identified by him at
such places IS the commissioner Of
inland hsheries and game shall have
HSSi6 ia tcu Wy puDlic9LtoD III the CS ity
newspapers in the state under a pen
atty OF not less than fifty dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars and
costs TOR each deer or part there
lation of any provision of this section,
and any person not the actual owner
of such deer. or part thereof. who, TO
sId another in such transportation,
falsely represents himself to be the
owner thereof, shall be liable to the
t1H ho ,-i,1
tacle evidence that said deer. or part
thereof, that is being transported or
carried in violation of this section was
Illegally killed
Sec. Il. Section forty-ftve of chapter
thirty-three of the revised statutes as
amended by chapters two hundred and
nineteen and two hundred and forty
four of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and seventeen. is hereby
amended by striking out all OF said
Eectlon aud by substituting therefor
the following section.
See. As, The commissioner of inland
flsheres and game, upon written com
plant of any land owner that bea yer
are doing actual. substantial damage 10
his property, shall have authority 10
declare all open season for beaver upon
such land Tor such period of time AMI
under such conditions as he may deem
necessary to remove the beaver THAI
are doing the damage complained q,
during which open season 1t shall be
lawful for any person holding e beaver
trapping license issued in aCDcrdanc nee
with the provisions OF section fifty OF
this chapter to trap beaver thereon
without securing permission of the lanI
owner. NO open season for beaver as
contemplated by this section shall take
effect until the commissioner Of inland
hsheFies and game shall have caused
notice of such proposed open season
to be published once in a newspaper
printed IN the county in which the land
on which the open season for beaver
is declared is located, and said commits
sioner shah also file copy of said notice
OF open season with the clerk of the
town or plantation in which such land
is located. or. if the land is in an un-
organized place, with the clerk of courts
tor the county in which the land is To-
Gated. Whenever during a special 0 pen
season on beaver as is contemplated
by this section 1t shall appear 10 The
commissioner of inland fisheries and
game that the privileges of such open
season are being abused in any place,
said commissioner of inland fisheries
and game may suspend the open season
and declare 1t close season for beaver
on such land for such time as he may
designate. No person shat take any
beaver anywhere in the state at any
time except during such open season
as may be declared by the commission
err of inland fisheries and game in ar
Cordance with the provisions of this
section. Whoever takes ally beaver n
violation OF any provision or this sec.
ton shall be punished by tine Of orc
bundled dollars ana costs for eat hca~
yer taken, caught, or killed in violation
OF any provision OF this section it
shall also be unlawful. under the s4nle
PENALTY, for any person 10 have iu nos
session at any time any beaver or
part thereof. taken in violation Of sny
provision Of this section. 1t shall also
be unlawful under the same nqDal+v
for any person. firm or ccrporation. IL
sell, give aRay. buy, accent as a gjft
offer for transEor. alton or frtnsoort arlSf
beaver skin or beaver skins unless rarh