Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-14

plantations bordering on the sea
them. supplied with blank appllca-
tons: said clerk shall keep q supply
Of them on hand and furnish them
to applicants. All applications when
office Of said director together with
fees for same. Such licenses shall
be granted to expire on the last day
of June next succeeding the granting
of same, unless sooner revoked, as
provided in section twenty. The al,
rector in his biennial report shall
state the number of licenses granted.
He shall issue to each person. firm or
certificate. stating the name or the
person. firm or corporation to whom
such license shall be granted, the
number of said license and the date
of expiration of said license
Sec. 3. Section nineteen of \lapter
forfy-five of the revised statNes, IS
hereby amended by adding after the
last word of said section the follow
ing: No person whose license has
been revoked or suspended shall pc
employed by another or assist In the
lobster business in any way EVERY
person who shall violate the provi-
sions of this section shall upon con-
viction be subject to the fines and
penalties provided in section seven,
teen. SO that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Sec. 10. If any person, firm or cor.
poration to whom such license snail
he granted shall be incapacitateo TOE
any reason. except for the vloiatloh 81
the laws Of the state , relating s,n TO
said license, said person. firm. or cor
porat in,o may permit citizen hi agent of
hs u saass the he eense sus@
necessary during the period of his or
its incapacity; provided that said
agent or employee shall Wnen per
forming said duties so licensed, exhibit
upon demand of any authorized per
son, the certificate issued to his supe-
rior as provided in the preceding sec
ton. No person whose LICENSE I,ssu mas bs
employed by another or assist IN the
lobster business IN any. way Every
person who shall violate the provl-
viction be subject to the fines and
penalties provided in section seven
teen
Sec. 4. Section twenty. chapter for
amended by chapter one hundred
eighty -four of the public laws of nine
teen hundred and nineteen. Is herepy
amended by striking out all OF said
section and enacting in place Thereon
the following section:
Sec. 20. If any person. firm or cor
poration, their servants or agents. IL
.censed as provided in TINS chapter.
of any law relating to Holsters, the
director of sea and shore fisheries may
revoke the license of such person.
firm or corporation so adjudged guilty
and upon such revocation all rights
under the license so revoked shall
cease, and no such person, firm or
corporation so adjudged guilty shall
be entitled of right to receive Ii
the license shall be suspended from
the date of complaint or Indictment
until the final determination by the
court The director of sea and shore
fisheries in his discretion may, before
conviction, suspend the license Of any
person, firm or corporation whenever he
has evidence that such person has vio-
lated any of the laws relating to lob
ters. Upon the suspension of license
all traps. cars, gear. and all devices
used in connection with catching lob
sters shall be. taken from the water
within five days after suspension.
Any person with. traps, cars or any
other device remaining in the water,
after the expiration OF the five days.
shall be fined five dollars per day for
each tap, car or other device remain
ing in the water, and any car, smack.
vehicle or other device used in the
holding, carrying or transporting lob
been revoked or suspended shall be
forfeited and become the property of
the state
Sec 5. Section thirty five of chap
as amended by chapter one hundred
and eignty-four of the public laws of
nineteen. hundred and nineteen. is
hereby further amended by striking
of the rear end of the body she'll" in
the fifth and sixth line thereof. and
substituting in place thereof the
words. along. line parallel to the
rear end of the body she'll and by
striking out the word "one," in the
eighth line thereof, and substituting
the word i've and adding after the
in the eleventh line, the following:
| Measures for determining the legal
! length of Holsters shall be provided
by the, state and may be obtained
fisheries at cost. No evidence shall
be received in any of the courts of
the state in any matter in which the
length of a lobster is in question, UNI
less such length has been determined
by such a measure and striking out
the word one in the sixteenth line
| and substituting the word ten there
tor. so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Sec. 35. No person shall buy. or
| sell, give away or expose for sale or
less than three and one-half inches
! in length alive or dead. cooked or un-
| cooked. measured from the rear of the
eye socket along line parallel to
the rear end Of the body she'll; and
any lobster shorter than the pre-
scribed length when caught shall be
! immediately liberated alive at the risk
and cost of the parties taking it, I'M
| der a penalty of five dollars for each
! lobster so caught, bought, sold, piven
away, exposed for sale or in possess
sion. The possession of mutilated
| Holsters cooked or uncooked shall be
/ prima facie evidence that they are
not of the required length. Measures
tor determining the legal length of
'obsters shall be provided by the state
and may be obtained from the director
of sea and shore fisheries at cost. No
evidence shall be received in anr OF
| the courts of the state in any matter
in which the length of a lobster is
in question unless such length has
been determined by such measure
| All Holsters or parts of Holsters sold
| for use in this state or for export
| therefrom must be sold or delivered
in the shell under a penalty of twenty
dollars for each offense; and whoever
| ships, transports. carries, buys. gives
| away, sells or exposes for sale lob
, ster meat after the same shall have
been taken from the shell, shall he
| liable to a penalty of ten dollars for
| each pound of meat so shipped trans
ported, carried. bought, given away
| sold or exposed for sale. ANY person
| or corporation in the business of com
mon carrier of merchandise who shall
| knowingly carry or transport from
place to place lobster meat after the
same shall have been taken from the
shell, shall be liable to a penalty of
fifty dollars upon each conviction
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