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

v ve sacn year beginning With the
one .na nineteen hundred and twenty
He may employ in his sac department
bbne permanent clerk at salary to
ana en nxeo by the governor and council
rnva sucn additional assistants as the
dispatch of public business.
erinterggover governor shall appoint. a sup
provided in section thirty. n seven Of Of
snapper three. whose appointment
snaii De approved by the council. He
nsay employ one or more clerks and
nee may demand. their number and
Sne amount of their compensation to
oe subject to the approval Of the
sMH arch 5s and council.'-(Approved
CHAPTER 81.
An Act to Provide Funds for Operat-
ing the Fish Hatcheries and Feed
Ing stations for Fish.
Whereas in order to reduce state
expenditures 1t has been deemed nee
essary by the budget committee and
.nis legislature to reduce the appro-
priation for the department Of inland
nsherles and game twenty-seVen
th0usand dollars per year. and,
whereas. the committee on inland
ih s,ae and game of the present leg
| islature believes that the inland Ash
ing interests of the state require the
installation of screens at the outlets
OF numerous lakes and ponds of the
the fish from escaping therefrom. and.
whereas IN view Of the great re-
duction in the appropriation for the
HGphrtme1 e,, It will not be possible.
operate the fish hatcheries and install
! the contemplated screens, and
| Whereas. the only other source of
a;dditional revenue available for the
1
proper operation of the fish hatcheries
is from increased license fees of non
resident fishermen, as contemplated
by this act, and,
Whereas, by reason of the forego-
ing facts the use of the increased fees
! contemplated by this act is immedi-
avery necessary for. the preservation
and in the opinion Of this legislature
constitutes an emergency as contem-
plated in the Constitution, be it.
Sec. l.. Section one Of chapter six
| ty-six OF the public laws Of nineteen
hundred and seventeen. as amended
by chapter two hundred and forty
h hour o. the he public laws of nineteen
fourteen" in the third line of said
section section and by inserting in place
| striking out the word two" in the
| eleventh line of said section and by
| inserting in place thereof the word
five, SO that, said section. as amend
| ed. shall read as follows:
Sec. !: Persons not bona fide resi-
! dents of the state. and not actually
domiciled therein. except children
4r,5 RS sixteen tee, years Of age; shall not
OF fish at any time in any of the in
| land waters of the state, or have the
same or any part thereof in posses
sion. without first having procured
| Il license therefor Hereinafter
vided. Such licenses shall be of such
form and style as may be prescribed
by the commissioner of inland fisheries
and game; and shall be issued by
! town clerks and other agents ap-
pointed by said commissioner, under
such regulations as may be estab-
| be furnished by said commissioner
and payment of fee of five dollars
and fifteen cents
in the preamble. this; act shall take
! Sec. .. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act ere hereby
CHAPTER 80.
An Act to Amend Section Sixty nine
of Chapter Eight of the Revised
! ton of Chief Forest Fire Nardens
and their Deputies.
! Section sixty-nine of chapter eight
of ths revised bis tatutes o ba here eS
! three" in the fifteenth and the word
two" in the twenty-fifth lines of
said section, and the word twenty"
in the twentieth line of said section.
word four in said fifteenth line. the
word three in said twenty-fift line.
! and the word thirty in said TWEEN
tieth line, so that said section. as
amended, shall read as follows:
Sec. 60. The chief forest fire war
dens. under the direction Of the COM
misssionerr shall have general super
and of the deputy forest fire wardens
therein.
Each chief forest fire warden, when
patrol the forests of his district for
the purpose of searching out eXtin-
gushing and guarding against forest
fires. He shall investigate and gath
forest fires, enforce all laws relating
to forests and forest preservation,
I arrest all violators, thereof. prosecute
all offenses against the same, and in
power to serve criminal processes
against such offenders and shall be
allowed the same fee as a sheriff. or
as sheriff to require aid in execut-
ing the duties of his office. The
chief forest fire wardens shall per-
form such other duties. ht such
times. and under such rules and
regulations as the said commission
err may prescribe. and each shall re-
ceive as compensation, four, dollars
for each and every day of actual
service, with an allowance for ac-
tual necessary expenses for travel
and subsistence. The commissioner
may authorize the employment of
suitable persons to assist the chief
forest fire wardens in patrolling their
respective districts and every per-
son SO employed shall be paid thirty
rendered by him and be provided
with subsistence during such period.
Deputy forest fire wardens shall
perform such duties. at such times
and under such rules and regula-
tions, as the commissioner. or the
chief fire warden of the district.
with the approval of the commits
sioner, may prescribe and they shall
receive as compensation three dol
lars and actual necessary expenses
for each and every day of actual
service. March 29.)
CHAPTER 50.
An Act to Amend Section Fifty-seven
of Chapter Eight of the Revised
Statutes, Relating to the Duties of
the Forest Commissioner.
That section fifty-seven of chapter
eight of the revised statutes is here
bv amended by adding thereto the
Following: He may also establish
within the state one or more forest
nurseries the maintenance of which
shall be paid from the appropriation
for that purpose, the object of which
s-.yorol IN no. furnish forest