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 L899 I899. 
 
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 REVISION 
 
 OF 
 
 THE INLAND 
 
 Fish and Game Laws 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE OF MAINE. 
 
 Published by order of the Legislature. 
 
 Hunters and Sportsmen and all others will respect them. 
 
 Wardens must, and Guides are urged to make themselves 
 familiar with them. 
 
 Report all violations to the Commissioners. 
 
 I.EKOY T. Cakleton, Wiutliiop, p. O., Augusta, 
 Henry O. Stanley, Dixfleld, 
 
 Charles E. Oak, Caribou, 
 Cominissioners of Inlauil Fisberiea ami Game. 
 
 Compiled by LEROV T. CARLETON, of the Commission. 
 
 AUGUSTA : 
 
 PRESS OF KENNEBEC JOURNAL. 
 
 1899 
 
1899- 
 REVISIOIN 
 
 OF 
 
 THE INLAND 
 
 Fish and Game Laws 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE OF MAINE. ^./ , u^^iOuJU^o, 
 
 ^Published by order of the Legislature. 
 
 Hunters and Sportsmen and all others will respect them. 
 
 Wardens must, and Guides are urged to make themselves 
 familiar with them. 
 
 Report all violations to the Commissioners. 
 
 l.EROY T. Cakleton, Winthiop, P. O., Augusta, 
 Henry O. Stanley, Dixflekl, 
 
 Charles E. Oak, Caribou, 
 Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game. 
 
 Compiled by LEROY T. CARLETON, of the Commission. 
 
 AUGUSTA : 
 
 PRESS 6l' K^NJSEBEC JOURNA^. _ ^ ^ 
 

 The legislature of 1899 enacted a law which is chap- 
 ter 42 of the Public Laws of 1899 — revising, consolidat- 
 ing, amending and simplifying all the laws pertaining to 
 inland fisheries and game, both public, and private and 
 special, and every law pertaining to inland fisheries and 
 game, whether public, private or special, are herein con- 
 tained and may be found in the chapter above referred 
 to of the Public Acts of the legislature of 1899. 
 All rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the com- 
 missioners are repealed and we start with a clean slate 
 with this revision. 
 
 Augusta, April 19, 1899. 
 
 0. otD, 
 
INLAND FISHERIES AND QAHE, 
 1899. 
 
 Revision of Laws Relating to the Inland Fisheries 
 and Game. 
 
 Towns May Aid in Propagation and Protection of Fish. 
 
 1899, c. 42, § 57. Cities, towns and plantations are 
 authorized to raise annually, by a two-thirds vote at 
 their annual meeting, a sum not exceeding tive hun- 
 dred dollars, to be expended by the municipal officers 
 thereof or by a commissioner elected ])y the cities, 
 towns or plantations for the propagation and protection 
 of hsh in public waters located wholly or partially 
 within their respective limits. A report of the expendi- 
 tures thereof shall be made at the next annual meeting 
 by the officer or officers authorized to expend such 
 appropriation. 
 
 Bounty on Wolves and Wildcats. 
 
 1899, c. 42, § 16. A bounty of five dollars for every 
 *woll, and two dollars for every wildcat killed in any 
 town shall be paid by the treasurer thereof to the per- 
 son killing it, upon compliance with the following 
 conditions : 
 
 No bounty shall be i)aid unless the claimant, within 
 ten days after he has killed such animal, or has returned 
 from the -hunting in which he killed it. exhibits to 
 the town treasurer the entire skin thereof, with the 
 ears and nose thereon, in as perfect a state as when 
 killed, except natural decay, and signs and makes oath 
 to a certificate, which oath said treasurer may admin- 
 
 * tiovnty oil bears was rejiealed, and a bill was passed siipjiosfd to 
 repeal the bounty on ivildcats but bij an error it did )iot . 
 
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 ister, in which he shall state that he killed such animal, 
 and the time and place, showing it to be within the 
 state ; and the treasurer shall thereupon cut off the 
 whole of the cars and of the nose from such skin, and 
 entirely destroy them by burning; then he shall pay 
 the bounty and take the claimant's receipt therefor upon 
 the same paper with such certiticate. The town treas- 
 urer shall immediately make upon the same paper a 
 certificate under oath addressed to the treasurer of 
 state, that he first cut off the ears and nose from the 
 skin of such animal and destroyed them by burning, 
 and then paid said boiuity to the claimant. 
 
 Said certificates and receipts shall annually in Decem- 
 ber be transmitted to the treasurer of state, and by him 
 laid before the governor and council as early as con- 
 venient ; and when allowed by them shall be paid by 
 the treasurer of state to such towns. 
 
 The certificates shall be in the following form : 
 
 Claijiiaiit's certificate. 
 
 To the treasurer of . I hereby certify that on 
 
 the day of A. D. i8 — , at , in the 
 
 state of Maine, 1 killed the the skin of which I 
 
 now exhibit to you; and I claim the bounty allowed 
 by law for killing the same. 
 
 Dated at , this day of A. D. i8— . 
 
 Claimant. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and 
 aforesaid. 
 
 ^^'— Treasurer of 
 
 Claimant's receipt. 
 
 On this • day of A. D. i8 — . I received 
 
 of treasurer of , dollars, 
 
 being the bounty allowed by law for killing the 
 
 described in the above certificate. 
 
 Claimant. 
 
Treasurer's certificate. 
 
 I hereby certify that as required by law, I first cut 
 off the whole of the ears and nose from the skin of 
 
 the described in the foregoing certificate and 
 
 destroyed the same by burning, and then paid to said 
 
 the bounty for which I have taken his receipt 
 
 as above. 
 
 Dated at tliis day of A. D. i8 — . 
 
 Treasurer of . 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year 
 aforesaid. 
 
 Justice of the Peace. 
 
 Protection of rioose, Deer and Caribou. 
 
 '1899, chap. 42, sect. 17. No person shall at any time 
 hunt, catch, kill, destroy or have in possession any cow 
 or calf moose; and the term "calf moose," as herein 
 used, shall be construed to mean that these animals are 
 calves until they are at least one year old, and have 
 at least two prongs or tines to their horns. No person 
 shall, between the first day of December and the fifteenth 
 day of October, in any manner, hunt, take, catch, or 
 kill any bull moose; and no person shall, between 
 October fifteenth and December first, take, catch, kill or 
 have in possession more than one bull moose or part 
 thereof. 
 
 Sect. 18. No person shall, except as hereinafter pro- 
 vided, in any manner, hunt, take, catch, kill, or have in 
 possession any deer or part thereof, between December 
 fifteenth and October first; no person shall between 
 October first and December fifteenth, except as herein- 
 after provided, take, catch, kill, or have in possession 
 more than two deer or parts thereof. 
 
 Use of Dogs Prohibited — Six Years Close Time on Caribou. 
 
 'Sect. 19. No person shall at any time, in any man- 
 ner, hunt, catch, take, kill, or destroy, with dogs, jack 
 lights, artificial lights, snares, or traps, any moose, deer. 
 
or caribou; and no person shall, within six years from 
 October fifteenth, A. D. 1899, in any manner, hunt, 
 chase, catch, kill, or have in possession any caribou or 
 parts thereof. 
 
 'Sect. 20. Whoever shall violate any of the provi- 
 sions of section 17 of this chapter, shall be punished by 
 a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more 
 than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not 
 exceeding four months; whoever shall violate any of 
 the provisions of section 18 of this chapter, shall be 
 punished by a fine of forty dollars and costs ; whoever 
 shall violate any of the provisions of section 19 of this 
 chapter, relating to deer, shall be punished by a fine of 
 forty dollars and costs ; and whoever shall violate any of 
 the provisions of section 19 of this chapter, relating to 
 moose or caribou, shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand 
 dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding four months. 
 
 One Deer for Pood in September. 
 
 'Sect. 21. It shall be lawful, however, for a person 
 from the first day of September to the first day of Octo- 
 ber of each year, to take, catch, and kill one deer, for 
 food purposes only, to be consumed in the locality where 
 taken, by the person taking the same, in either of the 
 counties of Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, Piscataquis, 
 Penobscot, Aroostook, Hancock, or Washington, such 
 person having first procured a license therefor, as here- 
 inafter provided, on payment of $6.00 by a non-resident, 
 and $4.00 by a resident, of this State, for the license 
 as herein provided, and having at the same time his 
 license in his possession, and under such rules and 
 regulations as the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
 game shall from time to time establish; but it shall be 
 unlawful for non-residents of the State to take a deer 
 as provided in this section, or to enter upon the wild 
 lands of this State with intent to camp and kindle fires 
 thereon, while engaged in hunting or fishing, without 
 being in charge of a registered guide, during the months 
 of June, July, August, September and October; pro- 
 
vided that the provisions of this section so far as enter- 
 ing upon the wild lands in this State with intent to 
 camp and kindle fires thereon while engaged in hunting 
 or fishing, shall not apply to any person or persons who 
 while hunting or fishing, stop at any hunting or fishing 
 camp, which is owned or under the control of any reg- 
 istered guide or registered camp owner. No license, 
 as herein provided, shall be issued except on a blank 
 furnished by the commissioners, which shall have 
 attached to it a coupon having a facsimile of the com- 
 missioners' signatures ; and when any person shall take 
 or kill a deer, in accordance with such license, such 
 person shall, as soon as practicable, detach from his 
 license, and attach to the carcass of the deer, in plain 
 sight, the coupon dated and signed, and the coupon 
 shall be kept so attached so long as any considerable 
 portion of the carcass remains unconsumed, and shall 
 then be destroyed ; and in case it is desired to preserve 
 either the hide, head, or horns, the coupon shall be kept 
 attached to such parts, so long as they are preserved, 
 and shall then be destroyed. The coupon, when so 
 dated, signed, and attached to a deer lawfully taken or 
 killed, and lawfully in possession, shall authorize pos- 
 session, use, taxidermy, or consumption of the same. 
 Such license and coupons shall be in the following 
 form : 
 
 State of Maine. No. . 
 
 Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. 
 
 License to take one deer, for food purposes. 
 
 Augusta, 189 — . 
 
 This certifies that , whose signature appears 
 
 hereon, and who is years of age, and resides at 
 
 , is entitled to take one deer only, in either of 
 
 the counties of Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, Piscataquis, 
 Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington, or Hancock, during 
 the month of September, 189 — , in conformity with the 
 law. 
 
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 Void, unless signed by the licensee and in his actual 
 possession. This does not authorize transportation or 
 sale. 
 
 Signature of licensee, • 
 
 Commissioners, 
 
 Signature of registered guide, No. 
 
 State of Maine. 
 Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. 
 
 Coupon No. I. 
 License to take one deer for food purposes. 
 
 No. . One deer. 
 
 Date when taken 189 — . This authorizes the 
 
 keeping of carcass for food purposes only in the locality 
 where taken, and transportation of hide, head, and 
 horns of the same. 
 
 Signature of licensee, 
 
 Commissioners. 
 
 Signature of registered guide, No. 
 
 Whoever shall take, catch, or kill any deer, or enter 
 upon the wild lands in this State, with intent to camp 
 and kindle fires thereon, while engaged in hunting or 
 fishing, without being in charge of a registered guide, 
 during the months of June, July, August, September, 
 and October, in violation of the provisions herein con- 
 tained, shall be fined forty dollars and costs of prose- 
 cution, for each offense, and be subject to imprisonment 
 thirty days. It shall be unlawful, however, to take, 
 catch, kill, chase, or hunt any deer in either of the 
 counties of York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, or Saga- 
 dahoc, for four years from October first, A. D. 1899: 
 and it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, or kill 
 any deer in the counties of Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo, 
 except during the month of October of each year, or in 
 Kennebec, except during the months of October and 
 November of each year, and no person shall during the 
 
respective open seasons in these counties, take, catch, 
 kill, or have in possession more than tw^o deer. Who- 
 ever shall violate any of the provisions of this section 
 relating to deer in the counties of York, Cumberland, 
 Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo, and 
 Kennebec, shall be subject to a penalty of forty dollars 
 and costs for each offense. 
 
 One Bull Moose ; Two Deer, in Open Season. 
 
 'Sect. 22. Whoever has in possession more than one 
 bull moose or more than two deer, in open season, or 
 any of the aforesaid animals or parts thereof, in close 
 season, except as is provided in this chapter, shall be 
 deemed to have killed, taken, and destroyed the same 
 in violation of law. The words "close season" and 
 "close time," where used in this act, shall mean the 
 time or period during which by this act it is made 
 unlawful to hunt, shoot, wound, trap, or destroy any 
 bird or animal, or fish for, or catch any fish mentioned 
 or referred to in this act, and the words "open season" 
 where- used in this act, shall mean the time or period 
 during which it shall be lawful to take these animals, 
 fish, and birds, as specified and limited. Any person 
 may, at any time, lawfully kill any dog found hunting 
 or chasing a moose, caribou, or deer, or any dog kept 
 or used for that purpose. Any person owning or hav- 
 ng in his possession any dog for the purpose of hunt- 
 ing or chasing moose, caribou, or deer, or who permits 
 his dog to hunt or chase moose, caribou, or deer, shall 
 be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs 
 of prosecution for each offense. Sunday is a close 
 TIME, on which it is not lawful to hunt, kill, or destroy 
 game or birds of any kind, under the penalties imposed 
 therefor during other close time ; but the penalties al- 
 ready imposed for the violation of the Sunday laws by 
 the statutes of this State are not hereby repealed or 
 diminished. 
 
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 Transportation. 
 
 'Sect. 23. No person or corporation shall carry or 
 transport from place to place any moose, or deer, or 
 part thereof, in close time, nor in open time unless open 
 to view, tagged, and plainly labelled with the name 
 and residence of the owner thereof, and accompanied 
 by him, under a penalty of forty dollars and costs of 
 prosecution for each moose or deer so transported or 
 carried ; and any person not the actual owner of such 
 game or parts thereof, who, to aid another in such 
 transportation, falsely represents himself to be the 
 owner thereof, shall be liable to the penalties aforesaid ; 
 and it shall be prima facie evidence that said game, that 
 is being transported or carried in violation of this 
 section, was illegally killed ; but nothing herein shall 
 apply to the transportation of moose, or deer by any 
 person or corporation, when such game is lawfully 
 tagged in accordance with the provisions of section 26 
 of this chapter. Whoever lawf lly kills a bull moose 
 shall, while the same, or any part thereof, is being 
 transported, preserve and transport it, with the evidence 
 on the moose of the sex of the same. Whoever fails 
 to comply with the provisions of this section shall for- 
 feit to the State the moose or part thereof being trans- 
 ported, and pay a fine of three hundred dollars and 
 costs of prosecution. 
 
 'Sect. 24. All birds, fish, and game hunted, caught, 
 killed, destroyed, bought, carried, transported, or found 
 in possession of any person or corporation, in violation 
 of the provisions of this chapter and amendments there- 
 to, shall be liable to seizure; and in case of conviction 
 for such violation, such game shall be forfeited to the 
 State, to be sold for consumption in this State only. 
 Any person whose game or fish has been seized for 
 violation of any game or fish law, shall have it returned 
 to him on giving to the officer a bond with sufficient 
 sureties, residents of the State, in double the amount 
 of the fine for such violation, on condition that, if 
 convicted of such violation, he will, within thirty days 
 
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 thereafter, pay such fine and costs. If he neglects or 
 refuses to give such bond and take the game or fish 
 so seized, he shall have no action against the officer for 
 such seizure, or for the loss of the game or fish seized. 
 
 Shall Not Give Away Game or Birds. 
 
 'Sect. 25. No resident of this State shall sell or give 
 away any moose or deer or part thereof, or any game 
 birds, to be transported or carried beyond the limits of 
 this State, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for 
 each and every moose, deer, or part thereof, and one 
 dollar for every game bird so sold or given away ; and 
 any person who shall buy any of the above named 
 animals or birds or parts thereof, to so transport them, 
 or who shall transport them after buying the same, or 
 receiving the same as a gift, shall be subject to the 
 same penalty. 
 
 May Transport Moose, Deer, Game, Birds and Fish on Pay= 
 ment of a Fee. 
 
 'Sect. 26. Any person who has lawfully killed a 
 moose (or a deer, except in September as heretofore 
 provided), or who has lawfully in his possession one 
 trout, one togue, one land-locked salmon, or one white 
 perch, or ten pounds of either kind of these fish, or one 
 pair of game birds, may send the same to his home or 
 to any hospital in the State, without accompanying the 
 same, by purchasing of the duly constituted agent there- 
 for a tag, paying for a moose five dollars, for a deer 
 two dollars, for a trout, togue, or land-locked salmon, 
 one dollar for each, or one dollar for each ten pounds 
 of the same, and fifty cents for one white perch or ten 
 pounds of the same, and fifty cents for a pair of game 
 birds. The commissioners of inland fisheries and game 
 may appoint agents in convenient localities who may 
 sell these tags, under such rules and regulations as the 
 commissioners may adopt. Said tag shall be substan- 
 tially as follows : 
 
ti 
 
 STATE OF MAINE. 
 Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. 
 License to ship game, game birds, or fish. 
 
 No. 
 
 Augusta 189 . 
 
 This certifies that of is authorized 
 
 to ship to his home in or to a patient 
 
 in the hospital, the following described (game, 
 
 game birds, or fish) , 
 
 by having this tag attached thereto. 
 Not transferable. 
 
 Signature of licensee 
 
 Commissioners. 
 
 Marketmen and Provision Dealers. 
 
 'Sect. 27. Any marketman or provision dealer, hav- 
 ing an established place of business in this State, may 
 purchase and have in his possession at his said place of 
 business not more than three deer, lawfully killed or 
 destroyed, or any part thereof, at one time, and may sell 
 the same at retail to his local customers, provided, 
 however, that said marketman or provision dealer, shall 
 have procured a license of the commissioners of inland 
 fisheries and game to carry on said business of bixying 
 and selling deer as aforesaid ; and provided further, 
 that said marketman shall record in a book kept for 
 that purpose, and open to the inspection of inland fish 
 and game wardens and the commissioners of inland 
 fisheries and game, the name and residence of each 
 person of whom he purchases any inland fish or game, 
 and the date of such purchase; and if any marketman 
 or provision dealer shall violate the provisions of this 
 section, he shall be fined five hundred dollars for each 
 offense, and be prohibited for five years thereafter from 
 the benefits of this section. 
 
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 All marketmen or provision dealers licensed as atore- 
 said shall pay to the commissioners, in cities and towns 
 of over three thousand inhabitants, five dollars annually, 
 and three dollars in all other places ; or instead of this 
 fee, the commissioners may, at their discretion, issue 
 licenses authorizing the retailing of deer as above speci- 
 fied, on payment of fifty cents for each deer retailed; 
 said marketmen and provision dealers holding these 
 licenses shall annually, on December fifteenth, make, 
 sign, and send to the commissioners, imder oath, a 
 statement setting forth in detail the number of deer 
 by them bought, and of whom bought, and the date of 
 each purchase, during the time covered by their licenses ; 
 and whoever fails to make the report required in this 
 section shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred 
 dollars and costs. 
 
 Licenses to Buy and Tan Deer Skins. 
 
 'Sect. 28. The commissioners may annually issue 
 licenses to suitable persons to buy and sell, or tan, deer 
 skins lawfully taken. Such persons shall keep a record 
 of all deer skins purchased, of whom purchased, and 
 the date of purchase, and shall report annually to the 
 commissioners. The fee for such license shall be five 
 dollars, to be paid to the commissioners and by them 
 to the State treasurer; and whoever, licensed as afore- 
 said, unreasonably and wilfully refuses to make such 
 report, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dol- 
 lars and costs. 
 
 Close Time on Partridge, Woodcocic, Duclts and Otiier Birds. 
 
 'Sect. II. There shall be for game birds an annual 
 close time in which it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, 
 catch, kill, or have them in possession ; for wood duck, 
 dusky duck, commonly called black duck, teal, and gray 
 duck, the close time shall be from the first day of May 
 to the first day of September of each year ; for ruffed 
 grouse, commonly called partridge, and woodcock, 
 from the first day of December to September fifteenth ; 
 
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 for quail from the first day of December to the first day 
 of October ; for plover and snipe, from the first 
 day of May to the first day of August. Whoever 
 violates any of the above named provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five 
 dollars nor more than ten dollars, for each bird so killed, 
 caught, chased, or had in possession in close time. No 
 person shall, in any one day, kill or have in possession 
 more than 15 of each variety of the above named birds, 
 except plover and snipe, during the respective open 
 season for each; nor shall any person, at any time, 
 kill or have in possession any ruffed grouse com- 
 monly called partridge, except for his own consumption 
 in this State, except as hereinafter provided, under a 
 penalty of five dollars for each bird so unlawfully killed 
 or had in possession ; nor shall any person at any time 
 sell, or offer for sale, any ruffed grouse, commonly 
 called partridge, within this State, under the same pen- 
 alty ; nor shall any person or corporation carry or trans- 
 port from place to place any of the birds mentioned in 
 this section, in close season, nor in open season unless 
 open to view, tagged, and plainly labelled with the 
 owner's name and residence and accompanied by him, 
 unless tagged in accordance with section 26 of this chap- 
 ter, under the same penalty. Any person, not the actual 
 owner of such bird, who, to aid another in such trans- 
 portation, falsely represents himself to be the owner 
 thereof, shall be liable to the same penalty; nor shall 
 any person or corporation carry or transport at any 
 one time more than 15 of any one variety of the birds 
 above named as the property of one person, under the 
 same penalty; and it shall be unlawful for a term of 
 ten years, to hunt for, take, catch, kill, or destroy the 
 capercailzie, or cock of the woods, so called, black game, 
 so called, or any species of the pheasant, except ruffed 
 grouse, or partridge, under a penalty of fifty dollars for 
 each offense. 
 
 'Sect. 12. Whoever kills, or has in his possession, 
 any birds commonly known as larks, robins, swal- 
 lows, sparrows, woodpeckers, or orioles, or other 
 
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 insectivorous birds, (crows, English sparrows, and 
 hawks excepted), forfeits not less than one dollar, nor 
 more than five dollars, for each such bird killed ; and 
 the possession by any person of such dead bird, is 
 prima facie evidence that he killed such bird. Who- 
 ever at any time wantonly takes or destroys the nest, 
 eggs, or unfledged young of any wild bird, except crows, 
 hawks, herons, loons, and owls, or takes any eggs or 
 young from such nests, forfeits not less than one dollar 
 nor more than ten dollars, for each nest, egg, or young 
 so taken or destroyed. Whoever carries or transports 
 from place to place, any of the birds named in this chap- 
 ter during the period in which the killing of such bird 
 is prohibited, forfeits five dollars for each bird so carried 
 or transported. 
 
 'Sect. 13. Whoever, at any time or in any place, with 
 any trap, net, snare, or contrivance, other than the usual 
 method of sporting with firearms, takes wild duck of any 
 variety, quail, ruffed grouse, or partridge, woodcock, or 
 any bird which is in any wise protected by this chapter, 
 forfeits five dollars for each bird so taken. Whoever 
 kills in any manner, any wild duck of any variety, on the 
 Kennebec river, or on the shores thereof, south of the 
 Gardiner and Randolph bridge, or on Merrymeeting bay, 
 or the shores thereof, between sunset and the day light 
 of morning, forfeits twenty-five dollars for feach offense ; 
 and whoever hunts, kills, or destroys, any wild duck, 
 at any time, with the aid of jack-lights, so called, or any 
 artificial light, at any time, forfeits fifty dollars for each 
 offense ; the having of firearms in possession, in the 
 night time in the vicinity of the duck grounds in Mer- 
 rymeeting bay or on the Kennebec river, south of the 
 Gardiner and Randolph bridge, shall be prima facie evi- 
 dence that the person having such firearms in possession 
 is hunting ducks contrary to law. 
 
 Taxidermists, Appointment. 
 
 'Sect. 14. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
 game may, upon application, issue a license to such per- 
 sons as taxidermists, who, in their judgment, are skilled 
 
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 in that art, of good reputation, and friendly to the fish 
 and game laws of the State ; and may also issue licenses 
 to suitable persons, whose numbers shall not exceed ten 
 at one time, to take, kill, capture, and have in pos- 
 session any species of birds other than domestic and 
 the eggs and nests thereof for scientific purposes, and 
 for such license the applicant shall pay the sum of five 
 dollars ; but no person thus allowed to take or have in 
 possession birds for scientific purposes shall sell, offer 
 for sale, or take any compensation for specimens of 
 birds, nests, or eggs, or dispose of the same, by gift or 
 otherwise, to be taken from the State, except for ex- 
 change of specimens for scientific purposes ; and for any 
 violation of the provisions of this section, such persons 
 shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten nor more 
 than fifty dollars. This section, however, shall not auth- 
 orize the killing of any birds, nor the taking of any 
 birds' nests or eggs thereof on Sunday; and the com- 
 missioners may, for cause, revoke any license authorized 
 by this section. Taxidermists mentioned in this section 
 may at all times have in their possession, at their places 
 of business, fish and game lawfully caught or killed in 
 open time for the sole purpose of preparing for, and 
 mounting the same ; and such fish and game or parts 
 thereof may be transported to such licensee and retained 
 by him for fhe purposes aforesaid, under such rules, re- 
 strictions, and limitations as shall, from time to time 
 be made b}' said commissioners and stated in such orig- 
 inal license and additions made thereto, from time to 
 time, by said commissioners. 
 
 Such licenses may be revoked by said commissioners, 
 at any time after notice and an opportunity for a hear- 
 ing; and every licensee or carrier violating any of the 
 provisions of this act, or of the rules, restrictions, or 
 limitations set out in said license and additions thereto, 
 shall, on complaint before any trial justice or municipal 
 or police court, be fined not less than twenty dollars nor 
 more than fifty dollars. 
 
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 Close Time on Mink, Sable, Muskrat, Fisher and Beaver. 
 
 'Sect. 15. Whoever, between the first day of May and 
 tlie fifteenth day of October, destroys any mink, sable, 
 muskrat, or fisher, forfeits ten dollars for each animal 
 so destroyed ; excepting, however, that it shall be law- 
 ful to kill muskrats in Lily pond in the towns of Rock- 
 port and Camden and also such muskrats as interfere at 
 any time with the operation and maintenance of any 
 canal, ditch, lawful dam, or cranberry bog. Whoever 
 at any time kills or destroys any beaver, except upon 
 written permission of the commissioners of inland fish- 
 eries and game, shall be fined one hundred dollars and 
 costs and twenty-five dollars additional for each beaver 
 killed or destroyed. 
 
 Close Time on Landlocked Salmon, Trout, Togue, 
 White Perch, Etc. 
 
 "Sect. 5. There shall be an annual close time for 
 land-locked salmon, trout, togue, and white perch, as 
 follows : for land-locked salmon, trout, and togue, 
 from the first day of October until the ice is out of the 
 pond, lake or river fished in tne following spring of each 
 year, except on the St. Croix river and its tributaries, 
 and on all the waters in Kennebec county, in which the 
 close time shall be from the fifteenth day of September 
 until the ice is out of the ponds and lakes the following 
 spring, and in Oxford and Franklin counties in which 
 the close time shall be from the first day of October till 
 May first ; but for white perch, the close time shall be 
 from the first day of April to the first day of July. No 
 person shall take, catch, kill, or fish for in any manner, 
 any land-locked salmon, trout, togue, or white perch in 
 any of the waters of this State in close time, under a pen- 
 alty of not less than ten dollars nor more than thirty dol- 
 lars, and a further fine of one dollar for each fish thus 
 caught, taken, or killed; provided, however, that any per- 
 son lawfully trolling for trout, land-locked salmon, or 
 togue, in good faith, who shall accidentally hook or catch 
 
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 a white perch may lawfully keep the same; and provided, 
 that during February, March, and April, citizens of this 
 State may fish for and take land-locked salmon, trout, 
 and togue, with not more than five set lines for each 
 family, when fishing through the ice in the day time, 
 and when under the immediate personal superintend- 
 ence of the person fishing, and may convey them to 
 tl'eir own homes for consumption therein, but not other- 
 wise; but no citizen of the State during this time shall 
 be permitted to catch more than twenty pounds of one 
 fish, of any of the above named fish in any one day. 
 
 [The above is the general law of close time on land- 
 locked sahiion, trout, togue, and white perch; but the 
 following are all of the exceptions by counties.^i 
 
 It is Unlawful to Fish Through the Ice in the Following Named 
 Ponds and Lakes. 
 
 The provisions of this section pertaining to fishing 
 through the ice shall not apply, however, to any of the 
 lakes or ponds lying wholly or in part in the counties of 
 Oxford, Franklin, Kennebec, and Somerset, excepting 
 Moosehead lake, Pickerel pond in Flagstafif, Oilman 
 pond in Lexington, and Pierce pond in township Num- 
 ber 2, range 4, in said Somerset county ; nor to Allen 
 pond, so called, in the town of Greene, to Lake Auburn, 
 in Auburn, or Brettun's pond in Livermore, all in Andros- 
 coggin county; nor to Sabbath Daypond, situated in New 
 Gloucester, nor to Thomas pond, situated in the towns 
 of Raymond and Casco, in the county of Cumberland ; 
 nor to Noyes' pond, Green lake, Eagle lake. Bubble pond, 
 sometimes called Turtle lake, on the island of Mt. Desert, 
 Crocker pond in township Thirty-two, Middle Division, 
 Jordan pond, Long pond, Pickerel pond, in township 
 Thirty-two, Middle Division, all in the county of Han- 
 cock ; nor to Crystal lake, in Washington, in the county of 
 Knox ; nor to lake Hebron, otherwise known as Hebron 
 pond, nor to Twin Doughty pond in Monson, Ship 
 pond and Bear pond, in Elliottsviile township, nor to 
 Garland pond in Foxcroft and Sebec, Lower Wilson 
 
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 pond in Greenville, lake Onawa, Grindstone pond in 
 Willimantic, Horseshoe pond and Indian pond, all in 
 Piscataquis county; nor to Messabesic pond, called 
 Shaker pond, and its outlet as far down the stream as 
 the mill dam of Littlefield Brothers, nor to Middle 
 Branch pond, in the towns of Alfred and Waterboro, 
 nor to Littlefield's pond in Sanford, all in the county of 
 York; nor to i^ambert lake in the county of Washington; 
 nor to Dyer's pond in the town of Jefferson, in the county 
 of Lincoln ; nor to Dexter pond in the town of Dex- 
 ter, in Penobscot county ; in all of which lakes and 
 ponds it shall be unlawful to fish through the ice for any 
 kind of fish at any time except as hereinafter provided, 
 under a penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more 
 than thirty dollars for each offense, and a further pen- 
 alty of one dollar for each fish thus taken, caught, or 
 killed. 
 
 It is Unlawful to Pish for Any Kind of Fish at Any Time in Any 
 of the Following Named Streams, Brooks and Rivers. 
 
 Moreover it shall be unlawful under the same penal- 
 ty to fish for, take, catch, or kill any fish at any time 
 (except as hereinafter provided) in the tributaries of any 
 of the following named ponds, lakes, and streams : to 
 wit, the following named ponds, lakes, and streams of 
 ANDROSCOGGIN CO.: Lake Auburn, or Wilson's 
 pond, (and all that partof the waters of said lake Auburn 
 and Townsend brook, so called, that lie north of the road 
 leading from the Turner road, so called, to North 
 Auburn village and crossing said Townsend brook, shall 
 be considered as tributary waters of said Lake 
 Auburn;) Townsend brook within one hundred feet 
 from the culvert at the mouth, during September of each 
 year ; Taylor pond in the city of Auburn ; Brettun's 
 pond in the town of Livermore; and Big Bear pond 
 situated partly in Turner ; the following named ponds, 
 lakes and streams of AROOSTOOK CO.: the inlet 
 streams of Squaw Pan lake from Thibadeau's landing 
 to the source of said stream, said stream being in town- 
 
ship II, range 4; and the tributaries to Madawaska 
 lake in townships 15 and 16, range 4; the following 
 named ponds, lakes, and streams of CUMBERLAND 
 COUNTY : the tributaries to Sabbath Day pond, in the 
 town of New Gloucester; the tributaries to Sebago 
 lake, except Crooked and North West rivers ; the tribu- 
 taries to Anonymous pond, in the town of Harrison; 
 Royal river from Sabbath Day pond to Jordan's dam; 
 the tributaries to Thomas pond in the towns of Ray- 
 mond and Casco; Greely brook and tributaries, in the 
 towns of Oxford, Norway, and Otisfield; and Han- 
 cock pond in Sebago and Denmark, or any of its trib- 
 utary brooks for a period of two years ; the following 
 ponds, lakes, and streams of FRANKLIN CO. : the 
 tributaries to Webb's pond in the town of Weld, (ex- 
 cept Alder brook down as far as the mill dam at Hil- 
 dreth's mills; the tributaries to Tufts and Dutton ponds, 
 in Township 2, range 4, W. B. K. P. ; the outlet of the 
 same from Dutton pond to Reid's falls and from Tufts 
 pond to Alder stream ; the tributaries to Rangeley 
 lake and Ross pond; Rangeley stream from the lower 
 wharf at the outlet of Rangeley lake down to the dead 
 water at the upper end of the eddy and from the upper 
 end of the eddy to the mouth of Kennebago stream, 
 from July first to May first ; Kennebago stream between 
 the foot of the first falls near its mouth to the upper 
 falls at the outlet of the lake, between July first and 
 May first ; Cupsuptic stream, tributary to Ctipsuptic lake, 
 above the first falls near its mouth, between the first 
 day of July and May; South Bog stream up to the first 
 quick water, from July first to May first; the stream 
 connecting Long pond and Rangeley lake, from July 
 first to May first ; Bemis stream, tributary to Mooseluc- 
 maguntic lake; Whetstone brook, which flows into 
 Kennebago stream from the foot of the boulders, so 
 called, in said stream, to the foot of the falls at the out- 
 let of Kennebago lake ; Metalluc and Mill brooks which 
 flow into the Upper Rihcardson lake; the tributaries to 
 Wilton pond in the town of Wilton ; the tributaries of 
 Varnum and North ponds in the towns of Temple and 
 
Wilton, and of Clearwater pond in the towns of Farm- 
 ington and Indnstry ; the tributaries of Long pond and 
 Sandy river pond, lying wholly or in part in Sandy River 
 plantation ; Lufkin pond and its tributaries, in the town 
 of Phillips ; the tributaries to Four ponds in Town- 
 ships E and D ; the tributaries to Tim and Mud ponds, 
 in township 2, range 4, W. B. K., and Webb's river 
 above Goodwin Brothers' mill dam, in Carthage ; the 
 following named lakes, ponds, and streams of HAN- 
 COCK CO. : the tributaries to Noyes' pond in Blue- 
 hill: Crecn lake in the towns of Dedham and Eils- 
 "Cilh; Eagle lake in the town of Eden; Bubble pond, 
 sometimes called Turtle lake, on the island of Mt. 
 Desert; Jordan pond; and Long pond; the following 
 named lakes, ponds, and streams in KENNEBEC and 
 SOMERSET COUNTIES : the tributaries to all lakes 
 and ponds lying wnoily or partly in the towns of Win- 
 throp, Monmouth, Litchfield, Manchester, and Wayne ; 
 Three Mile pond in China, Windsor, and Vassalboro ; 
 and McGraw, Ellis, East, North, Great, Long, Little, and 
 Snow ponds ; the tributaries to Dyer's pond in the town 
 of Jefferson in Lincoln county : the following 
 named lakes, ponds, and streams in OXFORD CO. : 
 the tributaries to Anasagunticook lake, or Whitney 
 pond, in Canton and Hartford ; Little Bear pond in 
 Hartford and Turner ; Howard's pond in Hanover ; 
 Megalloway river and its tributaries between the mouth 
 of Little Magalloway river and the Berlin Mills Com- 
 pany's dam ; Lake Pennesseewassee and Little Pennes- 
 seewassee ; the tributaries to Roxbury pond and Gar- 
 land pond ; Rapid river from the swing bridge at the 
 Oxford Club House to Lake Umbagog; Songo pond in 
 Albany ; Sand and Pickerel ponds in Denmark ; and 
 Upper Kezar pond in the towns of Stoneham and Lov- 
 ell ; the following named ponds, lakes, and streams of 
 PISCATAQUIS CO. : Lake Hebron, otherwise known 
 as Hebron pond ; Twin Doughty pond in ivionuon ; Ship 
 pond and Bear pond, in Elliottsville township ; the 
 brook that is the outlet of Garland pond in Sebec ; the 
 tributaries to Lake Onawa ; Sebec lake and the tribu- 
 
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 taries to Moosehead lake, excepting Moose river (and 
 the commissioners shall establish by metes and bounds 
 the mouths of all the tributaries to Moosehead lake) ; 
 the tributaries to Dexter pond in the town of Dexter 
 in Penobscot county ; the following named ponds, lakes, 
 and streams in SOMERSET CO. : the tributaries to 
 Parlin, or Lang pond ; Parlin, or Lang streams and their 
 tributaries ; the tributaries to Lake George ; Basset 
 brook and its tributaries, in the town of Holden in 
 township 6; Beaver brook in the town of Holden; the 
 brooks forming the outlet of Fish pond and Little Fish 
 pond, and of Little Gulf stream and Big Gulf stream; 
 Wood stream in Forsythe plantation, above its entrance 
 into Big Wood pond ; the tributaries to Rowell pond 
 in Solon and Smith pond in Cornville ; Hayden lake in 
 the town of Madison ; Mosquito stream, so called, con- 
 necting Mosquito pond with Moxie pond, in township 
 I, range 4, B. K. P., E. K. R., known as The Forks 
 plantation ; Great Embden pond ; and Moose pond, in 
 Hartland and Harmony ; and west outlet of Moosehead 
 lake ; the following named ponds, lakes, and streams in 
 KNOX CO.: the tributaries to Canaan lake; Ler- 
 n^.ond's and Alford's ponds ; the tributaries to Norton 
 pond ; and the tributaries to Crystal lake ; the tributa- 
 ries to Lake Narraguagus and Lambert lake in WASH- 
 INGTON CO., and the tributaries to Bonny Beg pond 
 in Sanford and North Berwick, in YORK COUNTY. 
 
 Special Regulations as to the Manner of Fishing and Number 
 of Fish, or Number of Pounds of Fish that May Be Taken 
 in One Day, in Certain Ponds, Lakes and Streams. 
 
 It shall be unlawful under the same penalty to fish 
 for, catch, or kill any fish in Quimby pond in the town 
 of Rangeley, except in the ordinary way of angling with 
 rod and artificial flies, between sunrise and sunset of 
 each day, from the fifteenth day of May to the first day 
 of October ; and no person shall take more than twelve 
 fish in said pond in any one day, nor more than twenty- 
 five fish in any one day in Four ponds in townships E. 
 and D., or fish, except with artificial flies, in South Bog 
 
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 stream and pool, so called, waters connected with Range- 
 ley lake, or in Seven ponds, so called, or take, catch, or 
 kill more than twenty-five trout from Tim and Mud 
 ponds, in township 2, range 4, W. B. K. P., or from 
 Tufts and Button ponds in the same township in any 
 one day, or take from the waters of Varnum or North 
 pond in the towns of Temple and Wilton, and Clear- 
 water pond in the towns of Farmington and Industry, 
 more than three trout, togue, and land-locked salmon in 
 all, in any one day. It shall be unlawful to fish for or 
 catch pickerel in Three Mile pond in China, Windsor, 
 and Vassalboro, except on Saturdays of each week, for 
 consumption in the family of the person taking such 
 fish ; or to take any black bass, pickerel, or any other 
 fish from the lower Kesar pond and its tributaries, in 
 the county of Oxford, for the purpose of selling the 
 same (but any person may take twenty pounds of fish in 
 one day from said Lower Kezar pond, but shall not 
 transport the same, except in possession of the owner) ; 
 or to fish for, take, or catch any fish, from Ward's 
 brook, Ward's pond, and Walker's pond, so called, in 
 Oxford county, except between the first day of May 
 and August of each year, or to fish therein except with 
 rod and single lineand artificial flies; ortofish for, catch, 
 or kill any fish in Ellis river and its tributaries, situated 
 in Andover, Andover West, North Surplus, and Roxbury, 
 in Townships C. and D., in Oxford and Franklin coun- 
 ties, except on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 
 during the months of May, June, and July, and to the 
 fifteenth day of August; or in Ship Pond stream above 
 Buck's falls ; or in Little Huston pond, in Katahdin 
 Iron Works Township, except with artificial flies; or 
 to fish for, take, catch, or kill any blue back trout in 
 any of the waters of the State at any time; or to fish 
 in Grassy pond in the towns of Hope and Rockport at 
 any time within five years from the approval of this act. 
 Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section 
 shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten dollars 
 nor more than thirty dollars for each offense, and one 
 dollar additional for every fish caught, taken, or killed 
 in violation of any of the provisions of this section. 
 
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 Prohibited Devices in Fishing. 
 
 "Sect. 6. Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills, or 
 destroys any fish, with fish spawn or grapnel, spear, 
 trawl, weir, seine, trap, or set lines, except when fish- 
 ing through the ice, and tnen with not more than five 
 set lines in the day time, or with any device, or in any 
 other way than by the ordinary mode of angling with 
 single baited hooks and lines, artificial flies, artificial min- 
 nows, artificial insects, spoon hooks and spinners, so 
 called, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than thirty 
 dollars for each offense ; and when such prohibited im- 
 plements or devices are found in use or possession, they 
 are forfeit and contraband, and any person finding 
 them in use, may destroy them. It shall, however, be 
 lawful to take minnows and other bait fish, commonly 
 used for live bait, for one's own use in fishing, in any 
 of the closed streams in this State, and to take smelts 
 for consumption in the family of the person taking 
 them. 
 
 Twenty-five Pounds of Fish. 
 
 'Sect. 7. No person shall transport more than 
 twenty-five pounds of land-locked salmon, trout, togue, 
 or white perch, in all, at any one time ; nor shall any 
 such be transported except in the possession of the 
 owner thereof, plainly labelled thereon with the own- 
 er's name and residence, except as is provided in section 
 26 of this chapter ; nor shall any corporation transport 
 more than twenty-five pounds in all, of said fish, at one 
 time, as the property of any one person; nor shall any 
 person take, catch, kill, or have in possession in any one 
 day more than twenty-five pounds in all, of the above 
 named fish. Whover violates any of the provisions of 
 this section shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for 
 each offense and one dollar for every pound of fish so 
 taken or being transported, in excess of twenty-five 
 pounds ; and all such fish being so transported or 
 taken in violation of this section may be seized and 
 shall be forfeited to the State. Whoever has in his pos- 
 
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 session more than twenty-five pounds in all, of said 
 fish, shall be deemed to have taken them in violation of 
 this section; provided, however, that the taking of one 
 fish additional having less than twenty-five pounds, or 
 less than twenty pounds when fishing through the ice, 
 shall not be regarded as a violation of the law. 
 
 Dynamite and Other Explosives Proliibited. 
 
 'Sect. 8. No person shall use dynamite or other 
 explosives or any poisonous or stupefying substance 
 whatever, for the purpose of destroying or taking fish, 
 under a penalty of one hundred dollars and, in addition 
 thereto, two months' imprisonment in the county jail 
 for each offense. 
 
 "Sect. 9. Whoever introduces fish of any kind into 
 any of the waters of the State by means of live fish or 
 otherwise, except upon written permission of the com- 
 missioners of inland fisheries and game, shall forfeit not 
 less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dol- 
 lars. The having in possession of any jack light, spear, 
 trawl, or net, other than a dip net, in any camp, lodge, 
 or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, in the 
 inland territory of the State, shall be prima facie evi- 
 dence that the same are kept for unlawful use; and 
 they may be seized by any officer authorized to enforce 
 the inland fish and game laws. Whoever is convicted 
 of having any of the above named implements in his 
 possession unlawfully as aforesaid, shall be fined fifty 
 dollars and costs of prosecution. 
 
 Eels, Suckers, Pickerel, Etc. 
 
 'Sect. ID. In closed waters where eels, suckers, cusk, 
 pickerel and white fish abound, the commissioners may 
 grant permits to take the same, and dispose of them for 
 food purposes ; and where an exclusive right is granted 
 to take eels in any river or stream, or part thereof, they 
 may grant such permit upon such terms as they deem 
 reasonable, and such permit shall expire with the cal- 
 endar year. 
 
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 Guides, Sporting Camp Proprietors and Those Who Engage in 
 the Business of Hunting Fur Bearing Animals Must be 
 Licensed. 
 
 'Sect. 29. Every person who keeps a sporting camp, 
 lodge, or place of resort for inland hunting or fishing 
 parties, or whoever engages in the business of hunting 
 or trapping any of the fur bearing animals of the State, 
 in any of the unorganized townships or wild lands of 
 the State, shall annually procure a license therefor from 
 the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, and pay 
 a fee therefor of five dollars, and shall make such report 
 to the commissioners as may be called for ; and such 
 licensed persons may purchase for consumption in their 
 sporting camps, lodges, or places of resort, deer law- 
 fully killed ; but they shall keep a record of all such 
 purchases, of whom purchased, and the date of the 
 purchase, and on December 15th of each year shall make 
 written report thereof to the commissioners under oath; 
 whoever violates any of the provisions of this section 
 shall be fined one hundred dollars and costs for each 
 offense ; the commissioners however may refuse to issue 
 a license or licenses to such person or persons as they 
 deem unsuitable. 
 
 'Sect. 30. No person shall engage in the business of 
 guiding, either for inland fishing or forest hunting, until 
 he has caused his name, age, and residence to be 
 recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the com- 
 missioners of inland fisheries and game, and has pro- 
 cured a certificate from said commissioners, setting 
 forth in substance that he is deemed suitable to act as 
 a guide, either for inland fishing or forest hunting, or 
 both, as the case may be, under a penalty of fifty dollars 
 and costs of prosecution for each offense. Each regis- 
 tered guide shall, from time to time, as often as 
 requested by the commissioners, forward, on blanks 
 furnished him by the commissioners, a statement of the 
 number of persons he has guided in inland fishing and 
 forest hunting during the time called for in said state- 
 ment, the number of days he has been employed as a 
 
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 guide, and such other useful information relative to 
 inland fish and game, forest fires, and the preservation 
 of the forests in the localities vi^here he has guided, as 
 the commissioners may deem of importance to the 
 State, under a penalty of fifty dollars for unreasonably 
 or wilfully refusing to comply with these requirements. 
 'Sect. 31. Such registration as is provided for in this 
 chapter shall be as follows: the applicant shall apply 
 in writing or personally to the commissioners for regis- 
 tration, or to some person designated by the commis- 
 sioners, setting forth in his application whether he 
 desires to be registered as a general or local guide ; and 
 the commissioners shall, as soon thereafter as may be, 
 register such person as a guide in such class as they shall 
 deem proper, after such investigation as they shall deem 
 proper ; but said commissioners may refuse to register 
 any applicant whom they deem unfit to be a guide, and 
 may, for cause shown, after due notice and hearing, 
 cancel any registration by them made, and may advance 
 anyone from the local class to the general class, when- 
 ever they shall deem such person qualified to be a gen- 
 eral guide. Whenever a guide registered, as provided 
 in this chapter, is convicted of any violation of any of 
 the inland fish and game laws, the commissioners shall, 
 at their discretion, cancel his certificate of registration 
 and strike his name from the list of registered guides ; 
 but such person may thereafter be registered again at 
 the discretion of the commissioners. Any certificate 
 cancelled by virtue of this chapter shall be immediately 
 returned to the commissioners, under a penalty of fifty 
 dollars for refusal or neglect to comply with this 
 requirement. A fee of one dollar shall be paid annually 
 for the registration as herein provided. No person shall 
 receive a certificate as a general guide unless he be at 
 least twenty years of age, of good repute, and friendly 
 to the inland fish and game laws, and will discounte- 
 nance in all proper ways all violations thereof. He 
 shall be thoroughly competent to traverse the hunting 
 grounds of the State in which he is licensed to guide, 
 and shall be skilled in the use, management, and hand- 
 ling of such boats or canoes, on lake, pond, or river, as 
 
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 are used in the territory in which he is authorized to 
 guide, and shall be a safe person under all circumstances 
 to be a guide for inland fishing and forest hunting par- 
 ties. A person may receive a certificate as a local guide 
 who does not, in the judgment of the commissioners, 
 possess all the necessary qualifications of a general 
 guide, yet is deemed suitable to act as such under certain 
 conditions; and guides may be restricted in the terri- 
 tory in which they are permitted to guide. Every non- 
 resident registered as a guide shall pay a fee of twenty 
 dollars; the commissioners may at their discretion re- 
 fuse to issue any certificates of registration after October 
 twentieth of each year, and every certificate issued shall 
 expire with the calendar year. An official badge for 
 guides may be prepared by the commissioners. 
 
 Wardens— Their Appointment and Duties. 
 
 'Sect. 47. The governor, with the advice and consent 
 of the council, upon the recommendation of the commis- 
 sioners of inland fisheries and game, may appoint suita- 
 ble persons as fish and game wardens, who shall hold 
 office for a term of three years unless sooner removed, 
 and who shall enforce all laws relating to inland game 
 and fisheries, and all rules and regulations in relation 
 thereto, arrest all violators thereof, and prosecute all 
 oflfences against the same; said wardens shall have the 
 same power to serve criminal processes against such 
 ofifenders, and shall be allowed the same fees, as sheriflFs, 
 for like services, and they shall have the same right as 
 sheriflfs to require aid in executing the duties of their 
 office. They shall, before being qualified to discharge 
 the duties required by this act, give bond to the treas- 
 urer of the State with two good and sufficient sureties 
 in the penal sum of two thousand dollars approved by 
 the commissioners of inland risheries and game, condi- 
 tioned for the faithful performance of the duties of 
 their office. Inland fish and game wardens may serve 
 all processes pertaining to the collection of penalties for 
 violation of the inland fish and game laws ; fish wardens 
 may be appointed inland fish and game wardens and 
 need not give additional bond. 
 
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 Sheriffs, Game Warden. _j.d 
 
 'Sect. 48. Sheriffs, deputy sheriff's, pohce officers and 
 constables, are vested with the powers of inland fish 
 and game wardens and their deputies, and shall receive 
 for their services the same fees. 
 
 Search and Seizure of Game. 
 
 'Sect. 49. The commissioners and every warden 
 throughout the State and every sheriff and constable in 
 his respective county are authorized and required to en- 
 force the provisions of this chapter, and to seize any 
 game or fish or game birds taken or neld in violation of 
 this chapter; and every such officer shall have full 
 power and authority, and it shall be his duty with or 
 without a warrant, to arrest any person whom he has 
 reason to believe guilty of a violation thereof, and, with 
 or without a warrant, to open, enter, and examine all 
 camps, wagons, cars, stages, tents, packs, stores, ware- 
 houses, store-houses, out-houses, stables, barns, and 
 other places, and to examine all boxes, barrels, and 
 packages where he has reason to believe any game or 
 fish taken or neld in violation of this act, is to be found, 
 and to seize the same; provided, however, that a dwel- 
 ling house actually occupied can be entered for examina- 
 tion, only in pursuance of a warrant, or to make an 
 arrest. 
 
 Penalties — How Recovered. 
 
 'Sect. 50. Any officer authorized to enforce the in- 
 land fish and game laws may recover the penalties for 
 the violation thereof in an action on the case in his own 
 name, the venue to be as in other civil actions, or by 
 complaint or indictment in the name of the State ; and 
 such prosecution may be commenced in the county in 
 which the offence was committed, or in any adjoining 
 county, and the plaintiff prevailing shall recover full 
 costs without regard to the amount recovered. The 
 term "game birds" as used in this act shall be con- 
 
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 strued to mean the ruffed grouse, or partridge, all spe- 
 cies of the pheasant, woodcock, snipe, plover, quail, and 
 all ducks enumerated in this act; and the term "game 
 animals" shall be construed to mean moose, caribou, 
 and deer. 
 
 Officers May Arrest Without Warrant. 
 
 'Sect. 51. Any officer authorized to enforce the 
 inland fish and game laws may, without process, arrest 
 any violater of any of said laws, and shall with reason- 
 able diligence, cause him to be taken before any trial 
 justice or any municipal or police court, in the county 
 where the offence was committed, or in any adjoining 
 county, for a warrant and trial. Jurisdiction in such 
 cases is hereby granted to all trial justices and all other 
 courts to be exercised in the same manner as if the 
 offence had been committed in that county; and any 
 officer who shall maliciously, or without probable cause, 
 abuse his power in sucn proceedings shall be liable upon 
 complaint or indictment, to a fine not exceeding one 
 hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three 
 months. 
 
 Jurisdiction of Courts. 
 
 'Sect. 52. In all prosecutions under this chapter and 
 the amendments and additions thereto, municipal and 
 police judges and trial justices within their counties 
 have, by complaint, original and concurrent jurisdiction 
 with the supreme judicial and superior courts. 
 
 Disposition of Fines and Penalties. 
 
 'Sect. 53. Any officer or other person who shall re- 
 ceive any fine or penalty, or any part thereof, for the 
 violation of any fish or game law, and shall neglect for 
 more than thirty days to pay the same into the State 
 treasury, shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
 fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars ; all fines and 
 penalties recovered, or money paid, under any of the 
 provisions of this chapter and the amendments and 
 
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 additions thereto, shall by the person receiving the same, 
 be paid forthwith to the treasurer of the State, after 
 deducting legal taxable costs; and such money so re- 
 ceived by said treasurer shall be expended by the com- 
 missioners of inland fisheries and game for the protec- 
 tion of the fish and game of the State. 
 
 Service on Corporations, How Made. 
 
 'Sect. 54. In case of a violation of any of the pro- 
 visions of this chapter by a corpoi'ation, the warrant of 
 arrest may be served by an attested copy served on the 
 president, secretary, or manager in this State, or any 
 general agent thereof in the county where the action is 
 pending, and upon return of such warrant so served, 
 the corporation shall be deemed in court and subject to 
 the jurisdiction thereof, and any fine imposed may be 
 collected by execution against the property of such cor- 
 poration ; but this section shall not be deemed to ex- 
 empt any agent or employee from prosecution. 
 
 Penalty for Dishonest Licensee. 
 
 'Sect. 55. If the holder of any license, certificate, or 
 permit, issued in conformity with any of the provisions 
 of this chapter, shall persistently or flagrantly and 
 knowingly violate or countenance the violation of any 
 of the provisions of this chapter, such license, certifi- 
 cate, or permit may be revoked by the commissioners, 
 after due notice given of the alleged violation, and an 
 opportunity afforded to appear and show cause against 
 the same. 
 
 Duty of County Attorneys, 
 
 'Sect. 56. It shall be the duty of each county attor- 
 ney to prosecute all violations of this chapter occurring 
 within his county, when such cases may come to his 
 knowledge, or when he may be so requested by the com- 
 missioners or any officer charged with its enforcement, 
 the same at all times to be subject to the supervision 
 and control of the commissioners. In any prosecution 
 under this chapter, any participant in a violation there- 
 
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 of, when so requested by the county attorney, commis- 
 sioners, or other officer instituting the prosecution, may 
 be compelled to testify as a witness against any other 
 person charged with violating the same, but his evidence 
 so given shall not be used against himself in any prose- 
 cution for sucn violation. It shall be the duty of every 
 justice of the peace and clerk of the court before whom 
 any prosecution under this act is commenced, or shall 
 go on appeal, within twenty days after the trial or dis- 
 missal thereof, to report in writing the result thereof 
 and the amount of fines collected, if any, and the dis- 
 position thereof to the commissioners, at Augusta. In 
 all cases, the officer making the seizure or sale of fish, 
 game, or birds, shall within ten days thereafter, report all 
 the particulars thereof and an itemized statement of the 
 proceeds, expenses, and fees, and the disposition there- 
 of to the commissioners, at Augusta. Every warden 
 shall, in the month of December of each year, and at 
 such other times as the commissioners may require, re- 
 port to the commissioners all violations of, and prose- 
 cutions under this act, occurring in his district, together 
 with such further information as the commissioners 
 may require. The failure of any person or officer to 
 perform any act, duty, or obligation enjoined upon him 
 by this act, shall be deemed a violation thereof. 
 
 Commissioners of Inland Fislieries and Game — Their Appoint^ 
 ment, Powers and Duties. 
 
 'Sect. 32. The governor, with the advice and consent 
 of the council, shall appoint three persons to be commis- 
 sioners of inland fisheries and game, one of whom shall 
 be the land agent of the State and shall hold the office 
 so long as he shall continue to be land agent, and shall 
 receive in addition to his salary as land agent, the annual 
 sum of two hundred dollars ; the other two commis- 
 sioners shall hold their office for three years, and until 
 their successors are appointed and qualified, and shall 
 each receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars. 
 Said commissioners shall receive, in addition to their 
 salaries, actual travelling expenses, to be audited by the 
 
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 governor and council ; they shall be provided with an 
 office in the State capitol, with suitable furniture, sta- 
 tionery, and other facilities for the transaction of the 
 business of the department, and they may appoint a 
 clerk at a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars per 
 annum. 
 
 Sect. ^s. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
 game shall examine dams and all other obstructions ex- 
 isting in all rivers and streams, and determine the neces- 
 sity of fish ways, and the location, form and capacity 
 thereof ; and shall introduce and disseminate valuable 
 species of food fish into the inland waters of the State, 
 and valuable food birds into the State. They shall ex- 
 amine into the workings of the inland fish and game 
 laws, see that all violations thereof are duly prosecuted, 
 and perform all other duties prescribed by law. They 
 shall annually on or before the 31st day of December, 
 report to the governor. 
 
 'Sect. 34. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
 game shall have authority, upon petition of five or more 
 citizens of the State, or whenever they shall deem it for 
 the best interests of the State, after due notice and pub- 
 lic hearing in the locality to be affected, to regulate the 
 times and places in which and the circumstances under 
 which game and inland fish may be taken ; but they can- 
 not authorize the taking of game or inland fish at a 
 time in which its capture is prohibited by the laws of 
 the State, and in all cases where the prayer of the peti- 
 tioners is refused, one-half of the expenses of the com- 
 missioners shall be paid by the petitioners. Whenever 
 they deem it for the best interests of the State, after 
 like notice and hearing, they may entirely prohibit the 
 taking of any kind of game or inland fish, in any part 
 of the State, for a series of years not exceeding four. 
 They may adopt and. from time to time, modify or re- 
 peal such needful rules and regulations, not contrary to 
 the laws of the State, as they may deem necessary or 
 proper for the protection and preservation of the game 
 and inland fish of the State, in conformity with the pro- 
 visions of the last two preceding sections. They shall 
 
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 file, in the office of the clerks of the cities, towns, and 
 plantations in the territory to be afifected, a copy of the 
 rules and regulations adopted by them, and publish the 
 same three weeks successively in a newspaper printed 
 in the county, and post on the banks of waters to be 
 affected, as nearby as may be like notices ; and when- 
 ever any such rules or regulations apply to any unor- 
 ganized township, a like copy shall be filed with the 
 clerk of courts for that county and published three 
 weeks successively in a newspaper printed in the county ; 
 they shall also immediately upon the adoption of any 
 rules and regulations contemplated by this act, file an 
 attested copy of the same in the office of the secretary 
 of State. 
 
 Sect. 35. Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills, or 
 destroys any inland fish, in any manner or at any time, 
 in violation of any of the rules and regulations of the 
 commissioners of inland fisneries and game, made and 
 promulgated in conformity with the provisions of this 
 chapter, shall be punished in the same manner and to the 
 same extent as is provided for by law for the illegal 
 taking, catching, killing or destroying of any such inland 
 fish. 
 
 Sect. 36. Whoever at any time or in any manner 
 shall hunt, chase, catch, kill, take, have in possession, 
 or destroy any inland game, in violation of any of the 
 rules and regulations of the commissioners of inland 
 fisheries and game, made and promulgated in conform- 
 ity with the provisions of this chapter, shall be punished 
 in the same manner and to the same extent as is pro- 
 vided for by law for the illegal hunting, chasing, catch- 
 ing, killing, taking, having in possession, or destroying 
 of any such inland game. 
 
 'Sect. 37. Any person who willfully mutilates, de- 
 faces or destroys any notice, rule, or regulation of the 
 commissioners of inland fisheries and game, posted in 
 conformity with the provisions of this act, shall be 
 punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, to be re- 
 covered by complaint or indictment ; and one-half of 
 said fine shall be paid to the prosecutor. 
 
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 'Sect. 38. Said conmiissioners of fisheries and game 
 may take fish and game of any kind when, where, and 
 in such manner, as they choose, for the purposes of 
 science and of cultivation and dissemination, and they 
 may grant written permits to other persons to take fish 
 and game for the same purposes, and may introduce or 
 permit to be introauced, any kind of fish into any 
 waters. They may, after a hearing, set apart, for a 
 term not exceeding ten years, any waters for the use of 
 themselves, or of the United States commissioner of 
 fish and fisheries, in the prosecution of the work of fish 
 culture and of scientific research relative to fishes. 
 The order setting apart such waters shall be recorded 
 in the registry of deeds of the county in which they 
 are situated. In the waters so set apart, they and the 
 United States commissioner of fish and fisheries, and 
 persons acting under their authority may, in their res- 
 pective fish culture and scientific work, take fish at any 
 time or in any manner, and erect and maintain any fix- 
 tures necessary for such purposes. No other person 
 shall take or kill any fish, or use any implement for 
 fishing therein, under a penalty of not less than ten nor 
 more than one hundred dollars, and a further penalty 
 of one dollar for each fish so taken or killed; provided, 
 however, that before such hearing they shall give notice 
 thereof, by publication of their intention for two suc- 
 cessive weeks in at least one newspaper printed in the 
 county where such waters lie. They are authorized to 
 grant permission to take moose, caribou, deer, and birds 
 for park purposes in this State, under such rules, regu- 
 lations, and conditions as they shall establish. They 
 may, under such rules and regulations as they may es- 
 tablish, permit the taking of eels and white fish in the 
 inland waters of the State. They shall have authority 
 to cause the destruction of all mink found in or around 
 any fish hatchery or feeding station in this State. They 
 may upon petition of ten or more taxpayers, residents 
 in the locality, adopt such needful rules and regulations, 
 not contrary to the general laws of the State, as may be 
 necessary to prevent the interference with, or the de- 
 
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 struction of the spawning beds, feeding troughs, or 
 artificial ponds of land-locked salmon or trout, or other 
 useful fish. The penalty for the wilful violation of any 
 of such rules and regulations shall be fifty dollars for 
 each offense, 'i ne commissioners may at their discre- 
 tion, screen the outlet of any pond or lake or authorize 
 the same to be done under such conditions as may seem 
 to them just- 
 Fish Ways. 
 "Sect. 39. The owner or occupant of every dam or 
 other artificial obstruction in any river or stream fre- 
 quented by salmon, shad, alewives, or land-locked salm- 
 on, shall provide the same with a durable and effi- 
 cient fishway, of such form and capacity, and in such 
 location as may, after notice in writing to one or more 
 of said owners or occupants and a hearing thereon, be 
 determined by the commissioners of inland fisheries 
 and game by written notice to some owner or occupant 
 specifying the location, form, and capacity of the re- 
 quired fishway, and the time within which it shall be 
 built ; and said owner or occupant shall keep said fish- 
 way in repair, and open and free from obstruction for 
 the passage of fish, during such times as are prescribed 
 by law ; provided, however, that in case of disagree- 
 ment between said commissioners and the owner or oc- 
 cupant of any dam, as to the propriety and safety of the 
 plan submitted to the owner or occupant of such dam 
 for the location and construction of the fishway, such 
 owner or occupant may appeal to the county commis- 
 sioners of the county where the dam is located, within 
 twenty days after notice of the determination, to the com- 
 missioners of inland fisheries and game by giving to the 
 latter named commissioners notice in writing of such 
 appeal within that time, stating therein the reasons 
 therefor ; and at the request of the appellant or the 
 commissioners of inland fisheries and game the senior 
 commissioners in office of any two adjoining counties 
 shall be associated with them, who shall appoint a time 
 to view the premises and hear the parties and give due 
 
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 notice thereof, and after such hearing they shall decide 
 the question submitted, and cause record to be made 
 thereof, and their decision shall be final as to the plan 
 and location appealed from. If the requirements of the 
 commissioners of inland fisheries and game are affirmea, 
 the appellants shall be liable for the costs arising after 
 the appeal, otherwise they shall be paid by the county. 
 If a fishway thus required is not completed to the satis- 
 faction of the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
 game within the time specified, every owner or occu- 
 pant shall forfeit not more than one hundred nor less 
 than twenty dollars for every day of such neglect be- 
 tween the first days of May and November. On the 
 completion of a fishway to the satisfaction of the com- 
 missioners of inland fisheries and game, or at any sub- 
 sequent time, they shall prescribe in writing the time 
 during which the same shall be kept open and free from 
 obstruction to the passage of fish each year, and a copy 
 of such writing shall be served on the owner or occu- 
 pant of the dam. The commissioners of inland fisher- 
 ies and game may change the time as they see 
 fit. Unless otherwise provided, fishways shall be kept 
 open and unobstructed from the first day of May to the 
 fifteenth day of July. The penalty for neglecting to 
 comply with this section, or with any regulations made 
 in accordance herewith, is not less than twenty nor more 
 than one hundred dollars for every day of such neglect. 
 'Sect. 40. Whenever the commissioners of inland 
 fisheries and game find a fishway out of repair or need- 
 ing alterations, they may, as in the case of new fish- 
 ways, require the owner or occupant to make such re- 
 pairs or alterations ; and all proceedings in such cases 
 and the penalty for neglect shall be as provided in the 
 three preceding sections, without appeal. If the dam 
 is owned and occupied by more than one person, each 
 is liable for the cost of erecting and maintaining such 
 fishway, in proportion to his interest In the dam, and 
 if any owner or occupant neglects or refuses to join 
 with the others in erecting or maintaining such fishway, 
 the other owners or occupants shall erect or repair the 
 
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 same, and have an action on ihe case against such dehn- 
 quent for his share of the expenses. If the owner or 
 occupant of such dam resides out of the State, said pen- 
 alties may be recovered by a libel against the dam and 
 land on which it stands, filed in the supreme judicial 
 court in the county where it is located, in the name of 
 the commissioners of inland fisheries and game or of 
 any fish wardens who shall give to such owner or occu- 
 pant, and all persons interested therein, such notice as 
 the court or any justice thereof in vacation, orders, and 
 the court may render judgment therein, against said 
 dam and lands for said penalties and costs, and order 
 a sale thereof to satisfy such judgment and costs of sale, 
 subject, however, to all said requirements for the erec- 
 tion and maintenance or repair of said fishway. The 
 commissioners of inland fisheries and game may dele- 
 gate to any fish warden or other lawful officer of fish- 
 eries any of the powers given to said commissioners in 
 relation to the construction of fishways. 
 
 'Sect. 41. The following waters and their tributa- 
 ries are exempt from the provisions relating to migratory 
 fishes and the supervision of the fishways by the com- 
 missioners ; that is to say, Royall river in North Yar- 
 mouth, Sewall's pond or its outlet in Arrowsic, so much 
 of the waters of the Damariscotta river as are west of 
 the railroad bridge near Damariscotta mills, all waters 
 in Vinalhaven, Tremont, Mount Desert, Eden, Frank- 
 lin, and Sullivan, Pleasant river in Washington county, 
 East Machias river, and the Eastern Penobscot river in 
 Orland. Little river in Perry shall be exempt from all 
 the foregoing provisions that relate to maintaining fish- 
 ways in said river, except during April, May and June. 
 
 'Sect. 42. For the purposes of this chapter, the term 
 "salmon" means the common migratory salmon of the 
 sea coast and rivers ; the term "land-locked salmon" 
 means any of the species or varieties of salmon that do 
 not periodically and habitually run to the sea, being the 
 same locally known as "salmon trout" and "black 
 spotted trout;" the term "alewife" means the small 
 species of migratory fish called "alewife" but known 
 
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 also by the local names of "herring" and "gaspereau," 
 and also includes the similar species found in tidal 
 waters and known as "blue-back;" and the term "bass" 
 means the striped bass of tidal waters. 
 
 'Sect. 43. The provisions of this chapter so far as 
 they relate to fish apply to the taking of the same in all 
 fresh waters above the flow of the tide and in all tidal 
 waters frequented by the various species of fresh water 
 and migratory fishes, except to the capture of shad 
 and alewives in Denny's river and its tributaries, Pem- 
 maquam river and its tributaries, and the Schoodic 
 lakes and their tributaries, and to the taking of white 
 fish in the Schoodic lakes on the St. Croix river and 
 their tributaries, by citizens of the State with set nets, 
 during the months of May and November, and convey- 
 ing them to their own homes, but not otherwise. This 
 chapter does not apply to fish taken in the weirs on 
 St. Croix river, and does not repeal the laws relating 
 to the St. Croix, Denny's, Pemmaquam, Cobscook, 
 East Machias, and Narraguagus rivers ; nor does it 
 apply to the taking of blue-back trout ; except that no 
 person shall fish for, catch, take, kill, or destroy the same, 
 with net, seine, weir, or trap, under a penalty of five 
 dollars for the attempt, and one dollar for each blue- 
 back trout so taken, caught, killed, or destroyed, to be 
 recovered by complaint. 
 
 Artifical Culture of Fish by Private Persons. 
 
 'Sect. 44. Any riparian proprietor may, within the 
 limits of his own premises, inclose the waters of a 
 stream not navigable, for the cultivation of useful fishes ; 
 provided that he furnishes suitable passages for migra- 
 tory fishes naturally frequenting such waters, and does 
 not obstruct the passage of boats and other craft and 
 materials, in places where the same have a right to pass. 
 Any person legally engaged in the artificial culture and 
 maintenance of fishes, may take them in his own en- 
 closed waters wherein the same are so cultivated and 
 maintained, as and when he pleases, and may at all 
 times sell them for cultivation and propagation ; but he 
 
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 shall not sell them for food at seasons when the tak- 
 ing thereof is prohihited, under a penalty of not less 
 than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and a fur- 
 ther penalty of not less than one dollar for each fish 
 so sold. Any person engaged in the artificial propaga- 
 tion of trout, or fresh and salt water salmon, when the 
 parent fish are taken from ttie public waters in the State, 
 shall retain not less than twenty-five per cent of all eggs 
 taken from said parent fish, and shall cause the same to 
 be properly cared for and hatched, and, when hatched 
 and in proper condition, to be returned to a place suit- 
 able for such young fish in the original waters from 
 which the parent fish were taken, and shall cause said 
 parent fish to be returned to safe locations in such 
 waters, under a penalty of not less than fifty nor more 
 than five hundred dollars for each offence. But this 
 section does not apply to cases in which the parent fish 
 are taken in the manner and at the time and place per- 
 mitted for the capture of such fish for food ; nor to 
 operations in fish culture conducted for public purposes 
 by permission of the commissioners of fisheries, who 
 may affix such conditions to their permits as they see 
 fit, requiring in no case, however, less than twenty-five 
 per cent of the young fish to be returned, as provided in 
 this section. 
 
 'Sect. 45. No person without permission of the pro- 
 prietor, shall fish in that portion of a pond or other 
 water in which fish are artificially cultivated or main- 
 tained by written permission of the fish commissioners, 
 under a penalty of not less than ten nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, besides two dollars for each fish so 
 taken or killed ; and, in default of payment, such offend- 
 er shall be imprisoned at the expense of the prosecutor, 
 until said forfeiture is paid or otherwise discharged by 
 due process of law. 
 
 'Sect. 46. Whoever kills or destroys any sea salmon 
 or land-locked salmon less than nine inches in length, 
 or any trout less than five inches in length, forfeits five 
 dollars for the offence and fifty cents for every land- 
 locked salmon or trout so killed or destroyed. Whoever 
 
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 has in possession any salmon or trout of less than the 
 above dunensions shall be deemed to have taken it in 
 violation ot this section. 
 
 bection z. All acts and parts of acts, whether so 
 called public, or private and special, which are incon- 
 sistent with the provisions of this act, and all acts and 
 parts of acts, whether public, or private and special, 
 relating to. inland hsh and game, and which are not 
 incorporated in this act, and all rules and regulations 
 of the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, are 
 hereby repealed. But this act shall not be construed 
 as repealing any of the laws pertaining to sea and shore 
 hshenes, or any of the laws governing the taking of 
 salmon, shad, herring, alewives, and smelts in any of 
 the tidal waters of the State, or waters flowing directly 
 thereinto. 
 
 Chapter ii6. Private Laws, 1899. No person shall 
 kill or have in his possession, except alive, any bird 
 commonly known as tern. Penalty not less than one 
 nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 Chapter 75, Private and Special Laws, 1899. Close 
 time on deer on the island of Isle Au Haut for six years 
 from October i, 1899. 
 
 Section i. Private and Special Laws, chapter 122, 
 1899. It shall be lawful for the inhabitants of this 
 State to take salmon for their own consumption in 
 their own homes with drift nets, the meshes of which 
 shall be not less than two and one-half inches square, 
 from 6 o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday to 6 
 o'clock in the afternoon of Sattirday of each week, 
 from the waterworks dam at Bangor, to the mouth of 
 the Sebois river, so called, on the east branch of the 
 Penobscot river, during open season, but not within 
 three hundred yards of any dam or mill race. 
 
 Section 2. If in the judgment of the commissioners 
 of inland fisheries and game, the privileges granted by 
 section one are abused, misused or are detrimental to 
 the proper propagation of the salmon fisheries on any 
 part of the Penobscot river, said commissioners shall 
 have power and are hereby authorized to suspend the 
 operation of this act. 
 
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 PROTECTION OF FORESTS. 
 Fire. 
 
 1885, c. 2>2n> § 15- Whoever kindles a fire on land 
 not his own, without consent of the owner, forfeits ten 
 dollars ; if such fire spreads and damages the property 
 of others, he forfeits not less than ten nor more than 
 five hundred dollars, and in either case he shall stand 
 committed until fine and costs are paid, or he shall be 
 imprisoned not more than three years. 
 
 Fish and Game Wardens, Fire Wardens. 
 
 1891, c. 108. Fish and game wardens are hereby 
 made state fire wardens, and it shall be their duty 
 while in and about the woods, to caution all sports- 
 men of the danger from fires in the woods, and to 
 extinguish all fires left burning by any one, if within 
 their power ; and to give notice to any and all parties 
 interested when possible, of fires raging and beyond 
 their control, to the end that the same may be con- 
 trolled and extinguished. 
 
 An Act to create a forest commission and for the 
 protection of forests. 
 
 1891, c. 100, § I. The state land agent is hereby 
 made forest commissioner of the state of Maine, and 
 in addition to the salary now received by him as land 
 agent, he shall receive as compensation for his services 
 as forest commissioner two hundred dollars per annum, 
 and his actual traveling expenses incurred in the per- 
 formance of his duties, an account of which shall be 
 audited by the governor and council. 
 
 Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the forest commis- 
 sioner to make a collection and classification of statis- 
 tics relating to the forests and connected interests of 
 the state, and to institute an inquiry into the extent 
 to which the forests of Maine are being destroyed by 
 fires and by wasteful cutting, and to ascertain so far 
 as he can as to the diminution of the wooded surface 
 
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 of the land upon the water sheds of the lakes, rivers 
 and water powers of the state and the effect of such 
 diminution upon the water powers and on the natural 
 conditions of the climate. The information so gath- 
 ered by him, together with his suggestions relative 
 thereto shall be included in a report to be made by 
 him annually to the governor on or before the first day 
 of December. 
 
 Sect. 3. The selectmen of towns shall be, ex-ofiicio, 
 forest fire wardens therein and shall divide said towns 
 into three districts, bounded as far as may be by roads, 
 streams of water, or lot lines, and assign to each of 
 their number the charge and oversignt of one district 
 as district fire wardens therein. A description of each 
 district and the name of the fire warden thereof shall 
 be recorded with the town clerk. The services of such 
 selectmen acting as said fire wardens, shall be paid for 
 at the same rate as is paid for their official services. 
 It shall be the duty of the fire warden of the district in 
 which a fire is discovered to take such measures as 
 may be necessary for its control or extinction. For 
 this purpose he shall have authority to call upon any 
 persons in the territory in which he acts for assistance, 
 and such persons shall receive such compensation not 
 exceeding fifteen cents per hour as said selectmen may 
 determine, the same to be paid by the town. But no 
 town shall be holden to pay for extinguishing forest 
 fires in any year an amount greater than two per cent 
 upon its valuation for purposes of taxation. If any 
 person so ordered to assist, and not excused from said 
 service by said forest fire warden on account of sick- 
 ness, disability or some important business or engage- 
 ment, shall neglect to comply with any such order he 
 shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in 
 an action of debt in the name and to the use of the 
 town, by the treasurer thereof. 
 
 Sect. 4. County commissioners of each county in 
 which there are unorganized places shall annually 
 appoint, such number of fire wardens as they deem 
 necessary not exceeding ten, for all such unorganized 
 
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 places in any county, whose duties and powers shall 
 be the same with respect to such unorganized places 
 as those of the fire wardens of towns, and they shall 
 also have the same authority to call out citizens of 
 the county to aid them in extinguishing fires, that 
 town fire wardens have to call out citizens of the town. 
 The compensation of such fire wardens shall be paid 
 by the county, and the compensation of persons called 
 upon by them as aforesaid, to render aid, shall be the 
 same as that provided in the case of towns and shall 
 be paid one-half by the county and one-half by the 
 owners of the lands on which said fires occur. 
 
 Sect. 5. Any person who shall build a camp or 
 cooking fire in or adjoining any woods in this state, 
 shall, before leaving such camp, totally extinguish such 
 fire, and upon failure to do so, such person shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- 
 tion thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 
 one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county 
 jail not exceeding one month or by both such fine and 
 imprisonment, provided, that such fires built upon the 
 sea beach in such situation that they can not spread 
 into forest wood or cultivated lands or meadows, shall 
 not be construed as prohibited by this act. 
 
 Sect. 6. It shall be the duty of selectmen in towns 
 within thirty days after this act' shall take eff^ect, to 
 cause to be erected in a conspicuous place at the side 
 of every highway as they may deem proper, and at 
 suitable distances alongside the rivers and lakes of the 
 state frequented by camping parties, tourists, hunters 
 and fishermen, in their respective towns, notices in 
 large letters to be furnished by the forest commissioner, 
 substantially in the following form : Camp fires must 
 be totally extinguished before breaking camp, under 
 penalty of not to exceed one month's imprisonment or 
 one hundred dollars fine, or both as provided by law. 
 
 Signed, Forest Commissioner. The forest 
 
 commissioner shall furnish owners of wood lands sit- 
 uated within this state when called upon so to do, 
 notices of similar tenor to be posted at the expense of 
 said owners upon their respective lands. 
 
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 Sect. 7. All persons engaged in hunting game on 
 -any of the wood lands within any town or unincor- 
 porated place in this state, shall use non-combustible 
 wads in the loading of firearms used by them. 
 
 Sect. 8. It shall be the duty of municipal officers 
 in towns, and county commissioners, the latter with 
 respect to unorganized places, to proceed immediately 
 to a strict inquiry into the cause and origin of fires, 
 within wood lands ; and in all cases where such fires are 
 found to have originated from the imlawful act of any 
 person, to cause the offender to be prosecuted without 
 delay. 
 
 Sect. 9. The selectmen of towns in which a forest 
 fire of more than one acre in extent has occurred, and 
 the county commissioners where a forest fire of more 
 than two acres has occurred in any of the unincor- 
 porated places in any county, within a year, shall report 
 to the forest commissioner the extent of area burned 
 over, to the best of their information, together with the 
 probable amount of property destroyed, specifying the 
 value of timber as near as may be, and amount of cord 
 wood, logs, bark or other forest product, fencing, 
 bridges and buildings that have been burned. They 
 shall also report the cause of these fires if they can be 
 ascertained and the measures employed and found most 
 efifective in checking their progress. Blanks for the 
 reports required in this act shall be furnished bv ^aid 
 forest commissioner at the expense of the state. 
 
 Sect. 10. Every railroad company whose road passes 
 through waste or forest lands, shall during each year 
 cut and burn ofif or remove from its right of way all 
 grass, brush or other inflammable material, but under 
 proper care and at times when fires are not liable to 
 spread beyond control. 
 
 Sect. II. All locomotives which shall be run through 
 forest lands, shall be provided with approved and effi- 
 cient arrangements for preventing the escape of fire and 
 sparks. 
 
 Sect. 12. No railroad company shall permit its 
 employes to deposit fire, live coals or ashes, upon their 
 
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 track in the immediate vicinity of wood lands or land 
 liable to be overrun by fires, and where engineers, 
 conductors or train men discover that fences along 
 the right of way or wood lands adjacent to the rail- 
 roads, are burning or in danger from fires, it shall be 
 their duty to report the same at their next stopping 
 place which shall be a telegraph station. 
 
 Sect. 13. For all damages caused to forest growth 
 by any person employed in the construction of any 
 railroad hereafter to be built in this state, the com- 
 pany owning such road shall be primarily liable to 
 the person or persons so damaged. During the con- 
 struction of such roads through wood land, there shall 
 be kept posted in conspicuous places on each line of the 
 road ways at distances of two hundred feet, abstracts 
 of the laws relating to forest fires. Any person 
 employed in the construction of such railroads, who 
 shall set or cause to be set any fire along the line of 
 said roads, shall, before leaving the same, totally extin- 
 guish said fires, and upon failure to do so, such person 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not 
 exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in 
 the county jail not exceeding sixty days, or by both 
 such fine and imprisonment. It shall be the duty of 
 all persons having charge of men in the construction of 
 such railroads, to see that the provisions of this section 
 are carefully complied with, and any negligence or 
 want of ordinary care on their part in relation to the 
 same shall constitute a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
 viction thereof, they shall be liable to the penalties 
 imposed by this section. 
 
 Sect. 14. Any railroad company violating the require- 
 ment of this act, shall be liable to a fine of one hundred 
 dollars for each ofTense. 
 
 Sect. 15. The forest commissioner shall take such 
 measures as the state superintendent of common schools 
 and the president of the state college of agriculture and 
 mechanic arts, may approve, for awakening an interest 
 in behalf of forestry in the public schools, academies 
 
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 and colleges of the state, and of imparting some degree 
 of elementary instruction upon this subject therein. 
 
 Sect. i6. The forest commissioner shall prepare 
 tracts or circulars of information, giving plain and 
 concise advice for the care of woodlands and for the 
 preservation of forest growth. These publications shall 
 be furnished to any citizen of the state upon application. 
 
 Sect. 17. It shall be the duty of the forest commis- 
 sioner to cause, at the expense of the state, copies of 
 this chapter and all other laws of the state relating to 
 forest fires to be printed and freely distributed to the 
 selectmen of all the towns of the state, whose duty it 
 shall be to post them up in school houses, saw mills, 
 logging camps and other places, and similar copies 
 shall be furnished to owners of forest lands, who may 
 apply for them, to be posted up at the expense of such 
 owners. Any person viciously or wantonly tearing 
 down, destroying or defacing any such notices, shall 
 on conviction therefor be punished by a fine of five 
 dollars. 
 
 Sect. 18. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with 
 the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed, but none 
 of the penalties proposed by this act shall be considered 
 as substitutes for or as repealing the provisions of 
 existing laws, making persons guilty of acts of trespass 
 or liable for civil damages to persons injured by such 
 acts. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 A. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Androscoggin county, protection of deer in 8-9 
 
 Androscoggin county, ice flsliing prohibited in certain 
 
 waters 18 
 
 Androscoggin county, certain waters closed to all 
 
 fishing 19 
 
 Allen pond 18 
 
 Auburn, lake, ice fishing prohibited and tributaries 
 
 closed 18-19 
 
 Aroostook county, certain waters closed 19 
 
 Andover, Ellis river in, protected.. 23 
 
 Anonymous pond, tributaries closed 20 
 
 Anasagunticook, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Alf ord's pond, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Arrowsic, Sewall's pond, exempted 38 
 
 Albany, tributaries of Songopond in 21 
 
 Alder brook and stream 20 
 
 Artificial liglits prohibited in liunting 5 
 
 Artificial culture of fisli 39 
 
 Annual close time for fisli 17 
 
 Annual close time on moose, deer and caribou 5-6 
 
 Annual close time on game birds 13-14 
 
 Agents, Commissioners may appoint 38 
 
 B. 
 
 Bounty on wolves and wildcats 3 
 
 Brettun's pond, ice fishing prohibited and tributaries 
 
 closed 18-19 
 
 Bubble pond, ice fishing 18-21 
 
 Bear pond, tributaries closed, ice fishing proliibited 18-21 
 
 Bemis stream closed 20 
 
 Birds, game, close time on, and insectivorous ..10-11-13-14-15-16 
 
 Bassett brook, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Beaver brook closed 22 
 
 Big Wood pond 22 
 
 Bonny Beg pond, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Buck's Falls 23 
 
 Bull moose 9-10 
 
 Bond of wardens 28 
 
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 Bond when game is seized 10 
 
 Birds, wild, insectivorous, nests, eggs and young pro- 
 tected 15 
 
 Blue back trout protected 23 
 
 c. 
 
 Close time on moose, caribou and deer 5-13 
 
 Close time for land-locked salmon, trout, togue and 
 
 white perch 17-18 
 
 Cumberland county, ice fishing prohibited in certain 
 
 waters and certain waters closed 18-20 
 
 Crocker pond, Hancock countj\ ice fishing prohibited, 18 
 
 Crystal lake, Washington 18 
 
 Closed waters for all fishing 19-22 
 
 Contraband, grapnel, spear, &c., when 24 
 
 Commissioners, appointment of, duties and powei's of, 32-36 
 
 Commissioners may grant permit to take certain fish.. 25 
 
 Cusk, Commissioners may grant permits to take 25 
 
 Commissioners may appoint taxidermists 15 
 
 Capercailzie, protection of 14 
 
 Caribou, protection of 5-6 
 
 "Close season" and "close time" defined 9 
 
 Cobscook river 39 
 
 Corporations, service of warrants on, transportation of 
 
 game, fish and birds by 10-14-31 
 
 Certificates, Commissioners may revoke 16-27 
 
 County Attorneys shall prosecute 31-32 
 
 Cities may raise monej' for fish 3 
 
 Crooked river 20 
 
 Cupsuptic stream and lake 20 
 
 Clearwater pond, tributaries closed and special law 21-23 
 
 Carthage, Webb's river .... 21 
 
 China, ponds in. 21 
 
 Canton, ponds in 21 
 
 Cornville, ponds in 22 
 
 Canaan lake 22 
 
 Cow and calf moose, protection of , 5 
 
 Coupon 7-8 
 
 Chasing moose, caribou or deer 9 
 
 Carry or transport game 10-11 
 
 Camps, sporting 26 
 
 Certificates, guides 26-28 
 
 County Commissioners 36 
 
 Citizens of the state may ice fish 18 
 
 Crows 14-15 
 
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 D. 
 
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 Deer, protection of 5-13 
 
 Peer, protection of, in certain counties 8-9 
 
 Deer may be liillefl in September for fooil 6-7-8 
 
 Deer, protection of, on Isle au Haut.... 41 
 
 Deer or moose not to be given away 11 
 
 Dogs, use of, prohibited 5-6 
 
 Dogs hunting game may be killed 9 
 
 Dyer's pond 19-21 
 
 Dexter pond, ice fishing prohibited, tributaries closed, 19-22 
 
 Denmark, ponds in 21 
 
 Dutton's pon<l, laws on 20-23 
 
 Dedham, Green lake in 18-21 
 
 Doughty pond 18-21 
 
 Damariscotta river exempt 38 
 
 Denny's river 39 
 
 Dynamite, use of, forbidden 25 
 
 Dams and fish ways 36 
 
 Drift nets, use of, on Penobscot river 41 
 
 Duck, protection of 13-14-15 
 
 Disposal of fines and penalties 30 
 
 Disposal of game &c., seized ••• • 10 
 
 Destruction of mink 35 
 
 Deer skins, license to sell and deal in them 13 
 
 Eagle lake, law on, and tributaries f-.-. 18-21 
 
 Eels, Commissioners may grant permits to take 25 
 
 Eggs of and young birds protected 15 
 
 Exempted waters from jurisdiction of Commissioners. . 38-39 
 
 East Machias river 38-39 
 
 Elliottsville, ponds in 18-2i 
 
 S;ilis pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 East pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Ellis river 23 
 
 Eden, exempted waters, in 38 
 
 Embden pond, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Evidence, prima facie having fire arms in possession .. 15 
 
 Evidence of unlawful implements in possession 25 
 
 r. 
 
 Franklin county, close time for fishing in 17 
 
 Franklin county, ice fishing prohibited 18 
 
 Franklin county, certain waters closed 20 
 
 Franklin county, special laws on certain waters 22-'^3 
 
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 Flagstaff, ponds in 18 
 
 Farmington, ponds in 21 
 
 Four ponds 21-22 
 
 Fish pond 22 
 
 Fish, protection of — 17-25 
 
 Fish spawn, use of prohibited 24 
 
 Fish, transportation of 11-12-24 
 
 Fisli, introduction of prohibited 25 
 
 Fishways and dams 36-37-38 
 
 Fisli, artificial propagation of 39 
 
 Fiah, riparian proprietor may cultivate . . 39 
 
 Fish and game wardens, api^ointment, powers and 
 
 duties of 28 
 
 Fislier, protection of 17 
 
 Fines, collection and disposal of 30 
 
 Fine for illegal killing of moose, caribou, deer, fish, and 
 
 game birds 6-7-8-9-10-11-17-19-23-24 
 
 Franklin, exempted waters in 38-9 
 
 Firearms, method of sporting with 15 
 
 Fires, kindle 6 
 
 Fees, collection and disposal of 30 
 
 Forestry commissioner, laws, and forest fires 42-47 
 
 Oilman pond, Lexington, ice fishing not prohibited 18 
 
 Green lake, ice fishing prohibited and tributaries closed 18-21 
 Garland pond, ice fishing.prohibited and tributaries 
 
 closed 18-21 
 
 Grindstone pond, ice fishing prohibited 19 
 
 Greely brook and tributaries closed 20 
 
 Great pond, tributaries closed . 21 
 
 Grapnel, use of prohibited 24 
 
 Game, protection of, transportation, etc 5-12 
 
 Game birds, protection of 10-11-13-14-15 
 
 Game birds, defined 29 
 
 Game animals, defined 30 
 
 Game may be taken for public park purposes 35 
 
 Guides must be registered 26-27-28 
 
 Gardiner and Randolph bridge, protection of duck 
 
 south of 15 
 
 Grassy pond, special law on 23 
 
 Gulf stream 22 
 
 Game not to be given away or sold to be transported 
 
 outside of the state 11 
 
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 Hancock county, ice fishing prohibited in certain waters 
 
 in IS 
 
 Horseshoe pond, ice flsliing prohibited in 19 
 
 Hancock county, certain waters in closed at all times. . 21 
 Hebron pond, ice flsliing prohibited and tributaries 
 
 closed 18-21 
 
 Hancock pond, tributaries closed 20 
 
 Hildreth's Mills ' 20 
 
 Howard's pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Hayden lake, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Hawks 15 
 
 Herons .... 15 
 
 Hunters, professional, license of 26 
 
 I. 
 
 Ice fishing prohibited in certain waters 18-19 
 
 Indian pond 19 
 
 Illegal fishing, penalty for 17-23 
 
 Illegal hunting, penalty for 6 
 
 Introduction of certain fish prohibited 25 
 
 Isle au Haut, protection of deer on 41 
 
 Insectivorous birds, protection of 15 
 
 J. 
 
 Jordan pond, ice fishing prohibited in, tributaries 
 
 closed 18-21 
 
 Jordan's dam 20 
 
 Jack lights, use of forbidden and contraband when 5-25 
 
 Jurisdiction of trial justices 30 
 
 Jurisdiction of courts 30 
 
 Jail imprisonment 25 
 
 Kennebec countj', close time in for fish 17-18-21-23 
 
 Knox county, ice fishing prohibited in certain waters, 18-22-23 
 
 Kennebec river, protection of ducks in 15 
 
 Kennebago stream 20 
 
 Kezar, Upper, pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Kindle fires, and camping on wild lands 
 
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 L. 
 
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 Lancl-locked salmon, close time on 17 
 
 Lake Auburn, law on and tributaries 18-19 
 
 Long pond, Hancock county, ice fishing prohibited and 
 
 tributaries closed 1S--21 
 
 Lake Hebron, or Hebron pond, ice fishing prohibited 
 
 and tributaries closed lS-21 
 
 Lower Wilson pond, Greenville 18 
 
 Lake Onawa 19-21 
 
 Littlefleld's pond, Sanford, ice fishing prohibited 19 
 
 Lambert lake, ice fishing prohibited and tributaries 
 
 closed 19-22 
 
 Lincoln county, ice fishing prohibited in certain waters 
 
 in 19 
 
 Lincoln county, certain waters closed at all times .... 21 
 
 Long pond 21 
 
 Luf kin pond 21 
 
 Land-locked salmon, transportation of 11-24 
 
 Larks, protection of 14 
 
 Lily pond, muskrats may be killed in 17 
 
 Licenses, Commissioners may revoke any issued for 
 
 cause I9 
 
 Licenses, to deal in deer skins 13 
 
 Little pond 21 
 
 Little Bear pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Lake George, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Label, game, birds and fish 11 
 
 Loons 15 
 
 Licensed sporting camps 26 
 
 Length of land-locked salmon, trout, etc.... 40 
 
 M. 
 
 Moose, protection of 5 to 13 
 
 Moosehead lake, tributaries closed 18-22 
 
 Messabesic, or Shaker pond, ice fishing prohibited .... 19 
 
 M iddle Branch pond , 19 
 
 Minnows for bait, taking of 24 
 
 Merrymeeting bay, protection of ducks in 15 
 
 Mink, protection of 17 
 
 Muskrat, protection of 17 
 
 Moose shall not be sold or given away 11 
 
 Marketmen must be licensed 12 
 
 May first, open time in certain places for fishing 17 
 
 Madawaska lake, tributaries closed 20 
 
 Metalluc and Mill brooks, closed when 20 
 
 Mud pond 21 
 
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 Monmouth, tributaries to lakes in closed 21 
 
 Manchester, tributaries to lakes in closed 21 
 
 McGraw pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Megalloway river 21 
 
 Moutlis of tributaries, location of 22 
 
 Mosquito pond and stream, tributaries closed 32 
 
 Moxie pond 22 
 
 Moose pond 22 
 
 N. 
 
 Noyes' pond, ice fishing prohibited and tributaries 
 
 closed 18-21 
 
 Nets, contraband when 25 
 
 Nets, drift, use of on Penobscot river 41 
 
 Narraguagus river 39 
 
 North West river, not closed 20 
 
 North pond, tributaries closed 20-21 
 
 Non-residents must employ guides in certain cases 6 
 
 Non-resident guides, fee of 28 
 
 o. 
 
 Oxford county, close time for fishing in 17 
 
 Oxford county, ice fishing proliibitcd 18 
 
 Onawa lake, ice fishing prohibited in and tributaries 
 
 closed 19-21 
 
 Oxford county, certain waters closed to all fishing 21 
 
 Oxford county, special laws on certain waters in 23 
 
 OflScers may seize contraband implements 24-25 
 
 Officers may arrest without warrant 30 
 
 Orioles, protection of 14 
 
 October, close time begins on fish, etc 17 
 
 October, open time begins on moose and deer ... 5 
 
 Owls 15 
 
 P. 
 
 Protection of land-locked salmon, trout, togue, white 
 
 perch 17 
 
 Pickerel pond, Flagstaff, may fish through the ice 18 
 
 Pierce's pond. Flagstaff, may fish through the ice IS 
 
 Pickerel pond, Hancock county, ice fishing prohibited . 18 
 Piscataquis county, ice fishing prohibited in certain 
 
 waters in 18 
 
 Penobscot county, ice fishing prohibited in certain 
 
 waters in 19 
 
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 Penalty for illegal fishing 19-23-24 
 
 Penalty for using forbidden implements in fishing 24 
 
 Penobscot count J', certain waters closed in 22 
 
 Piscataquis county, cei'tain waters closed in 21 
 
 Piscataquis county, special law on certain waters 23 
 
 Prohibited methods in fishing 24 
 
 Penaltj' for having contraband implements in posses- 
 sion 24 
 
 Pickerel, commissioners may grant permit to take in 
 
 closed waters 25 
 
 Permits may be granted for taking certain fish in closed 
 
 waters .. 25 
 
 Partridge, close time on 13 
 
 Plover, close time on 14 
 
 Penalty for illegally hunting game birds 14 
 
 Protection of birds, etc 14-15 
 
 Penaltry for illegally killing insectivorous birds 15 
 
 Protection of birds, eggs and young 15 
 
 Prohibited metliods of taking game birds — 15 
 
 Penalty for dishonest officers 30 
 
 Penalty for dishonest licensees 31 
 
 Provision dealers must be licensed 12-13 
 
 Pemaquam river 39 
 
 Penalties, how collected and disposed of 29-30 
 
 Permit, commissioners may revoke any by them issued, IG 
 
 Penobscot river, use of drift nets in 41 
 
 Plantations may raise money for fish 3 
 
 Pounds of fish which may be taken and transported — 17-18-24 
 
 Pennesseewassee lake • 21 
 
 Parlin pond and stream, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Participant, compelled to testify 31-32 
 
 Park purposes, game taken for 35 
 
 Per cent., twenty-flve, of fish eggs to be returned to 
 
 waters 40 
 
 Q. 
 
 Quail, protection of ■ 
 
 R. 
 
 Ruffed grouse, protection of 13 
 
 Robins, protection of 14 
 
 Registered guides must accompany parties camping 
 
 during certain months 6 
 
 Registration of guides 26-27-28 
 
 Repealing clause 41 
 
 Report of commissioners 33 
 
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 Royal river 20 
 
 Rangeley lake and stream 20 
 
 Ross pond 20 
 
 Roxbury pond 21 
 
 Rapid river 21 
 
 Rowell pond 22 
 
 St. Croix river, close time on, and exempt 17-39 
 
 Somerset county, ice fishing prohibited in IS 
 
 Sabbath Day pond, ice flsliing prohibited in, and tribu- 
 taries closed ] S-20 
 
 Ship and Bear pond, ice Ashing prohibited in, and tribu- 
 taries closed 21 
 
 Shaker pond, ice fishing prohibited in 19 
 
 Somerset county, certain waters closed 21-22 
 
 Screens, commissioners may put in 36 
 
 Spawn, fish, use of prohibited 24 
 
 Spears, use of prohibited, and contraband when 24-25 
 
 Seine, use of prohibited 24 
 
 Set lines, use of prohibited, except in ice fishing 18-24 
 
 Suckers in closed waters, commissioners may grant 
 
 permits to take 25 
 
 Snipe, protection of 14 
 
 Swallows, protection of 14 
 
 Sparrows, protection of, and English 14-15 
 
 Sable, protection of 17 
 
 September, deer may be taken for food purposes, under 
 
 certain conditions 6 
 
 Sunday is close time on game and birds 9 
 
 Search and seizure by wardens 29 
 
 Seizure of game, birds and fish 29 
 
 Sporting camp proprietors shall be licensed 26 
 
 Salmon and trout, length of, and defined 38-40 
 
 Sheriffs and deputies are wardens 29 
 
 Service of warrants on corporations 31 
 
 Special laws on fishing in certain waters 22-23 
 
 Sqiiaw-pan lake 19 
 
 Sebago lake, tributaries closed 20 
 
 South Bog stream 20 
 
 Sandy river pond 20 
 
 Snow pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Songo pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Sand pond 21 
 
 Smith pond, tributaries closed 22 
 
 Snares forbidden 5-24 
 
 Salary of Commissioners 32 
 
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 Spoon hooks 24 
 
 Spinners 24 
 
 Smeltb, may be taken for food purposes 24 
 
 T. 
 
 Towns may raise money for fish, etc 3 
 
 Trout, close time on 17 
 
 Togue, close time on 17 
 
 Thomas pond, ice flshfng prohibited in, tributaries 
 
 closed 18-20 
 
 Turtle pond, ice fishing prohibited in, tributaries closed 18-2i 
 Twin Doughty pond, ice fishing prohibited in, tribu- 
 taries closed 18-21 
 
 Transportation of moose and deer, game birds and fish 
 
 without accompanying the same by being tagged 11-24 
 
 Tributaries to certain lakes closed ■ 19-22 
 
 To wnsend brook 19 
 
 Taylor pond 11) 
 
 Tufts and Dutton ponds, tributaries closed 20 
 
 Trawl , use of prohibited 24 
 
 Traps, use of prohibited 24 
 
 Transportation of fish, game and game birds 11-10-14-24 
 
 Tag, to send birds, game and fish 11 
 
 Taxidermists, appointment of 15 
 
 Troutdefined as 
 
 Trout, length of 40 
 
 Tern, protection of 41 
 
 Trial justices, jurisdiction of 30 
 
 V. 
 
 Varnum pond, tributaries closed. 
 
 w. 
 
 Wolves, bounty on 3 
 
 White perch, close time on 17 
 
 Washington county, ice fishing prohibited in certain 
 
 waters 19 
 
 Waters closed at all times 18-19-22 
 
 Washington county, certain waters closed 22 
 
 Webb pond, tributaries closed 20 
 
 Whetstone brook 20 
 
 Wilton pond, tributaries closed 20 
 
 Webb's river 21 
 
 Whitney pond, tributaries closed 21 
 
 Wildcats, bounty on 3 
 
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 Weir, use of prohibited 24 
 
 White perch, transportation of 11-24 
 
 White fish, commissioners may grant permission to 
 
 take 25 
 
 Woodcock, close time on 13 
 
 Woodpeckers, protection of 14 
 
 Wardens, appointment and duties 28 
 
 Wardens may serve processes 28 
 
 Wardens may seize game, etc 29 
 
 Wardens may arrest violators of law 29 
 
 Wardens may search camps, etc 29 
 
 Wardens may recover penalties, when and how 29 
 
 Wardens shall report all prosecutions, etc 32 
 
 Winthrop, lakes in 21 
 
 Wayne, lakes in 21 
 
 Wood stream and pond 22 
 
 West outlet Moosehead lake closed 22 
 
 Wild land, camping and kindling fires thereon, etc 6 
 
 Waters, fresh and migratory fishes.. 39 
 
 York countj', fishing prohibited in certain waters in.... 19 
 
 York county, certain waters closed to all fishing at all 
 times 22 
 
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