1903 
 
 
aass_SK45dl- 
 Book_ ■A4-____^ 
 
WM^u^a^ 
 
h\.fis^'i -f^^y 
 
 A \/V S 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE OF VERMONT 
 
 iSH AND GAME 
 
 Chapter 1 89, Vermont Statutes . 
 
 WITH ADDITIONS AND AMENDME3NTS MADE ! V m Ts 
 OF THE LEGISLATURE DtrPJNG THE SE -i . - 
 
 OF 1896-1898-1900-1902. 
 
 Hunters and bportsmen, Wiiidtas ana Guides arc urged lo umkc 
 themselves, familiar with them, and to report all violations to the 
 Fish and Game Commissioners: 
 
 _ HENRY G, THOMAS, Stowe, 
 E. A. DAVIS, Bethel. 
 
L_ ANA/S 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE OF VERMONT 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 nSH AND GAME 
 
 Chapter 189, Vermont Statutes. 
 
 AVITH ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACTS 
 OF THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE SESSIONS 
 
 OF 1896-1898-1900-1902. 
 
 ^// 
 
 Hunters ami Sportsmen, Wardens and Guides are urged to make 
 themselves familiar with them, and to report all violations to the 
 Fish and Game Commissioners: 
 
 HENRY G. THOMAS, Stowe, 
 E. A. DAVIS, Bethel. 
 
 VERGENNES, VT.: 
 ENTERPRISE AND VERMONTER PRESS, 
 ■<" . , . ,1903. 
 
%^." 
 
 s^V^ 
 
INSTRUCTIONS TO FISH AND 
 GAME WARDENS. 
 
 1. Appointments of wardens by the 
 Commissioners will be made in duplicate. 
 One copy should be immediately filed with 
 the town clerk. Appointments by the 
 Selectmen should be in writing and filed 
 with the town clerk. The town clerk 
 should notify the Commissioners in order 
 that they may supply the warden with 
 proper documents. 
 
 2. No oath of oflBce is required. 
 
 3. Wardens should make immediately a 
 memorandum of all facts connected Avith 
 violations of the law that come to their 
 knoAvledge ; such as the date, offense com- 
 mitted, place of the violation, the name of 
 the waters and town, the names of all 
 witnesses, and the name of the party viola- 
 ting the laws, if known. 
 
 4. A Avarden may arrest, Avithout a 
 Avarrant, any persons caught in the act of 
 violating the game laws. For example : 
 A man having in his possession trout under 
 six inches, or having, during the close sea- 
 son, a partridge, would be in the act of 
 
violating the game laws, and subject to 
 arrest without warrant. Arrests may be 
 made on Sunday. After the arrest wardens 
 should follow the provisions of section 
 457 o V. S. on i)age 14. 
 
 5. ^Vhen a violation of the law has 
 taken place and arrest has not been made 
 on view, as provided in the preceding in- 
 struction, then complaint should be made to 
 a grand juror or state's attorney who will 
 cause a warrant to be issued. This war- 
 rant must be served by some officer 
 authorized to serve a criminal process. A 
 warden is not such an officer. 
 
 6. In important cases, where there is no 
 danger that the parties will run away, it is 
 often best to report all the facts called for 
 in paragraph o, either to the state's attor- 
 ney of the county where the violation was 
 connnitted, or to the lish and game com- 
 missioners. The commissioners should 
 always be notified of the circumstances of 
 case, with the name of the officer connected 
 with the prosecution, etc. 
 
 7. A person under arrest should be im- 
 mediately taken before a justice and tried, 
 or placed under bonds to appear upon a 
 certain date. 
 
8. All fish and game illegally caught or 
 killed is the property of the State (Section 
 46'24) and should be held by the warden. 
 In no case should the fish and game illegally 
 taken be returned to the respondent. The 
 disposal of such property, not provided for 
 by law, should aAvait the instructions of 
 the fish and game commissioners, and in 
 important cases it will be well to commu- 
 nicate with them by telegraph or telephone. 
 
 9. It is not lawful to take ti'out under 
 six inches from the waters of the State for 
 purpose of stocking private preserves or 
 any other purpose. 
 
 10. It is unlawful to fish streams which 
 have been posted l)y the Commissioners 
 and advertised as closed, notwithstanding 
 the fact that the posters may have been 
 destroyed, maliciously or otherwise. 
 
 11. Wardens should see that they re- 
 ceive half of the fines in cases where con- 
 viction follows their complaint to the prose- 
 cuting officer. 
 
 12. It w^ould be well to keep a diary of 
 all events, such as seizure of set lines, nets, 
 etc. 
 
 13. The law names certain conditions 
 under which packages, barrels, baskets, etc., 
 
6 
 
 containing fish may be examined, forcibly 
 if necessary. Note particularly section 
 4576 of chapter 189, and No. 35, Acts of 
 1896. Law abiding citizens will usually 
 show their catch or game if properly ap- 
 proached on the subject. When satisfied 
 that a party has upon his person fisli or 
 game illegally taken, arrest him and seize 
 the fish or game illegally possessed. 
 
 14. The foregoing instructions are the 
 result of various inquiries from wardens, 
 from time to time. Do not hesitate to 
 write the commissioners whenever any 
 question comes up that you would like to 
 have settled. Remember that you are an' 
 officer of the State, and so comport your- 
 self with dignity, not allowing any personal 
 feelings for or against a person to influence 
 you in the execution of the duties of your 
 office. 
 
 If any state's attorney, grand juror, jus- 
 tice of the peace, or other officer declines to 
 attend to your case, write all the circum- 
 stances to tlie fish and game commissioners. 
 
 HENRY G. THOMAS, 
 
 Stowe, 
 
 E. A. DAYIS, 
 
 Bethel. 
 
^^ 
 
 S^ ^ S o - 
 
 C ^ -1 T) S 
 O S P J. ^ 
 
 •c „, 
 
 ^ "^ * 
 
 S^ = = ^ « i: = 
 
 (h XT' » ^ ^ 
 
 £C _. ST. ^ ^ 
 
 ■ ft OQ '^ 3* 
 
 o go 6 
 
 
 ^ » 
 
 ? T 
 
 „. 3 S5 X 
 
 > 2 5 
 
 H O C 
 
 ft ^ r+ 
 
 I-" <rh O* 
 
 OT ~ S 
 
 o § 5- 
 
 ^ 5 
 
 w w 
 p) t« 
 
 o > 
 o o 
 « W 
 H W 
 O » 
 H I 
 
 * w 
 
 H 2. W M <t 
 
 3 g O I'' re 
 
 ~ ^ §. H ?c 
 ?? " O = ^ 
 
 5- g = « S 
 
 o a 9 ^ ft 
 
 ~ -^ ' S =* 
 
 ft o i— t ra "^^ 
 
 j;- TT O O 1-! 
 
 
 ^ _ 1) ^ T, 
 
 ^' I ? ^ l;^ 
 
 ^'t O "^ J 
 
 ?^^§ ^ 
 
 2. E, rt- P 
 
 W uj Cf ^ 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 m 
 
 2 
 
 
 m 
 
 > 
 
 IP 
 
 rr 
 
 3 O 
 
 
 a 
 
 fa 
 
 o 
 
 CO 
 
 O 
 
 H 
 
 m 
 
 s ft 
 
 2 = 
 
 ^ ^ '^ - ^ 
 
 s 1^ t» 
 
 ft sr 
 
 8§S 
 
 © pi L; 
 
 => <=> c^ 
 
 o o |i>- 
 
 ft i^ 
 
 ~ W 
 
 > 
 
 m 
 2 
 
 < 
 
 3 
 
 o 
 
< 8 
 
 0888 
 
 10 O O o 
 
 1^ 1) s ^ 
 
 0^^^ O O-v- 
 
 <1^ C« S != 
 
 _ > o 
 
 ■ ~;a2 
 
 3^22^-0: s 
 
 iS^SP^ 
 
 
 < ^' '-' =^ S - ^ T: ^J5- 
 
 <1?*-H t- S-r- i 
 
 :H^ 
 
 JO^r 
 
 .^rs 
 
 > c^^rirSH CO g O) cS-— 
 
 ;'2oxPHS'S_g ;::.:« 
 
 ; t- <D S7^ a» G t, t, lu 
 " o;3 kW^ fi o o o 
 
 < 
 
 88 88 
 
 o in 00 
 
 88 
 
 do 
 
 88 
 
 do 
 
 •— r u 
 
 
 I? 
 
 J-1 S3 1^ 
 
 
 
 
 '^ ?? O Hi -3+^^ 
 
 0,0 <U =3 ;- 
 
 'S cS ct 
 
 s p o S'^t^'^iz-c 
 
 ^^^•2?^-' 
 
 
 
 ^ ^ tj 
 
 es£Q 
 
 > P3 fe 
 
 < w fe 
 
 
 g 
 
 9a 
 
 -< 
 
 pi^ 
 
 
 
 ^2 
 
 
 
 <kj 
 
 P3 
 
 ^ao 
 
 H 
 
 ^;2i 
 
 » 
 
 PW 
 
 « 
 
 M 2"Sh 
 >:5ph ;?; 
 
9 
 
 Chapter 189, with Acts of 1896, 1898, 1900 
 and 1902. 
 
 Preservation of Fish, Game and Birds. 
 
 DEFTNITIOXS. 
 
 Se<'. 456ti. Words and phrases used in 
 this cliapter shall, unless inconsistent with 
 the context, mean as folloAvs : 
 
 Angling: taking fish with hook and line, 
 or not exceeding two rods or lines with 
 hooks attached, held in hand, and not in- 
 chiding set lines. 
 
 Close season : that period of time during 
 which an act is prohibited. 
 
 If an act is prohibited between two dates, 
 the prohibition shall include the first but 
 not the last date. 
 
 Private preserve : a naturaJ pond, of not 
 more than twenty acres, belonging to a 
 common owner, or any artificial pond made 
 solely for the purpose of fish culture. 
 
 Posted Waters: all waters on lands 
 posted as provided in this chapter. 
 
 Public Waters : all waters over wiiich 
 the State has jurisdiction, except private 
 preserves and posted waters. 
 
10 
 
 FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
 
 »ppoiNTMENT, Sec. 45(58, as amended by No. 128, Acts 
 rERM OF OFFICE. ^j ^g^^^^ rpj^^ Govemor, duriiig the month 
 
 VACANCY. ' <^ 
 
 of November, 1900, shall appoint two fish 
 and game commissioners, the first to hold 
 ottice for two years, and the second for four 
 years from the first day of the following 
 December, and biennially thereafter he shall 
 api)oint one member of the board for four 
 years. The Governor shall select one of 
 said commissioners as superintendent of the 
 fish hatchery at Roxbury. Vacancies in 
 the said office of fish and game commission- 
 er shall be filled by the Governor. 
 Se<'. 45(54. Terminated. 
 POWERS, i^Kc. 45()5. The fish and game commis- 
 
 sioners may confer Avith the fish commis- 
 sioners and fish and game commissioners 
 of other States and Canada ; direct, in their 
 discretion, the construction of fish ways, 
 and, at the expense of the State, introduce 
 trout, shad, salmon, and other good varie- 
 ties of fish into such streams, lakes and 
 j)onds within the State, not private pre- 
 serves or posted waters, as they deem suited 
 to the successful cultivation of fish; and 
 for this and other purposes shall have the 
 
 DUTIES. 
 
11 
 
 sole conduct and control of such fish hatch- 
 ing stations as are now owned or ojierated 
 by the State, and such as may be hereafter 
 established ; and may make all rules and 
 reg-ulations necessary for the distribution 
 of the product of such stations. 
 
 Sec. 4560. They shall adopt suitable repo 
 measures to secure the enforcement of the 
 laws relating to the i)r()tecti()n of fish and 
 game, and make a biennial report to the 
 Governor, containing a record of their acts, 
 expenditures and receipts, and such recom- 
 mendations respecting the preservation and 
 l)ropagation of hsh and game as they deem . 
 advisable; the expense incurred under the 
 provisions of this chai)ter, excei)t such as 
 may be permitted l)y law in the conduct 
 and control of such hsh hatcliing stations, 
 shall not exceed two thousand dollars an- 
 nually. 
 
 Sec. 4567. Waters stocked by the fish •'"bl.c waters 
 and game commissioners shall thereafter be 
 treated as public waters, but any person 
 who might otherwise make the same a i)ri- 
 vate preserve or posted wateis, may do so 
 at the expiration of five years from the date 
 of filing with the fish and game commis- 
 sioners a written notice of his intention so 
 
 WHAT ARE. 
 
12 
 
 to do. Such notice shall contain a descrip- 
 tion of the stream, portion of stream or 
 pond so intended to ])e made a private pre- 
 serve or posted ^v■ater, and shall he kept in 
 the tiles of the tish and game commissio- 
 ners. 
 FISHING IN, Skc. 4r(»S. Wlien the hsh and game 
 
 PHOHiBiTEo. eymmissioners i)lae'e iish in a pond or stream, 
 
 HOW, PENALTY. i ^ ' 
 
 they may prohihit hshing therein, or in 
 s})e('iiied portions thereof, for a period not 
 exceeding three years, hy posting notices 
 to that effect conspicuously u])on the hanks 
 thereof, and })ul)lishing such notice three 
 weeks successively in a newsi)aper puhlished 
 in the county where such Avaters are lo- 
 cated ; if a j)erson iishes, or attempts to fish 
 in such waters within the time specified, 
 lie shall he fined fifty dollars, if prosecution 
 is commenced within six months after the 
 oft'ence is committed. 
 RIGHT TO TAKE Skc 4509, as amcuded hy scctlou 1, No. 
 1*^,96, Acts of 189S. The fish and game com- 
 missioners may take fish in public waters, 
 and the owners of private preserves may 
 take fish in their preserves at any time, and 
 in such manner as may be most convenient 
 for the purposes of propagation, dissemina- 
 tion or science; and trout hatched artiflc- 
 
 FISH, FOR WHAT 
 PURPOSE 
 
13 
 
 ially and grown in artificial pools may be 
 taken and sold by the owner from the first 
 day of February in each year to the end of 
 the close season. 
 
 FISH A XI) <;ame avardens. 
 
 Sec. 4570. The selectmen may appoint*''''°'N™ENT: 
 and remove at pleasure, fish and game war-"^""^*^" 
 dens who shall be residents of the town. 
 Whenever in the judgment of the fish and 
 game commissioners, the enforcement of 
 the provisions of this chapter will be better 
 secured thereby, they may appoint and re- 
 move at pleasure fish and game wardens in 
 any town. 
 
 Sec. 4571. The term of office of all fish ^erm of office 
 and game wardens shall expire on the first BMNTRmL'" 
 Tuesday of March in each year. Theii' ap-™""^ f^": 
 pointment shall be in writing, and filed inllt """' 
 the office of the clerk of the town where 
 such warden resides ; and the town clerk 
 shall, immediately upon the appointment or 
 removal by the selectmen of any fish and 
 game warden, notify one of the fish and 
 game commissioners thereof in writing. 
 
 Sec. 4672. Appointments of fish andAPPoiNTMCNi, 
 game wardens shall be substantially as f ol- reIJcation, 
 lows: "°^'""°" 
 
 GIVEN. 
 
ARREST, 
 I'KOCEEOINUS. 
 
 14 
 
 We and selectmen 
 
 of the town of Vermont (or 
 
 fish and game commissioners,) hereby con- 
 
 stitnte and appoint resident in 
 
 the town of a fish and game 
 
 warden within and fc>r the State of A^ermont, 
 to hold office for the period ending on the 
 first Tnesday of March, next, unless before 
 that date removed. 
 
 Dated this day of A. I)., 
 
 , selectmen of 
 
 (or fish and game commis- 
 sioners.) 
 
 When the appointment of a fish and game 
 warden is revoked, a written notice shall be 
 given to such warden and a copy thereof 
 filed in the office of the clerk of the town 
 where he residg^. 
 
 Sec. 45? 3. Fish and game wardens may 
 arrest on view , in any place in the State, a 
 person found violating any of the provisions 
 of this chapter, and retain him in custody at 
 the expense of the State, until opportunity 
 is given to a complaining or informing offi- 
 cer to institute a prosecution against such 
 offender ; and a fish and game warden mak- 
 ing such arrest shall immediately give no- 
 tice to the grand juror of the town, or the 
 
15 
 
 state's attorney of the county, in which 
 such offence was committed, or if the offence 
 was committed in an unorganized town or 
 gore, to the grand juror of an adjoining 
 town, or the state's attorney for the county 
 and explain the nature and circumstances 
 of the offence charged ; and such complain- 
 ing or informing officer shall forthwith hie 
 a complaint or information against such 
 offender and prosecute the same. 
 
 8ec. 4574. If a fish and game warden violations; 
 has notice that there has been a violation in '"'"'"'^ ''"°"'- 
 his town of any of the provisions of this 
 chapter, he shall forthwith inquire into the 
 same, and he may investigate any violation 
 of the provisions of this chapter in any place 
 in the State ; and if he finds that there has 
 been a violation of any of the provisions of 
 this chapter, he shall state the nature and 
 circumstances of the offence to the grand 
 juror of the town or state's attorney of the 
 county in which the offence is l)eheved to 
 have been committed, who shall prosecute 
 the offender. 
 
 Sec. 4575. In prosecutions under the fine, disposal of 
 two preceding sections, the fish and game 
 warden shall receive one-half of the fine 
 
16 
 
 and the remainder of the fine shall go to 
 the State. 
 SEARCH; SEIZURE; Sec. 457B. A fisli and game wRi'dcn maj 
 PROCEEDINGS, ^pp,-, ^j^y ^^^^ baiTcl OF othcv receptacle 
 found in any vehicle of transportation, in 
 any place other than the dwelling house or 
 immediate dependencies thereof of the per- 
 son having possession or control of such box, 
 barrel or other receptacle, if he has reason 
 to suspect that black bass, i)ike, Avall-eyed 
 l)ike, shad or other fish illegally caught in 
 the waters of the State are contained there- 
 in ; and may seize any black bass, pike, 
 wall-eyed pike, shad or other fish by him so 
 discovered ; and if he is satisfied that the 
 same were caught in the waters of this 
 State in violation of law, he may sell the 
 same and pay the proceeds arising there- 
 from to the clerk of the county in which 
 such seizure was made, one-half to go to 
 such warden, and the other half to the 
 State. 
 
 FISH. 
 
 PENALTY FOR TAK- ^j,^,^;^ 4577, as amcuded by Section 2, No. 
 
 ING TROUT, SAL- ^ ,^ » , p ^ . . /^ o TC j 1 
 
 MONORLONCE. ^^^ ^cts of 1S98. If a person takes or 
 catches a trout, land-locked salmon, salmon 
 trout or longe in any of the waters of this 
 State or has in his possession any such fish 
 
ING FISH UNDER 
 SIX OR TEN IN- 
 
 17 
 
 so captured between the first day of Sep- 
 tember and the first day of May following, 
 he shall be fined not more than ten dollars 
 for each fish so taken, caught or possessed, 
 but the provisions of this section shall not 
 apply to trout hatched artificially, and groAvn 
 in artificial pools taken by the owner be- 
 tween the first day of February in any year 
 and the end of the close season. 
 
 8ec. 4578, as amended by No. 91, Acts offtNAiTYfOR tak 
 1898. If a person takes or catches from 
 any of the waters of this State a brook '^"^s. 
 trout, rainbow trout, Ijrown trout, or Loch 
 Leven trout, less than six inches in length, 
 or a black bass less than ten inches in 
 length, or a land-locked saimon, or salmon 
 trout, or steel-head trout less than twelve 
 inches in length, and does not immediately 
 return the same, with the least possible in- 
 jury, to the waters from which it was taken 
 or caught, or has in his possession any 
 brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or 
 Loch Leven trout less than six inches in 
 length, or black bass less than ten inches in 
 length, or land-locked salmon, or salmon 
 trout, or steel head trout less than tAvelve 
 inches in length, so taken or caught from 
 any of the waters of this State, he shall be 
 
PROTECTION OF 
 BLACK BASS, WALL 
 
 PERCH AND MUS- 
 KALONGE, 
 
 fined not less than one dollar nor more than 
 ten dollars for each fish so taken, caught or 
 possessed ; and possession of any such fish 
 shall be prima facie evidence that the same 
 was taken or canght from thcAvaters of this 
 State. 
 
 Sec. 4579, as amended by No. 9o, Acts of 
 EYED PIKE, WHITE l'^9<s. If a pcrsou, between the first day of 
 ■January and the fifteenth day of June, takes 
 or catches a black bass in any of the waters 
 of this State, or has in his possession any 
 black bass so taken, he shall be fined five 
 dollars for each fish so taken, caught or 
 possessed. If a person between the first 
 day of January and the first day of May, 
 takes or catches a wall-eyed pike or pike 
 perch in any waters in this State, except 
 Lake Champlain, or has in his possession 
 any such fish so taken, he shall be fined 
 five dollars for each fish so taken, caught or 
 possessed. If any person between the 
 fifteenth day of April and the fifteenth day 
 of June takes or catches a white perch or 
 muskalonge in any waters of this State, 
 except Lake Champlain, or has in his pos- 
 session any such fish so taken, he shall be 
 fined five dollars for each fish so taken, 
 caught or possessed. 
 
19 
 
 Sec. 4580. No person shall shoot anysHooTiNGnsH m 
 fish in Lake Bonioseen, Lake St. Catherine ^'^^''J^^erinT' 
 or Lemon Fair above the mill dam at Kich-*ND lemon fair 
 ville, or in any tributary of either of such"°"'^'^"' 
 bodies of water. 
 
 Sec. 4581, as amended by No. 101 Acts"^'^'^'"'^^"^^ 
 
 ' "^ IN SVMS PONO, 
 
 of 1902. No person shall catch pickerelTicKEL-NECKEo 
 with hook and line, trap or net, or shoot ov'''' ''° '''' 
 
 ' ^ ' POND REGUUTEO. 
 
 spear such fish in Syms Ponds, or waters 
 connecting therewith, or in Ticklenecked 
 Pond in the town of Ryegate, or in Eden 
 Pond in the town of Eden, or in Great 
 Hosmer Pond in the towns of Craftsbury 
 and Albanj^ from the first day of October 
 in one year to the fifteenth day of June in 
 the following year. 
 
 Sec 4582. A person who violates any penalty. 
 provision of the two preceding sections 
 shall be fined five dollars for each fish so 
 taken or caught. 
 
 Sec. 4583. If a person takes or catches .NgfisH except 
 a trout, land locked salmon, salmon trout^^^NGUNGOR 
 longe, black bass or muskalonge, in any of 
 the waters of this State, except by angling, 
 or catches black bass, muskalonge, pike, 
 pickerel, or wall eyed pike ( pike perch ) in 
 any of the waters of this state, except by 
 angling, or fishing through the ice with not 
 
 FISHING ON THE 
 ICE. 
 
20 
 
 more than fifteen tended lines, he shall be 
 
 fined five dollars for each fish so taken or 
 
 caught. 
 
 FISHING THROUGH Sec. 45S-j, as amcndcd l)y Xo. 75, Acts 
 
 ICE, ONWH.T (,f |9||<,_ If .^ person fishes through the ice 
 
 WATERS PROHIB- . ^ 
 
 iTEo. in any of the water in this State inhabited 
 
 by trout, sahnon trout, longeor land locked 
 salmon, or sets or uses any device or means 
 for catching fish in waters inhabited by 
 trout, J and locked salmon, salmon trout, 
 longe, other than by angling, except in fish- 
 ing through the ice as provided in the pre- 
 ceding section, shall be fined ten dollars. 
 
 Section 2. Any warden or other person 
 discovering any device in use, or intended 
 for use, contrary to the provisions of the 
 preceding section may seize and destroy 
 the same on sight. 
 
 Sec. 4585. If a person catches, kills or 
 destroys, or attem[)ts to catch, kill or des- 
 troy fish in the waters of this State, by the 
 use of gunpowder, dynamite or other ex- 
 plosive material, he shall be fined one hun- 
 dred dollars, or be imprisoned not more 
 than ninety days, or both. 
 
 EXCEPTION AS TO ^y^c. 45SG. Notliiug lu this chapter shall 
 
 PENALTY FOR KIL- 
 LING FISH BV EX- 
 PLOSIVES. 
 
 SHOOTING PICKER 
 
 piKEOR li^e construed to prohibit the shooting of 
 LICENSED FISHIN6 pickerel or pike (not wall-eyed pike) be- 
 
 EL AN 
 
21 
 
 tween sunrise and sundown, with a gun 
 held to the shoulder, between the fifteenth 
 day of March and the first day of May, or 
 fishing with seines under license from the 
 fish and game commissioners as provided 
 in this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 4587. No fish shall be taken by taking bvoraw- 
 shuttino^ or drawing? off the water for that'll""""" 
 purpose, and any person violating the pro- penalty. 
 visions of this section shall be fined not 
 more than five dollars for each fish so 
 taken, but the fine in any one case shall 
 not exceed one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4588, as amended by No. 90, Acts obstructing the 
 
 ir\n r£ 2- • i i • xi • passage of fish-. 
 
 '96. If a person, except as provided m thiSp^^^LTYANOTo 
 chapter, by a screen or other device for regelate the 
 that purpose, so ol)structs au}^ stream, or 
 the outlet or inlet to any natural pond, or 
 the outlet or inlet to any artificial pond on 
 a public stream, as to prevent the free 
 passage of fish, he shall be fined twenty 
 dollars for each offense, and five dollars for 
 each day such screen or other obstruction 
 is continued, after written notice by a fish 
 and game commissioner, or fish and game 
 warden, is given to such person, requesting 
 the removal of the same ; but the fish and 
 game commissioners may in writing au- 
 
 PLACING OF FISH 
 
22 
 
 thorize the' placing of screens to prevent or 
 regulate the passage of fish, and revoke 
 such authorization at their discretion, and 
 any expenditure made in the making and 
 placing of screens under permission of the 
 fish and game commissioners shall in no 
 wise affect the right to revoke such author- 
 ization to summarily remove or require the 
 removal of such screen. Before an order 
 authorizing the placing of screens or revok- 
 ing such order, shall take effect, such order 
 or duplicate thereof, signed by the fish and 
 game commissioners, shall he filed in the 
 office of the town clerk of the town where 
 such screen is to be placed or removed. 
 Approved November 24, 1896. 
 PLACING DRUGS OR [^Ec. 4589. If a pcrsou places in the 
 [firpENAmEs. waters of this State, lime, creosote, India 
 Coccle (Cocculns Indicus), or other drug or 
 poison, destructive to fish, he shall be fined 
 not more than twenty dollars and not less 
 than ten dollars. 
 PiKEORPicKEREi, Sec. 4590. If a person engages in the 
 stocking of any of the waters of this State 
 with pike (not wall-eyed pike) or pickerel, 
 he shall be fined not more than five hun- 
 dred dollars and not less than one hundred 
 dollars, or imprisoned six months, or both. 
 
 STOCKING WATERS 
 WITH; PENALTIES. 
 
23 
 
 Sed. 4591. If a person is found on anyuNuwfULOE- 
 of the waters of this State or the ^^-iOYesl2'lll'''''' 
 thereof, having' in his possession, or underpoR having near 
 his control, a net, fish trap, spear, .i^ck,*"^^''^^^^'^^'^^" '" 
 light, gun or other instrument or device, 
 with the intent to use the same contrary to 
 law for the capture offish, he shall be lined 
 not exceeding one hundred dollars, or im- 
 prisoned not more than thirty days, or both. 
 
 Sec. 4592, as amended by No. 97, Acts fishing with 
 
 i? /rvo -TJ: 1 • • NET, SIINE, ETC., 
 
 of '98. If a person use, have ni possession ^^^^^^^ 
 with intent to use, or furnish for use, for 
 fishing, in the waters of this State, a pound- 
 net, trap-net, seine, gill-net, set-net, fyke, 
 fishing otter, trawl, or any electrical device 
 for killing or stunning fish, he shall be 
 fined one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4593, as amended by No. 79, Acts^cEPTioN. 
 1900. The provisions of the two preced- 
 ing sections shall not apply to the use of 
 nets, not more than seventy-five feet in 
 length, for taking minnows in waters not 
 inhabited by trout. 
 
 Sec. 4594, as amended by No. 98, Acts """in devices 
 
 ,r\0 Ti? T 1 . SET FOR fISHING, 
 
 '98. It a person discovers a pound-net^ seizure anodes 
 trap-net, seine, gill-net, set-net, fyke, set- ^"""'0"= TO"'" 
 line, fishing-otter, trawl, or any electrical 
 device for catching or stunning fish, set for 
 
 CLERK; PROCEED- 
 NGS; BOUNTV. 
 
24 
 
 fishing, or in the possession or under con- 
 trol of a person having them, with the in- 
 tent, to use for fishing, or under circum- 
 stances that show they have just been or 
 are about to be used for fishing in the 
 waters of this State, he may seize and des- 
 troy the same, or may seize and deliver a 
 pound-net, trap-net, seine, gill-net, set-net, 
 or fyke so discovered, to the town clerk of 
 the town where such seizure occurs, within 
 three days after such seizure; the toAvn 
 clerk shall retain such nets subject to the 
 order and disposal of the fish and game 
 commissioners, and ui)on satisfactory proof 
 that such net was in good faith discovered 
 and seized by such person, w^hile in posses- 
 sion or under control of a person having 
 the same with intent to use for fishing or 
 under circumstances showing it has just 
 been or is about to be used for fishing or 
 placed for use in violation of the provisions 
 of this chapter, and upon payment to him 
 by such [)erson of one dollar for each net 
 so delivered, he shall make and deliver to 
 such person an affidavit attesting the de- 
 hvery of the net so seized and certifying 
 the kind and size' of the same; upon the 
 presentation of such aflidavit, to the State 
 
25 
 
 auditor he shall draw an order upon the 
 State treasurer in favor of the i)erson 
 named in the same as follows : For each 
 gill-net, set-net, and seine less than one 
 hundred feet in length, three dollars ; for 
 each fyke with hoops less than four feet in 
 diameter, and for each seine and gill-net 
 over a hundred and under two hundred feet 
 in length, live dollars ; for each trap-net 
 under live feet, for each fyke with hoops 
 over four feet in diameter, for each seine 
 and gill-net over two hundred and undei* 
 three hundred feet in length, seven dollars 
 and fifty cents ; for each trap-net over hve 
 feet and for each seine and gill-net over 
 three hundred feet in length, ten dollars ; 
 and for each pound-net, fifteen dollars. 
 
 Sec. 8. Nothing in these two sections 
 (4592 and 4594) shall aftect the use of 
 seines under license of the fish and game 
 commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 4595. All sums of money received pRocfEos of 
 by the fish and game commissioners for 
 fishing devices so seized and disposed of by 
 them shall be paid to the State Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 4596, as amended by No. 76, Acts private pre 
 1900, and No. 66, Acts 1902. If a person 
 catches, kills or destroys fish in private 
 
 SUCH SEIZURE, 
 DISPOSAL OF. 
 
 SERVES ; PENALTY 
 FOR FISHING IN. 
 
2L» 
 
 preserves, or posted waters, without the 
 consent of the owner thereof, he shall be 
 fined five dollars for each fish so caught, 
 killed or destroyed. 
 
 Sec. 4597. As amended by No. 66, Acts 
 1902. A i^erson so engaged in the culture 
 of fish in private j^reserves, may post notices 
 on the premises prohibiting fishing thereon. 
 If a person, after such notice is posted, 
 enters upon such premises and catches fish, 
 or fouls the waters thereof with any subs- 
 tance injurious to the life and growth of 
 fish, or breaks or destroys a dam, reservoir 
 embankment, or diverts the water, or will- 
 fully does any damage to said premises, 
 he shall be fined not less than twenty 
 dollars and not more than one hundred 
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than six 
 months, and shall also be liable to the owner 
 thereof for damages. 
 
 Sec. 4598. No action shall be main- 
 To REACH PUBLIC tained against a person for crossing uncul- 
 WHEN; COSTS, tlvatcd laud to reach public waters for the 
 purpose of taking fish, unless actual damage 
 has been sustained ; and in all actions 
 brought to recover damages for crossing 
 land to reach public waters for such pur- 
 l)ose, the costs shall not exceed the damages 
 
 CROSSING UNO 
 
recovered, if such damages do not exceed 
 ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4599. Repealed by No. 102, Acts 
 '98. 
 
 Sec. 4G00, as amended by No. 102, ActscoMMissioNiRs 
 '98 and No. 80 Acts of 190(). The fish and"" '^^"^ '' 
 
 FISH WITH SEINE 
 
 game commissioners shall issue permits toiNUKEscHAM 
 residents of this State to fish with a seine ''^"*'*° '*"*' 
 
 PHREMAGOG, 
 
 in the waters and upon the shores of Lake when. 
 Champlain and Lake Memphremagog from 
 the first day of October to the first day of 
 December in each year, (and upon the 
 shores of Missisquoi Bay, a part of Lake 
 Champlain, north of a line draAvn from the 
 south end of Hog Island, so-called, due 
 west to the Alburgh shore, for one year 
 from the time of issuing such licenses, at 
 such times in said year, and at such points 
 as the commissioners shall in such license 
 designate), and such licenses shall be 
 granted with special reference to the laAA's 
 of the Dominion of Canada on the same 
 subject and in a manner best suited to give 
 residents of Vermont the same rights and 
 privileges Avith respect to seine fishing in 
 said lakes and on the shores of said bay as 
 are enjoyed by persons fishing with seines 
 under the laws of the Dominion of Canada. 
 
IN UKE 
 
 CHAMPLAIN WITH 
 SET LINES, WHEN 
 HOW. 
 
 28 
 
 Section 2. The Fish and Game Com- 
 missioners shall extend the time limited in 
 licenses issued under the preceding section 
 Avhenever they have reason to believe, and 
 do believe that tlie Canadian Department 
 of Marine and Fisheries have extended, or 
 are to extend the time limited by the 
 licenses issued by authority of said depart- 
 ment or allow seine fishing beyond the 
 time limit named in such Canadian licenses. 
 
 Sec. 4001, as amended by No. 92, Acts 
 '90. The fish and game commissioners may 
 issue permits to residents of this State to 
 fish Avith set-lines not exceeding seventy- 
 five feet in length, in the waters of Lake 
 Champlain at such times and places, and 
 under sucli conditions as they deem best, 
 having in view the ju'eservation of fish in 
 such lake and the collection of information 
 relative to fish therein. No live-bait shall 
 be used on set-lines except angle worms. 
 
 Sk<". ;>. The fish and game commis- 
 sioners are authorized to negotiate with the 
 Canadian department of marine and fish- 
 eries with reference to making the rights 
 of Canadian and Vermont fishermen on 
 Lakes Champlain and Memphremagog iden- 
 tical so near as may be. 
 
29 
 
 Sec. 46U2. Such commissioners yhall"*^^^ """x^"' 
 
 ... 1.1- RESTRIuTION 
 
 make such restrictions in regard to tishmg under license. 
 under licenses as they deem necessary, and 
 insert the same in the license, togfthcr 
 with the name of the licensee and the num- 
 ber of the license, which shall he valid only 
 for the person, time and place named there- 
 in, and may at any time he revoked by the 
 commissioners, who, in their discretion, 
 may refund to the licensee the proportion 
 of the license fee for the unexphed term. 
 
 Sec. 4608. The fee for such licenscFEE for license. 
 shall he established by the commissioners 
 upon such basis as they deem just, not ex- 
 ceeding twenty dollars, and shall be uni- 
 form throughout the calendar year. 
 
 Sec. 4604, as amended by No. 129 Acts ^ee, how 
 1900. The fees for such licenses shall 1,^°'^"'^^'°°" 
 paid to the State treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 4605. Any hcensee shi})i)ing fish shipping fi^h 
 caught under a license, shall ])lahdy mark""'^"'"'"'' 
 
 LICENSE; HOW 
 
 the box, barrel, or other receptacle contain- marked. 
 ing such fish substantially as follows : 
 
 Caught by of the town 
 
 of under license No. 
 
 granted the day of 
 
 A. D., 
 
 And the possession of fish so caught and 
 
LICENSEE TO 
 REPORT; PE 
 
 LICENSE TO 
 REMOVE APPARA 
 TUS, WHEN; 
 SEIZURE. 
 
 30 
 
 labelled shall not be presumptive evidence 
 that they were caught in violation of law. 
 
 Sec. 4606. A licensee shall, within thirty 
 NALTY.^^yg after being requested so to do by the 
 fish and game commissioners, or either of 
 them, report to such commission his catch 
 for the preceding season, giving such in- 
 formation as the commissioners require. 
 If a licensee fails to comply with this pro- 
 vision, he shall be fined ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4607. A person fishing under li- 
 cense shall, within thirty days after the 
 close of any fishing season fixed by such 
 license, remove his nets and fishing appara- 
 tus from the lake shore, or the same shall 
 thereafter be subject to seizure. 
 
 Sec. 4608. If a person permits another 
 to fish under a license granted to him, or if 
 a person fishes or attempts to fish under a 
 license not granted to him or containing his 
 name, or if a person labels a box, barrel, or 
 other receptacle, as provided in the third 
 preceding section, not having a license, or 
 if a person sells or offers for sale any fish 
 not caught under a license, representing 
 that they were so caught, he shall be fined 
 one hundred dollars or be imprisoned nine- 
 ty days. 
 
31 
 
 Sec. 4609, repealed by No. 94, Acts '96. 
 
 PROTECTION OF GAME. 
 
 Sec. 4610. If a person kills a rabbit or rabbit, hare: 
 hare, between the first day of May and the ''^''*^^^* 
 first day of September, he shall be fined 
 five dollars for each ral)])it or hare so killed. 
 
 Sec. 4611, as amended by No. 85 Acts beaver, fisher 
 1900. If a person kills, catches o]- des troys ^J""' 
 a beaver in this State, or has in his posses- poisoning. 
 sion a beaver killed, canght or destroyed in 
 this State, he shall be fined twen.ty dollars. 
 
 GAME BIRDS. 
 
 Sec. 4612, as amended by No. 107 Acts""*';j;;"" 
 1902. No person shall take or kill in this 
 State an upland plover between the first 
 day of December and the fifteenth day of 
 August; or a quail, wild duck, English 
 snipe, wild goose or plover other than up- 
 land, between the first day of January and 
 the first day of September, or any ruft'ed 
 grouse (commonly called partridge) or 
 woodcock, between the first day of January 
 and the first day of September, or a pheas- 
 ant or English partridge between the 
 twentieth day of November and the first 
 day of October; nor shall a person at any 
 time within this State take or destroy, or 
 
32 
 
 WOODCOCK OR 
 PARTRIDGE; 
 PENALTY FOR 
 KILLING OR 
 DISPOSING OFi 
 WHEN; EXCEP- 
 TIONS. 
 
 have in his possession, the eggs of any of 
 the birds named in this section ; nor shall 
 any person take any birds named in this 
 section by means of a snare, net or trap ; 
 nor shall any person hunt pheasants or 
 English partridges with a dog; nor shall 
 any person kill more than five birds of any 
 kind named in this section in one day 
 except wild duck, or have in his possession 
 any birds of the kind named, killed contrary 
 to the provisions of this section ; nor shall 
 any person kill more than twenty wild 
 ducks in one day, or have in his possession 
 any ducks killed contrary to the provisions 
 of this section. If any person takes or 
 destroys or has in his possession the eggs 
 of any of the birds named in this section 
 he shall be fined ten dollars for each 
 oft'ense, and if any person kills or has in his 
 possession, contrary to the provisions of 
 this section any of the birds herein named, 
 he shall be fined ten dollars for each bird 
 so killed or possessed. 
 
 8ec. 4613, as amended l)y No. 104, Acts 
 '9S. No person shall at any time take, kill, 
 purchase or receive, or cause to be taken, 
 killed, purchased or received any of the 
 birds specified in the preceding section for 
 
S3 
 
 the purpose of sale ; nor shall any person at 
 any time sell or dispose of the same for 
 traffic or gain. If a person violates the 
 provisions of this section he shall be fined 
 ten dollars for each offense, but the fish 
 and game commissioners may commission 
 persons, for a time specified, reserving a 
 power of revocation, to take, kill, capture 
 and have in possession any species of birds 
 other than domestic, and the nests and eggs 
 thereof, for scientific purposes only, but the 
 number of such commissions in force at any 
 one time shall not exceed five. 
 
 Sec. 4614. If a person shoots or other- protection of 
 wise intentionally wounds, entraps, en-' 
 snares, or captures a wild or undomesticated 
 bird, except quail, woodcock, wild duck, 
 Wilson's or English snipe, ruffed grouse, 
 plover, pheasant, English partridge, mer- 
 ganser, blue heron, bittern, loon, English 
 sparrow, crow, blackbird, jay or birds of prey, 
 or if a person destroys the nest or eggs of 
 any wild or undomesticated birds, except 
 the nest or egg of a merganser, blue heron, 
 bittern, loon, English sparrow, crow, black 
 bird, jay nnd birds of prey, he shall be fined 
 five dollars for each ott'ense. 
 
 OTHER BIRDS; 
 PENALTY. 
 
34 
 
 EXPIBEO BY 
 LIMITATION. 
 
 H4V1NG FISH OR 
 GAME UNUW- 
 
 Sec. 4615, as amended by No. 9o, Acts 
 '96, expired by limitation. 
 
 Sec. 4616, repealed ])y No. 98, Acts '9(). 
 
 Sec. 4617 to My2'2 inclusive, )'ci)ealed by 
 No. 98, Acts '96. 
 
 (iENEKAF, I'ROVISIONS. 
 
 ARRiER Skc. 462o. If a railroad or ex[)i"ess com- 
 pany or other common carrier, oi- any of 
 FULLY TAKEN, tliclr scrvauts or agcuts, liavc lu their pos- 
 ''^'**''^^' session for transportation anv iisli or i^'aine 
 
 EVIDENCE. "^ ^ O 
 
 unlawfully taken or killed in this State 
 within the close season foi' such lish or 
 game, such railroad or express company, or 
 other common carrier, shall be fined not 
 more than one hundred dollars for each 
 efifense and possessi(m of such hsh or game 
 by a railroad or express company, or other 
 common carrier, within the close season for 
 such fish or game, shall be presum[)tive 
 evidence that it was taken in this State in 
 violation of law. 
 PROPERTY IN FISH Sec. 46'24. No i)erson shall acciuire prop- 
 
 ANO GAME, HOW ^^.^ -^^ ^^J^ ^^^, ^.^^^^^ J^-^^^^^ ^^^. ^.-t p^ ^^j-gfl 
 
 ACQUIRED. • " ^ 
 
 TITLE IN STATE, wltliiu tlils Statc, or subject any of the 
 same to his control, save as the same are 
 killed or captured within the periods, and 
 by the means permitted by law; and unless 
 killed or captured as permitted by law, all 
 
35 
 
 fish and game within the state shall remain 
 the property of the State. 
 
 Sec. 4625. Justices shall have concur- jurisdiction. 
 rent jurisdiction with the county court to 
 the amount of twenty dollars, of offenses 
 arising under this chapter, and costs shall 
 be taxed against the respondent. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Sec. 4(i26, as amended by No. 101, Acts posting und. 
 of 189S. If the owner or occupant of en- ■"'"*'''• 
 closed land or cultivated land not enclosed 
 conspicuously posts notices on the same, as 
 hereinafter provided, that shooting, trap- 
 ping, or fishing thereon is prohibited, a 
 person who thereafter willfully enters upon 
 such land without the permission of the 
 owner or occupant for the purpose of fish- 
 ing, trapping or shooting thereon shall 
 f(^rfeit ten dollars to be recovered by the 
 owner or occupant thereof in an action of 
 trespass in addition to the damage sus- • 
 tabled thereby, provided however that this 
 forfeiture shall not be recovered against a 
 l)erson so entering said land for the purpose 
 of fishing unless such owner or occu]>ant 
 shall stock and keep stocked at their in- 
 dividual expense the waters of said land 
 
REQUIREMENTS 
 OF NOTICE; 
 
 36 
 
 with trout or other fish artificially hatched 
 or reared. 
 
 Sec. 4627. Such notices shall not be less 
 
 PENALTY FOR tlian twofcct loiig by one foot wide, and 
 posted in two conspienous places on the 
 premises, and shall have appended thereto 
 the name of the owner or occupant. Such 
 owner or occupant may recover against a 
 person who breaks down, defaces or injures 
 such signboards, ten dollars in addition to 
 the damages thereby sustained. 
 
 SETTING BEAR ^j^^,^ 4(328. If a pcrsou sets or causes to 
 
 TRAP. 
 
 REQUIREMENTS, bc sct a bcar trap, he shall build and main- 
 PENALTv. |-j^jj^ three-fourths around the same in a 
 substantial manner, a railing or guard not 
 less than three feet high, and shall protect 
 the entrance to such trap against domestic 
 animals by placing a pole horizontally, at a 
 height of three feet from the ground, across 
 the points between which it is designed 
 that the bear should enter the trap. If a 
 person violates the provisions of this sec- 
 tion, he shall be fined not more than thirty 
 dollars and not less than ten dollars. 
 SPRING GUN, SEi'. 4629. If a person sets a spring gun 
 
 trap, or a trap whose operation is to dis- 
 charge a gun or firearm at an animal or 
 person stepping into such trap, he shall be 
 
 PENALTY FOR SET 
 TING 
 
37 
 
 fined not more than five hundred dollars, 
 and not less than fifty dollars, and shall l)e 
 lial)le in a civil action to a person snft'e ring- 
 damage to his person or domestic animals 
 by such trap for twice the amount (^f such 
 damages. 
 
 NUMHEH 35, Acts of 1896. 
 
 an act a^fendino skctiox 1954, vermont 
 statutp:s, and providix^ for search 
 warrants in enforcement of the fish 
 and game laws. 
 
 It is her eh y enacted hy the GeneraJ Assem- 
 hly of the State of Verrnont : 
 
 Se(". 1. Section one thousand nine hun- 
 dred and fifty-four of the Vermont Statutes 
 is amended so as to read as follows : 
 
 A justice may grant a warrant for search- ' 
 ing in the day time, a dwelling-house or 
 other place, where personal property, 
 stolen, eml)ezzled, or obtained by false 
 tokens, is suspected to be concealed ; and 
 also for searching for counterfeit coin, 
 forged or counterfeit bank bills or notes, 
 forged or counterfeit public or corporate 
 
38 
 
 securities, and the tools and|materials for 
 such forgery or counterfeiting' ; gaining im- 
 plements and apparatus ; obscene books, 
 pictures, figures or descriptions, lottery 
 tickets or materials for lottery ; fish or 
 game believed to have been taken contrary 
 to law, or implements or devices foi- taking- 
 fish or game, sul)ject to seizure oi- unlaw- 
 fully possessed; where the discovery ot 
 such articles may tend to convict a person 
 of an ofi^'ense. 
 
 Approved November '21, 189(5. 
 
 NUMBER 88. 
 
 AN ACT PROTKCTINii PROPERTY OF THE FISH 
 AND <;AME COTSriMISSION. 
 
 ft is hereby enacted hy the <Teiier<(J Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vernmnt : 
 
 Sec. 1. No Person shall l)reak, deface, 
 injure, remove or tear down a notice posted 
 as provided in section four thousand five 
 hundred and sixty-eight of the Vermont 
 Statutes, or tamper, injure, interfere with 
 or remove any implement, fish crate, fish 
 screen, or appliance used or authorized -to 
 be used, by the fish and game commission- 
 ers, the United States fish commissioners. 
 
39 
 
 or their agents, in the protection, collec- 
 tion, retention or propag-ation of fish, or 
 regnlation or restriction of their free ])as- 
 sag'e ; or remove, deface or injure any de- 
 vice furnished or prescrihed by the fish a.nd 
 game coniniissioners in regulating or li- 
 censing setline fishing; or l)reak or open 
 any pond, dam or receptacle in use by the 
 fish and game connnissioners, the Ignited 
 States fish commissioners oi- their agents, 
 for the puri)ose of breeding, propagating or 
 retaining fish, fiy or spawn. Any person 
 viohiting any of the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be fined not more than five hun- 
 dred dollars, and not less tlian ten dollars. 
 
 SEr. 2. No person shall introduce any introduction of 
 fish exce})t trout, salmon, smelt, and min-^'^" prohibited. 
 nows into the ])ublic waters of this State, 
 frecjuented ])y trout or salmon. Any per- 
 son vfolating tlie i)rovisions of this section 
 shall be fined not more tlian five hundred 
 dollars nor less than fifty dollars. Tliis 
 section shall not ai>i)ly to the fisli and game 
 commissioners or to a person acting under 
 tlieir authority. 
 
 Sec;. 8 The fish and game commission-^^oo.TioNAL 
 ers may exterminate destructive fish in such ""^^^s of f,sh 
 
 . , 1 , , , ,, AND GAME COM 
 
 mannei- as they deem proper; they shall „,ssioners. 
 
40 
 
 have the same powers in any town as the 
 fish and game wardens have, and may act 
 as complaining and prosecuting officers of 
 all oft'ences under this chapter ; in all cases 
 so prosecuted, one-half the fines shall be 
 added to the annual appropriation for the 
 fish and game commissioners, and may be 
 expended by them in addition tlieieto. 
 Approved November '23, 189(J. 
 
 NT^MBEH 89. 
 
 AN ACT AUTHORIZINO THE FISH AND GAAfE 
 COAOriSSlONTERS TO SHOKTEN THE (H'EX 
 SEASON IX CERTAIN CASES. 
 
 It is lievfhy enacted hi/ the (ienenil Axsem- 
 hly of the State of Venn out: 
 
 !Sec. 1. The fish and game commission- 
 ers, upon petition of ten or more citizens of 
 the State, after due notice and public hear- 
 ing in the locality to be aft'ected, may shorten 
 the time for taking certain fish where the 
 habits of such fish seem to warrant it ; and 
 in such cases they shall advertise and give 
 notice of such limitation, specifying the 
 waters and fish to which it api)lies, as i)ro- 
 vided in section four thousand five hundred 
 and sixty-eight of the Vermont Statutes ; 
 
41 
 
 and said commissioners shall not make said 
 order of limitation until the petitioners, or 
 some persons in their behalf, have advanced 
 to the commissioners fujids sufhcient to pay 
 the expense of such notice and advertishig. 
 Ai)proved November 23, 1890. 
 
 No. 94, AS AMENDED J5V No. lOS, ACTS '98 
 
 AN ACT REiiULATlNO THE HUNTlNii OF DEEK 
 AND PKOniBlTINCi THE KlLLlN<i OF MOOSE 
 AND CARIBOU. 
 
 Sec. 1. No person except in the open 
 season as hereinafter provided, shall pursue, 
 take or kill a wild deer, or have in his pos- 
 session a wild deer or part thereof, so taken 
 or killed ; and the possession of deer or any 
 part thereof, except in the open season, shall 
 be prevsumptive evidence that the person 
 having- it in his possession is guilty of a 
 violation of the provisons of this section. 
 No person shall at any time kill any moose 
 or caribou, or have in his possession any 
 moose or caribou, or part thereof, killed in 
 this State ; and having in possession any 
 moose or caribou in this State, shall be])re- 
 sumptive evidence that the same Avas killed 
 in the State contrary to law. 
 
4-2 
 
 Sec. '2. Deer having horns may be hunt- 
 ed and taken in this State dnring- the last 
 ten days of October in eaeli year ; but no 
 ])erson shall hnnt, kill, desti'oy oi- capture 
 deer in this State : 
 
 (a) With a dog or dog kind. 
 
 (b) By tlie aid or use of a jack or artifi- 
 eial light. 
 
 (c) By the method known as crusting. 
 
 (d) While the deer are yarded, or 
 
 (e) T>y the use or assistance of any snare, 
 tra[) or salt lick. 
 
 Sk<'. 8. Xo ])ers(>n during the o]ien sea- 
 son of any year shall take, kill, destroy or 
 have in i)ossession more than one deer. 
 
 Skc. 4. Deer killed or taken in Ver- 
 mont shall not be transported by any per- 
 son or cor[)oration, except that the carcass, 
 or parts thereof, of one deer, lawfully killed 
 in the State, may be transjjorted in the open 
 season, and for ten (hiys thereafter when 
 o])en to view, tagged and plainly labeled 
 with the name of the owner thereof, and 
 accompanied by him; and the possession of 
 a deer or a part thereof by a common car- 
 rier or servant of a common carrier, unac- 
 companied ])y the ownei', or not tagged and 
 plainly laljeled with his name, shall be a 
 
48 
 
 violation of the provisions of this section 
 by such common carrier and servant. But 
 this section shall not apply to the head, feet 
 oi* pelt of deer severed from tlie body. 
 
 Sec. 5. A i)erson or corporation violat- 
 ing any of the provisions of this act shall 
 be fined one hundred dollars for each of- 
 fence, one-half of the same to go to the com- 
 plainant, the other half to the State. 
 
 Sec. 6. Section four thousand six hun- 
 dred and nine, Vermont Statutes, is hereby 
 repealed, except that it shall remain in force 
 as to all offences committed prior to the 
 date the act takes effect, and prosecutions 
 therefor, theretofore or thereafter instituted. 
 
 Sec. 7. This act shall constitute a i)ai't 
 of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of 
 the Vermont Statutes, entitled, "Preserva- 
 tion of llsh, game and l)irds, and destruction 
 of obnoxious animals," and shall l)e subject 
 to the provisions of said chapter, so far as 
 the same are not inconsistent with this act. 
 
 Sec. 8. Dogs of the breed commonly 
 used for hunting deer, moose or cai'ibou, 
 and dogs of other varieties that are known 
 to follow deer, moose or caribou, shall not 
 be permitted by the owner or person har- 
 boring the same to run at large in the for- 
 
44 
 
 ests where deer, moose or caribou inhabit. 
 If any dog of the breed or variety named 
 sliall be found liunting, pnrsuing or killing 
 any deer, moose or caribou, or I'unning at 
 large in the forests of this State where deer, 
 moose or caribou inhabit, it shall be deemed 
 jn'iiiia facie evidence of the violation of this 
 section by the person owning, having or 
 harboring such dog. No person shall own 
 or have in his possession any dog for the 
 purpose of hunting or chasing deer, moose 
 or caribou. Any person may lawfully kill 
 any dog found hnnting moose, deer or cari- 
 bou, or that is kept fo]- that jmrpose, con- 
 trary to the provisions of this section. 
 
 NUMBER 95. 
 
 AN ACT iMioninrrrxii the snaking of GAisrE 
 
 AND SnoOTIXii OK nrcKS with the All) 
 OF .JACKS. 
 
 It is Iterehi/ enacted h^j tlw (renerdl Afisent- 
 hly of the State of Vermont. 
 
 Se<;. 1. No game for which there is a 
 close season in this State, sliall l)e netted or 
 snared; nor shall any person possess any 
 game so taken, or set any net or snares 
 commonly used for taking such game. 
 
45 
 
 Whoever shall violate or attempt to -violate 
 the provisions of this section shall be fined 
 ten dollars, and ten dollars additional for 
 each animal or bird netted, snared or pos- 
 sessed contrary to the provisions of this 
 section, and such game may be seized, and 
 shall be forfeited to the prosecutor. 
 
 Sec. 2. If a person shoots or hunts wild 
 duck with the aid of a torch, jack or arti- 
 ficial light of any kind, he shall be fined ten 
 dollars, and five dollars additional for each 
 bird so taken ; and if a person is found on 
 any public waters of this State, or the 
 shores thereof, after sundown, with a fire- 
 arm and torch, jack or artificial light, it 
 shall be presumptive evidence that he is 
 violating the provisions of this section. 
 
 Approved November 28, 1896. 
 
 NUMBER 96. 
 
 AN ACT LIMITIN(; I HE KXroKTATlOX OF 
 GAMK KIKJ)8. 
 
 It is her eh y enacted hi/ t/ie Genend Assem- 
 hhj of the Stdte of Vermont : 
 
 Se<'. 1. No person or cor[)()ration shall 
 kill, expose for sale, or have in possession 
 at any time, any game bird for which there 
 
46 
 
 is a close season in this State, except for 
 consumption as food within the State. But 
 this shall not prevent a person residing out 
 of the State from taking game birds in open 
 season, and three days thereafter out of the 
 State when shipped open to view, tagged 
 and plainly labeled with the name of the 
 owner thereof, and accompanied by him. 
 Any person or corporation violating any of 
 the provisions of this section, or any person 
 who, not being the actual owner of such 
 game birds, to aid another in such trans- 
 portation, falsely represents himself to be 
 the owner thereof, shall be lined fifty dol- 
 lars for each ott'ense ; and the delivery to or 
 reception by any person or corporation 
 Avithin this State of any such game birds 
 for shixmient to a point without the State, 
 shall be prima facie evidence that the same 
 were killed, and are possessed within the 
 State for a purpose other than that of Ije- 
 ing consumed as food within the State. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall constitute a part 
 of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine, 
 \'ermont Statutes, entitled, "Preservation 
 of fish, game and birds, and destruction of 
 noxious animals," and shall l)e subject to 
 
47 
 
 the provisions thereof, so far as the same 
 are not inconsistent with this act. 
 Approved November 24, 1896. 
 
 NUMBER V2 
 
 AN ACT FOR THE I'KOTKCTION' OF FISH IX 
 LAKE KOMOSEEX. 
 
 It is hereh;/ enncted hi/ the General Assetn- 
 hhj of the State of Vermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. No person sliall take or catch 
 any fish in Lake Bomoseen in the towns of 
 Hubbarclton and Castleton, north of a fine 
 running from Stannard's Point on the west 
 shore of said lake to a point on the east 
 shore tliereof due west from the dwelUng 
 house of S. S. Goodwin, between the first 
 day of l)ecem])er and the first day of Ai)ril. 
 
 Sec. '2. A person who violates the pro- 
 visions of the preceding section shall be 
 fined five dollars for each fish so taken or 
 caught. 
 
 Sec. 8. A person Avho takes or catches 
 from the water of said Lake Bomoseen a 
 pike or [)ickerel less than fifteen inclies in 
 length, shall immediately return the same 
 with the least possible injury, to the waters 
 from which it was taken or caught. 
 
48 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person who violates the 
 provisions of the preceding section shall be 
 fined ten dollars for each fish so taken or 
 caught and not returned, one-half thereof 
 to go to the prosecutor, and one-half to the 
 State. 
 
 Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 24, 1896. 
 
 NUMBER 181. 
 
 AX ACT TO PROimUT THE TOLLUTIOX OF THE 
 AV^ATERS OF SLEEPEK's RIVER AND ITS 
 TRIBUTARIES. 
 
 It is herebt/ euactad by the General Assetn- 
 Jthj of the State of Venno/it : 
 
 Sec. 1. Xo dj^e stufi:, coal tar, sawdust, 
 shavings, tan bark, lime or other deleteri- 
 ous or poisonous substance destructive to 
 fish, shall be thrown or allowed to run into 
 any of the waters of Sleeper's River, or 
 any of the waters of any streams tributary 
 to Sleeper's River, from the sources of said 
 river and its tri])utaries to the dam of the 
 United States Fish Commission at Cliicker- 
 ing Prills, in the town of St. Johnsbury, 
 Vermont. Whoever shall violate or at- 
 
49 
 
 tempt to violate the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall pay a fine of fifty dollars for 
 each offense. 
 
 Sec. 2. This shall not affect mills that 
 were in operation at the time the United 
 States government located the fish hatchery 
 at St. Johnsbiiry. 
 
 Approved November 24, 1896. 
 
 NUMBER 99, Acts of 1898. 
 
 AX ACT PROVIDINti FOR THE CLOSING OF 
 CERTAIX STREAMS ADAPTED TO CULTI- 
 VATION OF FISH. 
 
 It is Jierehij enacted bjf the Genend A.sseni- 
 hlij of the State of Vertnont'. 
 
 Sec. 1. The fish and game Commission- 
 ers, may, by agreement with the ow^ners of 
 lands through which private streams, not 
 boatable, flow, close said streams, or any 
 l^art thereof, for the cultivation of fish 
 therein for the benefit of the State. The 
 waters to which this section refers shall 
 include only those streams, or parts thereof, 
 where the commissioners judge fish are not 
 likely to exceed six inches in length, and 
 which do not flow into, or connect directly 
 with posted waters, or private preserves. 
 
50 
 
 Sec. 2. The fish and game commission- 
 ers may at any time, at the expense of the 
 State, introduce trout, salmon and other 
 good varieties of fisli into the streams 
 closed, according to tlie provisions of this 
 act. 
 
 Sec 8. Towns liavhig streams within 
 their limits of the kind specified in section 
 1 of this act, may at any regular town 
 meeting, upon due notice being given in 
 the warning of such meeting, vote as to 
 what, if any streams or parts thereof, they 
 would have closed as provided in this act, 
 and may also vote at such meetings as to 
 the kind of fish mentioned in the preceding 
 section, they would have introduced into 
 such streams. When any town has voted 
 as above provided, it shall be the duty of 
 the clerk of such town to notify the fish 
 and game commissioners of the fact, giving 
 a description of the streams, or parts there- 
 of to be closed, and the kind of fish to be 
 placed therein, provided the town has 
 voted in this regard. It shall be the duty 
 of the commissioners, upon receiving such 
 notice, to close such streams or parts there- 
 of, as are specified in said notice, and so far 
 as they are able to stock the same, if so 
 
61 
 
 required, with such fish as are designated, 
 pursuant to the provisions of this act, pro- 
 vided the streams specified are found by 
 said commissioners to be adapted to the 
 successful cultivation of fish of the kind 
 specified, and can by them be closed accord- 
 ing to the provisions of this act. 
 
 8 EC. 4. When the fish and game com- 
 missioners close any stream or part thereof, 
 as provided in this act, they shall give 
 notice to that effect by posting notices and 
 by publication of the same as is provided 
 in section four thousand five hundred and 
 sixty-eight of the Vermont Statutes. Fish- 
 ing in such waters thereafter shall at all 
 times be forbidden ; and if a pei'son fishes 
 or attempts to fish in such waters, he shall 
 be fined "fifty dollars," if prosecution is 
 commenced within six months after the 
 oft'ense is committed. 
 
 Sec. 5. Waters closed as herein pro- 
 vided, and streams into which such waters 
 empty, and all Avaters of streams closed in 
 part under this act, whether above or be- 
 low the parts closed, shall not thereafter be 
 made posted waters. 
 
 Sec. 6. Streams closed as herein pro- 
 vided, shall be under the management and 
 
52 
 
 control of the fish and game commissioners 
 for the purpose of carrying oat the pro- 
 visions of this act, and they may at any 
 time, and in such manner as may ])e most 
 convenient, take hsli therefrom for pur- 
 poses of propagation, dissemination or 
 science. 'I'hey are authorized to receive 
 from the proprietors of such sti'eams, in 
 the name of the State, such deeds and writ- 
 ings as are necessary to mal<e effective the 
 provisions of this act. 
 
 Sec. 7. This act shall uot prevent the 
 fish and game connnissi oners from stock- 
 ing and posting streams as is now provided 
 in chapter one hundred and eighty -nine of 
 the Vermont Statutes. They may also 
 close any stieam or part thereof, as pro- 
 vided in this act, which has been heretofore 
 or may he hereafter stocked and posted, as 
 provided in said chapter, by posting notices 
 to that effect and by [)ublication of the 
 same as is provided by section four, and by 
 removing the notices posted pursuant to 
 chapter one hundred and eighty-nine. Such 
 waters shall thereafter be subject to the 
 provisions of this act, and shall cease to l>e 
 public waters as defined in said chapter. 
 
 Sec. 8. This act shall constitute a part 
 
53 
 
 of chapter 189 of the Vermont Statutes, 
 and shall be subject to the provisions of 
 said chapter, so far as the same are not in- 
 consistent with this act. 
 
 Approved November 'J6, 1898. 
 
 NUMBER 108. 
 
 AN ACT TO PROTECT THE STATE IN THE DIS- 
 TRIBUTION OF FISH. 
 
 It is lierelni enacted by tlie iieneral Asseni- 
 bly of the State of \Whiont. 
 
 Sec. 1. Any ijerson making application 
 for, or receiving' from the tish and game 
 commissioners, tish fry or flngerlings, for 
 distribution in the waters of this State, 
 who willfully or intentionally deceives said 
 commissioners in regard to the use to be 
 made of said fish, or makes other use of the 
 same than is represented in the application 
 therefor, oi* prescribed by said commission- 
 ers, shall be lined fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall constitute a part 
 of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of 
 the A'ermont Statutes, and shall be subject 
 to the provisions of said chapter so far as 
 the same are not inconsistent with this act. 
 
54 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved Nov. 21, 1898. 
 
 NUMBER 106. 
 
 AX ACT FORBIDDING THE Hl'XTIXG OR SHOOT- 
 IXG OF WILD DICKS AXD GEESE BETWEEX 
 THE HOURS OF SEVEX IN THE EVEXIXii OF 
 OXE DAY AXD FIVE IX THE .M()RXIX<4 OF 
 THE FOLLOWING DAY. 
 
 It is herehy enacted hy the General Assem- 
 bly of tlie State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. No person shall at any time 
 hunt or shoot any wild duck or wild goose 
 while on their feeding grounds, between 
 the hour of seven in the evening of one day 
 and the hour of live in the morning of the 
 following day. xVny person violating this 
 section shall be lined ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall constitute a part 
 of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of 
 the Vermont Statutes, and shall be subject 
 to the provisions of said chapter so far as 
 the same are not inconsistent with this act. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 19, 1898. 
 
55 
 
 NUMBER 107. 
 
 AX ACT IX RELATIOX TO THE TRAPPIXG OF 
 C'KKTAIX FUR-BEARING ANi:NrALS. 
 
 It is lievfhy enacted hy the General Assem- 
 hhj (if the State of Vennont: 
 
 Sec. 1. Any person engaged in trap- 
 ping foxes, mink, musk rats, raccoons, 
 beaver or fisher shall visit his traps at 
 least once in every forty-eight hours. Any 
 person who may violate the provisions of 
 this act shall be fined five dollars. 
 
 Sec. '1. This act shall constitute a ])art 
 of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of 
 the Vermont Statutes, and shall be subject 
 to the provisions of said chapter so far as 
 the same are not inconsistent with this act. 
 
 Sec. o. This act shall take eft^^ect from 
 its ])assage. 
 
 Approved November 19, 1898. 
 
 NUMBER 109. 
 
 AN A<'T IN RELATIOX TO DEER IX PARKS OR 
 ENCLOSURES. 
 
 It is herehy enacted hy the (ieneral Asseni- 
 hly of the State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. Any person owning or having 
 deer confined in any park or enclosure 
 
. 56 
 
 other than wild deer that have been cap- 
 tured within this State and confined, may 
 kill, sell or dispose of the same as he sees 
 fit. 
 
 -Sec. 2. This act shall take ett'ect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 22, 1898. 
 
 No. 110, AS AMENDED liY No. 71, ACTS 1902. 
 
 AN ACT granting; BOUNTIES ON CERTAIN 
 NOXIOUS ANIMALS. 
 
 It is hereby enacted Jnf the Uetteral A.s.^ettt- 
 hly of the St(fte of VennoHt : 
 
 Sec. 1. If a person takes and kills any 
 of the following noxious animals, he shall 
 receive from the state treasurer the boun- 
 ties herein specified, on complying with the 
 conditions hereinafter prescribed : For a 
 wolf, panther or bear, twelve dollars ; for a 
 lynx, five dollars; for a fox, seventy-five 
 cents ; for a rattlesnake, one dollar ; for a 
 hedgehog, thirty cents. 
 
 Sec. 2. If a person kills a wolf, panther, 
 bear, lynx, fox, rattlesnake or hedgehog, he 
 shall within thirty days after the killing 
 thereof, apply to the clerk of the town in 
 which he resides and present to liim the 
 
57 
 
 skin of such wolf, panther, bear, lynx or 
 fox or rattle of such shake or head of such 
 hedgehog", and the town clerk shall exam- 
 ine each person under oath, and if satisfied 
 that such animal or snake was killed or 
 taken in the state, he shall give the person 
 a certiticate thereof in the form })rescribed 
 by the state auditor. 
 
 Sec. 3. When such certificate is given, 
 the town clerk shall in the case of a wolf, 
 panther, bear, lynx or fox, mark such skin by 
 puncliing a hole in the left ear thereof, sufti- 
 ciently large to clearly identify such pelt, in 
 the case of a rattlesnake take and destroy the 
 rattle and in case of a hedgehog take and 
 destroy the head and shall receive from the 
 person to whom such certificate is granted 
 ten cents. The person receiving such cer- 
 tificate shall present it endoised by him, to 
 the treasurer of the town where he resides, 
 who shall pay the same. Such town treas- 
 urer shall, on the first day of May annually, 
 present the certificates paid by him to the 
 state auditor, who shall draw liis order on 
 the state treasurer for the amount payable 
 to such town treasurer. The town clerk 
 shall keep a record of all certificates issued 
 in a book used only for that purpose. 
 
58 
 
 Sec. 4. If the person killing any such 
 noxious animal lives in an unorganized town 
 or gore, he may apply to the clerk of an ad- 
 joining town, who shall grant such certifi- 
 cate Jis if such person was a resident of that 
 town. 
 
 Se( . 5. If a person obtains from a town 
 clerk a certificate by false, fraudulent or 
 deceitful practices and l)ad faith, he shall he 
 fined fifty dollars. 
 
 Se'". 6. If a person takes a wolf, pan- 
 ther, ])ear, lynx, fox or hedgehog out of a 
 trap, intending thereljy to defraud the 
 owner of such trap of his l)Ounty, he shall 
 })ay to the owner of such trap, in addition 
 to actual damages, thirty dollars for each 
 wolf or panther, tAventy dollars for each 
 hear, ten dollars for each lynx, and three 
 dollars for each fox or hedgehog so taken 
 out, to be recovered in an action on the case. 
 
 The act of 1902 took elt'ect from its pas- 
 sage. 
 
 Approved Noveml)er 17, 1898. 
 
 NUMBER 77, Acts of 1900. 
 
 AN ACT RELATING TO THE TAKING OF FTSH 
 FROM PRIVATE PONDS AND STREAMS. 
 
59 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. Any person having artificially 
 constructed fish ponds on his own premises, 
 stocked at his own expense with trout or 
 other fish artificially hatched or reared, may 
 take fish fi'om said pond as and when he 
 pleases for purposes of propagation or con- 
 sumption on the premises of the owner. 
 
 Sec. '2. For the purpose of this act it is 
 understood that an artificially constructed 
 pond does not have reference to a pond 
 made by damming a stream through which 
 trout or other protected varieties of fish 
 inhabiting said streams have access to said 
 pond. 
 
 Se«'. 3. Ponds constructed on natural 
 streams may be screened by the owners, 
 providing said owners own the stream from 
 its source to the outlet of the pond which 
 it is proposed to screen. 
 
 Sec. 4. This act shall take eft'ect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 27, 1900. 
 
 NUMBER 78. 
 
 AN ACT TO PERMIT THJi TAKING OF WHITE 
 FISH IN CERTAIN WATERS. 
 
GO 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vermont: 
 
 Se<'. 1. The fish and game commission- 
 ers may issue licenses to residents of this 
 State to fisli witli nets for white fish in any 
 waters of the State inlial)ited by said fish 
 during the month of November in each 
 year. 
 
 Sec. *2. The commissioners shall make 
 such regulations and restrictions in regard 
 to fishing under license as provided for 
 seine fishing in Lake CHiamplain under sec- 
 tions 4602, 4608, 4604, 4605, 4606, 4607 and 
 4608 of Chapter 189 of the Vermont Sta- 
 tutes. 
 
 Approved November 27, 1900. 
 
 NUMBER 79, As Amended by No. 92, Acts 1902. 
 
 AN ACT TO RKCUTLATE THE CATiJUINO OF 
 STUK(iEO!Sr, AND A:SIENDING SECTION 459o 
 OF THE VERMONT STATUTES. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assern- 
 bly of the State of ]^ermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. Repealed. 
 
 Sec. 2. See section 4593. 
 
 Sec. 3. The fish and game commission- 
 
61 
 
 ers shall issue permits to parties residing in 
 this State to fish in Laiie Champlain with 
 nets of not less than eleven-inch stretched 
 meshes for sturgeon. Such permits shall 
 license the holders thereof to fish for one 
 year from the date of the issuing of the 
 same at such times in said year, other than 
 during said close season, and at such points 
 as the said connnissioners shall in said per- 
 mits designate. In the granting of said 
 permits, said commissioners shall have the 
 same authority that is given them in the 
 granting of seine licenses ; and said licenses 
 shall be liable to all the provisions that re- 
 late to seine permits issued under the pro- 
 visions of Chapter ISO of tlie Vermont 
 Statutes. 
 
 Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts 
 inconsistent with the provisions of this act 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved November 13, 1900. 
 
 NUMBER 82. 
 
 AN ACT TO PROTECT AND BirROVE THE 
 FISHING IN LAKE 310REY. 
 
 It is hereby emitted by the General As- 
 se)nbly of the fStdte of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. No person shall take or catch, 
 
62 
 
 or have in his possession any fish taken or 
 caught in Lake Morey and Lake Fairlee or 
 its tributaries, in the town of Fairlee, Ver- 
 mont, between the 15th clay of October in 
 each year, and the 15th day of May in the 
 following year. 
 
 Sec. 2. A person who violates the pro- 
 visions of the preceding section shall be 
 fined ten dollars for each fish so taken, 
 caught or possessed. 
 
 8e<;. 3. If a person is found on the 
 waters of said Lake Morey and Lake Fair- 
 lee, or shores thereof, or on the waters or 
 shores of any of the tributaries of said lake, 
 knowingly having in his possession, or under 
 his control, a pound-net, trap-net, seine, gill- 
 net, set-net, fyke, fishing otter, trawl, spear, 
 jack, jack-light, or any electrical device for 
 killing 01 stunning fish, or any other appli- 
 ances, instrument or devices for taking fish, 
 the use of which in taking fish is prohibited 
 by law, he shall be fined not exceeding one 
 hundred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, 
 or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or 
 both. 
 
 Sec. 4. If a person use, or have in his 
 possession with intent to use, or furnish for 
 use, for fishing in said Lake Morey and 
 
63 
 
 Lake Fairlee, a pound net, trap-net, seine, 
 gill-net, set-net, fyke, fishing otter, trawl, 
 spear, jack, jack-light, or any electrical de- 
 vice for killing or stunning fish, or any 
 other appliance, instrument or device for 
 taking fish, the use of which in taking fish 
 is prohibited by law, he shall be fined one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 5. If a person takes or catches, or 
 attempts to take or catch fish through the 
 ice on said Lake Morey and Lake Fairlee, 
 or its tributaries, or shoots or attempts to 
 shoot any fish in said lake or its tributaries, 
 he shall be fined not exceeding one hun- 
 dred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, or 
 imprisoned not more than thirty days or 
 
 both. , „ 
 
 Sec. 6. Nothing in this act shall pro- 
 hibit the use of small nets, known as land- 
 ing nets, in the ordinary and proper manner. 
 Se(\ 7. In prosecutions undei- this act 
 the prosecutor shall receive one-half the 
 fine, and the remainder of the fine shall go 
 
 to the State. 
 
 Sec. 8. Justices shall have concurrent 
 jurisdiction with the county court of oft'enses 
 under the foregoing sections, and costs 
 shall be taxed against the respondent. 
 
 Approved November 27, 1900. 
 
64 
 NUMBER 84. 
 
 AX ACT MAKING STANDING POND A PRIVATE 
 PRESERVE. 
 
 It is hereby ettacted hy the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vennont : 
 
 Sec. 1. Standing Pond in the town of 
 Sharon, is hereby made a private preserve 
 and the owners thereof, when improve- 
 ments, that meet with tlie approval of 
 the fish commissioners have been made, 
 may prohibit fishing therein by posting no- 
 tices to that effect conspicuonsly upon the 
 banks thereof, and if a person fishes or at- 
 tempts to fish in said pond after it has 
 been so posted, he shall forfeit ten dollars 
 to the owners thereof, with the costs of 
 prosecution. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall take ettect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 27, 1900. 
 
 NUMBER 85. 
 
 AN ACT TO PROTECT REAVERS AND AMEND- 
 ING SECTION 4611 OF THE VERMONT STA- 
 TUTES. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Verntont : 
 
65 
 
 Sec. 1. Section 4611 of the Vermont 
 Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as 
 follows : 
 
 If a person kills, catches or destroys a 
 beaver in this State, or has in his posses- 
 sion a beaver killed, caught or destroyed in 
 this State, he shall be fined twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. ± This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 18, 1900. 
 
 NUMBER 121. 
 
 an act to prevent the pollution and 
 obstruction of the avaters of wil- 
 lou(;hby lake in westmore. 
 
 It is herebt/ enacted by the General Assetn- 
 hlij of t/ie iState of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. If a person puts or causes to be 
 put brush, trees or other substance danger- 
 ous to navigation, excepting timber and 
 lumber, into or upon the banks of Lake 
 Willoughby in the town of Westmore, or 
 into or upon the banks of streams running 
 into said lake, so that it is drawn or washed 
 into the same,- and suffers it to remain 
 therein more than seventy-two hours, he 
 shall be fined not more than thirty, nor less 
 than five dollars. 
 
66 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall not apply to 
 vvhai'ves, foundations for boat houses, nor 
 cribs or breakwaters constructed for the 
 protection of buildings and other property. 
 
 Sec. 8. Justices of the peace shall have 
 concurrent jurisdiction with the county 
 court of offenses under the foregoing sec- 
 tions. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person suffering damage 
 by reason of the violation of the foregoing- 
 sections, may recover of the person so of- 
 fending full damages, with costs of suit, in 
 an action on the case founded on this act. 
 
 Sec 5. This act shall take ett'ect from 
 its passage. 
 
 iVpproved November 22, 1900. 
 
 NUMBER 128. 
 
 AN ACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE 
 FISH HATCHERY. 
 
 It U hereby enacted hi/ the General As- 
 sembly of the fState of Vennont: 
 
 Sec;. 1. The sum of three thousand dol- 
 lars for the year 1901, and two thousand 
 dollars annually thereafter, is hereby annu- 
 ally appropriated for the purpose of main- 
 taining and further equipping the fish 
 
67 
 
 hatchery, authorized and established by act 
 number 57 of the laws of 1890. 
 
 Sec. 2. Debts shall not be contracted or 
 habilities incurred in excess of the appropri- 
 ation jirovided for in section 1 of this act, 
 and all vouchers shall be approved by the 
 State auditor before orders shall be drawn 
 on the State Treasurer in payment thereof. 
 All such orders shall be drawn in the name 
 of the superintendent of said hatchery, 
 whose services and expenses as superinten- 
 dent shall be paid out of this appropriation; 
 and a separate account shall be kejjt by the 
 State Auditor of all expenditures on ac- 
 count of said hatchery. 
 
 Sec. 3. See section 4563. 
 
 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 19, 1900. 
 
 NU31BEK 129. 
 
 AX ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, 
 E(,^UIPMEN1^ AND MAINTENANCE OF A FISH- 
 HATCHERY AT OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF 
 S WANTON, VT. 
 
 It y'.s' herebi/ enacted by the General As- 
 sonhlij of the State of Ver)njynt: 
 
 Sec 1. The sum of fifteen hundred dol- 
 
68 
 
 lars is hereby appropriated for tlie erection 
 and equipment of a fish hatchery at or near 
 the village of Swanton, Vt., for the purpose 
 of propagating and distributing pike, perch, 
 white fish and sturgeon. 
 
 8ec. 2. Within one month after the pas- 
 sage of this act and biennially thereafter, 
 the Governor shall appoint an additional 
 lish commissioner, who shall have the con- 
 trol and direction of the construction, 
 equipment and operation of said hatchery, 
 and the selection of the site for the same. 
 
 Sec o. Said commissioner shall not con- 
 tract debts or incur obligations in excess of 
 the sum of fifteen hundred dollars in the 
 construction and equipment of said hatch- 
 ery. All vouchers for the same shall be 
 approved by the State Auditor before 
 orders shall be drawn on the State Treasu- 
 rer in payment thereof. 
 . Sec. 4. See section 4604. 
 
 Sec 5. I'or the purpose of maintaining 
 and operating said fish hatchery the com- 
 missioner who shall have charge of the 
 hatchery at Swanton may expend the 
 money paid to the State Treasurer for 
 licenses to fish with seines on the shores of 
 Lake Champlain, but the expense of main- 
 
69 
 
 taining and operating said hatchery shall 
 at no time exceed the money in the treasury 
 from such licenses. 
 
 Sec. 6. Said commissioner is herehy em- 
 powered to make all rules and regulations 
 respecting the distribution of the product of 
 the hatchery. 
 
 Sec. 7. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 27, 19U0. 
 
 ACTS OF 1902. 
 
 NUMBER 93. 
 
 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF THE 
 WATERS OF BLACK RIVER IN ORLEANS 
 COUNTY. 
 
 It is herehy enacted by the General As- 
 semhly of the IState of V^ermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. If a person puts, or causes to be 
 put, sawdust into or upon the banks of 
 Black Iliver, in the county of Orleans, or 
 into or upon the banks of streams running 
 into said Black River, so that it is drawn 
 or washed into the same, he shall be fined 
 not more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. Justices of the peace shall have 
 

 
 concurrent jurisdiction with the county 
 court on all offenses under this act. 
 Approved Decenil)er 12, 1902. 
 
 NUMBER 94. 
 
 AN ACT REGULATIXO THE FISHIXCJ IN <'AS1MAN 
 LAKE IN GREENSr.oRO. 
 
 It is henhy enacted hi/ the General Assent- 
 hltj of tlie fSt<(te of VerriKmt : 
 
 Sec. 1. Angling in the waters of Cas- 
 pian Lake, in the town of (Ti'eensljoro, is 
 hereby defined to be taking fish with one 
 hook and one line held in hand or attached 
 to pole ; provided, however, that more than 
 one hook may be used in trolling. 
 
 Sec. 2. No person shall take or catch or 
 have in his possession any fish taken or 
 caught in Lake Caspian, in the town of 
 Greensboro, between the fifteenth day of 
 August in each year and the first day of 
 May in the following year. 
 
 Sec. 3. No person shall take from the 
 waters of said Caspian Lake more than 
 fifteen pounds of fish in any one day, pro- 
 vided, however, that the taking of one fish 
 additional, having less than lifteen pounds 
 when taken, shall not l)e regarded as a vio- 
 lation of the law. 
 
Sec. 4. No person shall take trout, lake 
 trout, land locked salmon or salmon trout 
 from the waters of said Caspian Lake with 
 intent to sell the same. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son to sell or offer for sale fish taken from 
 the waters of said Caspian Lake in viola- 
 tion of the provisions of section tVmr of 
 this act. 
 
 Sec. 6. Any person violating the pro- 
 visions of the four preceding sections shall 
 be fined for each offense ten dolhirs with 
 costs of prosecution. 
 
 Sec. 7. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved Dec. 12, 1902. 
 
 NLTMBER 95. 
 
 AN ATT RELATINCi TO FISHINd IN LAKE 
 CHAMPLAIN. 
 
 It is herehy enacted hi/ the Getteral As- 
 setnhly of the State of Verrnont : 
 
 Sec. 1. All existing statutes restricting 
 the fishing with hook and line in Lake 
 Champlain at any season of the year are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec- 2. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
72 
 
 NUMBER 96. 
 
 an act for the protection of fish in 
 joe's pond. 
 
 It is Jterehy enacted hy the General As- 
 sembly of the State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. No person shall take or catch, 
 or have in his possession any fish taken or 
 caught in either of three ponds known as 
 Joe's Pond or the tributaries thereof in the 
 towns of Danville, Cabot and Walden, l)e- 
 tween the first day of November and the 
 first day of May following. 
 
 Sec 2. No person shall spear any fish 
 in either of the three ^ponds known as 
 Joe's Pond in the towns of Danville, Cabot 
 and Walden, or have in his possession any 
 fish that have been speared in said pond. 
 If any person is found on the waters of 
 Joe's Pond or the shore thereof in the 
 towns of Danville, Cabot or Walden with 
 spear, jack or jack light, he shall be fined 
 not more than one hundred dollars or less 
 than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. No person shall take or catch 
 any fish in either of the two ponds known 
 as the small ponds adjacent to Joe's Pond 
 
73 
 
 or the brook leading from said small ponds 
 to Joe's Pond. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the 
 provisions of the preceding sections shall 
 be fined live dollars for each tish taken or 
 caught or in his possession. 
 
 Sec. 5. In prosecutions under this act 
 the prosecutor shall receive one-half the 
 fine and the remainder shall go to the 
 state. 
 
 Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from 
 its i)assage. 
 
 NUMBER 97. 
 
 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DRAAVING OF 
 SEINES IN MALLETS KAY. 
 
 It is hereby/ enacted by the General Assejn- 
 hly of the /State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. No person or persons shall take 
 or catch any fish with a seine in Mallets 
 Bay, in the town of Colchester, or in any 
 of the waters lying between the Sandbar 
 bridge on the north, which connects the 
 towns of South Hero and Milton, and the 
 Rutland-Canadian railroad bridge, on the 
 south and west, which connects the towns 
 of South Hero and Colchester. 
 
Sec. 2. Any iDerson or persons who vio- 
 late the provisions of the preceding section 
 shall be fined five dollars for each fish so 
 taken or caught. 
 
 Sec. 3. All acts oi* parts of acts incon- 
 sistent herewith heretofore enacted, so far 
 as relating to the above mentioned waters, 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Skc. 4. This act shall take eft'ect Janu- 
 ary 1, 1908. 
 
 Approved Dec. 8, 1902. 
 
 NUMHEM 9S. 
 
 AN ACT TO PROTECT THE PTSH IIV SILVER 
 LAKE IX THE TOAVN OF FRANKLIN. 
 
 It is lierehy enacted by the General Assem- 
 hly of the State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec 1. No person shall take, catch, or 
 have in his possession any fish taken or 
 caught in Silver Lake, so-called, in the 
 town of Franklin, between the first day of 
 October and the twentieth day of June fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 Se^. 2. No person shall take, catch or 
 kill any fish in said Silver Lake by the use 
 of any spear, net, gun, snare, or by the use 
 of dynamite, powder or othei* explosive subs- 
 
75 
 
 stance, or by the use of lime or any other 
 chemical or drug. 
 
 SEf;. 3. Any person violating the pio- 
 visions of section one of this act shall be 
 fined not less than ten dollars, and not 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person violating the pro- 
 visions of section two of this act, or found 
 upon said Silver T^ake or upon the shores 
 thereof in possession of any spear, net, 
 snare, explosive substance or chemical, with 
 the intent, to use the same in violation of 
 this act, shall be fined as above provided. 
 
 Sec. 5. This act shall take eft'ect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved November 21, 1902. 
 
 NUMBER 99. 
 
 AN ACT TO PROTECT THE WATERS OF SLEEPER 
 RIVER ABOVE THE l-XITED STATES FISH 
 HAT«JHERY IX ST. .lOHNSP.URY FROM POL- 
 LUTION. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by tlie General As- 
 sembly (if the State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. No person shall discharge or 
 allow to be discharged saw-dust, mi 11- waste, 
 or other matter injurious to fish culture, 
 
into the waters of Sleeper River or any 
 of its tributaries, above the United States 
 fish hatcliery in St. Jolinsbury, Vermont. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person violating section 
 one of this act shall be fined not more than 
 ten dollars for each offense. 
 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
 NUMBER 100. 
 
 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF THE 
 AVATERS OF TYLER BRANCH, SO-CALLED, IN 
 THE TOWN OF BAKERSFIELD. 
 
 ssem- 
 
 It is herehy enacted hy the General At 
 hly of the State of Vermont. 
 
 Sec. 1. If a person puts or causes to be 
 put saw-dust, shavings or mill refuse into 
 or upon the banks of Tyler branch, so-called, 
 in the town of Bakersfteld, or any of its 
 tributaries, he shall be fined not more than 
 fifty dollars nor less than five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
i i 
 
 NUMBER 102. 
 
 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF THE 
 WATERS OF AVILLOUGHBY LAKE IN AVEST- 
 MORE. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. If a person puts or causes to be 
 put saw-dust into or upon the banks of 
 Lake Willoughby, Long Pond or the stream 
 running from the same to Lake Willough- 
 by in the town of Westmore, or into or 
 upon the banks of streams running into 
 said lake, so as to be drawn or washed into 
 the same, he shall be fined not more than 
 fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. Justices of the peace shall have 
 concurrent jurisdiction with the county 
 court of offenses under this act. 
 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
 NUMBER lOa. 
 
 AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE FISH HATCHERY AT 
 OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SWANTON. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. The state fish hatchery erected 
 
78 
 
 and equipped at or near the village of 
 Swan ton, Vermont, under the provisions of 
 number 129 of the laws of 1900, is hereby 
 discontinued and abolished. 
 
 Sec. 2. The fish and game commissio- 
 ners are hereby authorized to either let or 
 sell said property, as in their judgment 
 seems best, the avails thereof to be paid to 
 the state treasurer. And the moneys re- 
 ceived for licenses for seine fishing in Lake 
 Champlain shall be available for use by 
 the said commissioners for prosecutions for 
 violations of the fish and game laws and 
 may be paid to them therefor by the 
 state treasurer upon order of the state 
 auditor. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect only 
 upon condition that the United States shall 
 erect and equip a hatchery at or near the 
 village of Swanton, Vermont, for the pur- 
 poses named in number 129 of the acts of 
 1900, or lease or purchase the hatchery noAV 
 located in said town. 
 
 Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts incon- 
 sistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
NUMBER 104. 
 
 AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF NUMBER 129 OF 
 THE ACTS OF 1900, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO 
 PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, EQUIP- 
 MENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A FISH HATCH- 
 ERY, AT OR NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SWAN- 
 TON, VERMONT." 
 
 It is hereby e7iacted by the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vermont: 
 
 Sec. 1. Sections 2 and 3 of Act No. 129 
 of the acts of 1900 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 2. Sections 5 and 6 of said act are 
 hereby amended so as to read as follows : 
 
 Sec. 5. For the purpose of maintaining 
 and operating- said fish hatchery, the fish 
 and game commissioners may expend the 
 money paid to the state treasurer for li- 
 censes to fish with seines on the shores of 
 Lake Champlain but the expense of main- 
 taining and operating said hatchery shall 
 at no time exceed the money in the treas- 
 ury from such licenses. 
 
 Sec. 6. Said commissioners are hereby 
 empowered to make all rules and regula- 
 tions for the distribution of the product of 
 the hatchery. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from 
 
80 
 
 the leasing or purchasing of tlie Swanton 
 fish hatchery by the United States govern- 
 ment as now provided by law. 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
 NUMBER 105. 
 
 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FISH AND GAME 
 COMMISSIONERS TO SELL TROUT FRY AND 
 TROUT FINGERLINGS, 
 
 It is lierehy enacted bij the General Assem- 
 bly of the State of Vermont : 
 
 Sec. 1. The fish and game commission- 
 ers are hereby authorized to sell trout fry 
 and trout fingerlings to residents of this 
 state for the purpose of stocking waters 
 within this state as provided under section 
 4626 of Vermont Statutes as amended by 
 number 101 of the acts of 1898, at a price 
 sufficient to cover the cost thereof and a 
 reasonable profit thereon. 
 
 Sec. 2. The fish and game commissio- 
 ners shall receive payment for all trout 
 fry and fingerlings so sold, and shall keep 
 an itemized account thereof; and shall 
 make report thereof in the same manner 
 and at the same time as they now report. 
 
 Sec. 3. The fish and game commissio- 
 
81 
 
 ners shall use such money so received in 
 hatching and rearing of trout for private 
 fsale and public distribution. 
 
 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved December 12, 1902. 
 
 NUMBER 106. 
 
 AN ACT REGULATING THE KILLING AND 
 SHOOTING OF GAME BIRDS AND GRAY 
 SQUIRRELS. 
 
 It is herebt/ enacted bt/ the General Assetn- 
 hly of the State of Venn out : 
 
 Sec. 1. All persons living without the 
 state are hereby restricted from killing or 
 having in their possession at any time any 
 game bird for which there is a close season, 
 except for the consumption as food within 
 the state and under such restrictions as 
 those of the people residing in the state. 
 
 Sec. 2. No more than five gray squir- 
 rels shall be taken by any one person in a 
 single day and then only for consumption 
 as food Vithin this state. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person violating any pro- 
 vision of this act shall be fined ten dollars 
 for each offense. 
 
82 
 
 Se(-. 4. All acts or parts of acts con- 
 trary to this act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from 
 its passage. 
 
 Approved Nov. 21, 1902. 
 
Ho 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Page, 
 
 Acts of 1896 37 
 
 Acts of 1 898 4 1 
 
 Acts of 1900 58 
 
 Acts of 1 902 69 
 
 Additional Fish Commissioners 68 
 Appointm.ent of F. & G. Commissioners 
 
 vSec. 4563 page 10, vSec. 4572 14 
 
 Appropriation for Roxbury Hatchcr)'^ 66 
 
 Appropriation for Swanton Hatchery 68 
 
 Artificial Ponds 58 
 Arrest, violations, seiznre, tine, etc., Sec. 
 
 4572, 4574. 4575. 4576 14. 15 and 16 
 
 Bear, Bounty on 56 
 
 Bear Traps to be guarded. Sec. 4628 36 
 Beaver, Protection of. Sec. 4611 31 antl 64 
 
 Black Bass, When to be taken. Sec 4579 18 
 Bomoseen, Lake, Shooting Fish in. Sec. 
 
 4580 19 and 47 
 
 Bounties on noxious animals 56 
 
 Caribou, Protection of 41 
 
 Caspian Lake, Fishing in 70 
 
 Champlain, Lake, Seining in. Sec. 46(xi 27 
 Cham plain. Lake, Fishing rights. Sec. 
 
 460J. Sec. 3 28 
 
 Closing of certain streams to cultivate fish 49 
 Cocculus ludicus. See India Coccle 
 
 Common carrier, Rules for. Sec. 4623 34 
 
 Crossing land. Sec^4598 26 
 
80 
 
 Page. 
 
 Deer in Parks 55 
 
 Deer, Protection of 41 
 
 Definitions 9 
 
 Dogs, dogging deer forbidden 42 
 Dogs for hunting deer, must not run at 
 
 large 43 
 Ducks, hunting after 5 p. m. or before 7 
 
 A, M. forbidden 54 
 
 Ducks, hunting with torch forbidden 45 
 
 Eden Pond, Sec. 4581 19 
 
 Eggs, Protection of, Sec. 4612 . 31 
 
 English Snipe, Protection of. Sec. 4612 31 
 
 Pyxplosives, Use of. Sec. 4585 20 
 
 Exportation of Game Birds 45 
 
 Extermination of destructive fish, 39 
 
 Fairlee, Lake, protected 61 
 
 Fines, Sec. 4575 15 
 
 Fine for shooting wild birds. Sec. 4614 33 
 
 Fish Hatchery, maintenance of 66 
 
 Fish taken for certain pvirposes. Sec. 4569 ii 
 
 Fish, When to be taken. Sec. 4577 16 
 
 Fish Commissioner for Swanton 68 
 
 Fish and Game Commissioners, Sec. 4563 to 
 Fish and Game Commissioners, Powers 
 
 and Duties, Sec. 4565 10 and 39 
 
 Fish and Game Commissioners, Reports, 
 
 Sec. 4566 II 
 
 Fish and Game Commission, property of 38 
 Fish and Game Wardens, appointment, 
 
 Sec. 4570 13 
 
 Fish and Game Wardens, instructions to 3 
 Fish and Game Wardens, Right to open 
 
 packages, Sec. 4576 16 
 
Page. 
 
 Fishing prohibited, Sec. 4568 12 
 
 Fishing through the ice 20 
 
 Fox, bounty on 56 
 
 Fur bearing animals 55 
 
 Game, Protection of. Sec. 4610 31 
 
 Game Birds, exportation of 45 
 Game Birds, sale of. Sec. 4613 32 and 45 
 
 Game Birds, additional protection 81 
 
 Gray Squirrels, protected 81 
 Hook and line fishing in Lake Champlain 
 
 not restricted yi 
 
 Illegal devices, Possession of. Sec. 4591 2^ 
 
 India Coccle, Penalty for use, Sec. 4589 22 
 
 Instructions to Wardens 3 
 
 Joes Pond, Fishing in 72 
 Justices to have concurrent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 4625 35 
 Ivaws, Synopsis of Fish and Game 7 and 8 
 
 lycnion Fair, Shooting fish in. Sec. 4580 19 
 
 Ivicensee, Duties of. Sec. 4606 30 
 
 licenses, fee for. Sec. 4603 29 
 
 Licenses, fee to whom paid, Sec. 4604 29 
 
 Licenses, for fishing, Sec. 4600 27 
 
 Licenses, Fishing without. Sec. 4608 30 
 
 Licenses, how restricted. Sec. 4602 29 
 Licenses, Marking fish for market, Sec. 
 
 4605 29 
 
 License fees, 4604 amended 29 
 
 License for taking sturgeon 61 
 
 License for taking white fish 59 
 
 Lynx, bounty on eg 
 
 Marking fish for market. Sec. 4605 29 
 
88 
 
 Page. 
 
 Memphremagog, Lake, Fishing in, Sec. 
 
 4600 27 
 
 Memphremagog, Lake, Fishing rights, 
 
 Sec. 4601, Sec. 3 28 
 
 Minnows, Sec. 4593 23 
 
 Missisquoi Bay, Seining in, Sec. 4600 27 
 
 Moose, protection of 41 
 
 Morey, Lake, protected 61 
 
 Muskallonge, out of season, Sec. 4579 18 
 
 Nets for minnows. Sec. 4593 23 
 
 Nets, Use of various. Sec. 4594 23 
 
 Noxious Animals 56 
 
 Obstructing streams, Sec. 45^8 21 
 
 Open season to be shortenecL when 40 
 
 Panther, bounty on 56 
 
 Partridge, See Ruffed Cirouse. 
 Penalty for catching Muskallonge out of 
 
 season, Sec. 4579 18 
 
 Penalty for catching Muskallonge out of 
 
 season. Sec. 4582 19 
 
 Penalty for catching perch out of season. 
 
 Sec. 4579 18 
 
 Penalty for catching pickerel out of sea- 
 son. Sec. 4582 19 
 Penalty for catching white perch out of 
 
 season. Sec. 4582 19 
 
 Penalty for catching wall eyed pike out 
 
 of season, Sec. 4579 18 
 
 Penalty for deceiving Commissioners 
 
 when applying for or receiving tish 53 
 
 Penalty for defacing or destroying prop- 
 erty 38 
 
89 
 
 Page. 
 
 Penalty for fishing in waters posted by 
 
 the State 
 
 49 
 
 Penalty for fishing where prohibited, 
 
 Sec. 4568 12 
 
 Penalty for fishing through the ice, Sec, 
 
 4584 20 
 
 Penalty for fishing in posted waters, Sec. 
 
 4596 25 
 
 Penalty for fishing with other than hook 
 
 and line, Sec. 4583 J9 
 
 Penalty for fishing out of season, Sec. 
 
 4577 16 
 
 Penalty for fishing without licenses, Sec. 
 
 4608 30 
 
 Penalty for illegally fishing in Lakes 
 
 Morey and Fairlec 61 
 
 Penalty for introducing fish, except 
 
 trout, etc. 39 
 
 Penalty for killing beaver. Sec. 46J 1 31 
 
 Penalty for killing fish in private pre- 
 serves. Sec. 4596 25 and 59 
 Penalty for killing game birds, Sec. 4612 31 
 Penalty for obstructing streams. Sec. 4588 21 
 Penalty for pollution of Sleeper's River 48 
 Penalty for stocking waters of State, Sec. 
 
 4590 22 
 
 Penalty for possession of illegal devices, 
 
 Sec. 4591 23 
 
 Penalty for shutting off water. Sec. 4587 21 
 
 Penalty for taking fish in Lake Bomo- 
 
 seen 47 
 
 Penalty for setting snares 44 
 
 Penalty for use of explosives, Sec. 4585 20 
 
90 
 
 Page. 
 
 Penalty for use of India Coccle, Sec. 4589 22 
 Penalty for use of various nets, Sec. 4592- 
 
 4594 23 
 
 Perch out of season, Sec. 4579 18 
 
 Permits, Sec. 4600 27 
 
 Permits for set lines, Sec. 4601 28 
 Penalty for catching fish under six or ten 
 
 inches, Sec. 4578 17 
 Penalty for catching Black Bass, Wall- 
 eyed Pike, White Perch and Mus- 
 
 kalonge out of season, Sec. 4579 18 
 Penalty for trespassing on posted fishing 
 
 grounds, Sec. 4597 26 
 I'heasant, protection of, Sec. 4612 31 
 Pickerel or pike, shooting, Sec. 4586 20 
 Pickerel, when not to be caught. Sec. 4581 19 
 Pike perch. See wall eyed pike. 
 Plover, protection of, Sec. 4612 31 
 Pollution of Sleeper's River 48 and 75 
 Pollution of Willoughby l^ake 65 
 Pollution of Black River 69 
 Pollution of Tyler Branch 76 
 Ponds can be screened when 59 
 Posted waters. Sec. 4596 25 
 Posting waters, when allowed, Sec. 4597 26 
 Powers and duties of the F. & G. Com- 
 missioners, Sec. 4565 10 
 Powers of Swanton Fish Commissioner 68 
 Preservation of fish, game and birds 9 
 Private posters, size of. Sec. 4627 36 
 Private posting law, Sec. 4626 35 
 Propert}^ in Fish and Game, Sec. 4624 34 
 
91 
 
 Page. 
 Protection of fish in Lake Bomoseen 19-47 
 Public waters, Sec. 4567 11 
 Oiiail protection, Sec. 4612 31 
 Rattlesnake, bovmty on 56 
 Removal of nets, etc., Sec. 4607 30 
 Reports of the Fish and Game Commis- 
 sioners, Sec. 4566 1 1 
 Right to fish for purpose. Sec. 4569 12 
 Ruffed grouse or partridge, protection, 
 
 Sec. 4612 31 
 
 Sale of Game Birds 45 
 
 Sawdust or other deleterious stuff 48 and 75 
 
 Screens, vuse of in artifiicial ponds 59 
 
 Search warrants 37 
 Seizure of illegal devices, vSec. 4584, Sec. 2 20 
 
 Set line permits. Sec. 4601 28 
 
 Seining prohibited in Malletts Bay 73 
 
 Selling trout fry and fingerlings 80 
 
 Shooting pickerel or pike. Sec. 4586 20 
 
 Shutting off water, penalt}'^, Sec. 4587 20 
 
 Six inch law, vSec. 4578 19 
 
 Silver Lake, Fishing in 74 
 
 Sleeper's River, pollution of 48 and 75 
 
 Snaring, setting snares forbidden 44 
 St. Catherine Lake, shooting fish in. Sec. 
 
 4580 19 
 
 Spring gun trap. Sec. 4629 36 
 
 Standing Pond made private 64 
 
 Stocking and closing streams 49 
 
 Stocking waters. Sec. 4590 22 
 
 Sturgeon nets, use of 61 
 
 Swanton Hatchery 67 
 
 Swanton Fish Hatchery abolished 77 and 79 
 
yj 
 
 Page. 
 
 Sym's Pond, Sec. 4581 19 
 Term of office of Fish and Game Commis- 
 sioners, Sec. 4571 13 
 Tickelnaked Pond, Sec. 4581 19 
 Towns to vote on closing streams 49 
 Town Clerk, certificate for bounty on 
 
 noxious animals 56 
 Town Clerk, certificate for seizure of 
 
 nets, Sec. 4594 23 
 Town Clerk, to notify Commissioners of 
 
 wardens appointed. Sec. 4571 13 
 
 Transportation of deer. Sec. 4 41 
 
 Transportation of game birds 45 
 
 Trapping fur bearing animals 55 
 Wall eyed pike, penalty for taking, Sec. 
 
 4579 ^8 
 Wardens, Fish and Game, appointment, 
 
 Sec. 4570 13 
 Wardens, Fish and Game, duties. Sec. 
 
 4573-4574 14 and 15 
 
 Wardens, Instructions to 3 
 Wardens, Fish and Game, term of office, 
 
 Sec. 4571 13 
 
 Waters, What are public. Sec. 4567 11 
 
 White fish under license, 59 
 
 Wild duck, protection of. Sec, 4612 31 
 Willoughby I^ake, pollution or obstruc- 
 tion prohibited 65 and 77 
 
 Wolf, bounty on 5^ 
 
 Woodcock, protection of. Sec. 4612 31 
 
 U. S. Fish Commission, property of 38 
 
 LBJaDS 
 
r^ 
 
 s^ 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 ^'002 899 054 6% 
 
 v.r