{"1": {"fulltext": "CARLETOITS MGESi\\nor THfc\\nMAINE FISH Affl GAME LAWS.\\n1899.\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n000125^3442", "height": "3597", "width": "1969", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,\\nChap. Copyright No..\\n\\\\M -1- BheltJ K4\\n,M\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "3486", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "49822\\nT WO COPIES RECEIVED.", "height": "3506", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "To the Honorable Henry O. Stanley, of Dixfield,\\nMaine, the foremost fish culturist and angler in New\\nEngland, who for nearly a third of a century has\\ndevoted his time and talents, and without any adequate\\nremuneration, to the propagation and protection of fish,\\nand under great discouragements, I dedicate this little,\\nunpretentious volume. That he may live yet many\\nyears to enjoy the fruition of his intelligent labors is\\nthe sincere wish of that great throng of his friends\\nwho have learned to respect and admire him.\\nSECOND COPY,", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "o^\\nPREFACE.\\nThe legislature of 1899 enacted a law which is chap-\\nter 42 of the Public Laws of 1899\u00e2\u0080\u0094 revising, consolidat-\\ning, amending and simplifying all the laws pertaining\\nto inland fisheries and game, both public, and private\\nand special, and every law pertaining to inland fisheries\\nand game, whether public, private or special, is herein\\ncontained and may be found in the chapter above\\nreferred to of the Public Acts of the legislature of 1899.\\nAll rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the\\ncommissioners are repealed and we start with a clean\\nslate with this revision.\\nA few rules and regulations have been adopted since\\nthe adjournment of the last legislature by the commis-\\nsioners, which have the force of law, and are incorpo-\\nrated herein, with notes of the decisions of the courts\\nand explanations. I venture to give my interpretation\\nof the various enactments upon which I am most fre-\\nquently inquired about.\\nThe edition of 10,000 copies of chapter 42, Public\\nLaws of 1899, printed for free distribution by order of\\nthe legislature, is entirely exhausted.\\nThat this little, unpretentious compilation may be of\\nsome benefit to our wardens, visiting sportsmen, and ail\\nthose interested in the great subject of inland fisheries\\nand game in the State of Maine, is the sincere wish of\\nthe author.\\nAugusta, November 1, 1899.", "height": "3506", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "CARLETON S DIGEST\\nOf the Inland Fish and Game Laws of the\\nState of Maine*\\nWhat the law is explained and stated in plain lan-\\nguage, with citations from decisions of the courts, and\\nforms for petitions, complaints, etc.\\nA state has the constitutional right to regulate the\\nkilling of game, birds and fish within its borders, ;md\\nconfine their use to the limits of the state, and forbid\\nits transmission outside of the state. Decision United\\nStates Supreme Court, 161 U. S. Reports, page 519.\\nIt is lawful under the Constitution for a state to\\nallow the killing of birds within the state, during a\\ndesignated open season, to allow such birds when so\\nkilled to be used within the state, and yet to forbid\\ntheir transportation beyond the state.\\nFrom the earliest traditions the right to reduce ani-\\nmals, ferae naturae, to possession has been subject to\\nthe law making power. United States Supreme Court.\\n161 U. S. Reps., 522.\\nThe human race having multiplied, men partitioned\\namong themselves the earth and the greater part of\\nthose things which were on its surface. That which\\nfell to each one among them commenced to belong to\\nhim in private ownership, and this process is the origin\\nof the right of property. Some things did not enter\\ninto this division, as the air, the water which runs in\\nthe streams, and the sea and its shores, and great ponds,\\nand wild animals, birds and fish. Melin and Pothier.\\nThere are things which belong to no one, and the\\nuse of which is common to all. Police regulations\\ndirect the manner in which they may be enjoyed.\\nHunting and fishing is also regulated by Special Laws.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Provisions of the Napoleon code, quoted and endorsed\\nby the U. S. Supreme Court, 161 U. S. R., 526.\\nThis attribute of government to control the taking\\nof wild animals was recognized and enforced by the\\ncommon law of England, and was vested in the colonial\\ngovernments. The power which the colonies thus\\npossessed passed to the states, with the separation from\\nthe mother country, and remains in them to the present\\nday. Ibid.\\nThe state has jurisdiction to regulate and control the\\nfisheries in the waters of the state, both tidal and inte-\\nrior waters. The right to fish in its waters is not a\\nprivilege of the citizens in the several states granting\\nto citizens of this state the right to fish for and take\\nfish in a manner and for a purpose not given to citizens\\nof another state is not unconstitutional. 84 Me., p. 444.\\nThe Massachusetts Bay Colonial Ordinance of 1641,\\nas amended in 1647, which is an early declaration of\\ncommon rights and liberties, declared among other\\nthings as follows\\nAnd for great ponds lying in common, though with-\\nin the bounds of some town, it shall be free for\\nany man to fish and fowl there, and may pass and\\nrepass on foot through any man s property for that end,\\nso that they trespass not upon any man s corn or\\nmeadow.\\nMassachusetts Colonial Ordinance 1641-1647 is the\\ncommon law of the whole state. Barrows v. McDer-\\nmott, 73 Me., 441.\\nA great pond is a pond containing more than 10\\nacres. Auburn v. Water Power Co., 90 Me., 576.\\nState owns them, 86 Me. 319.\\nOne may go to great, ponds on foot through unin-\\nclosed woodlands, but may not cross tillage or mow-\\ning land. Barrows v. McDermott, 73 Me., 441.\\nThe wild game within a state belongs to the people\\nin their collective, sovereign capacity. It is not the sub-\\nject of private ownership except so far as the people\\nmay elect to make it so and they may, if they see fit.\\nabsolutely prohibit the taking of it, or traffic or com-", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "merce in it, if it is deemed necessary for the protection\\nor preservation of the public good. We take it to be\\nthe correct doctrine in this country that the ownership\\nof wild animals, so far as they are capable of owner-\\nship, is in the state. So far as we are aware, it has\\nnever been judicially denied that the government under\\nits police powers may make regulations for the preser-\\nvation of game and fish, restricting their taking to cer-\\ntain seasons of the year. The right to preserve\\ngame flows from the undoubted existence in the state\\nof a police power to that end, which may be none the\\nless efficiently called into play, because by so doing\\ninterstate commerce may be remotely effected. Geer\\nv. Connecticut, 161 U. S. R., 519.\\nMoose.\\nSees. 17 and 20. Cow and calf moose shall not be\\nhunted, chased, caught, or killed at any time, under a\\npenalty of not. less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00,\\nor imprisonment not exceeding four months.\\nSec. 17. A calf moose is one that is at least a year\\nold and has at least two prongs or tines to his horns.\\nSees. 17 and 20. Open season on bull moose is from\\nOctober 15th to December 1st of each year. Close time\\non bull moose, in which it is unlawful to hunt, them at\\nall, is from December 1st to October 15th of each year.\\nAnd no person in open season shall hunt, kill, or have\\nin possession more than one bull moose, or parts there-\\nof. Penalty not less than $500.00 nor more than\\n$1,000.00, or not exceeding four months imprisonment.\\nSix Years Close Time on Caribou.\\nSec. 19. It is unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or\\nhave in possession any caribou, or part thereof, before\\nOctober 15, A. D. 1905. Penalty same as on moose.\\n(Note.) When firm had three caribou each partner\\nheld liable. Allen vs. Leighton, 87 Me., 206.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Deer.\\nSees. 18-20-21. It is unlawful to hunt, kill, chase,\\ncatch or have in possession any deer, or part thereof,\\nbetween December 15th and October 1st, and no person\\nduring open season shall kill or have in possession more\\nthan two deer, or parts thereof. Penalty $40 and costs.\\nOne Deer for Food Purposes in September.\\nSec. 21. It is lawful from September 1st to October\\n1st of each year, to kill one deer, for food purposes\\nonly, to be consumed in the locality where taken, by the\\nperson taking the same, in either of the counties of\\nOxford, Franklin, Somerset, Piscataquis, Penobscot,\\nAroostook, Washington, and Hancock, under such rules\\nand regulations as the commissioners shall from time\\nto time establish, such person having first procured a\\nlicense therefor, on payment of $6 by a non-resident\\nand $4 by a resident of this State but it is unlawful for\\na non-resident of the State to take a deer as provided\\nin this section, or to enter upon the wild lands of the\\nstate, (wild lands mean lands in unorganized town-\\nships, Ed.), with intent to camp and kindle fires there-\\non while engaged in fishing or hunting, without being\\nin charge of a registered guide, during the months of\\nJune, July, August, September, and October provided\\nthat the provisions of this section relating to wild lands\\ndo not apply to any person who, while hunting or fish-\\ning, stops at any hunting or fishing camp, which is\\nowned or under the control of any registered guide or\\nregistered camp owner. (Note.) A resident is not\\nrequired to have a registered guide.\\nDeer in Certain Counties.\\nSec. 21. It is unlawful to hunt or kill any deer in\\neither of the counties of York, Cumberland, Androscog-\\ngin, or Sagadahoc, for four years from October 1, 1899,\\nand it is unlawful to hunt or kill any deer in the coun-\\nties of Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo, except during the\\nmonth of October of each year, or in Kennebec county", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "except during October and November of each year, and\\nno person shall kill or have in possession during these\\nrespective open seasons more than two deer. Penalty\\n$40 and costs. (Deer cannot be killed for six years\\nfrom October 2, 1899. on the Isle au Haut, in Knox\\ncounty. P. S. Laws, 99, ch. 75. Deer cannot be\\nkilled for two years from October 2, 99, on Cross\\nisland, in Cutler, or in either of the towns of Eden, Mt.\\nDesert or Tremont. R. R. of Commissioners.) (Sep-\\ntember 30, 99.)\\n(Note.) Possessor of game illegally taken or killed\\nis as liable as if he had taken it himself. State v.\\nBucknam, 88 Me. 385.\\nTwo deer may be taken in open season, notwith-\\nstanding one has been taken in September, under a\\nlicense.\\nSunday a Close Time.\\nSec. 22. Sunday is a close time on which it is not\\nlawful to hunt, kill or destroy game or birds of any\\nkind.\\n(Note.) Sunday is not a close time on fishing, in\\nthe same sense as on hunting. The only law to prevent\\nfishing on Sunday, during the open season, is the old\\nSunday law, so called, and is as follows Whoever\\non the Lord s day keeps open his shop or\\nplace of business travels or does any work,\\nlabor or business on that day, except works of necessity\\nor charity uses any sport, game or recreation\\nshall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10. R. S.,\\nch. 124, sec. 20.\\nThis statute also provides that a person conscien-\\ntiously believing that the seventh day of the week ought\\nto be observed as the Sabbath, and actually keeps Sat-\\nurday as Sunday, is not liable to the above penalty if\\nhe does not disturb others by his work. (Note.\\nBut this will not give him the right to hunt game or\\nbirds or fish on Sunday, though he refrain from doing\\nit on Saturday.)", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "Use of Dogs.\\nSees. 19-20-22. It is unlawful to use dogs in hunting\\nmoose, deer, or caribou at any time, or jack lights,\\nartificial lights, snares or traps, and any person may at\\nany time kill any dog found hunting or chasing a\\nmoose, or a deer, or a caribou, or any dog kept or used\\nfor that purpose. Penalty for the use of dogs, or keep-\\ning them to hunt game or allowing them to do so, $100\\nand costs.\\n(Note.) The question often arises, is a person liable\\nwhose dog, of his own volition, leaves the house of his\\nmaster and chases deer? Anybody can lawfully kill\\nthe dog, finding him under these circumstances. The\\nowner or keeper would not be liable if he knew noth-\\ning about it, but if he was informed that his dog was\\nin the habit of chasing this game, and does not confine\\nhim, and the dog, after his owner has this knowledge,\\nagain chases game, he would be liable. Owners of\\ndogs should keep them within their immediate control,\\nat their peril, the same as he does his horses, his cattle\\nand his hogs. Dogs are not domestic animals. State\\nv. Harriman, 75 Me., 562. One cannot be convicted for\\nstealing under R. S., ch. 127, sec. 1. State vs. Harri-\\nman, 75 Me., 562.\\nTransportation.\\nSect. 23. No person or corporation shall carry or\\ntransport from place to place an)^ moose, or deer, or\\npart thereof, in close time, nor in open time unless open\\nto view, tagged, and plainly labelled with the name\\nand residence of the owner thereof, and accompanied\\nby him, under a penalty of forty dollars and costs of\\nprosecution for each moose or deer so transported or\\ncarried and any person not the actual owner of such\\ngame or parts thereof, who, to aid another in such\\ntransportation, falsely represents himself to be the\\nowner thereof, shall be liable to the penalties aforesaid\\nand it shall be prima facie evidence that said game, that\\nis being transported or carried jn violation of this\\nsection, was illegally killed but nothing herein shall\\napply to the transportation of moose, or deer by any", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "person or corporation, when such game is lawfully\\ntagged in accordance with the provisions of section 26\\nof this chapter. Whoever lawfully kills a bull moose\\nshall, while the same, or any part thereof, is being\\ntransported, preserve and transport it, with the evidence\\non the moose of the sex of the same. Whoever fails\\nto comply with the provisions of this section shall for-\\nfeit to the State the moose or part thereof being trans-\\nported, and pay a fine of three hundred dollars and\\ncosts of prosecution.\\nSect. 24. All birds, fish, and game hunted, caught,\\nkilled, destroyed, bought, carried, transported, or found\\nin possession of any person or corporation, in violation\\nof the provisions of this chapter and amendments there-\\nto, shall be liable to seizure and in case of conviction\\nfor such violation, such game shall be forfeited to the\\nState, to be sold for consumption in this State only.\\nAny person whose game or fish has been seized for\\nviolation of any game or fish law, shall have it returned\\nto him on giving to the officer a bond with sufficient\\nsureties, residents of the State, in double the amount\\nof the fine for such violation, on condition that, if\\nconvicted of such violation, he will, within thirty days\\nthereafter, pay such fine and costs. If he neglects or\\nrefuses to give such bond and take the game or fish\\nso seized, he shall have no action against the officer for\\nsuch seizure, or for the loss of the game or fish seized.\\nShall not Give Away Game or Birds.\\nSect. 25. No resident of this State shall sell or give\\naway any moose or deer or part thereof, or any game\\nbirds, to be transported or carried beyond the limits of\\nthis State, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for\\neach and every moose, deer, or part thereof, and one\\ndollar for every game bird so sold or given away and\\nany person who shall buy any of the above named\\nanimals or birds or parts thereof, to so transport them,\\nor who snail transport them after buying the same, or\\nreceiving the same as a gift, shall be subject to the\\nsame penalty.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nMay Transport Moose, Deer, Game, Birds and Fish\\non Payment of a Fee.\\nSect. 26. Any person who has lawfully killed a\\nmoose (or a deer, except in September as heretofore pro-\\nvided), or who has lawfully in his possession one trout,\\none togue, one land-locked salmon, or one white perch,\\nor ten pounds of either kind of these fish, or one pair\\nof game birds, may send the same to his home or to any\\nhospital in the State, without accompanying the same,\\nby purchasing of the duly constituted agent therefor a\\ntag, paying for a moose five dollars, for a deer two dol-\\nlars, for a trout, togue, or land-locked salmon, one dol-\\nlar for each, or one dollar for each ten pounds of the\\nsame, and fifty cents for one white perch or ten pounds\\nof the same, and fifty cents for a pair of game birds.\\nThe commissioners of inland fisheries and game may\\nappoint agents in convenient localities who may sell\\nthese tags, under such rules and regulations as the com-\\nmissioners may adopt.\\n(Note. A person who has lawfully killed a bull\\nmoose, or a deer, may sell them, but not to be trans-\\nported out of the State. He may take them to his\\nhome wherever he lives, by going with them, and hav-\\ning them properly tagged, or he may buy a license and\\nship them to his home without going with them. He\\nmay take a moose or two deer that he has killed out of\\nthe State, or he may cut them up and peddle them out,\\nwithout a license.)\\nSect. 22. Whoever has in his possession more than\\none bull moose, or more than two deer, in their respec-\\ntive open seasons, or any part of these animals in close\\nseason, shall be deemed to have killed or destroyed\\nthem unlawfully, and be subject to the penalties pro-\\nvided for killing them unlawfully.\\n(Note. This does not apply, however, so far as deer\\nare concerned, to those who are licensed to retail deer,\\nor to licensed camp owners, who have deer in posses-\\nsion in accordance with the terms of their license, and\\na fairly reasonable time is permitted to get game out", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "II\\nof the woods, and transport it, that was lawfully killed\\nnear the close of the open season.\\nOne who lawfully obtain^ the ownership of game in\\nopen time is not criminally liable for having the same\\nin possession in close time afterwards. 88 Me. 385\\n76-80; 82-173; 75-289. But having it thus in possession\\nis evi ence of its illegal capture. 88 Me. 385.)\\nGame Birds.\\nSect. 11. The close time on partridge and woodcock\\nis from December 1st to September 15th, and the open\\ntime is from September 15th to December 1st.\\nOn wood duck, dusky duck, commonly called black\\nduck, teal and gray duck, the open time is from the first\\nday of September to the first day of May, and the close\\ntime is from the first day of May to the first clay of\\nSeptember.\\nThe close time on quail is from December first to\\nOctober first. The close time on plover and snipe is\\nfrom May first to August first. Penalty not less than\\n$5.00 nor more than $10.00 for each bird unlawfully\\nkilled, or had in possession in close time.\\nNo person can lawfully kill or have in possession\\nmore than 15 of each variety in one day. except, plover\\nand snipe. No person shall be allowed to sell any par-\\ntridge, or have them in possession except for his own\\nconsumption within this State, under a penalty of five\\ndollars for each bird. No person or corporation shall\\ncarry or transport more than fifteen of any one variety\\nof the birds above named, at any one time, as the prop-\\nerty of one person. When being transported they must\\nbe tagged with owner s name and accompanied by\\nhim, but partridge cannot be carried out of the State.\\nAny person to aid another in illegal transportation of\\nthese birds, who falsely represents himself to be the\\nowner, is subject to a like penalty. (Public Laws, ch.\\n116. Perpetual close time on tern. Penalty not less\\nthan $1.00 nor more than $10.00.)\\n(Note. See section 26 as to transporting one pair of\\ngame birds. It will be observed that the law prohibits", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "the sale of partridge, under any circumstances, or their\\nbeing taken out of the State, and when being trans-\\nported in the State all birds must be plainly labelled\\nwith owner s name and address and accompanied by\\nhim.\\nSect. 12. Capercailzie, or cock of the woods, cannot\\nbe killed at any time, or the black game, or any specie\\nof the pheasant, except partridge. Penalty $50.00.\\nLarks, robins, swallows, sparrows, woodpeckers, orioles,\\nor other insectivorous birds, their nests, eggs or young,\\n(crows, English sparrows, and hawks excepted), cannot\\nbe taken or killed at any time. Penalty not less than\\n$1.00 nor more than $5.00. Possession of any such bird\\nis prima facie evidence that the person having them in\\npossession unlawfully killed them, and none of these\\nbirds can be transported or carried.\\nSects. 12-13. It is unlawful to take any wild duck,\\nof any variety, quail, ruffed grouse, or partridge, wood-\\ncock, or any bird, except by the usual method of sport\\ning with firearms. Penalty $5.00 for each bird. It is\\nunlawful to kill in any manner any wild duck of any\\nvariety on the Kennebec river or on the shores thereof,\\nsouth of Gardiner and Randolph bridge, or on Merry-\\nmeeting bay, or the shores thereof, between sunset and\\ndaylight of the following morning; it is unlawful to\\nhunt, kill, or destroy any wild duck, at any time, with\\nthe aid of jack lights, or any artificial light. Penalty\\n$50.00.\\nHaving firearms in possession in the vicinity of the\\nduck grounds in Merrymeeting bay, or on the Kenne-\\nbec river south of the Randolph and Gardiner bridge, in\\nthe night time, is prima facie evidence that the person\\nhaving them is hunting ducks contrary to law.\\nDoves.\\nIt is held in all the authorities that doves are fera?\\nnaturae, and as such are not subject of larceny, except\\nwhen in the care and custody of the owner as when in\\na dovecote or pigeon house, or when in the nest, before\\nthey are able to fly. If, when thus under the care of", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nthe owner, they are taken furtively, it is larceny, o\\nPickering, 15, 89 Me. 86.\\nPerhaps when feeding on the grounds of the proprie-\\ntor, or resting on his barn, or other buildings, if killed\\nby a stranger, the owner may have trespass, and if the\\npurpose be to consume them as food, and they are killed\\nor caught or carried away from the inclosure of the\\nowner, the act would be larceny. 89 Me. 87.\\nLand-Locked Salmon, Trout, Togue, White Perch,\\nBlack Bass, Pickerel, c.\\nSects. 10-38. In waters where it is unlawful to fish\\nat any time, the commissioners may grant permits to\\ntake eels, suckers, cusk, pickerel, and white fish, and\\ndispose of them for food purposes, under such rules\\nand regulations, and on such terms, as they deem\\nreasonable. All such permits shall expire with the cal-\\nendar year.\\nCommissioners May Destroy Mink.\\nThey may cause destruction of mink around any fish\\nhatchery.\\nGeneral Close Time on Land-Locked Salmon, etc.\\nSect. 5. The general close time on land-locked salm-\\non, trout and togue is from October first until the ice\\nis out of a lake or pond the following spring, except in\\nOxford and Franklin counties in these counties the\\nclose time is from October first to May first and in\\nKennebec county and on the St. Croix river and its\\ntributaries, clos time is from September fifteenth until\\nthe ice is out of the lake or pond fished in the follow-\\ning spring.\\nThe close time on white perch is from the first day of\\nApril to the first day of July. But a person lawfully\\ntrolling for trout, land-locked salmon or togue, who in\\ngood faith accidentally catches a white perch may keep\\nit.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nThere is no close time on black bass, pickerel, horn-\\npouts, suckers, chubs, eels, yellow perch, cusk, or white\\nfish.\\nR. R. of Commissioners, September 30, 1899.\\nThere shall be an annual close time on Cathance lake,\\nin Cooper, Washington county, in which it shall be\\nunlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any fish from\\nSeptember first to May first of the following year. Also\\nin Blunts pond, so called, in Lamoine, Hancock county,\\nfrom October first to May first of the following year.\\nIce Fishing.\\nSect. 5. Inhabitants of the State are allowed to fish\\nfor land-locked salmon, trout and togue, through the\\nice in the day time, during February, March and April,\\nwith not more than five set lines, while under their\\nimmediate personal control, and take 20 pounds for\\none family in one day, and take them home for their\\nown consumption.\\nIt Is Unlawful to Fish Through the Ice in the\\nFollowing Named Ponds and Lakes.\\nExceptions. But there are a great many exceptions\\nto the general law, as follows It is unlawful to fish\\nthrough the ice at all, for any kind of fish, anywhere in\\nOxford, Franklin, Kennebec and Somerset counties,\\nexcept that part of Moosehead lake in Somerset\\ncounty, and Pickerel pond, in Flagstaff, Gilman pond, in\\nLexington, and Pierce pond, in said Somerset county.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish for any kind of fish\\nthrough the ice, in Allen s pond, in Greene, Lake\\nAuburn, in Auburn, Brettuns pond, in Livermore, in\\nAndroscoggin County.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish through the ice in Sabbath\\nDay pond, in New Gloucester, or Thomas pond, in Ray-\\nmond and Casco, in Cumberland County.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish through the ice in Noyes\\npond, or Green lake, or Eagle lake, Bubble pond, or\\nTurtle lake, on Mt. Desert Island, or Crocker pond, in\\nTownship 32, Middfe Division, or Jordan pond, or Long", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "15\\npond, or Pickerel pond, in Township 32, Middle Divis-\\nion, in Hancock County.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish through the ice in Crys-\\ntal lake, in Washington, in Knox County.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish through the ice in Lake\\nHebron, or Hebron pond, or Twin Doughty pond, in\\nMonson, or Ship pond and Bear pond, in Elliottsville,\\nor Garland pond, in Foxcroft and Sebec, or Lower Wil-\\nson pond, in Greenville, or Grindstone pond, in Willi-\\nmantic, or Horseshoe pond, or Indian pond, in Piscata-\\nquis County, or Lake Onawa.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish through the ice in Mes-\\nsabesic pond, called Shaker pond, and its outlet as far\\ndown the stream as the Mill dam of Littlefield Brothers,\\nor in Middle Branch pond, in Alfred and Waterboro, or\\nLittlefield s pond, in Sanford, in York County.\\nIt is unlawful, also, to fish through the ice in Lam-\\nbert lake, in Washington County; or in Dyers pond,\\nin Jefferson, in Lincoln County or in Dexter pond, in\\nDexter, in Penobscot County.\\nIt Is Unlawful to Fish for Any Kind of Fish at\\nAny Time in Any of the Following Name*.-\\nStreams, Brooks and Rivers.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish at any time, for any kind\\nof fish in any of the tributaries of Lake Auburn, or in\\nTownsend brook, north of the road leading from the\\nTurner road to North Auburn village, or in Townsend\\nbrook within 100 feet of the culvert at the mouth, dur-\\ning September of each year, or in any of the tributaries\\nof Taylor pond, in the city of Auburn, or in any of the\\ntributaries to Brettuns pond, in Livermore, or in Three\\nbrooks, in Wabes, Leeds and Greene, or in East and\\nWest branches of Dead river, in Leeds, Greene, and\\nWales, or in Dead river, in Greene, from the point\\nwhere the Three brooks empty into said Dead river up\\nto the bridge or in Upper and Lower Smelt brooks, on\\nwest side of Sebattus pond, in Greene, or in Sebattus\\nriver, in Webster, from outlet of Sebattus pond to the", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "I*\\nsecond dam, or in the tributaries of Big Bear pond,\\nsituated partly in Turner, in Androscoggin County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish at any time, for any kind\\nof fish, in the inlet streams of Squaw Pan lake, from\\nThibadeau s landing to the source of the stream, or in\\nany of the tributaries to Madawaska lake, in Aroos-\\ntook County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish at any time, for any kind\\nof fish, in any of the tributaries to Sabbath Day pond,\\nin New Gloucester, or in the tributaries to Sebago lake,\\nexcept Crooked and North West rivers, or in the tribu-\\ntaries of Anonymous pond, in Harrison, or in Royal\\nriver, from the Sabbath Day pond to Jordan s dam, or\\nin the tributaries to Thomas pond, in Raymond and\\nCasco, or in Greely brook and its tributaries, in Oxford,\\nNorway, and Otisfield, or in the tributaries to Hancock\\npond, in Sebago and Denmark, in Cumberland County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish, at\\nany time, in any of the tributaries to Lake Webb, in\\nWeld, except Alder brook, down as far as the mill dam\\nat Hildreth s mills, or in any of the tributaries to Tufts\\nand Duttons ponds, or the outlet of the same down to\\nReid s falls, and from Tufts pond to Alder stream, or\\nin any of the tributaries to Rangeley lake, or in the\\ntributaries to Ross pond, or in Rangeley stream, from\\ntne lower wharf, at the outlet of Rangeley lake, down to\\nthe dead water at the upper end of the eddy, or from\\nthe upper end of the eddy to the mouth of Kennebago\\nstream, from July first to May first, or in Kennebago\\nstream between the foot of the falls near its mouth to\\nthe upper falls at the outlet of the lake, between July\\nfirst and May first, or in Cupsuptic stream, tributary to\\nCupsuptic lake, above the first falls near its mouth\\nbetween July first and May first, or in South Bog\\nstream up to the first quick water, from July first to\\nMay first, or in the stream connecting Long pond and\\nRangeley lake from July first to May first, or in Bemis\\nstream, tributary to Mooselucmaguntic lake, at any\\ntime, or in Whetstone brook, which flows into Kenne-\\nbago stream, from the foot of the boulders, so called.", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "17\\nin said stream, to the foot of the falls at the outlet of\\nKennebago lake, at any time, or in Metalluc and Mill\\nbrooks, which flow into the Upper Richardson lake, or\\nthe tributaries to Wilton pond, in the town of Wilton,\\nat any time, or in the tributaries of Varnum and North\\nponds in the towns of Temple and Wilton, or in any of\\nthe tributaries to Clearwater pond, in the towns of\\nFarmington and Industry, or in the tributaries of Long\\npond and Sandy river pond, lying wholly or in part in\\nSandy River plantation, or in Lufkin pond, or its tribu-\\ntaries, in the town of Phillips, at any time, or in the trib-\\nutaries to Four ponds, in Townships E and D, or in the\\ntributaries to Tim and Mud ponds, in Township 2,\\nrange 4, W. B. K., or in Webb s river, above Goodwin\\nBrothers mill dam in Carthage, or in all the waters of\\nCarrabasset river, and their tributaries, above or north-\\nerly or westerly of the bridges across said Carrabasset\\nriver, and its branches or tributaries, or in Redington\\nand Houston brooks, so called, in the townships of\\nCrockertown, Mt. Abraham and Jerusalem, or in the\\ntributaries of Gilman pond, in New Portland and Lex-\\nington, or in the tributaries of Sandy stream, in Car-\\nrying place, Highland and Lexington, or in the stream\\nconnecting Dodge and Round ponds, or in the stream\\nbetween Round pond and Hunter cove, in Rangeley, in\\nFranklin County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish, at any\\ntime, in any of the tributaries to Noyes pond, in Blue-\\nhill, or in the tributaries to Green lake, in the towns of\\nDedham and Ellsworth, or in the tributaries to Eagle\\nlake, in the town of Eden, or in the tributaries to Bub-\\nble pond, sometimes called Turtle lake, on the island\\nof Mt. Desert, or in the tributaries to Jordan pond and\\nLong pond, or in the tributaries of Branch pond, some-\\ntimes called Nicolin lake, in the city of Ellsworth,\\nflowing into said pond or lake on the southwesterly side\\nthereof, including Wickempauw and Rocky pond brooks\\nand their tributaries, said streams being situated partly\\nin Ellsworth, Orland and Dedham, or in the outlet of\\nNicatous lake, as far down as the head of Nicatous", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "falls, or in said Nicatous lake for ioo feet up the lake\\nfrom the dam, and in all of the tributaries of said lake\\nexcept Gassabeas stream, or in the tributaries of\\nPhillips lake, in Dedham, in Hancock County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish at any time, for any kind\\nof fish, in any of the tributaries to any of the lakes or\\nponds lying wholly or in part in the towns of Winthrop,\\nMonmouth, Litchfield, Manchester and Wayne, or in\\nthe tributaries to Three Mile pond, partly in China, or\\nin any of the tributaries to McGraw, Ellis, East, North,\\nGreat, Long, Little and Snow ponds, in the county of\\nKennebec or Somerset.\\nOr in any of the tributaries to Dyers pond, in Jeffer-\\nson, in Lincoln County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish, at any\\ntime, in any of the tributaries to Anasagunticook lake,\\nor Whitney pond, in Canton and Hartford, or in the\\ntributaries to Little Bear pond, in Hartford and Turner,\\nor in the tributaries to Howard s pond, in Hanover, or\\nin Megalloway river or its tributaries between the mouth\\nof Little Megalloway river and the Berlin Mill Com-\\npany s dam, or in the tributaries to lakes Pennesseewas-\\nsee and Little Pennesseewassee, or in the tributaries\\nto Roxbury pond or Garland pond, or in Rapid river\\nfrom the Swing bridge, at the Oxford Club House, to\\nLake Umbagog, or in the tributaries to Songo pond in\\nAlbany, Sand and Pickerel pond in Denmark, Upper\\nKezar pond in Stoneham and Lovell, in Oxford\\nCounty.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish at any time for any kind\\nof fish in any of the tributaries to Lake Hebron, or the\\ntributaries to Twin Doughty pond in Monson, or the\\ntributaries to Ship pond and Bear pond in Elliottsville,\\nor in the brook that is the outlet of Garland pond in\\nSebec, or in the tributaries to Lake Onawa, or in the\\ntributaries to Sebec lake, or the tributaries to Moose-\\nhead lake, except Moose river, (the mouths of these\\ntributaries have been established by monuments by the\\ncommissioners), or in any of the streams flowing into", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "Ship pond stream in Willimantic and Bowerbank plan-\\ntation in Piscataquis County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish at any time for any kind\\nof fish in any of the tributaries to Dexter pond, in\\nPenobscot County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish at any\\ntime in Parlin or Lang streams, or in their tributaries,\\nor in the tributaries to Parlin or Lang pond, or in the\\ntributaries to Lake George, or in Basset brook and its\\ntributaries in Holden, or in Beaver brook, in Holden, or\\nin the brooks forming the outlet of Fish pond and Little\\nFish pond and of Little Gulf stream and Big Gulf\\nstream, or in Wood stream, above its entrance into Big\\nWood pond, or in the tributaries to Rowell pond in\\nSolon, and Smith pond in Cornville, or in the tribu-\\ntaries of Hayden lake, in Madison, or in Mosquito\\nstream, so called, connecting Mosquito pond with\\nMoxie pond, or in the tributaries of Great Embden\\npond, or Moose pond in Hartland and Harmony, or in\\nWest outlet of Moosehead lake, or in so much of Tut-\\ntle brook in Athens as lies between its junction with\\nCorson stream, so called, and the northerly line of the\\nPoor Farm where it crosses Tuttle brook, in Somerset\\nCounty.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish at any\\ntime in any of the tributaries to Canaan lake or the\\ntributaries to Lermond s or Alford s ponds, or in the\\ntributaries to Norton pond, and Crystal lake, in Knox\\nCounty.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish at any\\ntime in any of the tributaries to lakes Narraguagus and\\nLambert in Washington County.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for any kind of fish at any\\ntime in any of the tributaries of Bonny Beg pond, in\\nSanford and North Berwick, York County.\\n(Note. What are the tributaries to a lake or pond?\\nOne lake or pond is not a tributary to another lake or\\npond, within the meaning of the law. Tributary/\\ntaken in its ordinary meaning, means paying tribute to\\nserving to increase in geography, a stream which", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "J\\ncontributes to another body of water, a branch or\\naffluent, from which it follows that the tributaries to\\na lake or pond are all of its contributary streams, but\\nnot another lake or pond.)\\nSpecial Regulations as to the Manner of Fishing\\nand Number of Fish, or Number of Pounds of Fish\\nthat May Be Taken in One Day, in Certain\\nPonds, Lakes and Streams.\\nIt shall be unlawful under the same penalty to fish\\nfor, catch, or kill any fish in Q nimby pond in the town\\nof Rangcley, except in the ordinary way of angling with\\nrod and artificial flies, between sunrise and sunset of\\neach day, from the fifteenth day of May to the first day\\nof October; and no person shall take more than twelve\\nfish in said pond in any one day, nor more than twenty-\\nfive fish in any one day in Four ponds in Townships E\\nand D, or fish except with artificial flies, in South Bog\\nstream and pool, so called, waters connected with Range-\\nley lake, or in Seven ponds, so called, or take, catch, or\\nkill more than twenty-five trout from Tim and Mud\\nponds, in Township 2, range 4, W. B. K. P., or from\\nTufts and Dutton ponds in the same township in any\\none day, or take from the waters of Varnum or North\\npond in the towns of Temple and Wilton, and Clear-\\nwater pond in the towns of Farmington and Industry,\\nmore than three trout, togue, and land-locked salmon in\\nall, in any one day. It shall be unlawful to fish for or\\ncatch pickerel in Three Mile pond in China, Windsor,\\nand Vassalboro, except on Saturdays of each week, for\\nconsumption in the family of the person taking such\\nfish or to take any black bass, pickerel, or any other\\nfish from the Lower Kezar pond and its tributaries, in\\nthe county of Oxford, for the purpose of selling the\\nsame (but any person may take twenty pounds of fish in\\none day from said Lower Kezar pond, but shall not\\ntransport the same, except in possession of the owner)\\nor to fish for, take, or catch any fish, from Ward s\\nbrook, Ward s pond, and Walker s pond, so called, in\\nOxford county, except between the first day of May", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "and August of each year, or to fish therein except with\\nrod and single line and artificial flies; or to fish for,\\ncatch, or kill any fish in Ellis river and its tributaries,\\nsituated in Andover, Andover West, North Surplus,\\nand Roxbury, in Townships C and D, in Oxford and\\nFranklin counties, except on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and\\nSaturdays, during the months of May, June, and July,\\nand to the fifteenth day of August or in Ship Pond\\nstream above Buck s falls or in Little Huston pond, in\\nKatahdin Iron Works Township, except with artificial\\nflies; or to fisn for, take, catch, or kill any blue back-\\ntrout in any of the waters of the State at any time or\\nto fish in Grassy pond in the towns of Hope and Rock-\\nport at any time within five years from the approval of\\nthis act.\\nBait Fish and Smelts.\\nSect. 6. It shall be lawful, however, to take minnows\\nand other bait fish commonly used for live bait for one s\\nown use in fishing in any of the closed streams, and\\nsmelts may also be taken in these streams for consump-\\ntion in one s own family, and to take bait fish in Dead\\nriver, in Greene, from Sebattus pond to where the East\\nand West branches come together, during the months\\nfrom May first to December first of each year.\\nIt is unlawful to fish for any kind of fish on Sunday,\\nfrom the second to the third dam on Sebattus river, in\\nWebster.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish for, catch or kill any kind\\nof fish in Dodge and Round ponds, and in that part\\nof Hunter cove above the bridge crossing the same,\\nexcept by casting flies or trolling in the ordinary man-\\nner, the last named waters being in the town of Range-\\nley, and the fishing for. catching or killing any fish from\\nthe bridge crossing said Hunter cove at any time,\\nexcept from the time the ice leaves Rangeley lake to\\nJune 1st of each year, is unlawful.\\nIt is also unlawful for any person to catch more than\\nfive pickered in Lake Webb, in one day, in Franklin\\nCounty, or more than 15 trout and land-locked salmon", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "in all from Tufts, Dutton and Grindstone ponds, in one\\nday.\\nIt is also unlawful to fish between sunset and daylight\\nfrom the fifteenth of August to the first day of October\\nin the Pool below the upper dam at the outlet of Moose-\\nlucmaguntic lake, in Oxford County.\\nIt is also unlawful for a person to take, catch or kill\\nin one day, more than 40 trout in Butler pond, in Lex-\\nington and King-field, and in the tributaries of Gilman\\npond, in New Portland and Lexington, and the tribu-\\ntaries to Sandy stream, in Carrying Place, Highland\\nand Lexington, in Somerset County.\\nPenalty for violation of any of the above provisions is\\nhot less than $10.00 nor more than $30.00, and $1.00\\nadditional for every fish caught.\\nProhibited Devices in Fishing.\\nSects. 6-8. It is unlawful to use in fishing any fish\\nspawn, grapnel, spear, trawl, weir, seine, trap, or set\\nlines, (except when fishing through the ice, and then\\nwith not more than 5 set lines in the day time), or\\ndynamite, or other explosive or any poisonous or stu-\\npefying substance, or with any device or in any other\\nway than by the ordinary mode of angling with sing 1 e\\nbaited hooKS and lines, artificial flies, artificial minnows,\\nspoon hooks and spinners. Penalty not less than $10.00\\nnor more than $30.00 and $100.00 and two months im-\\nprisonment for using dynamite or other explosives.\\nWhen any of the prohibited implements or devices are\\nfound in use the person finding them may destroy them.\\n(Note.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is lawful to use a dip or landing net to\\nland your fish after you have caught it.)\\nTwenty-Five Pounds of Fish.\\nSect. 7. A person or corporation cannot transport\\nmore than 25 pounds of trout, land-locked salmon,\\ntogue and white perch in all at one time, as the\\nproperty of one person, nor can they be transported\\nexcept in the possession of the owner and accompanied\\nby him, plainly labelled with his name and address.", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "23\\nNor can any person in one day, catch, or have in pos-\\nsession, more than 25 pounds of all kinds of these fish\\nand all fish had in possession or being transported in\\nviolation of law is liable to seizure and shall be deemed\\nto have been taken in violation of law. You may take\\nor have one fish additional, no matter how much he\\nweighs, when having less than 25 pounds. Penalty for\\nviolation of this section, $50.00, and $1.00 for each fish.\\nSect. 26. A person may purchase a tag and send ten\\npounds or one fish home without accompanying it.\\nSect. 9. Whoever introduces fish of any kind into\\nany of the waters of the State by means of live fish or\\notherwise, except upon written permission of the com-\\nmissioners of inland fisheries and game, shall forfeit not\\nless than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dol-\\nlars. The having in possession of any jack light, spear,\\ntrawl, or net, other than a dip net, in any camp, lodge,\\nor place of resort for hunters or fishermen, in the\\ninland territory of the State, shall be prima facie evi-\\ndence that the same are kept for unlawful use and they\\nmay be seized by any officer authorized to enforce the\\ninland fish and game laws. Whoever is convicted of\\nhaving any of the above named implements in his pos-\\nsession unlawfully as aforesaid, shall be fined fifty dol-\\nlars and costs of prosecution.\\nLength of Fish that May Be Taken.\\nSect. 46. No land-locked salmon less than nine\\ninches in length or trout less than five inches shall be\\ncaught. Penalty, $5.00 and 50 cents for each fish.\\nWhoever has short fish in their possession shall be\\ndeemed to have taken them illegally.\\nNets.\\nPrivate and Special Laws, Ch. 191, 1899. Inhabi-\\ntants of the State may use drift nets, the meshes of\\nwhich shall not be less than 2 Ms inches, to catch salmon\\nfor their own consumption, from 6 P. M. on Thursday\\nto 6 P. M. on Saturday of each week, from the Water\\nWorks dam at Bangor to the mouth of the Seboeis river", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24\\non East Branch of Penobscot, during open season, but\\nnot within 300 yards of any mill race or dam. If in the\\njudgment of the commissioners, this privilege is abused\\nor is detrimental, they may suspend its operation.\\nSporting Camp Proprietors, Professional Hunters,\\nTaxidermists, Dealers in Deer Skins, Retail\\nDealers in Deer Meat, and Guides Must Be\\nLicensed.\\nSect. 29. Every person who keeps a sporting camp,\\nlodge, or place of resort, for inland fishing and hunting\\nparties, must procure a license of the commissioners,\\nannually. Fee, $5.00. Penalty, $100.00 and costs.\\nThey are authorized to purchase for consumption in\\nthese places, deer lawfully killed, but must keep a\\nrecord of whom purchased, and the date when pur-\\nchased, and report annually to the commissioners.\\n(Note. It has been erroneously claimed that a per-\\nson keeping a sporting camp or lodge in an organized\\ntownship is not required to have a license. This is\\nerror. Every person who keeps a camp, lodge, or place\\nresorted to by inland fishing or hunting parties is\\nrequired to procure a license, but this does not apply\\nto one s own private camp or lodge, but to those only\\nwho entertain fishermen or hunters for profit; a person\\nhaving several outlying camps and but one home or\\nmain camp requires but one license.)\\nSect. 29. Every person who engages in the business\\nof hunting or trapping any of the fur bearing animals\\nof the State, in any unorganized township or wild lands\\nshall annually procure a license of the commissioners,\\nand shall report when called upon by the commission-\\ners. Fee. $5.00. Penalty, $100.00 and costs.\\n(Note. This does not, as has been claimed, prevent\\nthe small boy, or the big boy, or anybody s boy, or\\nanybody else, from hunting, trapping, or killing bears,\\nfoxes, muskrats, mink, or any other fur bearing animal\\nin any organized township of the State J\\nSect. 14. The commissioners may license suitable\\npersons as taxidermists. Fee, $5. 00. They may also", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "license suitable persons whose number shall not exceed\\n10 at any one time to kill, capture and have in posses-\\nsion any species of birds other than domestic, and the\\neggs and nests thereof for scientific purposes, but they\\ncannot sell, or offer for sale, specimens so taken. Fee,\\n$5.00. Penalty, not less than $10.00 nor more than\\n$50.00. This does not authorize the killing of any bird\\non Sunday.\\nGame, birds and fish may be sent to such licensed\\ntaxidermists, without the owner accompanying the\\nsame, by being tagged with a tag procured of the com-\\nmissioners.\\n(Note. Tags or licenses to kill one deer in Septem-\\nber for food purposes, to send fish, game or birds, with-\\nout the owner going with them, under the provisions\\nof sections 21 and 26, may be procured of tbp commis-\\nsioners, or their duly authorized agents in the various\\nfishing and hunting localities.)\\nMarketmex and Provision* Dealers.\\nSect. 27. Any marketman or provision dealer hav-\\ning an established place of business may be licensed to\\npurchase and have in his place of business, and retail\\nthe same to his local customers, deer lawfully killed,\\nbut he cannot have more than three or parts thereof at\\nany one time. Fee, $5.00 annually in cities and towns\\nof over 3.000 inhabitants and $3.00 in all other places,\\nor they may pay 50 cents for each deer retailed. On\\nDecember fifteenth of each year shall make report to\\nthe commissioners under oath, of the name and resi-\\ndence of each person of whom they purchased deer,\\nand the date of purchase. Penalty, $100.00 and costs.\\n(Note. Some marketmen in one or two localities are\\nreported to be greatly incensed at this provision. There\\nis unmistakably a growing sentiment throughout the\\ncountry against any marketing of game or birds. Market-\\nmen and provision dealers have a complete monopoly of\\nit in Maine. Should they not therefore contribute\\nsomething for the game interests? Being required to\\n1", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26\\nkeep a record of whom they make their purchases pro-\\nhibits the pot or market hunter from supplying them.)\\nSect. 28. The commissioners may license suitable\\npersons to buy and sell or tan deer skins lawfully taken.\\nSuch licensed person shall keep a record of all deer\\nskins purchased, of whom purchased and the date of\\npurchase, and report to the commissioners annually.\\nFee, $5.00. Penalty, $100.00 and costs.\\nRegistration of Guides.\\nSect. 30. Any person who engages in the business\\nof guiding must be registered annually. Fee, $1.00 for\\nresidents and $20.00 for non-residents. They must\\napply either personally or in writing to the commis-\\nsioners, and make a report when required. Penalty,\\n$50.00 and costs.\\n(Note. What is it to engage in the business of guid-\\ning? These words, engage, business, and guid-\\ning, must be given their ordinary meaning obviously;\\nto engage in anything, means to procure or secure\\nfor some special purpose, as to engage in business,\\ntrade, engage in a business or pursuit.\\nBusiness means a pursuit or occupation that em-\\nploys or requires energy, time, thought, profession, call-\\ning, attention, application, accuracy, method, punctuality\\nfidelity and dispatch are the principal qualities required\\nfor the efficient conduct of business.\\nGuide, guided, guiding. The meaning of the word\\nguiding has come to be so well understood that no\\ndefinition need here be given.)\\nSect. 30. An official badge may be prepared for\\nguides by the commissioners. For cause shown, after\\ndue notice and hearing, any license may be revoked, and\\nthe commissioners may refuse to issue a license to any-\\none who in their judgment is not suitable. If a guide\\nis convicted of any violation of the inland fish and game\\nlaws, the commissioners are authorized to strike his\\nname off the list.\\nSect. 31. All licenses expire December 31st of each\\nyear, and all fees received for licenses are paid to the", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "21\\nState treasurer and expended for the benefit of the fish\\nand game.\\n(Note. Guides make a mistake that they do not\\nadopt a badge.)\\nS.ect. 16. There is a bounty paid by the State of\\n$5.00 for every wolf and $2.00 for every wildcat killed\\nin the State.\\nMink, Sable, Muskrat, Fisher and Beaver.\\nSect. 15. Close time on mink, sable, muskrat and\\nfisher is from May first to October fifteenth. Penalty\\nfor each animal destroyed in close time, $10.00; except\\nmink may be killed around fish hatcheries at any time,\\nand muskrats in Lily pond, in Rockport and Camden,\\nor wherever they injure any canal, ditch, lawful dam\\nor cranberry bog.\\nAbsolute close time all the time on beaver. Penalty,\\n$100.00.\\nWardens, Their Appointment and Duties.\\nSect. 47. Are appointed by the governor and coun-\\ncil, on recommendation of the commissioners and hold\\noffice three years unless sooner removed. Must give\\nbond in $2,000 with two good sureties. Sheriffs, deputy\\nsheriffs, police officers and constables are wardens.\\nThey may serve all processes pertaining to the collec-\\ntion of penalties and all criminal processes for violation\\nof the fish and game laws. Sea and shore fish wardens\\ncan be appointed inland fish and game wardens with-\\nout additional bond.\\n(Note. Complaints have been made that some dis-\\nreputable fellows have falsely assumed to be wardens.\\nA warden can at any time show his authority; no\\nothers should be recognized as such.)\\nSearch and Seizure of Game and Birds.\\nSect. 49. The commissioners and wardens are\\nrequired to enforce all inland fish and game laws, and\\nare authorized to seize any game or fish or gc.me birds\\ntaken or held in violation of law, and have full power,", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28\\nand it is their duty, with or without a warrant, to arrest\\nany person whom they have reason to believe guilty of\\na violation thereof, and, with or without a warrant, to\\nopen, enter, and examine all camps, wagons, cars,\\nstages, tents, packs, stores, warehouses, storehouses,\\nouthouses, stables, barns and other places, and to exam-\\nine all boxes, barrels, and packages where he has reason\\nto believe any game or fish taken or held in violation\\nof this act, is to be found, and to seize the same pro-\\nvided, however, that a dwelling house actually occupied\\ncan be entered for examination, only in pursuance of a\\nwarrant, or to make an arrest.\\nPenalties How Recovered and Definitions.\\nSect. 50. Any officer authorized to enforce the in-\\nland fish and game laws may recover the penalties for\\nthe violation thereof in an action on the case in his own\\nname, the venue to be as in other civil actions, or by\\ncomplaint or indictment in the name of the State; and\\nsuch prosecution may be commenced in the county in\\nwhich the offence was committed, or in any adjoining\\ncounty, and the plaintiff prevailing shall recover full\\ncosts without regard to the amount recovered. The\\nterm game birds as used in this act shall be con-\\nstrued to mean the ruffed grouse, or partridge, all spe-\\ncies of the pheasant, woodcock, snipe, plover, quail, and\\nall ducks enumerated in this act and the term game\\nanimals shall be construed to mean moose, caribou,\\nand deer.\\nOfficers May Arrest Without Warrant.\\nSect. 51. Any officer authorized to enforce the\\ninland fish and game laws may, without process, arrest\\nany violator of any of said laws, and shall with reason-\\nable diligence, cause him to be taken before any trial\\njustice or any municipal or police court, in the county\\nwhere the offence was committed, or in any adjoining\\ncounty, for a warrant and trial. Jurisdiction in such\\ncases is hereby granted to all trial justices and all other\\ncourts to be exercised in the same manner as if the", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "offence had been committed in that county; and any\\nofficer who shall maliciously, or without probable cause,\\nabuse his power in such proceedings shall be liable upon\\ncomplaint or indictment, to a fine not exceeding one\\nhundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three\\nmonths.\\nJurisdiction of Courts.\\nSect. 52. In all prosecutions under this chapter and\\nthe amendments and additions thereto, municipal and\\npolice judges and trial justices within their counties\\nhave, by complaint, original and concurrent jurisdiction\\nwith the supreme judicial and superior courts.\\nDisposition of Fines and Penalties.\\nSect. 53. Any officer or other person who shall re-\\nceive any fine or penalty, or any part thereof, for the\\nviolation of any fish or game law, and shall neglect for\\nmore than thirty days to pay the same into the State\\ntreasury, shall be punished by a fine of not less than\\nfifty, nor more than one hundred dollars all fines and\\npenalties recovered, or money paid, under any of the\\nprovisions of this chapter and the amendments and\\nadditions thereto, shall by the person receiving the same,\\nbe paid forthwith to the treasurer of the State, after\\ndeducting legal taxable costs; and such money so re-\\nceived by said treasurer shall be expended by the com-\\nmissioners of inland fisheries and game for the protec-\\ntion of the fish and game of the State.\\nService on Corporations, How Made.\\nSect. 54. In case of a violation of any of the pro-\\nvisions of this chapter by a corporation, the warrant of\\narrest may be served by an attested copy served on the\\npresident, secretary, or manager in this State, or any\\ngeneral agent thereof in the county where the action is\\npending, and upon return of such warrant so served,\\nthe corporation shall be deemed in court and subject to\\nthe jurisdiction thereof, and any fine imposed may be\\ncollected by execution against the property of such cor-\\nporation but this section shall not be deemed to ex-\\nempt any agent or employe from prosecution.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30\\nPenalty for Dishonest Licensee.\\nSect. 55. If the holder of any license, certificate, or\\npermit, issued in conformity with any of the provisions\\nof this chapter, shall persistently or flagrantly and\\nknowingly violate or countenance the violation of any\\nof the provisions of this chapter, such license, certifi-\\ncate, or permit may be revoked by the commissioners,\\nafter cue notice given of the alleged violation, and an\\nopportunity afforded to appear and show cause against\\nthe same.\\nDuty of County Attorneys.\\nSect. 56. It shall be the duty of each county attor-\\nney to prosecute all violations of this chapter occurring\\nwithin his county, when such cases may come to his\\nknowledge, or when he may be so requested by the com-\\nmissioners or any officer charged with its enforcement,\\nthe same at all times to be subject to the supervision\\nand control of the commissioners. In any prosecution\\nunder this chapter, any participant in a violation there-\\nof, when so requested by the county attorney, commis-\\nsioners, or other officer instituting the prosecution, may\\nbe compelled to testify as a witness against any other\\nperson charged with violating the same, but his evidence\\nso given shall not be used against himself in any prose-\\ncution for such violation. It shall be the duty of every\\njustice of the peace and clerk of the court before whom\\nany prosecution under this act is commenced, or shall\\ngo on appeal, within twenty days after the trial or dis-\\nmissal thereof, to report in writing the result thereof\\nand the amount of fines collected, if any, and the dis-\\nposition thereof to the commissioners, at Augusta. In\\nall cases, the officer making the seizure or sale of fish,\\ngame, or birds, shall within ten days thereafter, report\\nall the particulars thereof and an itemized statement of\\nthe proceeds, expenses, and fees, and the disposition\\nthereof to the commissioners, at Augusta. Every war-\\nden shall, in the month of December of each year, and\\nat such other times as the commissioners may require,\\nreport to the commissioners all violations of, and prose-", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "3i\\ncutions under this act, occurring in his district, together\\nwith such further information as the commissioners\\nmay require. The failure of any person or officer to\\nperform any act, duty, or obligation enjoined upon him\\nby this act, shall be deemed a violation thereof.\\nCommissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game\\nTheir Appointment, Powers and Duties.\\nSec. 32. There are three of them, one of whom shall\\nbe the land agent. They are appointed by the gover-\\nnor, and hold office for three years and until their suc-\\ncessors are appointed and qualified, except the land\\nagent, whose term of office remains as long as he is\\nland agent. They shall receive $1,000 annually and\\nactual travelling expenses, to be audited by the gover-\\nnor and council, except the land agent, who receives\\n$200 in addition to his salary as land agent, and actual\\ntravelling expenses. They shall be provided with an\\noffice in the State capitol, with suitable furniture, sta-\\ntionery, and other facilities for the transaction of the\\nbusiness of the department, and they may appoint a\\nclerk at a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars per\\nannum.\\nSec. 33. They must examine dams and other obstruc-\\ntions in all rivers and streams, and determine the neces-\\nsity of fishways, and the location, form and capacity\\nthereof and shall introduce and disseminate valuable\\nspecies of food fish into the inland waters of the State,\\nand valuable food birds into the State. They shall ex-\\namine into the workings of the inland fish and game\\nlaw-;, see that all violations thereof are duly prosecuted,\\nand perform all other duties .prescribed by law. They\\nshall annually on or before the 31st day of December,\\nreport to the governor.\\nSec. 34. They have authority with or without a\\npetition, after notice and public hearing, in the locality\\nto be affected, to regulate the times and places in\\nwhich and the circumstances under which game and\\ninland fish may be taken, for a period not exceeding\\nfour years. They may entirely prohibit the taking of", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "the same in any locality for the same length of time.\\nThey may adopt and, from time to time, modify or re-\\npeal such needful rules and regulations, not contrary to\\nthe laws of the State, as they may deem necessary or\\nproper for the protection and preservation of the game\\nand inland fish of the State, in conformity with the pro-\\nvisions of the last two preceding sections. They shall\\nfile, in the office of the clerks of the cities, towns, and\\nplantations in the territory to be affected, a copy of the\\nrules and regulations adopted by them, and publish the\\nsame three weeks successively in a newspaper printed\\nin the county, and post on the banks of waters to be\\naffected, as nearby as may be like notices and when-\\never any such rules or regulations apply to any unor-\\nganized township, a like copy shall be filed with the\\nclerk of courts for that county and published three\\nweeks successively in a newspaper printed lr. the\\ncounty they shall also immediately upon the adoption\\nof any rules and regulations contemplated by this act,\\nfile an attested copy of the same in the office of the sec-\\nretary of State.\\nSees. 35-36. Penalty for taking fish or game in viola-\\ntion of the rules and regulations of the commissioners\\nis the same as taking them in violation of the statutory\\nlaw.\\nSec. 37. These rules and regulations must be posted,\\nin the locality to be affected, by the commissioners, and\\nthe penalty is $50 for anyone who shall destroy them,\\none-half to the prosecutor.\\nSec. 38. They may take fish and game when and\\nwhere and in such manner as they choose for the pur-\\nposes of science, cultivation and dissemination, and may\\ngrant permits to other persons for the same purpose.\\nThey may introduce any kind of fish into any waters,\\nor permit the same to be done. They have authority\\nto grant permits to take moose, caribou, deer, and birds\\nfor park purposes in this State, under such rules and\\nregulations as they shall establish. They may, upon\\npetition of 10 taxpayers, adopt rules and regulations to\\nprevent the destruction of spawning beds of fish. Pen-", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "23\\nalty for violation of these rules and regulations $50.\\nThey may screen the outlet of any pond or lake, or\\nauthorize it to be done, under such conditions as may\\nseem to them just.\\nFish ways.\\nSect. 3Q. The owner or occupant of every dam or\\nother artificial obstruction in any river or stream fre-\\nquented by salmon, shad, alewives, or land-locked salm-\\non, shall provide the same with a durable and effi-\\ncient fishway, of such form and capacity, and in such\\nlocation as may, after notice in writing to one or more\\nof said owners or occupants and a hearing thereon, be\\ndetermined by the commissioners of inland fisheries\\nand game by written notice to some owner or occupant\\nspecifying the location, form, and capacity of the re-\\nquired fishway. and the time within which it shall be\\nbuilt and said owner or occupant shall keep said fish-\\nway in repair, and open and free from obstruction for\\nthe passage of fish, during such times as are prescribed\\nby law provided, however, that in case of disagree-\\nment between said commissioners and the owner or oc-\\ncupant of any dam, as to the propriety and safety of the\\nplan submitted to the owner or occupant of such dam\\nfor the location and construction of the fishway, such\\nowner or occupant may appeal to the county commis-\\nsioners of tlie county where the dam is located, within\\ntwenty days after notice of the determination, to the\\ncommissioners of inland fisheries and game by giving to\\nthe latter named commissioners notice in writing of such\\nappeal within that time, stating therein the reasons\\ntherefor and at the request of the appellant or the\\ncommissioners of inland fisheries and game the senior\\ncommissioners in office of any two adjoining counties\\nshall be associated with them, who shall appoint a time\\nto view the premises and hear the parties and give due\\nnotice thereof, and after such hearing they shall decide\\nthe question submitted, and cause record to be made\\nthereof, and their decision shall be final as to the plan\\nand location appealed from. If the requirements of the\\ncommissioners of inland fisheries and game are affirmed,", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34\\nthe appellants shall be liable for the costs arising after\\nthe appeal, otherwise they shall be paid by the county.\\nIf a fishway thus required is not completed to the satis-\\nfaction of the commissioners of inland fisheries and\\ngame within the time specified, every owner or occu-\\npant shall forfeit not more than one hundred nor les^\\nthan twenty dollars for every day of such neglect be-\\ntween the first days of May and November. On the\\ncompletion of a fishway to the satisfaction of the com-\\nmissioners of inland fisheries and game, or at any sub-\\nsequent time, they shall prescribe in writing the time\\nduring which the same shall be kept open and free from\\nobstruction to the passage of fish each year, and a copy\\nof such writing shall be served on the owner or occu-\\npant of the dam. The commissioners of inland fisher-\\nies and game may change the time as they see fit.\\nUnless otherwise provided, fishways shall be kept open\\nand unobstructed from the first day Of May to the fif-\\nteenth day of July. The penalty for neglecting to com-\\nply with this section, or with any regulations made in\\naccordance herewith, is not less than twenty nor more\\nthan one hundred dollars for every day of such neglect.\\nSect. 40. Whenever the commissioners of inland\\nfisheries and game find a fishway out of repair or need-\\ning alterations, they may, as in the case of new fish-\\nways, require the owner or occupant to make such re-\\npairs or alterations and all proceedings in such cases\\nand the penalty for neglect shall be as provided in the\\nthree preceding sections, without appeal. If the dam\\nis owned and occupied by more than one person, each\\nis liable for the cost of erecting and maintaining such\\nfishway, in proportion to his interest in the dam, and\\nif any owner or occupant neglects or refuses to join\\nwith the others in erecting or maintaining such fishway,\\nthe other owners or occupants shall erect or repair the\\nsame, and have an action on the case against such delin-\\nquent for his share of the expenses. If the owner or\\noccupant of such dam resides out of the State, said pen-\\nalties may be recovered by a libel against the dam and\\nland on which it stands, filed in the supreme judicial", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "35\\ncourt in the county where it is located, in the name of\\nthe commissioners of inland fisheries and game or of\\nany fish wardens who shall give to such owner or occu-\\npant, and all persons interested therein, such notice as\\nthe court or any justice thereof in vacation, orders, and\\nthe court may render judgment therein, against said\\ndam and lands for said penalties and costs, and order\\na sale thereof to satisfy such judgment and costs of\\nsale, subject, however, to all said requirements for the\\nerection and maintenance or repair of said fishway. The\\ncommissioners of inland fisheries and game may dele-\\ngate to any fish warden or other lawful officer of fish-\\neries any of the powers given to said commissioners in\\nrelation to the construction of fishways.\\nSect. 41. The following waters and their tributa-\\nries are exempt from the provisions relating to migra-\\ntory fishes and the supervision of the fishways by the\\ncommissioners that is to say, Royall river in North\\nYarmouth, Sewall s pond or its outlet in Arrowsic, so\\nmuch of the waters of the Damariscotta river as are\\nwest of the railroad bridge near Damariscotta mills, all\\nwaters in Vinalhaven, Tremont, Mount Desert, Eden,\\nFranklin, and Sullivan, Pleasant river in Washington\\ncounty, East Machias river, and the Eastern Penobscot\\nriver in Orland. Little river in Perry shall be exempt\\nfrom all the foregoing provisions that relate to main-\\ntaining fishways in said river, except during April, May\\nand June.\\nSect. 42. For the purposes of this chapter, the term\\nsalmon means the common migratory salmon of the\\nsea coast and rivers the term land-locked salmon\\nmeans any of the species or varieties of salmon that do\\nnot periodically and habitually run to the sea. being the\\nsame locally known as salmon trout and black\\nspotted trout: the term alewife means the small\\nspecies of migratory fish called alewife but known\\nalso by the local names of herring and gaspereau,\\nand also includes the similar species found in tidal\\nwaters and known as blue-back; and the term bass\\nmeans the striped bass of tidal waters.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "Trout means fresh water fish, and not Labrador\\ntrout. 87 Me., 498.\\nSect. 43. The provisions of this chapter so far as\\nthey relate to fish apply to the taking of the same in all\\nfresh waters above the flow of the tide and in all tidal\\nwaters frequented by the various species of fresh water\\nand migratory fishes, except to the capture of shad and\\nalewives in Denny s river and its tributaries, Pem-\\nmaquam river and its tributaries, and the Schoodic\\nlakes and their tributaries, and to the taking of white\\nhsh in the Schoodic lakes on the St. Croix river and\\ntheir tributaries, by citizens of the State with set nets,\\nduring the months of May and November, and convey-\\ning them to their own homes, but not otherwise. This\\nchapter does not apply to fish taken in the weirs on\\nSt. Croix river, and does not repeal the laws relating\\nto the St. Croix, Denny s, Pemmaquam, Cobscook,\\nEast Machias, and Narraguagus rivers nor does it\\napply to the taking of blue-back trout; except that no\\nperson shall fish for, catch, take, kill, or destroy the\\nsame, with net, seine, weir, or trap, under a penalty of\\nfive dollars for the attempt, and one dollar for each\\nblue-back trout so taken, caught, killed, or destroyed,\\nto be recovered by complaint.\\nArtificial Culture of Fish by Private Persons.\\nSect. 44. Any riparian proprietor may, within the\\nlimits of his own premises, inclose the waters of a\\nstream not navigable, for the cultivation of useful fishes\\nprovided that he furnishes suitable passages for migra-\\ntory fishes naturally frequenting such waters, and does\\nnot obstruct the passage of boats and other craft and\\nmaterials, in places where the same have a right to pass.\\nAny person legally engaged in the artificial culture and\\nmaintenance of fishes, may take them in his own en-\\nclosed waters wherein the same are so cultivated and\\nmaintained, as and when he pleases, and may at all\\ntimes sell them for cultivation and propagation but he\\nshall not sell them for food at seasons when the tak-\\ning thereof is prohibited, under a penalty of not less", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and a fur-\\nther penalty of not less than one dollar for each fish\\nso sold. Any person engaged in the artificial propaga-\\ntion of trout, or fresh and salt water salmon, when the\\nparent fish are taken from the public waters in the State,\\nshall retain not less than twenty-five per cent of all eggs\\ntaken from said parent fish, and shall cause the same to\\nbe properly cared for and hatched, and, when hatched\\nand in proper condition, to be returned to a place suit-\\nable for such young fish in the original waters from\\nwhich the parent fish were taken, and shall cause said\\nparent fish to be returned to safe locations in such\\nwaters, under a penalty of not less than fifty nor more\\nthan five hundred dollars for each offence. But this\\nsection does not apply to cases in which the parent fish\\nare taken in the manner and at the time and place per-\\nmitted for the capture of such fish for food nor to\\noperations in fish culture conducted for public purposes\\nby permission of the commissioners of fisheries, who\\nmay affix such conditions to their permits as they see\\nfit, requiring in no case, however, less than twenty-five\\nper cent of the young fish to be returned, as provided in\\nthis section.\\nSect. 45. No person without permission of the pro-\\nprietor, shall fish in that portion of a pond or other\\nwater in which fish are artificially cultivated or main-\\ntained by written permission of the fish commissioners,\\nunder a penalty of not less than ten nor more than one\\nhundred dollars, besides two dollars for each fish so\\ntaken or killed and, in default of payment, such offend-\\ner shall be imprisoned at the expense of the prosecutor,\\nuntil said forfeiture is paid or otherwise discharged by\\ndue process of law.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "38\\nPROTECTION OF FORESTS.\\nFire.\\n1885, c. 337, 15. Whoever kindles a fire on land\\nnot his own, without consent of the owner, forfeits ten\\ndollars if such fire spreads and damages the property\\nof others, he forfeits not less than ten nor more than\\nfive hundred dollars, and in either case he shall stand\\ncommitted until fine and costs are paid, or he shall be\\nimprisoned not more than three years.\\nFish and Game Wardens, Fire Wardens.\\n1891, c. 108. Fish and game wardens are hereby\\nmade State fire wardens, and it shall be their duty\\nwhile in and about the woods, to caution all sports-\\nmen of the danger from fires in the woods, and to\\nextinguish all fires left burning by any one, if within\\ntheir power and to give notice to any and all parties\\ninterested when possible, of fires raging and beyond\\ntheir control, to the end that the same may be controlled\\nand extinguished.\\n1891, c. 100, 3. The selectmen of towns shall be, ex-\\nofficio, forest fire wardens therein and shall divide said\\ntowns into three districts, bounded as far as may be by\\nroads, streams of water, or lot lines, and assign to each\\nof their number the charge and oversight of one district\\nas district fire wardens therein. A description of each\\ndistrict and the name of the fire warden thereof shall\\nbe recorded with the town clerk. The services of such\\nselectmen acting as said fire wardens, shall be paid for\\nat the same rate as is paid for their official services.\\nIt shall be the duty of the fire warden of the district in\\nwhich a fire is discovered to take such measures as\\nmay be necessary for its control or extinction. For\\nthis purpose he shall have authority to call upon any\\npersons in the territory in which he acts for assistance,", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "39\\nand such person shall receive such compensation not\\nexceeding fifteen cents per hour as said selectmen may\\ndetermine, the same to be paid by the town. But no\\ntown shall be holden to pay for extinguishing forest\\nfires in any year an amount greater than two per cent\\nupon its valuation for purposes of taxation. If any\\nperson so ordered to assist, and not excused from said\\nservice by said forest fire warden on account of sick-\\nness, disability or some important business or engage-\\nment, shall neglect to comply with any such order he\\nshall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in\\nan action of debt in the name and to the use of the\\ntown, by the treasurer thereof.\\nSect. 4. County commissioners of each county in\\nwhich there are unorganized places shall annually\\nappoint, such number of fire wardens as they deem\\nnecessary not exceeding ten, for all such unorganized\\nplaces in any county, whose duties and powers shall\\nbe the same with respect to such unorganized places\\nas those of the fire wardens of towns, and they shall\\nalso have the same authority to call out citizens of\\nthe county to aid them in extinguishing fires, that\\ntown fire wardens have to call out citizens of the town.\\nThe compensation of such fire wardens shall be paid\\nby the county, and the compensation of persons called\\nupon by them as aforesaid, to render aid, shall be the\\nsame as that provided in the case of towns and shall\\nbe paid one-half by the county and one-half by the\\nowners of the lands on which said fires occur.\\nSect. 5. Any person who shall build a camp or\\ncooking fire in or adjoining any woods in this State,\\nshall, before leaving such camp, totally extinguish such\\nfire, and upon failure to do so, such person shall be\\ndeemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-\\ntion thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding\\none hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the countv\\njail not exceeding one month or by both such fine and\\nimprisonment, provided, that such fires built upon the\\nsea beach in such situation that they can not spread", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "into forest wood or cultivated lands or meadows, shall\\nnot be construed as prohibited by this act.\\nSect. 8. It shall be the duty of municipal officers in\\ntowns, and county commissioners, the latter with\\nrespect to unorganized places, to proceed immediately\\nto a strict inquiry into the cause and origin of fires,\\nwithin wood lands and in all cases where such fires are\\nfound to have originated from the unlawful act. of any\\nperson, to cause the offender to be prosecuted without\\ndelay.\\nSect. 9. The selectmen of towns in which a forest\\nfire of more than one acre in extent has occurred, and\\nthe county commissioners where a forest fire of more\\nthan two acres has occurred in any of the unincor-\\nporated places in any county, within a year, shall report\\nto the forest commissioner the extent of area burned\\nover, to the best of their information, together with the\\nprobable amount of property destroyed, specifying the\\nvalue of timber as near as may be, and amount of cord\\nwood, logs, bark or other forest product, fencing,\\nbridges and buildings that have been burned. They\\nshall also report the cause of these fires if they can be\\nascertained and the measures employed and found most\\neffective in checking their progress. Blanks for the\\nreports required in this act shall be furnished by said\\nforest commissioner at the expense of the State.\\nSect. 10. Every railroad company whose road passes\\nthrough waste or forest lands, shall during each year\\ncut and burn off or remove from its right of way all\\ngrass, brush or other inflammable material, but under\\nproper care and at times when fires are not liable to\\nspread beyond control.\\nSect. 11. All locomotives which shall be run through\\nforest lands, shall be provided with approved and effi-\\ncient arrangements for preventing the escape of fire and\\nsparks.\\nSect. 12. No railroad company shall permit its\\nemployes to deposit fire, live coals or ashes, upon their\\ntrack in the immediate vicinity of wood lands or land\\nliable to be overrun by fires, and where engineers,", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "41\\nconductors or train men discover that, fences along\\ndie right of way or wood lands adjacent to the rail-\\nroads, are burning or in danger from fires, it shall be\\ntheir duty to report the same at their next stopping\\nplace which shall be a telegraph station\\nSect. 13. For all damages caused to forest growth\\nby any person employed in the construction of any rail-\\nroad hereafter to be built in this State, the company\\nowning such road shall be primarily liable to the person\\nor persons so damaged. During the construction of such\\nroads through wood land, there shall be kept posted in\\nconspicuous places on each line of the road ways at dis-\\ntances of two hundred feet, abstracts of the laws relat-\\ning to forest fires. Any person employed in the con-\\nstruction of such railroads, who shall set or cause to\\nbe set any fire along the line of said roads, shall, before\\nleaving the same, totally extinguish said fires, and upon\\nfailure to do so, such person shall be deemed guilty of\\na misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be\\npunished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars\\nor by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding\\nsixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. It\\nshall be the duty of all persons having charge of men\\nin the construction of such railroads, to see that the\\nprovisions of this section are carefully complied with,\\nand any negligence or want, of ordinary care on their\\npart in relation to the same shall constitute a misde-\\nmeanor, and upon conviction thereof, they shall be liable\\nto the penalties imposed by this section.\\nSect. 14. Any railroad company violating the require-\\nment of this act, shall be liable to a fine of one hundred\\ndollars for each offense.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\nCERTIFICATE FOR BOUNTY ON WOLF OR WILD-\\nCAT KILLED.\\nClaimant s certificate.\\nTo the treasurer of I hereby certify that on\\nthe day of A. D. 18\u00e2\u0080\u0094, at in the\\nstate of Maine, I killed the the skin of which I\\nnow exhibit to you; and I claim the bounty allowed by\\nlaw for killing- the same.\\nDated at this day of A. D. 18\u00e2\u0080\u0094.\\nClaimant.\\nSubscribed and sworn to before me the day and year\\naforesaid.\\nTreasurer of\\nClaimant s receipt.\\nOn this day of A. D. 18\u00e2\u0080\u0094, I received\\nof treasurer of dollars,\\nbeing- the bounty allowed by law for killing the\\ndescribed in the above certificate.\\nClaimant.\\nTreasurer s certificate.\\nI hereby certify that as required by law, I first cut\\noff the whole of the ears and nose from the skin of the\\ndescribed in the foregoing certificate and destroyed\\nthe same by burning, and then paid to said the\\nbounty for which I have taken his receipt as above.\\nDated at this day of A. D. 18\u00e2\u0080\u0094.\\nTreasurer of\\nSubscribed and sworn to before me the day and year\\naforesaid.\\nJustice of the Peace.\\n(Note. There is not uniformity of blank complaints and\\nwarrants sold and in use. All of them, so far as I have\\nobserved, are good. The many complaints that are\\nquashed or dismissed by the courts on appeal are gen-\\nerally defective in that the offense tsought to be charged\\nis not legally stated. By following closely these forms\\nno mistake can be made.)", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "43\\nSKELETON COMPLAINT WHICH MAY BE\\nINSERTED IN ANY WARRANT.\\nForm 1.\\nSTATE OF MAINE.\\nCounty of ss.\\nTo Esquire, a trial justice in and for the\\ncounty of L. T of in the\\ncountv of in behalf of said state on oath\\ncomplains that C. D of in the county\\nof on the day of A. D. 1900,\\nat in the county of *did\\nunlawfully hunt, chase, catch, kill and have in posses-\\nsion one caribou and parts thereof,\\nagainst the peace of said state and contrary to the\\nform of the statute in such case made and provided.\\nWherefore, the said L. T prays that the said\\nC. D may be apprehended and held to answer\\nto this complaint, and be further dealt with relative to\\nthe same according to law.\\nDated at in .said county of this\\nday of A. D. 1900.\\nTrial Justice.\\nSTATE OF MAINE.\\nCounty of ss. Then the above named L. T\\npersonally appeared and made oath to the truth of the\\nabove complaint.\\nBefore me, Trial Justice.\\nWarrant.\\nSTATE OF MAINE.\\nCounty of ss.\\nTo the sheriff of said county of or either of\\nhis deputies, and to either of the constables in any town\\nin said countv, or to any inland fish and game warden,\\n(L. S.) Greeting:\\nYou are hereby required, in the name of the state of\\nMaine, forthwith to arrest and bring before me, the sub-\\nscriber, a trial justice in and for said county, or to some\\nother trial justice in and for said county, the said C. D.\\nnamed in the foregoing complaint, which is\\nreferred to as a part of this warrant, to answer to said\\nstate for the offense set forth in said complaint of said\\nL. T this day made on oath before me, said\\njustice; and to summon and both of said\\n,to appear and give evilence touching the sub-\\nject matter of said complaint when and where you shall\\nhave the respondent.\\nGiven under my hand and seal at in said\\ncounty of the day of in the year,\\nA. D\\nTrial Justice.\\nNo. 2. Taking same or birds on Sunday.\\nFollow No. 1 to first then say did then and there\\nhunt, chase, catch and kill one deer (or one moose or\\none pair of game birds as the case may be) then close\\nas in No. 1 from second", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "No. 3. Taking trout in close time.\\nOn the day of fished\\nfor and took fifteen trout, the same not being blue -back\\ntrout; against, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 4. Exposing fish for sale in close time.\\nOn the day of had in his\\npossession with intent to sell, and expose for sale, three\\nland-locked salmun; against, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 5. Killing trout less than five inches in length.\\nWith force and arms caught, killed and destroyed ten\\ntrout, each of which was less than five inches in length;\\nagainst, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 6. Using a trawl, weir, hedge, trap, etc., in cap-\\nture of fresh water fish.\\nWith force and arms used a trawl, (or whatever the\\ndevice may be) for the capture of black bass, and then\\nand there captured twelve black bass with said trawl\\nfrom the pond in said the same being\\na fresh water pond, and said black bass being fresh\\nwater fish; against, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 7. Hunting and killing deer with dogs.\\nWith force and arms did hunt with dogs and with\\nthem did kill and destroy one deer; against, etc., and\\ncontrary, etc.\\nNo. S. Killing deer in close time.\\nWith force and arms killed and destroyed one deer;\\nagainst, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 9. Killing more than two deer.\\nThen and there with force and arms did kill and des-\\ntroy and have in his possession between the first day of\\nOctober and the fifteenth day of December, to wit on\\nthe day of November, A. D three deer.\\nNo. 10. Transporting carcass of deer killed in close\\ntime.\\nTransported from to the carcass of a\\ndeer which was killed between the fifteenth day of\\nDecember and the first day of October, to wit on the\\nday of September against, etc., and con-\\ntrary, etc.\\nNo. 11. Transporting part of a moose, privily.\\nTransported part of a moose, to wit from\\nto the same not being open to\\nview, or plainly labelled with the name and residence of\\nthe owner thereof, and not being accompanied by the\\nowner thereof, and not having then and there the evi-\\ndence of the sex of the moose attached thereto.\\nNo. 12. Provision dealer selling deer at retail without\\nlicense.\\nThen and there being a provision dealer having an\\nestablished place of business, said and not hav-\\ning procured a license of the commissioners of inland\\nfisheries and game to carry on the business of buying\\nand selling deer, had in his possession three deer, and\\nthen and there sold the same at retail to his local cus-\\ntomers, against, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 13. Having a jack light in possession in hunters\\ncamp or lodge.\\nThen and there in a certain camp, lodge, and place of\\nresort for hunters called had in his possession\\na jack light, so ealled; against, etc., and contrary, etc.", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "45\\nNo. 14. Taking- partridge with snare, etc.\\nWith force and arms did take one partridge with a\\nsnare or trap (or whatever the device may be;) against,\\netc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 15. For keeping a sporting camp, lodge, or place\\nof resort without being licensed.\\nDid then and there keep a sporting camp, lodge and\\nplace of resort for inland hunting and fishing parties, and\\nnot having procured a license therefor from the com-\\nmissioners of inland fisheries and game; against, etc.,\\nand contrary, etc.\\nNo. 16. For engaging in the business of hunting and\\ntrapping without being licensed.\\nDid then and there engage in the business of hunting\\nand trapping the fur bearing animals of the state, said\\nbeing an unorganized township and on tne wnu\\nlands of the State, and not having procured a Mcense\\ntherefor from the commissioners of inland fisheries and\\ngame; against, etc., and contrary, etc.\\nNo. 17. Guiding without a license.\\nDid on the day of A. D. 1900, and on\\ndivers other days between said day of\\nA. D. 1900, and the day of the signing of this complaint,\\nat in the county of\\nunlawfully engage in the business of guiding for inland\\nfishingand forest hunting, and not being thenand there a\\nregistered guide either for inland fishing or forest hunt-\\ning, and not having before engaging in the business of\\nguiding as aforesaid caused his name, age and residence\\nto be recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the\\ncommissioners of inland fisheries and game, and not hav\\ning then and there procured a certificate from sairi com-\\nmissioners setting forth in substance that he is deemed\\nsuitable to act as a local or a general guide either for\\ninland fishing or forest hunting; against, etc., and con-\\ntrary, etc.\\n(Form of petition to close streams, lakes or ponds.)\\nTo the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game.\\nAugusta, Me.\\nThe undersigned, residents and taxpayers of\\nin the county of respectfully represent that in\\nour .-judgment the best interests of the State require that\\nthere should be additional close time on the following\\ndescribed waters, viz\\n(Here fully describe them.)\\nWe therefore ask that such action be taken by your\\nboard, after notice and hearing, as you shall deem best,\\nin accordance with the statutes in such case made and\\nprovided.\\nDated at this day of A. D., 189....\\nName. Residence. Occupation.\\nFEES.\\nThe fees for wardens and trial justices are the same\\nin all fish and game cases as for sheriffs, deputy sheriffs,\\nconstables, and trial justices in other criminal actions.", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "Table of Fees.\\nTrial Justice.\\nReceiving complaint and issuing a warrant 50c\\nSummons 10c\\nEntry, swearing witnesses, rendering and record-\\ning judgment, taxing costs, and filing papers.. 75c\\nMittimus 25c\\nOfficers Fees.\\nService of warrant 50c\\nTravel per mile (one way) 12c\\nSummoning one witness 50c\\nTravel for summoning witnesses per mile (one\\nway) 12c\\nConveyance of prisoner (5 miles) $100\\nAttending court 24 hours 150\\nAn aid may be employed when necessary and allowed\\ncompensation. Witnesses are entitled to 12c per mile,\\none way, and 50c per day for attendance. Wardens may\\ncompel bystanders or onlookers to aid them in making\\nan arrest. R. S., ch. 80, sec. 56.", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nPAGE\\nAnnual close time for fish\\nAnnual close time for game birds 1*\\nAgents, commissioners may appoint i,\\nAndroscoggin county, protection of dee) 1 and fish in. ..6-14-15-21\\nAroostook county, protection of fish in 16\\nBirds, game, close time on and insectivorous 11-12-U\\nBull moose, protection of, etc 5_g- }.2\\nBeaver, protection of\\nBond of wardens, and when game is seized 9-27\\nBlue-hack trout, protection of\\nCommissioners, appointment, duties, and powers of 31\\nCarihou, protection of\\nCumberland county, protection of deer and fish in 6-14-lb\\nCommissioners to take birds, nests and eggs. 24\\nCusk, commissioners may grant permits to take 13\\nCapercailzie, protection of 1-J\\nCertificates and licenses, commissioners may revoke. 26-30\\nCounty attorneys shall prosecute 30\\nCalf moose, defined and protection of 5\\nCamps, sporting, must be licensed\\nCertificates of guides, etc. 24-25-26\\nCrows 12\\nCross island, protection of deer on 7\\nDeer, protection of and in certain counties. 6-7\\nDeer may be killed in September for food\\nDogs, use of prohibited, may be killed 8\\nDynamite, use of forbidden 22\\nDams and fish ways 33\\nDuck, protection of H\\nDeer skins, licenses to sell and deal in 26\\nEels, commissioners may grant permits to take 13\\nEvidence, prima facie 8 ~}?~r^\\nExempted waters 35-36\\nFranklin county, protection of fish in 13-16-17-20-21\\nFish, protection of and use of spawn forbidden 13 to 24\\nFish, transportation of, introduction of prohibited 22-23\\nFishways and dams\\nFish, artificial propagation of 36\\n-Fish and game wardens, appointment,powers and duties 27-28\\nFisher, protection of 27\\nFires and forestry laws 38\\nFees, collection and disposal of 28-29-30\\nGreat pond, av hat it is 4\\nGrapnel, use of prohibited 22\\nGame birds defined, also game animals 28\\nGame or birds shall not be given away 9\\nGuides, registration of 26\\nHancock county, protection of fish in 14-15-17\\nHawks 12\\nHunters, professional, licenses of 24\\nIsle au Haut, protection of deer on 7\\nInsectivorous birds, protection of 12\\nJack lights, use of forbidden and contraband when 8-12\\nJurisdiction of courts and trial justices 28", "height": "3506", "width": "1884", "jp2-path": "carletonsdigesto00carl_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "PAGE\\nKennebec county, protection of deer in, and fish .6-13-14-18-20\\nKnox county, protection of deer and fish in .6-15-19-21\\nLincoln county, protection of deer and fish in 6-15-18\\nLand locked salmon, close time on 13\\nLarks, protection of 12\\nLicenses 6-10-24-25-26\\nMoose, protection of 5\\nMinnows for bait, taking of 21\\nMuskrat and mink, protection of, etc 13-27\\nMerry meeting bay, protection of ducks in 12\\nNets. use of and contraband when 22-23\\nNon-residents must employ guides in certain cases. 6\\nNon-resident guides, fee of 26\\nOxford county, protection of fish in 13-14-18-20-22\\nOrioles 12\\nPenobscot county, protection of fish in 15-19\\nPiscataquis county, protection of fish in 18-21\\nPenalties, how collected and disposed of 5 to 9-11-22 to 29\\nPickerel, permits to take 13\\nPartridge and plover, close time on 11\\nProvision dealers must be licensed to retail deer 25\\nPenobscot river, use of drift nets on 23\\nParticipant compelled to testify 30\\nPark purposes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 game and birds for 32\\nQuail, protection of 11\\nRuffed grouse, protection of 11\\nRobins, protection of 12\\nSagadahoc county, protection of deer in 6\\nSomerset county, protection of fish in 14 18-19-22\\nScreens, commissioners may put in 33\\nSpears and seines, use of prohibited 22\\nSet lines, use of prohibited except in ice fishing 22\\nSuckers, permits to take in closed waters 13\\nSnipe, swallows, sparrows (English) protection of 11-12\\nSable, protection of 27\\nSunday close time. 7\\nSearch and seizure of game, birds, fish, etc 9-23-27\\nSporting camps, must be licensed 24\\nSalmon and trout, length of and defined 23-35-36\\nSnares, use of forbidden 8\\nService of warrants 29\\nSpoon hooks and spinners may be used 22\\nSmelts may be taken for food purposes 21\\nTrout and togue, close time on 13\\nTaxidermists, appointment of 24\\nTransportation of moose, deer, birds and fish.. 8-9-10-11-12-22-25\\nTributaries, what are.. 19\\nTrawls and traps, use of prohibited 22\\nTags to send birds, game and fish 10-25\\nTern, protection of 11\\nTrial justices, jurisdiction of 28\\nWashington county, protection of fish in.. 14-15-19\\nWaldo county, protection of deer in 6\\nWolves and w ildcats, bounty on 27\\nWeir, use of prohibited 22\\nWhite fish, permits to take 13\\nWoodcock and woodpeckers, close time on 11-12\\nWardens, appointment, powers and duties of 27\\nWildlands, what are, and camping out on 6\\nYork county, protection of deer and fish in 6-15-19", "height": "3521", "width": "1920", 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