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CHAP. 132

Non-resident hunter's license.

-licenses, how issued.

--fees for licenses.

Section 16, chapter 32, R. S., amended.

Close time for moose.

--term "calf

moose," how construed.

Section 30,

chapter 32, R. S., amended.

'Section 22. Persons not bona fide residents of the state and actually domiciled therein, shall not hunt, pursue, take or kill any bull moose or deer, or ducks, partridges, woodcock or other birds or wild animals at any time without having first procured a license therefor as hereinafter provided. Such licenses shall be issued by the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, upon application in writing and payment of fifteen dollars to hunt bull moose, deer, ducks, partridges, woodcock, and other birds and wild animals during their respective open seasons in October, November and December. But to hunt ducks, partridges, woodcock and other birds and wild animals, during their respective open seasons prior to October first, a license fee of five dollars shall be paid annually. A person having paid the fee of five dollars may procure a license to hunt bull moose and deer by paying ten dollars additional. Such license shall entitle the purchaser to take to his home, in addition as now provided, properly tagged with the tag detached from his license, and open to view, ten partridges, ten ducks and ten woodcock that he has himself lawfully killed.'

Section 6. Section sixteen of chapter thirty-two of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting the words 'each of' between the words "to" and "their" in the fourth line thereof, and by inserting the words 'not less than three inches long,' after the word "tines" in the fourth line thereof, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Section 16. No person shall at any time hunt, catch, kill, destroy or have in possession any cow or calf moose; and the term "calf moose" as herein used, shall be construed to mean that these animals are calves until they are at least one year old, and have at least two prongs or tines not less than three inches long to each of their horns. No person shall, between the first day of December and the fifteenth of October, hunt, take, catch or kill, or have in possession any bull moose or part thereof; and no person shall, between October fifteenth and December first, take, catch, kill or have in possession more than one bull moose or part thereof.'

Section 7. Section thirty of said chapter is hereby amended as follows: By inserting after the word "skins" in the second line the words 'and the skins of all other wild animals and the heads of deer if not detached from the skins,' and by striking out the word "deer" in the third line and inserting instead thereof the words 'such heads and,' and by inserting after the word "dollars" in the fifth line the words 'for a county license and ten dollars for a state license,' and by adding at the end of ·

the section the words, 'whoever buys such skins and heads without being licensed as above provided shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs,' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows:

CHAP. 132

License may

be issued to

buy and tan

deer skins.

--record shall

'Section 30. The commissioners may annually issue licenses to suitable persons to buy and sell or tan deer skins and the skins of all other wild animals lawfully taken, and the heads of deer if not detached from the skins. Such persons shall keep a record of all such heads and skins purchased, of whom pur- be kept. chased and the date of purchase, and shall report annually to the commissioners. The fee for such license shall be five dollars for a county license and ten dollars for a state license, to be paid to the commissioners and by them to the treasurer of state; and whoever, licensed as aforesaid, unreasonably and wilfully refuses to make such report, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs. Whoever buys such skins and heads without reporting. being licensed as above provided shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs.

--fee for license.

penalty

for not

Paragraph 5,

section 3,

chapter 407, special laws amended.

private and

1903,

R. S., amended.

License fee resident of whole or part

required for

state to take

of bull moose

out of state.

Section 8. Paragraph five of section three of chapter four hundred and seven of the private and special laws of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended by inserting after the word "day" in the sixth line of said paragraph the words 'by one person.' Section 9. Chapter thirty-two of the revised statutes is Chapter 32. hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 'Section 60. Whenever a resident of this state has lawfully killed a bull moose he shall, before taking the same or part thereof outside the limits of the state, procure a license therefor of the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, paying therefor a license fee of five dollars to be expended for the protection of game. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars and costs.' Section 10. Section twenty-nine of chapter thirty-two of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "customers" in the fifth line thereof the words 'and may sell the heads of such deer to any licensed taxidermist,' so that the first four lines of said section and as far as the word "provided" in the fifth line thereof, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 29. Any marketman or provision dealer, having an Marketmen established place of business in the state, may purchase and have three deer at in his possession at his said place of business not more than three deer, lawfully killed or destroyed, or any part thereof, at one time, and may sell the same at retail to his local customers, and heads to may sell the heads of such deer to any licensed taxidermist.' taxidermist.

section 29,

chapter 32,

R. S.,

amended.

may have

one time.

--may sell

licensed

CHAP. 132

Section 1, chapter 32, R. S., amended.

Close time for landlocked

salmon, trout,

togue and white perch.

St. Croix river. --Kennebec county.

-Sebago lake.

Section II. Section one of chapter thirty-two of the revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words "and in Franklin county in which the close time shall be from October first to May first" in the seventh and eighth lines of said section, and by striking out the words "and except Wilson pond in Wilton, in Franklin county, on which the close time shall be from October first until the ice is out of said lake the following spring," in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth lines of said section, and by striking out the words "provided, however, that any person lawfully trolling for trout, landlocked salmon or togue, in good faith, who shall accidentally hook or catch a white perch may lawfully keep the same," in the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth lines of said section, and by striking out the word "forty" in the twenty-seventh line of said section and inserting in place thereof the word 'twenty-five,' and by inserting after the word "day" in the twenty-seventh line the words 'nothing herein shall be construed as repealing any private or special act closing any lake or pond to ice fishing,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Section 1. There shall be an annual close time for landlocked salmon, trout, togue and white perch, as follows: for landlocked salmon, trout and togue, from the first day of October until the ice is out of the pond, lake or river fished in, the --exceptions, following spring of each year, except on the Saint Croix river and its tributaries, and on all the waters of Kennebec county, in which the close time shall be from the fifteenth day of September until the ice is out of the ponds and lakes the following spring, and except Sebago lake, and Long pond, in Cumberland --Long pond. County, on which the close time shall be from October first to April first; but for white perch the close time shall be from the first day of April to the first day of July; no person shall take, catch, kill or fish for, in any manner, any landlocked salmon, trout, togue or white perch in any of the waters of the state, or have the same in possession, in close time; and provided, that during February, March and April, citizens of the state may fish for and take landlocked salmon, trout, and togue, with not more than five set lines for each family, when fishing through the ice in the day time, and when under the immediate personal superintendence of the person fishing, and may convey them to their own homes for consumption therein but not otherwise; but no citizen of the state during this time shall be permitted to catch more than twenty pounds, or one fish, of landlocked salmon or trout, or more than twenty-five pounds, or one fish, of togue, in any one day. Nothing herein shall be construed as repealing

--regulation of ice fishing.

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CHAP. 133

violation

of this act.

any private or special act closing any lake or pond to ice fishing, or otherwise restricting fishing. Whoever violates any pro- --penalty for vision of this section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars for each offense, and one dollar additional for every fish caught, taken or killed in violation of any provision of this section.'

Section 12. Chapter thirty-two of the revised statutes is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following section:

'Section 61. In addition to the wild birds that may be killed at any time the following shall be included: Mud hens, so called, kingfishers, and blue herons, so called. It shall be unlawful to kill an eagle or vulture at any time under a penalty of ten dollars and costs for each offense.'

Approved March 22, 1905.

Chapter 32, further

R. S.,

amended.

Mud hens, kingfishers and blue

herons, may any time. penalty

be killed at

for killing an eagle or a vulture.

Chapter 133.

An Act to amend Section nine of Chapter one hundred and eight of the
Revised Statutes, relating to the Service of Venires.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Legislature assembled, as follows:

Section I. Section nine of chapter one hundred and eight of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "meeting" in the eighth line thereof the words 'at least four days before such meeting' so that said section, as amended, will read as follows:

'Section 9. The sheriff on receiving such venires, shall immediately send them to the constables of the towns where directed, and to the constables, marshals or deputy marshals of cities, and each constable, marshal or deputy marshal on receipt thereof, shall notify the voters of the town or city, and especially the municipal officers and town or city clerk, by posting notices in two public and conspicuous places therein, and by delivering to at least two of the municipal officers and the town or city clerk written notice of said meeting at least four days before such meeting to assemble and be present at the draft of jurors called for, which shall be six days at least before the time when they are ordered to attend court.'

Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 22, 1905.

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CHAP. 134

Section 23,

chapter 114, R. S., amended.

Subpoena
shall be
issued to
debtor
to appear
and disclose.

Chapter 134.

An Act to amend Section twenty-three of Chapter one hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, relating to disclosure commissioners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:

Section twenty-three of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "county" in the fifth line of said section the words 'and any town in which regular sessions of the supreme judicial court are held, shall be considered a shire town for the purpose of this act,' so said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Section 23. Such magistrate shall thereupon issue under his hand and seal a subpoena to the debtor, commanding him to appear before such magistrate within said county, in the town in which the debtor, the petitioner or his attorney, resides, or at the shire town of said county, and any town in which regular sessions of the supreme judicial court are held, shall be considered a shire town for the purpose of this act, at a time and place therein named, to make full and true disclosure, on oath, of all his business and property affairs. Where plaintiff or his attorney of record resides in one county and defendant in another the debtor may be commanded to appear before such magistrate in any town in the county where the defendant --application resides. The application shall be annexed to the subpoena. No application or subpoena shall be deemed incorrect for want of form only, or for circumstantial errors or mistakes when the person and case can be rightly understood. Such errors and mistakes may be amended on motion of either party.'

may be

amended if containing

errors or mistakes.

Approved March 22, 1905.

Section 10, chapter 6, R. S., amended.

Chapter 135.

An Act to amend Section ten of Chapter six and Section twelve of Chapter six of the Revised Statutes, relating to the regulation and conduct of Elections.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:

Section ten of chapter six of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting the words 'or questions' after the word "question" in the twenty-second line of said section and by striking out the words "the ballot after the list of candidates" in the twenty-second line of said section ten and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'a separate ballot' so that said section as amended shall read as follows:

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