CHAP. 37 Section 1, chapter 115, R. S., as amended. Salaries of officers of state prison. Chapter 37. An Act to amend Section one of Chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Revised Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section one of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the revised statutes, as heretofore amended, is hereby amended, by inserting before the word "guards" in the twenty-first paragraph, relating to the salaries of prison officials the words, 'officers of the guard, six hundred dollars' so that said paragraph as amended, shall read as follows: 'Warden of the state prison, eighteen hundred dollars, with the use, without charge, of such part of the keeper's house and buildings of the state, appurtenant to the prison and yard, as the governor and council may direct, and fuel for his own use; which shall be in full for all services, including duty of receiving and paying out money for all purposes; deputy warden, one thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; officer of the guard, six hundred dollars; guards, five hundred dollars each; physician, two hundred and fifty dollars; chaplain, two hundred and fifty dollars; gate keeper, five hundred dollars; teacher, three hundred dollars.' Approved March 3, 1899. Lien for shoring and running logs, established. Provisions of sections 42, 43, 44 and 45, R. S., made applicable. Chapter 38. An Act giving a lien for shoring and running Logs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. Whoever both shores and runs logs by himself, his servants or agents, has a lien thereon for the price of such shoring and running, which shall continue for sixty days after the logs arrive at the place of destination for manufacture, and such lien may be enforced by attachment. Section 2. The provisions of sections forty-two, forty-three, forty-four and forty-five of chapter ninety-one of the revised statutes, shall apply to the lien given by this act. Approved March 3, 1899. CHAP. 39 Chapter 39. An Act for the prevention of certain kinds of Nuisances. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Depositing of dead where it animals may cause forbidden. nuisance, Whoever personally or through the agency of another leaves or deposits the carcass of a dead horse, cow, sheep, hog, or of carcasses any other of the larger domestic animals in any place where it may cause a nuisance shall, upon receiving a notice to that effect from the local board of health, promptly remove, bury, or otherwise dispose of the remains, and if he fails to do so within such time as may be prescribed by the local board of health, and in such manner as may be satisfactory to such board of health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one month. Approved March 3, 1899. -penalty. Chapter 40. An Act to establish the salary of the Judge of Probate for the County of Hancock. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: On and after January one, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, the salary of the judge of probate within and for the county of Hancock shall be one thousand dollars per annum instead of the sum now fixed by law. Approved March 7, 1899. Chapter 41. An Act to amend Section forty-four of Chapter two of the Revised Statutes, relating to the distribution of printed copies of the Public Laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Section forty-four of chapter two of the revised statutes is hereby amended, by adding after the word "subscribers," in the fourth line, and the word "distributed," in the fifth line, the words, 'within the state,' so that said section shall read as follows: Section 44, R. S., chapter 2, amended. CHAP. 42 Secretary -Maine reports. 'Section 44. He shall cause the public laws passed at each session to be printed within thirty days after the close thereof, on extra sheets, on good paper, by the publishers of each newspaper; and each printer who so publishes and distributes the laws to his subscribers within the state, shall receive ten dollars, besides one dollar for every hundred copies so distributed within the state. He shall also procure the usual number of each volume of Maine reports and distribute them and the acts and resolves when published, to such corporations, officers, and other persons, as the legislature designate." Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 7, 1899. Chapter 30, R. S., amended by striking out all after section 4. Close time for land locked salmon, trout and togue from Oct. 1 till ice is out. -waters excepted, St. Croix river. -Kennebec from Sept. 15 till ice is out. -Oxford and Frank lin counties from Oct. 1 to May 1. -close time for white perch from April 1 to July 1. -penalty for violation. Chapter 42. An Act to consolidate, simplify, revise, and amend the laws pertaining to Inland Fisheries and Game, as contained in Chapters thirty and forty of the Revised Statutes, and in amendments and additions thereto, and to repeal old and obso lete, private and special laws pertaining to Fishing in the Public Waters of the state. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Chapter thirty of the revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out all of said chapter after section four, and inserting in place thereof the following: 'Section 5. There shall be an annual close time for landlocked salmon, trout,togue, and white perch, as follows: for locked salmon, trout, and togue, from the first day of October until the ice is out of the pond, lake or river fished in the following spring of each year, except on the St. Croix river and its tributaries, and on all the waters in Kennebec county, in which the close time shall be from the fifteenth day of September until the ice is out of the ponds and lakes the following spring, and in Oxford and Franklin counties in which the close time shall be from the first day of October till May first; but for white perch, the close time shall be from the first day of April to the first day of July. No person shall take, catch, kill, or fish for in any manner, any land-locked salmon, trout, togue, or white perch in any of the waters of this state in close time, under a penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars, and a further fine of one dollar for each fish thus caught, taken, or killed; provided, however, that any person lawfully trolling for trout, land-locked salmon, or togue, in good faith, who shall accidentally hook or catch a white perch CHAP. 42 immunity for catch ing acciwhite perch ing, law dentary, while fish fully. -citizens through February, may fish April, with lines for sumption zen shall take more pounds. than 20 -waters exempted from prothis section to fishing the ice. visions of pertaining through -ponds and lakes in Oxford, Kennebec erset. Franklin, may lawfully keep the same; and provided, that during Feb- nor to nor to and Som ponds in certain Androscog gin county. -Cumber county. -Hancock county. county. county. -York -Washington county. Lincoln county. -Penobscot CHAP. 42 any time, except as hereinafter provided, in the tributaries of -penalty for fishing through the ice unlawfully. -Close time -Androscoggin county. -Aroostook county. -Cumberland county. -Franklin county. any of the following named ponds, lakes and streams, namely; the following named ponds, lakes, and streams of Androscoggin county: Lake Auburn, or Wilson's pond, and all that part of the waters of said Lake Auburn and Townsend brook, so called, that lie north of the road leading from the Turner road, so called, to North Auburn village and crossing said Townsend brook, shall be considered as tributary waters of said Lake Auburn; Townsend brook within one hundred feet from the culvert at the mouth, during September of each year; Taylor pond in the city of Auburn; Brettun's pond in the town of Livermore; and Big Bear pond situated partly in Turner; the following named ponds, lakes and streams of Aroostook county: the inlet streams of Squaw Pan lake from Thibadeau's landing to the source of said stream, said stream being in township eleven, range four; and the tributaries to Madawaska lake in townships fifteen and sixteen, range four; the following named ponds, lakes and streams of Cumberland county: the tributaries to Sabbath Day pond, in the town of New Gloucester; the tributaries to Sebago lake, except Crooked and Northwest rivers; the tributaries to Anonymous pond, in the town of Harrison; Royal river from Sabbath Day pond to Jordan's dam; the tributaries to Thomas pond in the towns of Raymond and Casco; Greely brook and tributaries in the towns of Oxford, Norway and Otisfield; and Hancock pond in Sebago and Denmark, or any of its tributary brooks, for a period of two years; the following ponds, lakes and streams of Franklin county: the tributaries to Webb's pond in the town of Weld, except Alder brook down as far as the mill dam at Hildreth's mills; the tributaries to Tufts and Dutton ponds in township two, range four, west of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase; the outlet of the same from Dutton pond to Reid's falls and from Tufts pond to Alder stream; the tributaries to Rangeley lake and Ross pond; Rangeley stream from the lower wharf at the outlet of Rangeley lake down to the dead water at the upper end of the eddy and from the upper end of the eddy to the mouth of Kennebago stream, from July first to May first; Kennebago stream between the foot of the first falls near its mouth to the upper falls at the outlet of the lake, between July first and May first; Cupsuptic stream, tributary to Cupsuptic lake, above the first falls near its mouth, between the first day of July and May; South Bog stream up to the first quick water, from July first to May first; the stream connecting Long pond and Rangeley lake, from July first to May first; Bemis stream, tributary to Mooselucmaguntic lake; Whetstone brook, which flows into |