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eTANUARY SESSION, 1909. 



CHAPTER 437. 



AN ACT IN SUBSTITUTION OF CHAPTER 969 OF THE PUBLIC Passed May 7, 



1909. 

 LAWS, PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION, A. D. 1902, EN- 



TITLED " AN ACT IN SUBSTITUTION OF CHAPTER 857 OF THE 



PUBLIC LAWS, PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION, A. D. 1901, 



ENTITLED ' AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF THE 



LOBSTER FISHERIES.'" 



It is enacted by the General Assemhhj as follows: 



Section 1. No person, either as principal, agent, or servant, Penalty for 



^ ' I I 7 o ; ; catching, pos- 



shall, at any time, catch or take any lobster from any of the any'iolistere, 



• ■ . • . . iinlpss IicdiSGu 



waters m the jurisdiction of this state, or place, set, keep, main- so to'do. 

 tain, supervise, lift, raise, or draw in or from any of said waters, 

 or cause to be placed, set, kept, maintained, supervised, lifted, 

 raised, or di-awn in or from any of said waters, any pot or other 

 contrivance designed or adapted for the catching or taking of 

 lobsters, unless licensed so to do as hereinafter provided. Every 

 person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section 

 shall be fined twenty dollars or be imprisoned not more than 

 thirty days, or both, for each such offence. 



Sec. 2. The commissioners of inland fisheries may grant To whom h- 



censes may be 



or refuse to grant licenses to catch and take lobsters from the e^'^nted. 

 waters within the jurisdiction of this state (in the manner, at 

 the times, and subject to the regulations provided in this act), 

 to such citizens of this state as have resided in this state for at 

 least one year next preceding the granting of such license, as 



