REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 139 



waters within the jurisdiction of this state, or have in his pos- No lobster 



■' ' '■ shall be taken 



session within this state, any lobster, cooked or uncooked, wa'ters'^of this 

 which is less than four and one-eighth inches in length, measured Foss than four 



and one-eighth 



from the forward end of the bone projecting from the head to i"tiies. 

 tlic rear end of the l)ody shell. No person shall have in his 

 possession within lliis state any female lobster bearing eggs, 

 or from which the eggs have been brushed or removed. Every 

 person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be 

 fined five dollars for each such lobster; except that any person 

 licensed under this act catching and taking any such lobster and 

 immediately returning the same alive to the water from which 

 it was taken shall not be subject to such fine. The possession 

 of any such lobster, cooked or uncooked, shall be prima facie 

 evidence that the same was caught and taken in violation of 

 this section. 



Sec. 6. Each and every "lobster pot," so-called, set, kept, J^Jrytobster 

 or maintained, or caused to be set, kept, or maintained, in 0° maintained 



.,..,.. r 1 • ''^ *'^^ waters of 



any of the waters m the jurisdiction of this state, by any person this state by 



any person 



licensed under this act, shall be plainly buoyed. Every person ^^q' '^^ plainly 

 violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined 

 twenty dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days for 

 each such offence, or both. 



Sec. 7. No person licensed under this act shall use anv Penalty for 



using any pots 



pots for catching, or cars or other contrivance for keeping, lob- care^or^confrr-'^ 

 sters unless the same and the buoys attached thereto are plainly hfg fobs*ters^un- 



less the same 



marked with the name or names of the owners thereof, or the :i"d the buoys 



attached there- 



person or persons using the same, and the license number or mal^ked wklf 



1 J. , T-i . 1 , . the name or 



numbers 01 such person or persons. Every person violatmg names of the 



owners thereof, 



the provisions of this section shall be fined twentv dollars or be or the persons 



" using the same, 



imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each such ^lumber dr*^^"^^ 

 offence, and all pots, cars, and- other contrivance used contrary such persons 

 to the provisions of this and other sections of this act shall be 

 seized by any officer engaged in the enforcement of this act, and 

 ,said property shall be forfeited. 



