50 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



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 im- 

 prisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each such offence." 



"Sec. 2. The commissioners of inland fisheries may grant or 

 refuse to grant licenses to catch and take lobsters from the 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 pre- 

 ceding the granting of such license as they may think proper. When- 

 ever any such license shall be granted, the same shall be granted to 

 expire on the 15th day of November next succeeding the granting 

 of the same, unless sooner revoked as hereinafter provided, and each 

 person to whom such license shall be granted shall, for each license, 

 pay to said commissioners the sum of five dollars for the use of the 

 state. Said commissioners, in their annual report to the general 

 assembly, shall state the number of licenses granted, with the names of 

 the persons licensed and the amount of money received therefor. 

 Said commissioners shall issue to each person licensed as aforesaid a 

 certificate stating the name of the person to whom such license has 

 been granted and the date of expiration of such license, and shall also 

 issue to each person so licensed a metal badge in such form and 

 bearing such inscription as said commissioners shall determine. 

 If any person licensed as aforesaid shall, at any time, be adjudged 

 guilty of any violation of any of the provisions of this act, after full 

 hearing by said commissioners or a majority of them, the said com- 

 missioners or a majority of them shall revoke the license issued to 

 such person, and such person shall thereupon cease to have any 

 authority thereunder." 



The constitutional questions are raised upon the record in the 

 several cases by defendant's motion to dismiss, by the defendant's 

 demurrers to the complaint, and by complainant's demurrers to the 

 defendant's pleas. 



