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treasurer, anti by him to tbe State treasurer, to be used as directed in section 48 of this act, and shall 
render judgment against tbe claimant for costs to be taxed as in civil suits, and issue execution 
therefor against him in favor of tbe State, which costs, when collected, shall be paid in to th e 
treasurer of the county, and by him to the treasurer of the State, to be added and made a part of tbe 
appropriation for sea and shore fisheries. The claimant shall have the right of appeal to the next 
supreme judicial court or superior court in the county, upon recognizing and paying the fees for 
copies and entry as in cases of appeal in criminal cases. Tbe fees and costs of seizure, appraisal, and 
sale, and in all other proceedings in the case, shall be as provided by law in criminal cases, and in 
case a forfeiture shall be declared, shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale, otherwise shall be 
paid by the county, as in criminal eases. 
Sec. 48. All fines and penalties under this act may be recovered by complaint, indictment, or 
action of debt brought in the county where the offense is committed. The action of debt shall be 
brought in the name of the commissioner of sea and shore fisheries, and all offenses under or violations 
of the provisions of this statute may be settled by the commissioner of sea and shore fisheries, upon 
such terms and conditions as he deems advisable. All fines, penalties, and collections under this act 
shall be paid into the treasury of the county where the offense is committed, and by such treasurer to 
the State treasurer, to be added to and made a part of the appropriation for sea and shore fisheries. 
Sec. 49. The commissioner of sea and shore fisheries may take fish of any kind, when, where, and 
in such manner as he chooses, for the purposes of science, of cultivation, and of dissemination, and ho 
may grant written permits to other persons to take fish for the same purposes, and may introduce or 
permit to be introduced any kind of fisb into any waters. 
The following special act was passed at the 1899 session of the legislature: 
Sec. 1. No person shall take, catch, kill, or destroy any lobsters between the 1st day of July 
and the 1st day of September in each year, under a penalty of $1 for each lobster so taken, caught, 
killed, or destroyed, in the waters of Pigeon Hill Bay, so called, in the towns of Millbridge and Steuben, 
within the following points, namely: Commencing at Woods Pond Point, on the west side of Pigeon 
Hill Bay; thence easterly to the Nubble, on Little Bois Bubert Island; thence by the shore to the 
head of Bois Bubert Island ; thence northerly to Joe Dyers Point, so called ; thence by the shore around 
Long Cove and the creek; thence to the head of Pigeon Hill Bay aforesaid; thence by the shore to 
the first-mentioned bound. 
Sec. 2. All fines and penalties under this act may be recovered as provided in section 48 of 
chapter 285 of the Public Laws of 1897. 
IMPORTATIONS OF LIVE LOBSTERS. 
For some years there have been considerable importations of live lobsters into 
Maine from the British Provinces, particularly from New Brunswick; previous to the 
closing up of the canning industry they were more numerous than at present, as con- 
siderable numbers were brought in by boat fishermen for the canneries at or near 
Eastport. The importations are now made by the dealers, who frequently send their 
own smacks into the Provinces for a supply when lobsters are scarce in the State. 
The following table shows the importations into the State, by customs districts, 
for the fiscal year 1898 : 
Customs districts. 
1898. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
150 
246, 991 
700 
327, 481 
214, 075 
43, 264 
28, 000 
$12 
43, 507 
91 
35, 373 
13, 037 
3, 211 
1 , 120 
Macli i as 
Portland and Falmouth 
Waldoboro 
