CHAP. 15 down as far as the foot of Eagle lake, except Sly brook; Wallagrass river for a distance of three miles from its mouth; Little Madawaska river or any of its tributaries; in Cumberland county, in any of the rivers, brooks or streams lying wholly or in part in the Towns of Sebago, Naples, Casco and Raymond; Breakneck brook and its tributaries; in any of the tributaries to Highland lake; Mill brook in Westbrook; in Franklin county, in any of the tributaries to Lake Webb; in Kennebec county, in any of the tributaries to McGraw, Ellis, East, North, Great, Long, Little and Snow ponds; in Potter Mill stream, in Litchfield; in any of the tributaries to any of the lakes or ponds lying wholly or partly in the Towns of Vienna and Mount Vernon; in Knox county, in any of the tributaries to Crawford pond, in Union and Warren; in Lincoln county, in Jackson Mill stream, or in Joe Weeks' Mill stream, tributaries to Damariscotta lake; in Oxford county, Bog brook and its tributaries, in Oxford and Hebron (and in Minot and Mechanic Falls in Androscoggin county); Swift river and its tributaries, in the Counties of Oxford and Franklin; Carrabasset river, in Kingfield and New Portland, in the Counties of Franklin and Somerset; the outlet of Worthley pond in Peru; in Ellis river and its tributaries; Cambridge river, in Upton and Grafton; Bear river, in Newry and Grafton; Cold river and its tributaries, in Stow; the tributaries to Upper Kezar pond in Lovell; in Penobscot county, the west branch of Mattawamkeag stream and its tributaries; Kimball brook, Shin brook and Seboeis river, tributaries to east branch of the Penobscot river; Fish stream, a tributary to Mattawamkeag river; Olamon stream; in Piscataquis county, Ferguson stream; Alder stream; Piscataquis river; the south branch of the Piscataquis river and its tributaries in Abbot and in Kingsbury plantation; Thorn brook and its tributaries in the Towns of Abbot and Blanchard and in Kingsbury plantation; Higgins stream and its tributaries in the Counties of Somerset and Piscataquis; Main stream, a tributary to Great Moose lake, in Hartland and Harmony, said Main stream being situated in the Counties of Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset, or in any of the tributaries to said Main stream; Jimmie brook in the Town of Cambridge, in Somerset county; in Waldo county, Half Moon or Sandy stream and its tributaries; the tributaries to Seven Tree pond; the tributaries to Unity pond; St. George's river, in Montville and Searsmont; Passagassawaukeag river, or any of its tributaries, in the County of Waldo; Medomak stream, in Liberty; in Washington county, Baskahegan stream, in the Town of Danforth; in York county, Heath brook, in the Town of Acton; Little Ossipee river, within the limits of the Towns of Shapleigh, Newfield, Waterboro, Limerick and Limington; Norton and Brown brooks and their tributaries in Shapleigh and Limerick, or allow the same to be done by anyone in their employ, any slabs, edgings, sawdust, chips, bark, mill waste, shavings or fibrous material created in the manufacture of lumber, CHAP. 16 or place or deposit the same on the banks of any of the above-named. waters in such negligent or careless manner that the same shall fall or be washed into said waters, or with the intent that the same shall fall or be washed into said waters. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall pay a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for each offense. 'Provided, further, that the commissioner of inland fisheries and game. and the forest commissioner shall have authority, upon petition of twentyfive citizens of this state, and after due notice and public hearing in the locality of the waters to be affected, at which hearing all parties interested may be heard, to promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting the pollution of any of the brooks, streams or rivers in this state with slabs, edgings, sawdust, chips, bark, mill waste, shavings, or any fibrous material created in the manufacture of lumber. A copy of any regulations promulgated by virtue of this section shall be filed in the office of the clerk of courts, in the county in which the waters are situated, and shall be published three times in a newspaper printed in the county wherein the waters are situated. Whoever violates any provision of any rules and regulations of the commissioner of inland fisheries and game and the forest commissioner promulgated by virtue of this section, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for each offense.' Approved February 26, 1923. Chapter 16. An Act to Repeal Section Thirty-six of Chapter Eight of the Revised Statutes Relating to Forest Fire Notices. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 8, sec. 36; repealed. Section thirty-six of chapter eight of the revised statutes is hereby repealed. Approved February 24, 1923. Chapter 17. An Act Establishing the Katahdin Park Game Preserve, in the County of Piscataquis. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. 1. Perpetual close time on wild birds and wild animals within certain territory. No person shall at any time, hunt, chase, catch, kill or destroy any wild bird or wild animal within the limits of the following described tract or territory situated in the County of Piscataquis, the same being in unorganized townships, to wit: CHAP. 18 Townships three and four in the ninth range, W. E. L. S., and parts of townships three and four, in the tenth range, W. E. L. S., and a part of township four, range eleven, W. E. L. S., bounded as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of township four, range nine, on the easterly line of the County of Piscataquis; thence southerly on the easterly line of the County of Piscataquis twelve miles, more or less, to the southeast corner of township three, range nine; thence westerly on the southerly line of township three, range nine, and township three, range ten, eleven miles, more or less, to Sourdnahunk stream; thence northerly up said stream and the easterly shore of Sourdnahunk lake twelve miles, more or less, to the north line of township four, range ten; thence easterly by the northerly line of township four, range ten, and township four, range nine, twelve miles, more or less, to point of beginning, including ninety thousand acres, more or less. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in possession at any time any wild bird or wild animal, or part or parts thereof, taken within the above described territory. Sec. 2. Penalty for violations. Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten nor more than three hundred dollars and costs for each offense, or imprisonment for sixty days, or both said fine and imprisonment. Approved February 26, 1923. Chapter 18. An Act to Amend Section Ten of Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes, as Amended by Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-seven of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen, Relating to Injuries to Dams. Canals, Mill Machinery, Ponds, Engines and Electrical Fixtures; Obstruction of Bridges and Ways. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 129, sec. 10; relating to injuries to dams, canals, mill machinery, etc., and obstructions to ways and bridges, amended. Section ten of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "reservoir" in the second line thereof the words. 'fishway, fish screen,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 10. Injuries to fishways and fish screens. Whoever wilfully or maliciously injures, removes or destroys any dam, reservoir, fishway, fish screen, canal, trench or their appurtenances, or the gear or machinery of a mill or manufactory; draws off the water from a mill pond, canal or trench; destroys or injures any engine or its apparatus for the extinguishment of fire, or any posts, glass caps, wires or other material used in the construction and operation of a telegraph, telephone, electric light or elec CHAP. 19 tric power line; removes, injures or destroys any public or toll bridge, or places any obstruction on such bridge or on any public road, with intent to injure persons or property passing thereon, shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars.' Approved February 26, 1923. Chapter 19. An Act to Amend Section Forty-five of Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one, Relating to Clerk Hire in the Registry of Deeds for York County. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: P. L., 1921, c. 219, sec. 45; relating to clerk hire in county offices, amended. That portion of section forty-five of chapter two hundred and nineteen of the public laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, relating to clerk hire in the registry of deeds for York county, is hereby amended by striking out the words, "two thousand" in the second line of the subparagraph relating to York county and inserting in place thereof the words 'three thousand,' so that said sub-paragraph of said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'York County; increase in register of deeds. For clerks in the office of register of deeds, three thousand dollars; for clerks in the office of register of probate, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars; for clerks in the office of clerk of courts, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars.' Approved February 28, 1923. Chapter 20. An Act to Amend Section Thirty-eight of Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen of the Revised Statutes, as Amended by Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one, Increasing the Salary of the Judge of Probate of Sagadahoc County. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 117, sec. 38; P. L., 1921, c. 219; relating to compensation of judges of probate, amended. Section thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventeen of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter two hundred and nineteen of the public laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out the words "nine hundred dollars" in line fifteen of said section and inserting in place thereof the words 'one thousand dollars,' so that said section so far as it relates to the salary of the judge of probate of Sagadahoc county shall read as follows: 'Increase. Sagadahoc, one thousand dollars.' Approved February 28, 1923. CHAP. 21 Chapter 21. An Act to Amend Section Forty of Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen of the Revised Statutes, as Amended by Chapter Two Hundred and Fourteen of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen, and as Further Amended by Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one, Relating to Compensation of Clerk of Courts of Cumberland County. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 117, sec. 40; P. L., 1919, c. 214; P. L., 1921, c. 219; relating to compensation of clerks of courts, amended. Section forty of chapter one hundred and seventeen of the revised statutes, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the words "Cumberland, twenty-five hundred dollars, deputy clerk of courts, eighteen hundred dollars," and substituting in place thereof the words 'Cumberland, twenty-eight hundred dollars, deputy clerk of courts, twenty hundred dollars,' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 40. Increase for clerk and deputy clerk in Cumberland county. The clerks of the judicial courts in the several counties shall receive annual salaries from the treasuries of the counties in monthly payments paid on the last day of each month, as follows: 'Androscoggin, twenty-two hundred dollars, 'Aroostook, two thousand dollars, 'Cumberland, twenty-eight hundred dollars, deputy clerk of courts, twenty hundred dollars, 'Franklin, fourteen hundred dollars, 'Hancock, twenty-one hundred dollars, 'Kennebec, twenty-five hundred dollars, 'Somerset, twenty-five hundred dollars, 'Waldo, twelve hundred dollars, 'Washington, fourteen hundred and fifty dollars, 'York, twenty-five hundred dollars. 'The sums above mentioned shall be in full compensation for the performance of all duties required of clerks, including those performed by them as clerks of the supreme judicial court, superior and county commissioners' courts, or by clerks pro tempore employed by them, and the sum provided for the clerk of Lincoln county shall be in full for all such services and also in full for services as clerk of the Lincoln municipal |