1156 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. 39

justice before whom such person is brought shall commit such
person, unless he gives adequate bail to appear and answer
such offense at the next circuit court for the county.

Trout and Other Fish.

1888, art. 39, sec. 73. 1874, ch 253, sec. 1.

72. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, catch or
kill any speckled brook trout, or any speckled river trout,
save only with a hook and line, or to have any such trout in
his possession, except during the months of April, May, June,
July, and the first fifteen days in the month of August,
under a penalty of five dollars for each trout so caught or had
in his possession; but this section shall not prevent any person
or corporation from catching trout in any manner or at any
time in waters owned by him or them, or upon his or their
premises, to stock other waters.

Ibid. sec. 74. 1874, ch. 253, sec. 2.

73. It shall not be lawful for any person within this State
to take or catch any brook trout at any time in any of the
waters of the State by means of any fish-basket, seine or seines,
net or nets, trap or traps, under a penalty of five dollars for
each and every fish so taken.

Ibid. sec. 75 1874, ch. 253, sec. 3.

74. No person shall place in any fresh water stream, lake
or pond, without the consent of the owner, or in the waters
and estuaries with the rivers debouching into them, any lime
or other deleterious substance, with the intent thereby to
poison or catch fish, under a penalty of one hundred dollars.

Ibid. sec. 76. 1874, ch. 253, sec. 4.

75. Whenever any person who owns, controls or erects an
artificial pond upon his own land, or land of which he is in
legal possession, shall put therein any fish or the eggs or spawn
of fish for the purpose of breeding and cultivating fish, and
shall give notice thereof, either in one or more newspapers of
the county, or by written or printed handbills put up in public
places near said pond, any person who shall thereafter enter
upon such premises, without the consent of the owner, for the
purpose" of fishing, or shall catch in said pond or ponds, and
take therefrom any fish, shall be guilty of a trespass, and, in
addition thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars for