1919 Me. Acts 235
| dc.coverage.spatial | Maine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:39:37Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T01:53:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:05:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1919 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Swivel, pivot and set gun added to prohibited devices; penalty for violation increased to $100 and costs and imprisonment for sixty days for possession, ch. 196, § 25: No person shall have in possession at any time when he is upon the wild lands, water or highways, or in the woods or fields of the state, or in any camp, lodge, or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, or in its immediate vicinity, any jacklight or light fitted for use in the hunting of game in the night time, or any swivel, pivot, or set gun... | |
| dc.description.lawtext | 'Sec. 25. Swivel, pivot and set gun added to prohibited devices; penalty for violation increased to $100 and costs and imprisonment for sixty days for possession. No person shall have in possession at any time when he is upon the wild lands, waters or highways, or in the woods or fields of the state, or in any camp, lodge, or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, or in its immediate vicinity, any jacklight or light fitted for use in the hunting of game in the night time, or any swivel, pivot or set gun; nor shall any person have in possession at any time any spear, trawl or net (except such as are authorized for the taking of suckers, eels, hornpouts and yellow perch, as provided in section twenty-seven of this chapter) other than a dip-net, in any camp, lodge or place of resort for hunters or fishermen or in its immediate vicinity, or on any of the lakes, rivers or streams of the state, or in their immediate vicinity, in the inland territory of the state. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars and costs for each offense and imprisonment for sixty days, and when any such implements or devices are found in possession in violation of any provision of this section they are forfeit and contraband, and shall be seized by any person authorized to enforce the inland fish and game laws.' | |
| dc.description.summary | This section prohibits the possession or use of certain hunting-related devices in wild lands, waters, roads, camps, or nearby areas, including jacklights for night hunting, swivel/pivot/set guns, and most spears, nets, or trawls (with limited exceptions for specific fish types and dip-nets). Violations carry a $100 fine plus costs and up to 60 days in jail, and any illegal equipment found is considered contraband subject to seizure. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4021 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolves_Passed_by_the_Legislat/UWxCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=maine+%C2%A0statutes&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | HUNTING REGULATION | |
| dc.subject | TRAP GUNS | |
| dc.title | 1919 Me. Acts 235 |