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
he 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 fish 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