120 LAWS RELATING TO 



Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue 

 and be in force for the term of three years from the passing thereof, 

 and no longer. — [Februarj^ 3, 1807. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 271.] 



An Act for the Preservation of the Fish in Massapang Ponds (so called), in the County 



of Middlesex. 



1806, 60. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person whatever, in the 

 night-time, to kill, take, or destroy an}" fish in the pond called Massa- 

 pang Ponds, lying between the towns of Dunstable, G];oton and 

 Tyngsborough, or in the streams running into or issuing therefrom, 

 with spears or anj^ implement whatever, which is made use of for the 

 purpose of stabbing or killing the fish in the said ponds or streams. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, 

 from and after the passing of this act, in the night-time, after the 

 setting and before the rising of the sun, with spears, or any other 

 implement which is made use of for the purpose of killing or taking of 

 fish, shall kill, take or destroy any fish in said pond called Massapang 

 Ponds, or in the streams running into or issuing therefrom, such per- 

 son shall for each and every fish so taken, killed or destroyed, forfeit 

 and pay the sum of fifty cents, to be recovered before any court 

 proper to try the same by action, in which the whole penalty shall 

 enure to the use of such person as shall first sue for the same. — 

 [February 20, 1807. 



[1823, 41.] 



An Act for the preservation of the Fish called Ale wives, in their passage up the Rivers and 

 Streams leading through the Towns of Salem and Danvers, in the County of Essex, 

 and for the regulating the Taking said Fish in said Streams, and for repealing all 

 Laws heretofore passed for regulating the Fishery in said Rivers and Streams. 



1806, 117. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the towns of Salem and 

 Danvers shall be and they are hereby respectively empowered and 

 directed, at their annual town-meetings, to choose, by ballot, a num- 

 ber, not exceeding five persons in each town, as a fish committee, 

 whose duty it shall be to see that the laws respecting the passage- 

 ways for said fish be duly observed ; and each person so chosen shall 

 take an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties required of him by 

 law ; and the committees from each of said towns shall meet together 

 annually, on or before the first da}' of April, as the person first chosen 

 b}' the town of Salem shall appoint, to be by him dul}' notified ; and 

 the major part of committees present at such meetings, are hereby 

 authorized and empowered to order the times, not exceeding three 

 days in any one week, and the places where and the manner in which 

 said fish may be taken, within the limits of either of said towns. And 

 the members of the committees aforesaid, shall have joint and concur- 



