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Sect. 3. Be it further enacted., That this act shall continue and 

 be in force for the term of three 3'ears from the passing thereof, and 

 no longer. — [March 9, 1804. 



1805. 



An Act authorizing the Inhabitants of the Town of Newton, in the County of Middlesex, 

 to regulate the taking of Fish called Shad and Alewives within the limits of the said 

 Town. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 3, p. 49-i. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and 

 after the passing of this act, it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of said 

 town of Newton, to sell the right and regulate the times, places and man- 

 ner of taking said fish within the limits of said town, not exceeding 

 in point of time three da3's in a week ; and the inhabitants of said 

 town, at their annual meeting in March or April, are hereby author- 

 ized and empowered to appoint agents, whose dut}^ it shall be to carry 

 into execution the purposes of this act. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the agents aforesaid maj^ in 

 behalf of said town, and for their use and benefit, sell the right and 

 regulate the times, places and manner of taking said fish within the 

 town aforesaid ; and for the proceeds of said sale of right, said agents 

 shall be held to account with and paj^ to the said inhabitants, from 

 time to time in such mauner as the}' may direct or vote in said meet- 

 ings in March or April. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said agents shall forth- 

 with, after establishing such rules and regulations, and determining 

 by whom said fish may be taken, cause a copy thereof, under their 

 hands, to be posted up in two or more public places within the said 

 town ; and if an}' person or persons, other than those to whom said 

 right shall be sold as aforesaid, shall take any of said fish called shad 

 and alewives within the town aforesaid, or if an}' person or persons to 

 whom said right shall be sold as aforesaid, shall take any of said fish 

 at any other time, in any other place, or in any other manner than 

 shall be expressed in the conditions of the sale to them, such person 

 or persons so offending, shall severally, for each and every offence, 

 forfeit and pay treble the value of said fish so taken, to be recovered 

 in an action on the case, to the use of any person who may sue for 

 the same. — [February 16, 1805. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 191.] 



An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act to prevent the Destruction of Alewives 

 and other Fish in Ipswich River, and to promote the increase of the same," passed 

 the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- 

 dred and eighty-eight. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 3, p. 524. Whereas the provision in the first sec- 

 tion of the act entitled " An Act to prevent the destruction of Alewives 

 and other Fish in Ipswich River, and to promote the increase of the 



