78 LAWS RELATING TO' 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 250.] 



An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act regulating the Taking of the Fish called 

 Alewives, in the Town Brook, so called, in the Town of Plymouth," passed the twen- 

 tieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 

 nine. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 241. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the said 

 act to which this is an addition, and all parts, clauses and provisions 

 thereof, shall extend to include one other brook in said town of Plym- 

 outh, known by the name of Fresh-Pond Brook, in the second precinct 

 of said town ; and the taking of the fish aforesaid in Fresh-Pond Brook 

 is hereby authorized in the same manner and under the same rules, 

 regulations and restrictions, in every respect, as the same is author- 

 ized in and by the act to which this is an addition, in the aforesaid 

 town brook, and no otherwise, anything in said former act notwith- 

 standing : provided, nevenheless, that the inhabitants of the town of 

 Plymouth ma}^ at their annual meeting in March or April, fix and 

 determine at what place in Fresh-Pond Brook said fish may be taken. 

 — [June 25, 1798. 



Ax Act in addition to the several Acts respecting the Proprietors of Middlesex Canal. 

 Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 241. [A clause from Sect. 1.] — Provided, 

 nevertheless, that nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or annul 

 the restrictions under which the said proprietors and corporation are 

 laid by furmer acts, respecting the waters of Shawshine River, or the 

 ponds, brooks or streams emptying their waters into the same. — 

 [June 25, 1798. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 148.] 



An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act for regulating the Taking of Shad, Ale- 

 wives and other Fish, in Neponset River, and the several Streams from the Ponds 

 called Punkapog and Massapog." (March 16, 1797.) 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 271. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That the town 

 of Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk, ma}- choose a committee to 

 inspect the fishery in Neponset River, and the sti-eams aforesaid, in 

 the same manner, and who shall be under the same regulations, 

 subject to the same duties, and have the same powers, as the like 

 committees for the several towns adjoining the aforesaid river and 

 streams : and said town of Stoughton shall have their proportionable 

 part with the town of Canton, of all profits arising from said fislier}', 

 and also of all fines and forfeitures incurred by the breaches of the 

 act to which this is an addition, in the same manner, and to the 

 same extent it would have had, had the act, passed the twenty-third 

 day of Februar}', in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- 

 dred and ninety-seven, entitled " An Act to divide the town of 

 Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk, and to incorporate the northerly 



