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Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of said town, 

 at any town meeting legally warned for that purpose, may, in such 

 manner as they sliall think proper, sell the exclusive right of taking 

 said fish in said river under such regulations as they may judge neces- 

 sary : provided, always, that no one sale shall be for more than one 

 year, and that the purchasers of said right shall not be allowed to sell 

 fish for more than twenty-five cents per hundred. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That in any 3'ear when the said 

 inhabitants shall sell the exclusive right of taking said fish as afore- 

 said, the said inspectors shall post up their advertisement as aforesaid, 

 forbidding all persons, otlier than the said purchasers or their agents, 

 to take an}' of said fish in said river, at an}' time or place whatever ; 

 and also forbidding the said purchasers to take any of said fish, save 

 at the times and places and in the manner mentioned in the conditions 

 of sale. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted. That the said inspectors, or the 

 major part of them, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered 

 to open any dam or the sluice of any mill or other water-works erected 

 or that may be erected on or over the said river, so that there shall 

 be a passage-way of such width (not exceeding twelve feet) and 

 depth as sliall be sufficient for the passing of said fish up said river at 

 the expense of the owner or owners of such dam or sluice : provided^ 

 such owner or owners shall neglect to open the same when thereto 

 required by the inspectors or the major part of them ; and the dam or 

 sluice that raaj^ be so opened, shall continue open for so long a time 

 in the months of April and May annuall}-, as the said inspectors or 

 the major part of them shall judge necessary ; and if any person or 

 persons shall obstruct the passage-ways allowed or ordered by the 

 said inspectors or the major part of them, in any dam or sluice-way, 

 or shall obstruct the passage of said fish in any other part of said 

 river than shall be permitted by the said selectmen, conformably to 

 this act, such person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay a 

 sum not exceeding three hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That all penalties incurred by the 

 breach of this act may be sued for and recovered by any of said 

 inspectors in any court in the county of Bristol proper to try the 

 same ; and all sums so recovered shall be one half to the use of the 

 prosecutor and the other half to the use of the said town of Taunton ; 

 and in case any minor or minors shall oflfend against any part of this 

 act, and thereby incur any of the penalties aforesaid, in all such cases 

 the parents, masters or guardians of such minor or minors shall be 

 answerable therefor in an action to be brought against such parents, 

 masters or guardians as for his or their personal offence. 



Sect. 6. Be it farther enacted^ That the several laws heretofore 



