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court proper to try the same ; and no person shall be considered as 

 disqualified from giving evidence in an}"^ such action on account of his 

 living: in or being an inhabitant of the said town of Dartmouth. — 

 [June 27, 1792. 



1793. 



An Act to enable the town of Newbury to Regulate and Order the taking of fish called 

 Shad, Bass and Alewives, in the River Parker, within the limits of said Town. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 408. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and 



after the publication of this act it shall and ma^' be lawful for the 



inhabitants of said town of Newbury, at their annual meeting in 



March or April, during the continuance of this act, to determine and 



order in what manner and at what time the said fish called shad, bass 



and alewives, in the River Parker, may be taken within the limits of 



said town. And the said inhabitants shall cause a copy of such order, 



attested by the town clerk, to be posted up in some public place in 



said town, whereunto all persons shall conform with respect to the 



taking said fish called shad, bass and alewives, in the River Parker, 



within said town of Newbury, on penalty that each and every offender 



against the same shall forfeit and pay the sum of twent}' shillings, to 



be sued for and recovered before an}' court proper to try the same ; 



one moiety to the informer and the other moiety to the poor of said 



town of Newbury. — [March 2, 1793. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 354.] 

 An Act to prevent the Destruction of the Fish called Alewives, in Taunton Great River, 

 so called, in the County of Bristol, and also to regulate the Catching of the said Fish 

 therein for the future. 



Sp. Laws, A'ol. 1, p. 422. Whereas the law made for regulating the 

 ale wive fishery in Taunton Great River, so called, in the count}' of 

 Bristol, is found to operate unequally upon and to the disadvantage of 

 several towns situated on said river, and has not answered the salu- 

 tary' purpose of preserving and increasing the said fish as intended : 



Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the twentieth day of 

 March, instant, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons what- 

 ever, at any time after the twentieth da}' of March, instant, as afore- 

 said (except as is hereinafter provided) , to catch alewives or any 

 other fish with seines or drag-nets in said river : provided, that it 

 shall and may be lawful for the inhabitants of the several towns sit- 

 uated on the said river to catch alewives and other fish, within the 

 bounds of their own town, and nowhere else, with seines or drag-nets, 

 part of four days in each week only, viz. : on Monday, Tuesday, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, from sunrising till sunsetting on each of 

 said days in each week : and provided, each town situated on said 

 river as aforesaid, draw or sweep with two seines or drag-nets only ; 



