50 LAWS RELATING TO 



of the said towns of Pembroke or Hanover. And if any person or 

 persons shall be found having said fish in liis or their possession, and 

 there be reasonable grounds of suspicion that such person or persons 

 took said fish unlawfully, he or they shall be subject to the penalties 

 of this act, unless sufficient CA'idence be adduced that said fish were 

 taken agreeably to the spirit and meaning of the same. — [Feb. 22, 

 1792. 



[1811,72; 1809,90.] 



An Act to enable the Town of Framingham to regulate and order the taking of the Fish 

 called Shad and Alewives, within the limits of said Town. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 352. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and 

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

 inhabitants of the said town of Framingham, at their annual meeting 

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

 and order in what manner and by whom the said fish called shad and 

 alewives may be taken within the limits of said town. And the said 

 inhabitants shall cause a copy of such order, attested b}^ 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 and alewives, within said town of Framingham, on penalty that 

 each and every offender against the same shall forfeit and pay the sum 

 of twenty shillings, to be sued for and recovered before an}^ court 

 proper to try the same ; one moiet}' to the informer, and the other 

 moiet}' to the poor of said town of Framingham. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That any of the inhabitants of the 

 said town of Framingham, not concerned in violating this act, shall 

 and may be admitted as witnesses to testify in any action that may 

 be brought for the above penaltj' ; they being inhabitants of said 

 town notwithstanding. — [March 8, 1792. 



[1821, 15,] 



An Act to prevent the Catching of Fish in the Mouth of Agawam River. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 353. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and 

 after the first day of April next, no person or persons be allowed to 

 catch any salmon, shad or alewives, with seines, nets, pots or in any 

 other way, in any part of said river within one mile of the mouth or 

 entrance thereof into Connecticut River. And if an}^ person or per- 

 sons shall presume to take or catch any fish in the said Agawam 

 River, contrar}' to the true intent of this act, each person so offending 

 shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a fine of four pounds. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That all nets or seines used in tak- 

 ing fish as aforesaid, shall be and hereby are forfeited to any person 

 or persons who shall seize the same, to his or their own use. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures in- 



