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

 disqualified from giving evidence in any such action, on account of 

 his livinii; in or being an inhabitant of the said town of New Bedford. 

 Sect. 5. Be it further enacted^ That an}' agreement which maj' be 

 made and entered into, between the said town of New Bedford and the 

 owner or owners of any dam on the said river, with regard to the 

 premises, shall be good and valid in law. — [June 19, 1790. 



1791. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 185.] 



An Act to repeal in part an Act, entitled " An Act to prevent the Destruction of Fish 



called Shad and Alewives, in Ten and Three Miles Rivers, in the County of Bristol." * 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 287. Whereas the act entitled "An Act to 

 prevent the destruction of fish called shad and alewiwes, in Ten and 

 Three Miles Rivers, in the County of Bristol," appears not to be of 

 public utilit}', so far as the same act respects the said river called 

 Three Miles River : 



Sect. 1. Be it therefjre enacted, That the said act to prevent the 

 destruction of the fish called shad and alewives, in Ten and Three 

 Miles Rivers, shall be and the same is hereby repealed and declared 

 null and void, from the time of passing this act, as to all matters 

 therein required or authorized to be done respecting the river called 

 Three Miles River, saving onh', that all acts and doings heretofore 

 lawfulh' performed by virtue of the said act shall and may be justified 

 thereby, this repeal notwithstanding. — [Feb. 11, 1791. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 180.] 



An Act for the more effectual Carrying into Execution the Laws regulating the Alewive 

 Fishery in Mattepoiset River, in the Town of Rochester, t 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 290. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That each and 

 ever}' person who, according to law, shall be chosen an inspector of 

 Mattepoiset River, shall, within six days after his being notified b}' a 

 constable of the town of Rochester of his being so chosen, take the 

 following oath before the clerk of said town, or some justice of the 

 peace for the county of Pl3mouth, viz. : 



You, A. B., being chosen an inspector of Mattepoiset River for the 

 3'ear ensuing, do swear that you will prosecute all breaches of the laws 

 for the regulating the alewive fishery in said river, the year ensuing, 

 which shall come to your knovvledge. So help you God. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person who shall be 

 chosen an inspector of said river, as aforesaid, shall neglect to take 

 said oath for the space of six days after he is notified of his being so 

 chosen as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the use of the said town of 

 Rochester thirty shillings, to be recovered by the treasurer of said 



* March 10, 1788. f June 15, 1789, and March 1, 178S. 



