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committee, or a major part of them, in their respective towns, shall 

 have authority for such purposes, to go on the land of any person 

 which may border on said river or streams, without being considered 

 as guilty of a trespass ; and to remove across such land any such ob- 

 structions, implements or tools, as may, in any way, impede, obstruct 

 or hinder any fish from passing freely up and down said river or 

 streams, otherwise than by this act is provided. And any person who 

 shall hinder or obstruct said committee, or a majority of them, wliether 

 in crossing such land, or in executing any part of the business by this 

 act assigned them, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, a sum 

 not exceeding three pounds, nor less than twenty shillings, to be re- 

 covered in any court, proper to try the same. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That no shad or alewives shall be 

 caught in any of the above mentioned towns, above Medford bridge, 

 in tlie said river or streams, or in Mj-stic Pond or Spy Pond, whether 

 with a seine, drag-net, marsh-net, basicet, or an3' other implement of 

 that kind, or made to answer such purpose, except as is hereafter in 

 this act provided. And ever}' person offending herein, shall, upon 

 due conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of three pounds, for every 

 such offence, and shall also forfeit the implements or tools used in 

 committing the offence. And no person shall, at any time, place any 

 kind of obstruction in said river, streams or ponds, which may obstruct 

 or hinder any shad or alewives from passing up or down the same. 

 And no person shall be permitted, by disturbing tlie waters aforesaid, 

 or by an}' other means, to I'estrain or interrupt any of tliose fish in 

 their passage up and down said river and streams. And every person 

 offending in either of these particulars, shall, upon conviction, forfeit 

 and paj' the sum of three pounds for every such offence ; and ever}' 

 wear, net, or other obstruction, matter or thing, placed or used for 

 such purpose, shall also be forfeited, if found in any of the waters 

 aforesaid ; and shall be disposed of by said committee or a majority 

 of them, for the same purpose as the other forfeitures are to be applied 

 to by this act, so far as the proceeds of the sale shall not be necessary 

 for the particular appropriations in this act. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That, in order to secure to said 

 towns of Cambridge, Charlestown and Medford, their equal benefit 

 from said fishery, the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge shall, 

 within the limits of that town, have full right to catch with any kind 

 of net, seine, or other fishing implement, any shad or alewives, on 

 Monday, Tuesday and Friday, in every week, from the first day of 

 March to the last day of June inclusively ; and the inhabitants of 

 Charlestown and Medford shall, in like manner, in their respective 

 towns, have full right to catch any shad or alewives, in the waters 



