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moiety to him who sliall sue for the same ; the other moiet}' to the 

 poor of the town where the offence shall be committed. 



Sect. 2., Be it further enacted, That the owner or owners, occu- 

 pier or occupiers of Dodge's Mills, so called, at the Little Falls on 

 the said river, be and they are hereby- required to keep open the pas- 

 sage over the said falls, from the grist-mill to a large rock in the angle 

 of the falls or dam, down to the mud-sill, from the twentieth day of 

 April to the thirteenth day of June annually, on penalty that the 

 owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of the aforesaid mills neglect- 

 ing to observe the direction of this act, shall for every such offence 

 forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds, to be recovered of them, or 

 either of them, by action of debt, in any court of record within the 

 same county proper to try the same, one moiety thereof to him who 

 shall sue for the same, the other moiety to the poor of the town where 

 the offence shall be committed. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That the sluices or passages 

 through or by all other mill-dams now erected, or that shall hereafter 

 be erected upon said river, or by any stream or streams running from 

 any natural pond into the same, provided the said mill-dam be below 

 the same ponds, shall be open, and kept open ; and that the owner or 

 owners, occupier or occupiers of such mill-dam, shall make, maintain 

 and keep open the said sluices or passages at their own cost and 

 charge, in the same manner as heretofore in this act is provided with 

 regard to the passages through Warner's and Farley's mill-dam, and 

 under the said penalty for every neglect, to be recovered and dis- 

 posed of in the same manner. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, Tbat every person who shall, after 

 the twentieth day of April, which will be in the year of our Lord one 

 thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, presume to take any flsh 

 of any kind in the said river or its branches, or any of the ponds 

 emptying themselves into the same, with seines or drag-nets of any 

 kind, shall forfeit for every such otfence, the sum of twenty pounds, 

 to be recovered in any court of record proper to try the same, one 

 moiety to him who shall sue for the same, the other moiety to the 

 poor of the town where the offence is committed. 



And whereas it has been found by experience, that saw-dust floating 

 in streams where fish pass, obstruct their passage : 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That none of the saw-mills on said 

 river, or any of the streams running from natural ponds into the said 

 river, shall be suffered to go between the last day of April and the 

 first day of June annually, for cutting any wood or timber ; and every 

 owner or occupier of such mill, who within the term aforesaid shall 

 use or suffer the same to be used or employed for such purposes ofore- 



