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Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the aforesaid act, so far as it pro- 

 vides that the selectmen of the towns of Scituate and Cohasset shall 

 be fish-wardens, and so far as it respects the opening sluice-ways 

 through the raill-dams that now are, or that may hereafter be erected, 

 above the mill-dam erected by Elisha Doane and others, be and hereby 

 is repealed. — [June 19, 1801. 



1802. 



[Sp. Laws, vol.1, p. .313.] 



An Act in addition to the several Acts now in force, regulating the Taking of the Fish 



called Alewives in the Town of Middleltorough. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 469. Whereas doubts have arisen whether the 

 inhabitants of the said town of Middleborough are authorized by 

 law to agree with and hire an}- person or persons to take said fish 

 and sell them at the price stipulated by law, and to account with 

 the said inhabitants for the net proceeds of the same : therefore, 



Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this 

 act it shall and may be lawful for the inhabitants of said town, at 

 any legal meeting called for that as well as other purposes, by them- 

 selves or a committee chosen by them for that purpose, to agree with 

 and hire such person or persons as they may deem proper, to take 

 said fish at an}' and all of the fishing places in said town, and to dis- 

 pose of them at the price stipulated by law, being accountable to the 

 inhabitants of said town for the net proceeds of the same. — [Jan. 21, 

 1802. 



[Sp Laws, vol. 2, p. 105.] 

 Ax Act in further addition to an Act entitled " An Act to regulate the Alewive Fishery 

 in the Town of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, and for repealing all Laws 

 heretofore made for that purpose," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 

 hundred and ninety-seven. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 495. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That it shall 

 and ma}' be lawful for the town of Bridgewater, in the county of 

 Plymouth, hereafter to take the fish called alewives in said town, at 

 such times and places as were provided in an act entitled " An Act 

 for regulating the alewive fishery in the town of Bridgewater, in the 

 county of Plymouth, and for repealing all laws heretofore made for 

 that purpose," passed the ninth day of March, in the year of our 

 Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one ; any law to which 

 this is in addition to the contrary notwithstanding. — [February 27, 

 1802. 



