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conspicuous place or places in the said town, on or before the first 

 daj' of May annually : provided, hoivever, that the said fish shall not 

 be taken on any other days than Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 

 between the rising and setting of the sun on said days, nor by an}- 

 other instrument or ways than b}' a scoop or dip-net. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That no person shall catch or take 

 any of the said fish in any of the rivers, brooks or streams leading 

 to or from the said ponds, without the direction or leave of the said 

 committee, or the major part of them ; and whoever shall presume, 

 at any time hereafter, to take, kill or haul ashore an}^ of the said fish, 

 with seines or drag-nets, in either of the ponds aforementioned, or in 

 Weymouth Back River, so called, or in the river, brooks or streams 

 through which the said fish pass into the said ponds, or shall with any 

 seines or drag-uets, or in any other way obstruct the passage of the 

 said fish to or from the said ponds, or either of them, or shall ob- 

 struct the said committee, or either of them, in the execution of their 

 duty, in all and every of these cases the offender shall for each offence 

 forfeit and pa^^ a sum not exceeding thirteen dollars nor less than ten 

 dollars ; and in case the offence be committed in the night, a sum not 

 exceeding thirty dollars nor less than twenty dollars. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacetd, That it shall be the duty of the 

 said committee to give notice to the treasurer of the said town of 

 Weymouth of all offences committed against this act that shall come 

 to their knowledge ; and the treasurer thereof is hereby vested with 

 full power and authorit}' to sue for and recover, from time to time, 

 all fines and forfeitures incurred b}' any breach of this act, in an}' 

 court proper to try the same ; and such fines and forfeitures shall be 

 to the use of the said town, saving where an}' person shall give infor- 

 mation of any breach of this act, the informer, upon conviction of 

 the offender, shall be entitled to one-third part of the forfeiture ; and 

 no person shall be considered as disqualified from being an evidence 

 on any trial that may be had pursuant to this act on account of his 

 being an inhabitant of the said town of Weymouth, or of his being 

 one of the committee aforesaid. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That an act passed in the year of 

 our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, entitled '• An 

 Act empowering the town of Weymouth to regulate and order the 

 taking and disposing of the fish called shad and alewives within the 

 limits of that town," be and the same is hereby repealed, except for 

 the purpose of recovering any fines or forfeitures that may have been 

 incurred under the said act. — [March 7, 1801. 



[1825, 48; 1836, 198; 1846, 92.] 



