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Sect. 4. Be it farther enacted, That all penalties incurred by a 

 breach of an}- regulations respecting said fisherj-, maj* be sued for be- 

 fore any justice of the peace for the county of Norfolk, b}' the treas- 

 urer of said town ; and the committee aforesaid ma}' be competent 

 witnesses in an}' prosecution for a breach of this act, notwithstanding 

 they may be complainants in said prosecution. 



Sect. 5. Be it further eyiacted, That all fines recovered for the 

 breach of this act shall be for the use of the town of Braintree. 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That the committee chosen by vir- 

 tue of this act shall be compensated for their service b}' the town of 

 Braintree, at such rate as the town shall agree upon at the time they 

 are chosen. — [March 1, 1799. 



[1812, 154; 1817,151.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 222.] 



An Act in addition to and for the Amendment of an Act entitled " An Act to prevent 

 the Destruction and to regulate the Catching of the Fish called Alewives, in the Riv- 

 ers and Streams in the Town of Falmouth, in the County of Barnstable." 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 289. Be it enacted, That the committee to be 

 chosen conformably to the act to which this is in addition, be and 

 the}' hereby are authorized to permit the taking of said fish five days 

 in a week, if they see fit, during the period provided by said act for 

 said rivers and streams to be kept open, anything in said act to the 

 contrary notwithstanding. — [March 1, 1799. 



An Act regulating the Taking of the Fish called Alewives in Island Creek Brook (so 



called), in the Town of Duxbury. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 289. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the fish 

 called alewives may be taken from two rods below the bridge over 

 said brook, and as far up said brook as the width of the road, com- 

 monly called Plymouth road, and shall not be taken in any other 

 part thereof, and at such times only as the committee, who may be 

 appointed by said town as is hereafter provided, may direct. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of said town 

 of Duxbury, at their meeting for the choice of town officers in March 

 or April annually, be and they hereby are authorized and directed to 

 appoint three or five persons a committee to oversee the taking said 

 fish as aforesaid, which committee shall distribute the fish taken by 

 them, or under their direction, as equally as circumstances will admit, 

 to such of the inhabitants of said town as may apply for the same ; 

 and for the fish so supplied and delivered, the committee aforesaid 

 shall demand and receive of the person or persons applying therefor, 

 payment at such rate or rates as the inhabitants of the said town, at 

 their annual meeting in March or April, may direct, excepting of such 

 poor persons as may be named in a list to be annually made out by 



