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shall be thereby disqualified from being a witness in any prosecution 

 for a breach of this act. * 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That an Act entitled " An Act to 

 prevent the destruction of the fish called alewives, in their passage 

 up the rivers and streams in the town of Kingston, in the count}' of 

 Plymouth," passed on the eighth day of November, in the 3'ear of our 

 Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, be and the same is 

 hereby repealed. — [March 3, 1802. 



[1819, 125; 1857, 85.] 



An Act to regulate the Alewivc Fishery in the Towns of Lynn, I>ynnfield and Reading, 

 in the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, and for repealing all Laws heretofore made 

 for that purpose. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. .")04. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That it shall and 

 maj' be lawful for the towns of Lynn and Lynnfield res})ectivel3', in the 

 county of Essex, and the town of Reading, in the county- of Middlesex, 

 annually, at any legal meeting of the inhabitants of said towns, to sell 

 or otherwise dispose of the privilege of taking the said fish within their 

 respective limits, at such times, not exceeding three days in a week, 

 and places, and under such regulations as the said towns shall respec- 

 tively direct ; and the emolument arising from said privilege shall be 

 severally appropriated by said towns to such purposes and uses as the 

 inhabitants thereof shall in town meeting from time to time determine. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That if the purchaser or pur- 

 chasers, manager or managers, or those emplo3'ed by them, shall 

 presume to take any of the said fish at any other time or place in said 

 towns, or an\- of them, than shall be l)y said towns respectively deter- 

 mined ; and if any other person or persons whatever, except the pur- 

 chaser or purchasers, manager or managers of said privilege, or those 

 employed by them, shall presume to take or catch any of said fish in 

 any of the rivers or streams within the boundaries of said towns 

 respectively-, otherwise than may be by said towns respectively deter- 

 mined, he or they so offending shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay 

 a simi not exceeding thirteen dollars, nor less than one dollar, at the 

 discretion of the justice before whom the same shall be tried. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That if the purchaser or pur- 

 chasers, manager or managers of said privilege shall, when in his or 

 their power, neglect or refuse to suppl}' any person or persons with 

 said fish, when green, in any quantity' not exceeding one hundred to 

 any one person who may apply therefor, at such rates as shall be 

 determined by said towns respectivol}*, not exceeding twent3--five 

 cents for one hundred of said fish, he or they so offending shall for 

 each offence forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar ; and if any person 

 shall ask, demand and receive more than twenty-five cents for one 

 hundred of said fish, and in that proportion for a less number, at the 



