90 LAWS RELATING TO 



An Act to prevent the Destruction of the Fish called Alewives, in their passage up and 

 down in the River and other Streams in the Town of Kingston, in the County of Plj'm- 

 outh, and for regulating the Taking and Disposing of said Fish, and for repealing 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 County of Plym- 

 outh." 



Sp. Laws, vol.2, p. 502. Sect. 1. Beit enacted, That the inhabit- 

 ants of said town of Kingston, at their annual meeting in March or April, 

 be and are hereb}' authorized and empowered to choose a committee 

 of five or more pei'sons, to see that the laws respecting the passage- 

 ways for said fish be observed ; and each person so chosen shall take 

 an oath faithfully to discharge the duties required of him by law ; 

 and the said committee shall oversee the taking of said fish in said 

 town, and shall distribute the fish taken by them, or under their direc- 

 tion, 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 receiving said fish, payment therefor, at such 

 rate or rates as the inhabitants of said town, at their annual meeting 

 in March or April, ma}- direct ; excepting of such poor persons as 

 may be named in a list, annually to be made out by the selectmen of 

 said town, and who in the opinion of the selectmen are unable to pay 

 for the same ; which list shall be given to the committee, and such 

 persons borne on the same shall be supplied with such quantities of 

 said fish, gratis, as the committee may think expedient. And the 

 committee aforesaid shall have such allowance for theirt services as 

 the inhabitants of said town, at the time of appointing said committee 

 shall determine ; and shall annually, in the month of September next 

 following their appointment, exhibit their accounts of the selectmen 

 of said town for settlement and allowance, and pay the balance 

 remaining in their hands, if any there be, to the treasurer of the town 

 of Kingston for the town's use. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said committee, or the 

 major part of them, be and are hereby authorized and empowered to 

 open an}- dam, or the sluice of any mill or other water-works, erected 

 or that ma}' be erected on or across the river, or any of the streams 

 in said town, at the expense of the owner or owners of such dam or 

 sluice : provided, such owner or owners shall neglect to open the 

 same when thereto required by said committee, or the major part of 

 them, as aforesaid. And the said committee shall also have full 

 power to remove any other obstructions that may be made to the free 

 passage of said fish, in the rivers and other streams into the several 

 ponds in said town, and for their repassing from said ponds into the 

 sea. And the said committee, or either of them, going or passing on 



