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disqualified from being a witness in any prosecutions for a breach of 

 this act. — [Feb. 10, 1797. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, pp. 433, 495.] 



An Act to prevent the Destruction of the Fish called Bass, in the River Parker, in 

 Newbury; and in Rowley lliver ; and in the streams and Waters running into the 

 same, in the County of Essex. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 117. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That on and 

 after the first da}' of December next, if any person or persons shall 

 catch, in any manner whatever, any of the fish called bass, in any 

 part of the River Parker, in Newbury, or in Rowley River, or in any 

 of the streams or waters running into the same, or shall oflfer them for 

 sale, between the first daj' of December and the first day of March 

 annually, he or they so offending shall forfeit and pay one dollar few,* 

 each of the bass so caught or offered for sale as aforesaid. 



Sect. 2. Be it ftirther enacted, That all fines and penalties which 

 may be incurred b^' a breach of this act, shall be recovered before any 

 justice of the peace of the county of Essex, with cost of suit, for the 

 use and benefit of the prosecutor. And it shall be the dut^- of the 

 fish-wardens of said towns of Newbury and Rowley to see that tbis 

 act is carried into eflTect ; and an}' other person may complain and 

 prosecute for breaches of this act. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of the town 

 of Rowle}' aforesaid, shall, at their annual meetings, legally assem- 

 bled, choose one or more fish-wardens, whose duty it shall he to see 

 that this act is carried into eflTect, as aforesaid, and who shall be sworn 

 to the faithful discharge of that trust, in the same manner as other 

 town ofHcers are sworn. — [Feb. 22, 1797. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 422.] 

 An Act to regulate the Price of Fish called alewives, in the Town of Taunton. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 117. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and' 

 after the passing of this act, the selectmen of the town of Taunton^ 

 for the time being, together with any two justices of the peace in and 

 for the county of Bristol, quorum unus, be and they are hereby 

 authorized and empowered, from time to time, as they shall judge 

 proper, to regulate the price of the fish called alewives, taken in 

 Taunton Great River, so called, which price, when so regulated, 

 shall be recorded on the book of records of said town by the clerk 

 thereof. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person, after the pass- 

 ing of this act, shall presume to sell such fish at a greater price than 

 may be established, for the time being, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit 

 and pay, to the use of said town, for each hundred of such fish so sold, 

 a fine of five dollars ; and so in proportion, for a greater or less num- 



