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be in force after the first da}' of March next ; anything in the said act 

 to the contrar}' notwithstanding. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That the said act shall extend to 

 the towns of Wobnrn and Maiden, in the same manner as it would 

 have extended in case the said towns had been expressl}' named in 

 the said act.— [Feb. 27, 1794. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 431 ; vol. 3, p. 399; 1815, 43.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. l,p. 296.] 



An Act to prevent the Taking of Fish near the Dam at the Canal at South Hadley 



Falls, in Connecticut River. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 518. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That no person 

 or persons, at any time hereafter, shall take any salmon or shad within 

 one hundred rods of an}' part of the dam in Connecticut River, near 

 the canal at South Hadley, with an}' net, seine, pot, scoop-net or any 

 other instrument or machine whatever ; and if any person or persons 

 shall take or catch any salmon or shad, contrary to the true intent and 

 meaning of this act, each person so offending shall, for every such 

 offence, forfeit and pay a fine of four pounds. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That all nets, seines or other 

 instruments or machines used in taking salmon or shad as aforesaid, 

 shall be and hereby are forfeited to any person or persons who shall 

 prosecute for the same, with costs of suit, to his or their own use, 

 upon complaint or information to any justice of the peace in and for 

 the said county of Hampshire, who may thereupon issue, his warrant 

 to seize the same, to be kept until trial of the said complaint or 

 information, which the said justices are hereby fully authorized to 

 hear and determine. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That all sums of money forfeited 

 by any breach of this act, shall and may be sued for and recovered 

 by action or information, with costs of suit, before any justice of the 

 peace within the county of Hampshire ; and one half of such fine shall 

 enure to him or them who shall sue or prosecute for the same ; the 

 other half thereof for the use of the county of Hampshire ; and any 

 person or persons aggrieved at the sentence of any justice of the 

 peace, given in pursuance of this act, may appeal therefrom to the 

 next court of general sessions of the peace to be holden in said 

 county. 



Sect. 4. Provided, alioays, That nothing in this act shall be con- 

 strued to justify the erecting or continuance of the said dam ; but the 

 propriety of erecting and continuing the same, whenever this may be 

 called in question, shall be determined on the same principles as 

 though this act had never been made. — [Feb. 27, 1794. 



[1817, 157.] 



