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same be subjected to the regulation hereinafter mentioned, will not be 

 injurious to the public : 



Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the future using and improving the 

 said Burnham's lower saw-mill, standing on Ipswich River, within the 

 town of Ipswich, from the last day of April to the first day of June 

 annually, shall be under the directions, regulations and restrictions of 

 the major part of the selectmen of the towns of Ipswich, Topsfield 

 and Middleton, for the time being ; such directions, regulations and 

 restrictions being made in writing, under the hands of the major part 

 of the selectmen aforesaid, delivered to the said Burnham, from time 

 to time, as shall be found necessar}'. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That for every omission or viola- 

 tion of such directions, regulations or restrictions as aforesaid, the 

 said Burnham shall be subjected to such penalties and forfeitures as 

 is incurred by the aforementioned act, for using and improving said 

 saw-mill, within the term aforesaid, to be sued for, recovered and 

 applied in manner as is prescribed in the said act. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sixth clause of the afore- 

 mentioned act, so far as it respects the using and improving the said 

 Burnham's lower saw-mill, within the term therein mentioned, shall 

 be and hereb}' is repealed. — [March 28, 1793. 



An Act for regulating the Opening of Sluice- Ways in the several Mill-Dams on River 

 Meadow Brook, in the Town of Chelmsford and District of Carlisle. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 452. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That the owners 

 of mills on River Meadow Brook, so called, in the town of Chelmsford 

 and district of Carlisle, be and the}' are hereby permitted to keep the 

 sluice-ways in their respective mill-dams shut such part of the time 

 heretofore provided by law for keeping them open for the passage of 

 fish up the said brook, as shall, by the selectmen of the town of 

 Chelmsford and the selectmen of the district of Carlisle, for the time 

 being, be judged will not prevent the passage of the fish up the said 

 stream, and most conducive to the public good : provided, the said 

 selectmen of Chelmsford and Carlisle make their determination in 

 writing, under their hands, and such determination be kept constantly 

 posted up in some conspicuous place at each of the mills on the said 

 brook ; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. — [March 28, 179S. 



