58 LAWS RELATING TO 



twelve of the clock on ever}- Monday, and at no other time ; any law 

 or usage to the contrarv notwithstanding. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That no person or persons, inhabi- 

 tants as aforesaid, shall sell or dispose pf any of said fish, caught as 

 aforesaid, to any person or persons not inhabitants as aforesaid. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That if upon complaint made be~ 

 fore an}^ justice of the peace for the county of Plymouth, any person 

 or persons shall be couA'ieted of a breach of this act, he shall forfeit 

 and pay, for ever}- such offence, a fine of four pounds ; one half 

 thereof to the complainant, and the other half thereof to the poor of 

 the town of Wareham. — [March 26, 1793. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 272.] 

 An Act in addition to an Act passed tbe fourth day of March, one thousand seven hun- 

 dred and ninetj', entitled " An Act to regulate the catching of Salmon, Shad and 

 Aiewives, and to prevent obstructions in Merrimack River, and in the other Streams 

 running into the same, within this Commonwealth." 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 442. Whereas it is found by experience that 

 the catching of fish at or near the mouth of the rivers and streams 

 emptying in Merrimack River, within the town of Andover, greatl^^ 

 obstruct and impede fish entering and passing up said rivers and 

 streams : therefore, 



Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That no person or persons shall, after 

 passing this act, be allowed to catch salmon, shad or aiewives, or 

 drag an}' seine, or set an}- net, pot or other machine, for the purpose 

 of taking or catching said fish, or any other ways obstruct said fish 

 in their passage, within fifty rods below or twenty rods above the 

 mouth of any river or stream in the town of Andover emptying into 

 Merrimack River aforesaid ; nor draw anv seine, for catching of ale- 

 wives, between the mouths of Shawshine River and Cocheco Brook, 

 on penalty of four pounds ; and the seine, net, pot or other machine 

 . so used to be forfeited ; and the fine aforesaid to be recovered and 

 applied in the same manner as the fines are for the breach of the act 

 to which this is in addition. — [March 27, 1793. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 191.] 

 An Act in addition to and for repealing a certain Clause in an Act passed March the 

 twenty-eighth, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, 

 entitled " An Act to prevent the Destruction of Aiewives, and other Fish, in Ipswich 

 River, and to Encourage the Increase of the same." 



Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 451. Whereas it appears b}- the petition of 

 Thomas Burnham, and a certificate of the selectmen of the towns of 

 Ipswich, Topsfield and Middleton accompanying the same, that a 

 repeal of a certain clause in the aforementioned act, so far as it 

 respects the using and improving the said Burnham's saw-mill, from 

 the last day of April to the first da}' of June, annually, provided the 



