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pointed out in the conditions of sale ; and if any such purchaser shall 

 take an}^ of such fish in said river or in said brook, contrary to the 

 terms in the conditions of sale, everj^ such person or persons shall 

 forfeit and pay the sum of twent^^-five dollars, to be recovered as afore- 

 said, for the use aforesaid. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted^ That if any person shall make, or 

 erect an}' wear or other impediments in or across said brook or river, 

 below where said brook empties itself into said river, by which the 

 passage of said fish up said brook or up said river shall be obstructed, 

 each person so offending shall for each and every offence forfeit and 

 pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered as aforesaid for the use 

 aforesaid. — [March 2, 1809. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 313.] 

 An Act in addition to an Act passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and two, entitled "An Act for the Preservation and regulating the Taking the 

 Fish called Alewives, in the Brook running from the West Quiticus Pond to the East 

 Quiticus Pond, near the line between the Towns of Middleborough and Rochester, in 

 the County of Plymouth." 



1808, 78. Sect. 1. Be it enacted^ That from and after the pass- 

 ing this act, the agents appointed by the town of Middleborough and 

 the town of Rochester in pursuance to the act to which this is in addi- 

 tion are respectively authorized to sell the right of taking said fish in 

 said brook on every day in the week, Sunday's onl}' excepted, and the 

 purchaser or purchasers shall have the same right to take said fish on 

 each and ever}- day in the week, Sundays excepted, as purchasers had 

 under said act to take them on Tuesda3s, Wednesdays and Thurs- 

 days ; and shall also be holden by all the restrictions and regulations 

 provided in said act. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That if an}- person, living without 

 the limits of the county of Plj-mouth, shall offend against the pro- 

 visions of this act, or of the act to which this is in addition, any jus- 

 tice of the peace in the county where such person lives or resides, is 

 hereb}- authorized to take cognizance of, hear and determine all such 

 offences, in the same manner as if the oflFence had been committed 

 within the county for which he is a justice of the peace. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That all forfeitures incurred by 

 the provisions of this act, shall be recovered in the manner and to the 

 uses specified in the act to which this is in addition. — [March 3, 1809. 



[1862, 202.] 



