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dam that is or may be made across the said rivers or streams, or shall 

 place any obstructions in the said sluice or passage-ways in the said 

 rivers and streams, and each and every person so offending shall for 

 each and every offence forfeit and pay a fine not less than five dollars 

 nor more than twenty dollars, at the discretion of the court before 

 whom trial may be had, according to the aggravation of the offence. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted. That the several towns of New- 

 bury, Rowley and Boxford shall, at their annual meetings for the 

 choice of officers, respectively, choose by ballot a committee of 

 three persons from each town, whose duty it shall be jointly and sev- 

 erally to carry into effect the provisions of this act and the act to 

 which this is in addition ; and the said committee, before they enter 

 on the execution of their office, shall be sworn to the faithful and 

 impartial discharge of their dut}- in the same manner as other town 

 officers are sworn, and when so sworn they shall have power to pur- 

 sue, and are hereby authorized to pursue and execute the duties of 

 their said offices on any part of the aforesaid rivers and streams within 

 either of the aforesaid towns. 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures 

 incurred by a breach of this act, may be sued for and recovered in any 

 court proper to try the same, one moiety thereof to him or them who 

 may sue and prosecute for the same, the other moiety to the use of 

 the towns of Newbury, Rowley and Boxford. 



Sect. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said committee, chosen as 

 aforesaid, shall meet at the lower dam on the Falls River, in New- 

 bury, near John Lee's manufactor}-, on the third Monday in May 

 annually, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall meet at such other 

 times and places within each year as the committee may find necessary, 

 and at such meetings the majorit}^ of the committee present shall have 

 the power of the whole committee. 



Sect. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said committee, at their 

 meetings in manner aforesaid, are hereby authorized and empowered 

 to order and direct from time to time such alterations as may to them 

 appear necessar}' in the several sluice or passage-waj's provided by 

 the act to which this is in addition ; and any owner or occupant of an^^ 

 mill-dam or other dam across any of the said rivers or streams, who 

 shall neglect to make the alterations in the said sluice or passage-waj' 

 and cause the same to be kept open and daily supplied with water, as 

 directed by the committee, from the fifteenth day of April to the first 

 day of June annuall}', after being dul}^ notified by the committee, shall 

 forfeit and pa}' for each offence the same fine and in the same manner 

 as is provided for a similar offence by the act to which this is in 

 addition. — [March 4, 1809. 



