INLAND FISHERIES. 127 



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



An Act to alter the Times allowed by Law for Taking Fish in the Mouth of Concord 



River. 



1808, 94. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act it shall and may be lawful to take salmon, shad and 

 alewives in the mouth of Concord River on Monday and Tuesday in 

 each week, from sunrise on Monday morning to sunrise on Tuesday 

 morning, and at no other times : provided, that such fish shg,ll be taken 

 within the limits prescribed in and by an act passed on the fourth day 

 of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninet}', entitled " An Act 

 to regulate the catching of salmon, shad and alewives, and to prevent 

 obstructions in Merrimack River and the other rivers and streams run- 

 ning into the same, within this Commonwealth, and for repealing several 

 acts heretofore made for that purpose." And whoever shall take any 

 of the said fish at any other time without the limits aforesaid shall be 

 subject to the same forfeitures and penalties, to be recovered and 

 appropriated in the same manner as in said act is provided for similar 

 breaches thereof. — [March 4, 1809. 



[1835, 89.] 



1809. 



An Act to regulate the Fishery in the Towns of Ipswich, Hamilton and Wenham. 



1809, 57. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the owner or owners, 

 occupier or occupiers of mill-dams, across the streams leading from 

 the head of the tide waters in that part of Ipswich called Chebacco, 

 to Chebacco Pond, and the ponds adjacent thereto, or the owner or 

 owners, occupier or occupiers of any mill-dam which may be hereafter 

 erected on the streams aforesaid, be and they are hereb}' required, 

 henceforward, at their own cost and charge, in proportion to their 

 several interests, to make and keep open a sutBcient passage, of such 

 depth and width as the committee shall direct, for the fish called shad 

 and alewives, through their respective dams, from the tenth da}' of 

 April to the fifteenth day of May, annually, and the privilege and ben- 

 efit of taking fish in the said streams and ponds shall be free to the 

 inhabitants of the said towns of Ipswich, Hamilton and Wenham, 

 within the limits of their respective towns, on the days and within the 

 limitations prescribed by this act. 



vSect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of the towns 

 aforesaid, at their annual town meetings for the choice of town officers, 

 be and they are hereby authorized and directed to appoint three or 

 more discreet persons, in each of said towns, as a fish committee, to 

 oversee the taking the fish agreeabl}' to this act, which committee 

 shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their trust. 



