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them in such case, in the same manner as for his or their personal 

 offence. — [February 20, 1818. 



[1853, 350.] 



1818. 



An Act to regulate the Fishery in First Herring Brook, in the Town of Scituate. ■ 



1818, 13, Sect, 1. Be it enacted, That the selectmen of the town 

 of Scituate shall be fish-wardens in said town, and shall have author- 

 ity to open necessary and convenient sluice-ways through anj' dam 

 erected on the First Herring Brook, so called, in said Scituate, and 

 shall annually form and publish such regulations respecting the pres- 

 ervation, and the time and manner of taking ale wives in said First 

 Herring Brook, with suitable fines and penalties annexed to the breach 

 of said regulations as they may judge proper ; said fines and penalties 

 to be recovered by action or complaint in au}^ court having competent 

 jurisdiction : provided, said regulations are not inconsistent with the 

 constitution and laws of this Commonwealth ; and provided, also, that 

 the said town of Scituate at any legal meeting for tliat purpose, shall 

 have power to dispose of the right of fishing in said First Herring 

 Brook, according to the regulations aforesaid, to such persons and 

 upon such terms as they may determine to be proper ; and all fines 

 and penalties which may be recovered for breaches of this act, shall 

 inure one half to the complainant or person who may sue for and 

 recover the same, and the other half to the poor of said town of Scit- 

 uate. And the said regulations which may be so formed and adopted 

 by the selectmen, shall be recorded in the town records ; and it shall 

 be deemed sufficient notice to all persons of the publication of said 

 regulations, by posting them up in three several places in the said 

 town, as the discretion of the selectmen may direct. — [June 12, 1818. 



[1852, 151.] 



[1815, 111.] 



An Act to repeal all Laws heretofore made for regulating the Alewive Fishery in the 

 Towns of Bridgewater and Halifax, in the County of Plymouth. 



1818, 83. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That all the laws heretofore 

 made for regulating the alewive fishery in the towns of Bridgewater 

 and Halifax, in the count}' of Plymouth, or either of them, or that 

 may require an}' passage-way for said fish at an}- mill-dam in said 

 towns, or either of them, excepting Pratt's dam, so called, in Titicut, 

 he and the same are hereby repealed, so far as they respect either of 

 said towns. — [February 15, 1819. 



An Act to prevent the Destruction of the Fish called Tom Cod and Smelts iu Charles 

 River, and to regulate the manner of taking the same. 



1818, 109. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act, if any person or persons shall place or set an}' seine 



