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forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered and appro- 

 priated as aforesaid. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall 

 catch any salmon, shad or alewives in any part of Merrimack River, 

 or in any river or stream running into the same, or shall draw or drag 

 any seine, drag-net or fly-net, or set any net or pot, or use any other 

 machine, or sufl"er such to be continued or set for the purpose of catch- 

 ing any of the said fish, in any of the, said rivers or streams, at any 

 other time or times than by the laws of this Commonwealth are 

 expressly allowed and permitted, every such person so offending, 

 instead of the penalty heretofore provided by law for such oflfence, 

 shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor 

 less than fifty dollars, to be recovered and appropriated as aforesaid. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That each and every fish-warden, 

 sheriff, deputy-sheriff, constable and grand juror is hereby empowered 

 to command the assistance of any person or persons which they or 

 any of them may judge necessary for carrying this act, and the sev- 

 eral acts to which this is in addition into full effect, in the same man- 

 ner as sheriffs are empowered to command aid in a civil or criminal 



process. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That all seines, nets and pots, of 

 every sort and description used for the purpose of catching any of the 

 aforesaid fish, if found in either of said rivers or streams, or within 

 the banks of the same on any day or time when by law it is not per- 

 mitted or allowed to catch any of said fish, each and every such seine, 

 net, pot or other instrument, shall be forfeited, together with any 

 boat, in which the same may be found ; and the same may be seized 

 by a fish-warden, sheriff, deputy-sheriff, constable or grand juror, and 

 prosecuted for in the same way and manner as by law provided, when 

 seines are seized for breach of the laws for regulating the fisheries in 

 said rivers and streams ; and the net proceeds, after paying all costs 

 and charges, shall be for the sole use of the person who may seize and 

 prosecute for the same, except when complaint shall be made by any 

 other person ; in which case the informant or person complaining shall 

 be entitled to one half, and the other half shall enure to the county 

 where the offence is or may be committed. 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall 

 fish with seine or net more than eighteen rods long in Merrimack 

 River, or twelve rods long in Concord River, or extend more than one 

 seine or net on the same fishing grounds at one and the same time, 

 instead of the penalties heretofore provided by law, shall, for every 

 such oflfence, forfeit and pay a fine of fifty dollars ; and such seines 

 and nets, together with the boat or boats so employed, shall be for- 



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