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paid by the aforesaid act for a breach or violation of any of the pro- 

 visions thereof, is hereby raised and increased to a sunj not exceeding 

 twenty dollars nor less than ten dollars, in lieu of the sums therein 

 mentioned, to be forfeited and paid respectively. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the better securing to 

 the said towns of Cambridge, Charlestown, Medford and West Cam- 

 bridge their equal benefit from said fishery, the said town of Medford 

 shall be restricted to fish only on the ebb-tide, on such days as b}' the 

 act aforesaid are provided for the inhabitants of said Medford to take 

 said fish ; and every person who shall take or catch any of said fish 

 upon the flood-tide, any net, seine or other fishing implements for the 

 purpose of catching any of said fish, or to obstruct their passage up 

 or down said rivers, streams or waters aforesaid, shall for each and 

 every such offence incur the like forfeitures and penalties as shall be 

 incurred by force of this act, by any person who shall catch or take 

 any of said fish contrary to the provisions of the act mentioned in the 

 first section of this act. 



Sect. 4, Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of the said 

 town of Charlestown shall be prohibited and restricted from setting or 

 continuing any net, seine or other fishing implement in any of the 

 rivers, streams or waters aforesaid, only wliile actually drawing or 

 dragging for said fish, except as is hereinafter provided ; and every 

 person who shall, within the town of Charlestown, set or continue any 

 such net, seine or other fishing implement in any of the rivers or 

 waters aforesaid, which may stop or obstruct the passage of said fish 

 up or down the same, unless such person, at the same time, shall be 

 actually engaged in drawing or dragging for said fish, except as is 

 hereinafter provided, shall, for each and every such offence, incur like 

 forfeitures and penalties as shall be incurred by force of this act, by 

 any person who shall catch any of said fish contrary to the provisions 

 of the act mentioned in the first section of this act : provided, never- 

 theless, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive the 

 said inhabitants of Charlestown of the right of setting and having one 

 stationary net or seine in Little River, so called, at any and all times 

 between the hours of twelve of the clock at noon and twelve of the 

 clock on the following night, on all such days as are lawful for said 

 inhabitants to take said fish. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted. That no net, seine or other fishing 

 implement shall ever be placed or used in the said Mystic River, nor 

 in the said Little River, within fifteen rods from the point where the 

 waters from those two rivers meet ; and every such net, seine or other 

 fishing implement which shall be found situated in either of said rivers 

 contrary to the provisions aforesaid, shall be wholly forfeited to the 

 use of any person who shall find the same ; and every person who 



