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the same iu any court in said count}' of Middlesex, [iroper to try the 

 same. And if any minor or minors shall offend against the provi- 

 sions of this act, and shall thereby incur any of the penalties aforesaid, 

 the parent, master or guardian of such minor or minors shall be 

 answerable therefor ; in which case the action shall be commenced 

 against such parent, master or guardian (as the case ma}' be) of such 

 minnr or minors, and judgment rendered accordingly : provided, how- 

 ever, that the inhabitants of said town of Framingham may, at their 

 meeting in March or April annually, suspend in whole or iu part, the 

 provisions and restrictions of the act aforesaid, for any term of time, 

 not exceeding one year. — [June 15, 1821. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 191.] 

 An Act to empower the Proprietors of Flint's Mills, on Ipswich River, to alter the Pas- 

 sage for the Fish in the Dam of said Mills. 



1821, 27. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That the proprietors of Flint's 

 mills, in Middleton, in the county of Essex, be, and they hereby are 

 authorized and empowered to discontinue the way now required by 

 law to be kept open for the passage of fish through the dam of said 

 mills, any law to the contrary notwithstanding : provided, nevertheless, 

 that the said proprietors shall cause to be constructed on the southerly 

 side of said dam, within six months from and after the passing of this 

 act, a good and sufficient passage for the fish, and shall keep the 

 same in good repair ; which passage shall be approved and allowed 

 b}"^ the major part of a committee to be composed of the fish-wardens 

 of the towns of Danvers and Middleton, in the county of Essex, and 

 the town of Reading in the county of Middlesex. — [June 16, 1821. 



An Act to regulate the Pass-way for Fish in Beaver Brook, in the Town of Dracut. 



1821, 62. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That instead of the passway 

 now required b}' law to be kept in said brook at the mills owned by 

 Artemas Stanley and Sewall Stanley in the town of Dracut, iu the 

 county of Middlesex, the owners shall be, and hereb}' are required to 

 keep open a passway for the passage of fish called alewives, of the 

 following dimensions : beginning at the dam, near the factory floom, 

 six feet in width, on a level with the bottom of said floom, and run- 

 ning by the side of said floom to the factor}' wall, then turning and 

 running twenty feet down b}' the side of said dam, three feet and a 

 half wide, with stoppers on each side, with a board or plank, to be 

 placed across the head of said course, six inches in width, and the 

 said head to keep open and in sufficient repair at all times while said 

 fish are passing up and down said brook. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That so long as the owners of said 

 mill shall keep open said course and in good repair in the manner 

 aforesaid, they shall not be subject to any of the penalties or restric- 



