178 LAWS RELATING TO 



tious of an}' law regulating the passage of fish in the said brook ; and 

 no person or persons shall be allowed to take any fish in said course, 

 or within thirty feet of the same, in an}' wa}' or manner, under a pen- 

 alty of five dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt in any court 

 proper to try the same, to be for the use of him or them who may sue 

 therefor.— [February 8, 1822. 



[1834, 117.] 



An Act for the preservation and regulation of the Fishery in the Towns of Fairhaven, 

 New Bedford, Dartmouth and Westport. 



1821, 97. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and after the first 

 day of March next it shall not be lawful for any person living without 

 the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, to take au}'^ lobsters, tautog, 

 bass or other fish within the harbors, streams or waters of the towns of 

 Fairhaven, New Bedford, Dartmouth and Westport, for the purpose of 

 carrying away from said waters in smacks or vessels owned without 

 the Commonwealth, of an}' size, nor any owned within this Common- 

 wealth over fifteen tons ; and any ami every person offending against 

 the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars 

 for every offence, and also forfeit all the fish and lobsters so taken. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the waters and shores of said 

 towns of Fairhaven, New Bedford, Dartmouth and Westport shall be 

 considered and taken by this act to extend from the line of the state 

 of Rhode Island to the line of the county of Plymouth, including all 

 the waters, islands and rocks lying within one mile of the main land. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That all fines and forfeitures that 

 may be incurred for offences against this act, shall be one half to him 

 or them who may first sue for the same, and the other half to the use 

 of the town to which the complainant belongs ; and the said fines and 

 forfeitures may be recovered with legal costs of suit, by action of debt 

 or information, before any justice of the peace for the county of Bris- 

 tol ; and any person or persons aggrieved at the sentence of the jus- 

 tice of the peace, given in pursuance of this act, may appeal therefrom 

 to the next court of common pleas, to be holden in the county in 

 which judgment may be rendered. — [February 22, 1822. 



[Public Statutes, 91.] 



1822. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 422.] 



An Act in addition to an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Fishery in Taunton 



Great River." 



1822, 38. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the passing 

 of this act, it shall not be lawful for the purchaser or purchasers of 

 any privilege of catching shad or alewives of any of the towns sit- 

 uated on Taunton Great River, to locate the place or places on said 



