180 LAWS RELATING TO 



nets or seines in the Hoosick River within the towns of Williamstowu 

 and Adams ; and every person so otfending, contrary to the true intejit 

 and meaning of this act, upon conviction thereof before any court of 

 competent jurisdiction, shall pay a fine of two dollars, one half to the 

 complainant and the other half to the town in which such offeuce is 

 committed. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That the inhabitants of the afore- 

 said towns of Willianistown and Adams may, at their annual March 

 or April meeting, by a concurrent vote, suspend the operation of the 

 prohibitions and restrictions contained in this act, for such term of 

 time, not exceeding one year, as to them shall seem expedient : pro- 

 vided^ however, that the foregoing act shall not be so suspended within 

 two years from the passing of the same. — [February 3, 1823. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. l,p. 272.] 



An Act regulating the Catching of Salmon, Shad and Alewives in Merrimack River, at 



the mouth of Shawsheen River in the Town of Andover. 



1822, 75. Sect. 1. Be it enacted.. That all the laws heretofore 

 made for regulating the catching of salmon, shad and alewives in 

 Merrimack River, so far as they go to prevent their being taken at or 

 near the mouth of Shawsheen River, in the town of Andover, be and 

 the same are hereby repealed. — [Februar}^ 8, 1823. 



[1832, 56.] 



[1812, 129.] 

 An Act relative to the Fishery in the Town of West Cambridge. 



1822, 97. Sect. 1, Be it enacted. That an act passed the 

 twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and twelve, entitled " An Act to regulate the fishery 

 in the town of West Cambridge, and to empower said town to dispose 

 of the privilege of taking the fish called shad and alewives within the 

 limits thereof," be and the same is hereby repealed. — [P^ebruary 11, 

 1823. 



1823. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 19L] 

 An Act for the relief of the Danvers Cotton Factory in Danvers. 



1823, 33. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That the laws heretofore 

 passed relative to alewives in the waters running into Ipswich River 

 be and they are hereby repealed, so far as not to require the continu- 

 ance of fish-ways at the Danvers Cotton Factory in the town of 

 Danvers, or in the stream running thither from Humphrey's Pond. — 

 [June 14, 1823. 



