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[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 148.] 



An Act to regulate the Fishery in Neponset River in the Towns of Dorchester and 



Milton. 



1823,41. Sect. 1. Beit enacted. That fi-om and after the pass- 

 ing of this act, no person or persons shall be allowed to put or draw 

 an}' seine or seines whatever in Neponset River, so far as that river 

 forms any part of the dividing line between the towns of Dorchester 

 and Milton, for the taking of fish called smelts and eels; and every 

 person who shall presume to take any fish called smelts and eels with 

 a seine, from said river, shall incur and pay a penalt}^ of five dollars 

 for every such offence. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That no person or persons, 

 .excepting the inhabitants of the towns of Dorchester and Milton, 

 shall be allowed to take from said river, within the limits aforesaid, 

 in any way whatsoever, any of the fish called smelts or eels, unless 

 by permission of one or more of the selectmen of said towns, and any 

 person not an inhabitant of said towns who shall presume to take any 

 of said fish unless by such permission, shall incur a penalty of five 

 dollars for every oflfence. 



Sect, 3. Be it further enacted, That all penalties incurred by a 

 breach of this act ma}' be prosecuted and sued for before any justice 

 of the peace for the county of Norfolk, by any of the inhabitants of 

 either of said towns, for the use of him or them who shall sue for and 

 recover the same. — [June 4, 1823. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 504.] 

 An Act more effectually to prevent the Destruction of Shad and Alewives in the Saugus 

 River and its Tributary Streams within the Towns of Lynn, Saugus, South Reading 

 and Lynnfield. 



1823, 97. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the towns of Lynn, Sau- 

 gus, South Reading and Lynnfield shall be and they are hereby 

 respectively empowered and directed, at their annual meetings for 

 the choice of town officers, to choose in each town three persons, 

 inhabitants thereof, to see that the laws respecting the passage-ways 

 for shad and alewives be observed, and each person so chosen shall 

 be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duty. And the said com- 

 mittees of said towns shall meet together annually, on or before the 

 first day of April, at such time and place as the per.son first chosen 

 by the town of Lynn shall appoint, to be by him duly notified. And 

 the major part of those of the said committee who shall be present at 

 such meeting, are hereby empowered and authorized to order the 

 times, places and manner in which said fish may be taken in Saugus 

 River and streams in each of said towns ; and the members of said 

 committee shall have joint and concurrent jurisdiction in each of said 

 towns, so far as respects said river and streams. And in case either 



