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to see the observance of this act, and they shall have authorit}^ there- 

 for to go upon the land bordering upon the said river or streams, and 

 shall not be considered as trespassers therein ; and any person who 

 shall molest said committees, or either of them, in the execution of 

 their office, or shall injuriousl}' obstruct the said river and streams, 

 shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding three dollars nor less than 

 one dollar, according to the aggravation of the offence. And all fines 

 and forfeitures given by this act shall and may be sued for and recov- 

 ered by action of debt in any court proper to try the same, b}- the 

 said committees or any one of them ; one moiety to the use of tlie 

 prosecutors and the other moiety to the use of the poor of the town 

 in which the offence shall happen. 



Sect. 5. Be it farther enacted. That all laws heretofore made for 

 regulating the said river and streams in Lynn, Saugus, South Read- 

 ing and Lynnfield, with joint or separate authority, are hereby 

 repealed : provided., nevertheless, that nothing in this act shall be so 

 construed as to affect in any way an act passed March third, one 

 thousand eight hundred and two, so far as respects the stream leading 

 from the Flax Pond and emptying into said Saugus River, or any 

 other stream within the said town of Lynn : provided, also, that said 

 joint committee shall have no control or jurisdiction over any stream 

 within the town of Lynn other than said Saugus River. — [February 

 10, 1824. 



An Act to prevent the Destruction of Fish in the Town of Lincoln. 



1823,110. Sect. 1. Se t7 enac^erZ, That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person to set or use more 

 than one hook at any one time on any of the ponds in the town of 

 Lincoln, in the count}' of Middlesex, between the first day of Decem- 

 ber and the first day of April annually ; and if an}' person or persons 

 shall, after the passing of this act, be found setting or using more 

 than one hook at any one time, such person or persons shall, for each 

 hook so set or used after the first, forfeit and pay a sum of not less 

 than one dollar nor more than two dollars. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That all penalties incurred by any 

 breach of this act, may be recovered b}' any person who shall sue for 

 the same in any court in said county of Middlesex, proper to try the 

 same, and if an}' minor or minors shall offend against the provisions 

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

 parent, master or guardian of such minor or minors shall be answer- 

 able therefor, in which case the action shall be commenced against 

 such parent, master or guardian (as the case may be) of such minor 

 or minors, and judgment rendered accordingly : provided, however, 

 that the inhabitants of the said town of Lincoln may, at their meeting 



