186 LAWS RELATING TO 



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



Chilmark and Tisbury. 



1824, 94. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the first 

 day of March next, it shall not be lawful for any person living with- 

 out the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, to take anj^ lobsters, 

 tautog, bass or other fish within the harbors, inlets, coves or waters 

 of the towns of Edgarton, Chilmark and Tisbury, for the purpose of 

 carrying them awa}' from said waters, in smacks or vessels owned 

 within this Commonwealth over fifteen tons ; and any and every per- 

 son otfeuding 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 the 

 said towns of Edgarton, Chilmark, and Tisbury shall be considered 

 and taken by this act to extend from the whole county of Dukes to 

 all the waters and rocks lying within one mile of the said count)'. 



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 

 Dukes ; and any person or persons aggrieved at the sentence of the 

 justice of the peace given in pursuance of this act, may appeal there- 

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

 which judgment may be rendered. — [February 22, 1825. 



[1829, 84 ; 1847, 40.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 191 ; 1810, 117.] 

 An Act to regulate the Fishery in Ipswich River within the Town of Ipswich. 



1824, 101. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of the town of 

 Ipswich to sell and dispose of the right of taking the fish call6d shad 

 and alewives with seines or drag-nets in Ipswich River, within the 

 limits of said town, one day in each week, according to the provis- 

 ions of an act concerning said fisher}', passed on the twenty-third day 

 of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 

 eleven, at such place as the fish committee of said town shall direct, 

 the proceeds of such sale to be applied according to the directions of 

 said town at their annual meetings. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That any person other than the 

 purchaser or purchasers of the aforesaid right, or those employed by 

 them, who shall take any of said fish in Ipswich River, within said 

 town, with seines or drag-nets, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less 



