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proprietors, on the complaint of either party, and the cost of such 

 meeting shall be awarded to either party by the commissioners. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted^ That his excellency the governor, 

 with advice of council, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered 

 to appoint three suitable persons to be commissioners for the purposes 

 aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of said commissioners when an}' 

 complaint is filed by either party, to give reasonable notice to the 

 other party of the time and place fixed for enquiring into and deciding 

 on the same, and in case of disagreement, the decision of any two of 

 said commissioners shall be final. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That when any obstruction shall 

 be made to the passage of said fish into Whitman's Pond, and repass- 

 ing from thence to the sea, instead of the fish committee appointed by 

 said town having power, as is provided b}' the act to which this is in 

 addition, to enter the land of any person or persons for the purpose 

 of removing such obstructions, it shall be the duty of said committee 

 to make complaints thereof to the commissioners aforesaid, who shall 

 proceed to consider, examine and decide upon the same, according to 

 the provisions of this act. 



Sect. 4. And he it further enacted, That such parts of the act to 

 which this is in addition as is inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 act, be and the same is hereby repealed. — [June 18, 1825. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 222.] 

 An Act for the preservation and regulation of the Fishery in the Town of Falmouth. 



1825, 63. 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 any lobsters, 

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

 of the town of Falmouth, for the purpose of carrying them away 

 from said waters in smacks or vessels owned without the Common- 

 wealth, of any size, nor any owned within this Commonwealth over 

 fifteen tons ; and any and every person oflfending against the provis- 

 ions of this act shall forfeit and pa}' the sum of ten dollars for every 

 offence, and also forfeit all the fish and lobsters so taken, or the value 

 thereof. 



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

 town of Falmouth shall be considered and taken b}' this act to extend 

 from the shores of said Falmouth, 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 

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

 him or them who maj' first sue for the same, and the other half to the 

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



