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Monday, Tuesda\' and Wednesday, between the rising and setting of 

 the sun on each of said days, he or they so offending shall forfeit and 

 pa}- a fine of seven dollars for each and every offence. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That no fish shall be taken in said 

 river, or in any brook or branch of said river, either in the said town 

 of Rehoboth or Swanzey, with scoop-nets, only on Monday, Tiiesda}' 

 and Wednesday nights, between the setting of the sun and the rising 

 of the same on each day ; and that no wears shall be built in said 

 river, up stream, from the south-west corner of a lot of land on the 

 west side of said river, in said Rehoboth, belonging to Capt. Daniel 

 Davis, adjoining to Capt. Samuel Bullock's land ; and that there shall 

 be no driving said river, or brooks with poles or otherwise ; and that 

 no fish be taken in said Palmer's River, within two rods of the bridge 

 over the same near Philip Miller's, nor within five rods of the place 

 where the brook that runs out of the pond near Richard Perse's enters 

 said river. 



Sect. 4. Be it farther enacted, That no wears be made in Runins* 

 River, in said Rehoboth, in any year, until after the first day of June ; 

 and that no fish be taken in said Runins' River, within one rod of any 

 bridge over said river ; and that no fish be taken in said Runins' River, 

 only on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, between 

 the setting of the sun and the rising of the same on each day ; and 

 that no fish be taken in said river, north of the south line of Joseph 

 West's land, on said river ; and that there be no driving of fish in 

 said river with poles or otherwise. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall make any 

 wear or take any fish in either of said rivers or brooks, at any other 

 time or in any other place than is allowed by this act, or shall at any 

 time drive the fish in either of said rivers or brooks, with poles or 

 otherwise, each person so offending shall pay a fine not exceeding four 

 dollars nor less than two dollars for each offence. 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That all the penalties incurred by 

 a breach of this act, may be sued for and recovered before any justice 

 of the peace in the county of Bristol ; and all sums so recovered as 

 forfeited by this act, shall be appropriated, one moiet}' thereof to the 

 prosecutor and the other moiety for the use of the town in which the 

 forfeiture shall happen. 



Sect. 7. Be it further enacted, That the aforesaid act, entitled 

 "An Act to prevent the destruction of the fish called shad and ale- 

 wives in their passage-way up the rivers and streams in the town of 

 Rehoboth, in the county of Bristol," be and it is hereby repealed. — 



[March 6, 1804. 



[1819, 11 ; 1820, 51 ; 1836, 130.] 



