106 LAWS RELATING TO 



from the person or persons that shall be appointed b}^ the said board 

 of overseers, as in said act is provided, shall, for every such offence, 

 forfeit and pay one dollar for ever}' hundred of fish so taken ; so in 

 proportion for a greater or lesser quantity ; to be recovered and ap- 

 plied in manner provided by the fourth section of the above-recited 

 act ; anything in the above-i'ecited act to the contrary notwithstand- 

 ing.— [February 22, 1803. 



1804. 



An Act to regulate the taking of Alewives within the Town of Boxford, and for other 



Purposes therein mentioned. 



Sp. Laws, vol 3, p. 365. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That it shall and 

 may be lawful for the town of Boxford to take alewives within the limits 

 of said town, in the streams leading from Rush Pond, Little Pond, and 

 Johnson's Pond to Merrimack River, on such days as are allowed by 

 law for taking said fish in Merrimack River and streams emptying 

 into the same ; and on such of those days, and in such place or places 

 within their limits, as the town, or a committee who may be appointed 

 as by this act is provided, may direct. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants of the town 

 of Boxford, at their meeting for the choice of town officers, in March 

 or April annually, be and they are hereb}- authorized and empowered 

 to choose, by ballot, not less than three nor more than seven persons, 

 being freeholders in said town, a cjmmittee to direct and oversee 

 the taking the said fish as aforesaid ; which committee shall be sworn 

 to the faithful discharge of their trust, and shall distribute the fish 

 taken by them or under their direction, as equally as circumstances 

 will admit, to such of the inhal)itants of said town or other persons as 

 ma^' appl}' for the same. And for fish so supplied and delivered, the 

 committee aforesaid shall dema.id and receive of the person or per- 

 sons applying therefor, p33'ment at such rate or rates as the inhab- 

 itants of said town at their annual meeting in March or April, may 

 direct ; excepting of such poor persons which shall be named in a list 

 to be annually made out b}' the selectmen of the town, and who in 

 the opinion of the selectmen are unable to pay for the same ; which 

 list shall be given to the committee, and the person or persons borne 

 on said list shall be supplied with such quantities of said fish gratis, 

 as the committee may consider expedient. And the committee afore- 

 said shall have such allowance for their services as the inhabitants of 

 said town, in open town meeting ma^' determine ; and shall annuall}', 

 in the month of September next after their appointment, exhibit their 

 accounts to the selectmen for settlement, and pay the balance, if an}' 

 remains, into the town treasury, for the beneGt of said town. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That the town of Boxford may 



