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be found taking an}' of said fish in anj'wise contrary to this act, or 

 contrary to the rules and regulations of said town of Bradford, or 

 their committee as aforesaid, the parents, guardians or masters of 

 such minors or servants shall be held to pay all fines incurred by 

 them for anj' breach of this act or the rules and orders of the town 

 aforesaid. 



Sect. 8. Be it farther enacted. That it shall be the duty of the 

 committee of the town, chosen as aforesaid, and of the selectmen, to 

 prosecute for any breach of this act, and all prosecutions on this 

 act shall be brought in the name of the town treasurer for the time 

 being, and all fines or forfeitures recovered thereby shall accrue one 

 moiety to the complainant and the other moiety to the use of the 

 town. 



Sect. 9. Be it further enacted, That no person shall be consi<lered 

 as disqualified from being a witness on any trial that may be had pur- 

 suant to this act, on account of his belonging to the town of Bradford. 

 — [February 12, 1803. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, 290.] 



An Act in addition to the several Laws heretofore made for the Preservation of the 

 Fish called Alewivcs, in Mattapoisset River, in Rochester, in the County of Plymouth, 

 and for regulating the Taking said Fish in said River. 



Sp. Laws, vol. 3, p. 91. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That if any per- 

 son shall take any of said fish in said river, or in the brook running 

 out of Litttle Long Pond, so called, into Snipticit Pond, in said 

 Rochester, excepting the purchaser or purchasers of the exclusive 

 right of taking said fish in said river, according to the laws now in 

 force with regard to said river, and those who are employed by said 

 purchaser or purchasers of said privilege, shall forfeit and pay four- 

 teen dollars for each oflfence, to be recovered in the same manner and to 

 the same uses as are already provided in the laws now in force with 

 regard to said river. 



Sect. 2. Be it farther enacted, That if any purchaser of said 

 privilege, or any person employed by such purchaser or purchasers, 

 shall take any of said fish in said river, or in said brook, at any other 

 place or on any other day than the places or days contained in such 

 privilege, such purchaser or person shall for each such offence forfeit 

 and pay the sum of fourteen dollars, to be recovered as aforesaid, 

 for the uses aforesaid. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the owners of dams on said 

 river shall continue their sluice-ways open, when opened by the 

 selectmen, until the twenty-fifth day of May annually, under the same 

 penalty as is provided in said laws for not keeping them open until 

 the twentieth day of May. 



