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and pay the balance, if any there is, into the town treasury, for the 

 benefit of said town. 



Sect, 3. Be it farther enacted., Tliat the committee to be chosen as 

 aforesaid, or the major part of them, be and they are hereb}^ author- 

 ized to clear any obstructions, or open any dam, or the sluice of any 

 mill or other water-works that is or may be erected on or over said 

 brook or passage-wa3% at the expense of the owner or owners of such 

 dam or sluice-wa}' : provided., such owner or owners shall neglect to 

 open the same when thereto required by said committee, or the major 

 part of them, as aforesaid ; and the dam or sluice-way so opened shall 

 continue to such width and depth, and for such length of time (not 

 exceeding sixty days in one year), as said committee, or the major 

 part of them, may think necessar3% with the least possible damage to 

 the proprietor or proprietors of such mill or water- works ; and if any 

 person or persons shall obstruct the passage-ways allowed or ordered 

 by the said committee, or the major part of them, in an}' dam or 

 sluice-way, or shall obstruct the passage of the said fish in an\- other 

 part of said brook or passage-wa}' than is permitted b}' this act, such 

 person or persons so oflfending shall forfeit and pay a sura not 

 exceeding one hundred and fiftj' dollars, nor less than thirty dollars. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted., That if any person or persons other 

 than the committee, or such person or persons as shall be by them 

 employed, shall take an}' of said fish in said brook or passage-wa}', or 

 any part of it, at any time or b}' any waj's or means whatsoever, each 

 person so offending shall forfeit and pay a sura not exceeding seven 

 dollars, nor less than four dollars for each oflTence. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted^ That the committee chosen as 

 aforesaid, or either of them, or any person employed b}- them, shall 

 have authority', for the purposes aforesaid, to go on the land or 

 meadow of any person through which such brook or passage-way 

 passes, without being considered as trespassers ; and any person who 

 shall molest or hinder said committee, or any of them, or any person 

 employed b}' them, in the execution of their duty, shall be subject to 

 the same penalties as b}^ this act is incurred for placing obstructions 

 on said brook or passage-way. 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That if the committee or either of 

 them shall detect an}' person or persons in attempting to take any of 

 said fish, at any time or place, or in any manner otherwise than is 

 allowed by the said committee, or shall find any such fish with any 

 such person or persons, they shall be deemed and considered to have 

 taken such fish unlawfully, and shall be subject to the penalties of 

 this act accordingly, unless such person or persons can make it appear 

 (on trial) that they came by said fish in some other wa}'. 

 Sect. 7. Be it further enacted, That if any minor or servant shall 



