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property of any individual, not a member of said corporation, such 

 individual shall be entitled to reasonable damage, to be estimated in 

 the same manner as damages happening in the lading out of highways. 



Sect. 4. If said corporation shall, in the prosecution of their work, 

 cross any highway, they shall do it in such a manner as shall not un- 

 reasonably incommode the travel on said way, and shall leave said 

 way in as good repair as it was before the alteration or crossing of 

 the same. 



Sect. 5. All persons who now are or shall hereafter be owners of 

 land adjoining said Tan Pond and stream running therefrom to the 

 mouth of Rock Harbor, may become members of said corporation, 

 subject, however, to pay tlieir proportional part of the expenses 

 which shall liave been incurred by said corporation before the time of 

 their admission. — [April 13, 1837. 



An Act to regulate the Weight of Fish. 



1837, 166. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. When fish are 



sold b}' the quintal, it shall be understood to mean a quintal of one 



hundred pounds avoirdupois, and all contracts concerning fish sold 



in this manner shall be understood and construed accordingly'. — 



[April U, 1837. 



[P. s. 56, ^ 47.] 



[1836, 130] 

 An Act further regulating the Fishery in Palmer River in Rehoboth. 



1837, 184. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. If an}' per- 

 son shall make or cause to be made, or shall continue any wear in 

 Palmer River, in the town of Rehoboth, in the county of Bristol, up 

 stream from the land now belonging to Ro3'al Horton, situate on the 

 westerly side of said river, he shall forfeit and pa}' fifteen dollars for 

 each oflence. 



Sect. 2. All forfeitures named in this act or in either of the acts 

 to which this is in addition, may be recovered either b}' indictment 

 for the use of said count}', or otherwise, as now provided by law. 



Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts regulating the fishery iti said 

 town, inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from and after the passage of 

 the same. — [April 18, 1837. 



[1844,63; 1852,92.] 



[1822, 54.] 



An Act to authorize Abraham Hobart to erect a Dam across Monatiquot River in the 



Town of Braintree. 



1837, 189. Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs: Sect. 1. Abraham 



Hobart, of Braintree, his heirs or assigns, are hereby authorized to 



erect a mill-dam across Monatiquot River, in said town, three or 



