218 LAWS KELATING TO 



the expenses which shall have been incurred b}' said corporation before 

 the time of their admission. — [April 3, 1839. 



[1848, 47 ; 1855, 299.] 



An Act to protect the Fisheries in certain Rivers in Barnstable and Marshpee. 



1839, 102. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any fish with a seine in Oyster Island Harbor, in Barn- 

 stable, or in Poppenessett Harbor, in Barnstable and Marshpee, or 

 in any of the bays or rivers connected with said harbors, between the 

 first da}' of Ma}- and the tenth da3' of June annually, under a penalty 

 not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered in au}' 

 court proper to try the same, to the use of the person who shall 

 prosecute therefor. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [April 5, 1839. 



[1852, 35 ; 1860, 46 ; 1884, 264.] 



An Act to incorporate the Eastham Fishing Company. 



1839, 123. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Barnabas F- 

 Knowles, Richard Sparrow and Freeman H. Myrick, their associates 

 and successors, are hereb}- made a corporation by the name of the 

 Eastham Fishing Company, for the purpose of constructing a fish- 

 wear on the flat ground adjoining the upland of Henry Mayo, in 

 Eastham, in the county of Barnstable, with leave to extend the same 

 into the channel adjoining said flat ground, one-fourth of the width 

 thereof, for the purpose of taking fish ; with all the powers and privi- 

 leges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth 

 in the fort3'-fourth chapter of the Revised .Statutes. 



Sect. 2. If any person shall take any fish from said wear without 

 the permission of said corporation, he shall forfeit and pay to them a 

 sum not exceeding five dollars, if the quantity so taken be less than 

 one hundred pounds ; but if the said quantit}' be more than one hun- 

 dred pounds, he shall forfeit five dollars for every hundred pounds so 

 taken, to be recovered in any court proper to trj- the same. 



Sect. 3. If any damage shall be done by said corporation to the 

 property of any person not a member thereof, such person shall be 

 entitled to damages, to be estimated in the same manner as damages 

 occasioned by the lading out of highways. — [April 6, 1839. 



[1814, 22.] 



An Act relating to the Fishery in Ipswich River. 



1839, 134. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The owners 



or occupants of the dam at Farley's Mill, so called, in Ipswich, their 



successors and assigns, shall, within ninety days from the passage of 



this act, construct, to the satisfaction and acceptance of the committee 



