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hereinafter named, a good and sufficient passage-way for the fisli to 

 pass over said dam up Ipswich River ; and the said owners shall keep 

 said passage-wa}', or cause the same to be kept open and in good 

 repair from the tenth day of April to the first day of June annuall}', 

 under a penalty not exceeding twent}- dollars for each and every day 

 the}' shall neglect so to do, to be recovered in an}- court of competent 

 jurisdiction, to the use of the town which shall sue therefor. 



Sect. 2. Charles Marston, of Barnstable, Elijah Swift, of Fal- 

 mouth, and John Atkins, of Provincetown, shall be the committee for 

 the purpose named in the preceding section. 



Sect. 3. All provisions of law inconsistent with this act are hereby 

 repealed. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 



[April 9, 1839. 



[1845, 79.] 



1840. 



An Act to protect the Fishery in Long Pond in Nantucket. 

 1840, 24. Be it enacted^ etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person shall 

 take an}- fish with a seine in Long Pond in Nantucket, under a penalty 

 not exceeding twenty dollars for. each and ever}' offence, to be recovered 

 in any court proper to trj' the same, to the use of the person who 

 shall prosecute therefor. 



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

 b}' a vote of said town of Nantucket. — [March 7, 1840. 



[1841, 76.] 



[1817, 151; 1822, 54; 1832, 54.] 

 An Act to protect the Fisheries in the Towns of Braintree and Weymouth. 

 1840, 37. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any fish with a seine in Monatiquot River iu the towns of 

 Braintree and Weymouth, above Hingham, and Quincy Bridge, cross- 

 ing the Fore River in Weymouth, between the first day of February 

 and the twentieth day of June, annually ; nor shall any person take 

 any fish in said river, by the use of torches or a light, at any time 

 between the first da}' of December and the first day of March in any 

 year, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence, to 

 be recovered in any court proper to try the same, to the use of the 

 person who shall prosecute therefor. — [March 18, 1840. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 269.] 

 Ax Act to protect the Fishery in the North lliver in the County of Plymouth. 



1840, 45. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. If any fish 

 committee chosen by the town of Pembroke, or any person authorized 

 by said committee, shall find any seine or net cast in Noith River in the 



