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[Sp. Laws, vol. I, p. 272.] 



Ax Act in addition to " .\n Act further regulating the Fisherj^ in the Merrimack River 



and the Streams running into the same." 



1832,56. Sect. 1, Beit enacted. That the fourth and flfth sections 

 of an act entitled " An Act further regutating the fishery in the Merri- 

 mack River, and the streams running into the same," passed the 

 eighteenth da}- of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 

 hundred and nineteen, be and the same are hereby repealed: pro- 

 vided, hoicecer, that the said sections shall be in full force as to any 

 prosecutions commenced for a breach of the same. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That instead of the penalty con- 

 tained in the third section of the act to which this is in addition, the 

 person or persons offending against the same shall for such offence 

 forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twent}' dollars nor less than five 

 dollars, to be recovered on complaint made to any justice of the peace 

 for the county where said offence shall be committed ; one half to the 

 use of the town where the offence shall be committed, and the other 

 half to the use of the person or persons who ma}- prosecute for the 

 same. — [February 25, 1832. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 422.] 

 An Act in further addition to an Act regulating the Fishery in Taunton Great River. 



1832, 120, .Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and after the 

 passing of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to 

 catch or destroy shad or alewives with scoop nets or with any other 

 instrument or b}- any other means whatsoever, within one hundred 

 rods of the dam across Taunton Great River, near Kingsbridge. 



Sect. 2. Be it farther enacted. That if an}- person or persons 

 shall at any time catch or destroy shad or alewives at or within the 

 distance of one hundred rods from said dam, he or they shall forfeit 

 and pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars nor less than five dollars, 

 for every such offence, to be recovered by indictment, complaint or 

 action of debt, in any court proper to try the same, to the use of him 

 who shall prosecute and sue for the same : prooided, hoiuever, that 

 the penalty herein provided shall not be construed to apply to fishing 

 with or setting a seine within that distance of said dam, for which a 

 different penalty is by law provided. — [March 18, 1832. 



1833. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 313; vol. 2, pp. 192, 469; ISI.i, 111 ; 1819, 137.] 

 An Act in addition to the several Acts concerning the Fishery in Newmasket River. 



1833, 137. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That Peter H. Pierce and 

 Horatio G. Wood, their heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby 

 authorized to keep up and maintain their dam across the Newmasket 



