210 LAWS RELATING TO 



An Act to incorporate the Fish Wear Company. 



1837,92, Beit enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. John Kendrick» 

 Isaac Linnell, Josiah Linnell, their associates and snccessors, are 

 hereby made a corporation b^' the name of the Fish Wear Company, 

 for the purpose of constructing a fish wear in the waters of Nanwicoit 

 Point, so called, in the south-easterly part of the town of Orleans, in 

 the county of Barnstable, for the purpose of taking fish ; and for this 

 purpose shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all 

 the duties, restrictions and liabilities contained in the forty-fourth 

 chapter of the Revised Statutes. 



Sect. 2. Said wear shall not extend farther into the water than to 

 the depth of four feet at low water. 



Sect. 3. If any person shall take an}' fish from said wear without 

 the permission of said corporation, he shall forfeit to said corporation 

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

 one hundred pounds, but if the quantit}' taken be more than one hun- 

 dred pounds, the person so offending shall forfeit five dollars for every 

 hundred pounds of fish so taken, to be recovered in any court proper 

 to tr}' the same. 



Sect. 4. If an}' person shall take by seine any fish within twenty 

 rods of the location of said wear, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 

 six dollars for each offence, for the use of said corporation, to be 

 recovered as aforesaid — [March 25, 1837. 



An Act to incorporate the North Falmouth Fishing Company. 



1837, 118. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Ebenezer 

 Nye, Prince N3'e and Benjamin Nye, their associates and successors, 

 are hereby made a corporation b}" the name of the North Falmouth 

 Fishing Company, in North Falmouth, and are empowered to regulate 

 the brook running from N3'e's Pond, so called, to Cautomot Harbor 

 in said Falmouth, so far as is necessary, for the purpose of an alewive 

 fishery ; and for this purpose shall have all the powers and privileges 

 and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in 

 the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. 



Sect. 2. If any person, without the permission of the corporation, 

 shall take, catch, or haul on shore any alewives in said brook, or 

 within one-eighth of a mile in au}^ direction from the mouth of said 

 brook, he shall forfeit and pa}' for the use of said corporation a sum 

 not exceeding two dollars, if the quantit}' so taken be less than one 

 barrel ; but if the quantity taken be more than one barrel, the person 

 so off'endiug shall forfeit and pay for each barrel of fish so taken, five 

 dollars, to be recovered in an}' court proper to try the same. 



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

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



