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Sect. 2. All acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are 



hereby repealed. — [April 25, 1848. 



[1852, 48.] 



1849. 



Ax Act to protect the Trout Fishery in Marshpee River. 



1849,36. Be it enacted, etc., as folio ics : Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any trout in Marshpee River, in the district of Marshpee, 

 in the county of Barnstable, from the fifteenth da}' of September in 

 each 3'ear to the first day of April in the j'ear next ensuing. 



Sect. 2. No person except the proprietors of said district shall 

 take any trout in said river, at any time, without a written permit 

 from the treasurer of Marshpee, wliich shall specif}' the time wlien 

 and the places where the person holding the same is allowed to take 

 fish ; and no person shall at an}' time use any other means of taking 

 trout in said river than by angling with hooks and lines. 



Sect. 3. The said district may, by vote in legal meeting, make 

 any regulations or by-laws respecting said fishery which may not be 

 repugnant to the provisions of this act ; and the income from said 

 fishery shall inure wholly to said district. 



Sect. 4. Any person offending against the provisions of this act, 

 or any regulations or by-laws passed by authority of the third section 

 of this act, shall forfeit and pay a fine of five dollars for each and 

 ever}' offence, to be recovered by prosecution, before any justice of 

 the peace in the county of Barnstable, to the benefit of said district ; 

 and the proprietors of said district shall be competent witnesses on 

 the trial of any such process. 



Sect. 5. Any person who shall have in his possession any trout 

 taken from said river contrary to the provisions of this act, knowing 

 the same to have been so taken, shall forfeit the sum of fifty cents for 

 every trout so found in his possession. 



Sect. 6. If any minor shall offend against the provisions of this 

 act, the parent, master or guardian of such minor shall be liable, and 

 may be prosecuted accordingly therefor. 



Sect. 7. All prosecutions under this act shall be commenced within 

 sixty days from the time when the ofll'ence is committed. 



Sect. 8. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [March 16, 1849. 



[1853, 186; 1859, 105; 1860, 46.] 



[1814, 134; 1815,83] 



Ax Act to authorize the Towns of Dennis and Yarmouth to regulate the Fisheries in 



Bass River. 



1849, 37. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: .Sect. 1. The towns 

 of Dennis and Yarmouth, in the county of Barnstable, are hereby 



