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said, in said river, or the ponds in which said fish cast their spawn, 

 at an}' time, or in an\' place or manner otlier than shall be allowed by 

 said selectmen as aforesaid, each person so offending shall for each 

 and ever}' such offence, on conviction thereof, pa}' a flue not exceed- 

 ing twenty dollars nor less than one dollar. 



Sect. 5. From and after the passing of this act, the inhabitants 

 of said town, at their annual February meeting, or any meeting called 

 for the purpose, shall determine the quantity of said fish that each 

 family in said town shall receive, and establish the price therefor. 



Sect. 6. All persons not otherwise disqualified shall be taken to 

 be competent and legal witnesses in any prosecution upon this act, 

 they being inhabitants of said town of Barnstable notwithstanding. 



Sect. 7. All the forffitures incurred by virtue of this act shall be 

 two-thirds to the use of the said town of Barnstable, and ope-third to 

 the person or persons giving information, to be recovered in an action 

 of debt, in any court proper to try the same, to be brought by the 

 treasurer thereof. — [March 20, 1843. 



[1851, 116.] 



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

 An Act to regulate the Fishery in Taunton Great River. 



1843, 73. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. From and 

 after the passage of this act,' it shall not be lawful for any person or 

 persons, except as is hereinafter provided, to catch shad or alewivcs 

 with seines or nets in Taunton Great River, from the first day of 

 March to the fifteenth day of June in each year: provided, that it 

 shall and may be lawful for the inhabitants of the several towns situ- 

 ated on said river, to catch shad and alewives with twelve seines or 

 nets only, in the manner following, to wit : the towns of Someiset, 

 Freetown and Fall River shall each have the right of disposing, at 

 public auction, for their own benelit, of the privilege of catching shad 

 and alewives with one seine or net only ; the towns of Berkley, and 

 Raynham, and Dighton, shall each have the right of disposing, at 

 public auction, for their own benefit, of the privilege of catching shad 

 and alewives with two seines or nets only ; and the town of Taunton 

 shall have the right of disposing, at public auction, for their own 

 benefit, the privilege of catching shad and alewives with three seines 

 or nets only, in the river aforesaid ; and the purchaser or purchasers 

 of the privileges which shall be located in the towns of Raynham and 

 Taunton, shall not have a right to sweep with a seine or net more 

 than fifteen rods in length ; and the towns of Berkley and Dighton 

 shall have the right to sweep with a seine or net, not more than twenty 

 rods in length, above Rocky Point, and but four days in each week, 

 beginning at four o'clock on. Monday morning and ending at four 



