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for obstructing said sluice-ways, provided in said act, shall apply to 

 all the time so extended. 



Sect. 2. The provisions of this act shall take effect from and after 

 its passage. — [March 7, 1844. 



[1855, 301.] 



1845. 



[1825, 78; 1829, 40; 1839, 134.] 

 An Act relating to the Fishery in the Ipswich River. 



1845, 79. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The owners 

 or occupants of the dam at the Ipswich Manufacturing Compan^-'s 

 mill in Ipswich, their successors and assiu;ns, shall within six months 

 of the passage of this act, construct, in the manner prescribed b^^ the 

 committee hereinafter named, a good and sufficient passage-way for 

 the fish to pass over said dam up Ipswich River ; and the said owners 

 shall keep said passage-way or cause the same to be kept open and 

 in good repair from the tenth day of April to the first day of June, 

 annually, under a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for each and 

 every day they shall neglect so to do, to be recovered in any court of 

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



Sect. 2. Solomon Davis, of Truro, Oliver Ames, of Easton, John 

 Dunlap, of Provincetown, James Long, of Harwich, Josiah O. Law- 

 rence, of Cohasset, Caleb Lombard, of WellfJeet, and Richard 

 Stevens, of Truro, are hereby appointed a committee for the purpose 

 named in the preceding section. 



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

 hereby repealed. — [February 26, 1845. 



[1845, 91 ; 1855, 171.] 



Ax Act relating to the Fish-way at Manning's Dam across Ipswich River. 



1845, 91. Be it enacted, e^.•., as folloivs : Sect. 1. The owner 

 or occupants of the dam erected b}- Thomas Manning across Ipswich 

 River, his assigns or successors, may construct, in the manner pre- 

 scribed by the committee hereinafter named, a go(jd and sufficient 

 passage-way for the fish to pass over said dam up Ipswich River ; and 

 the said owner or owners shall keep sai<i passage-wa}' or cause the 

 same to be kept open and in good repair from the tenth day of April 

 to the first da}' of June, annually, under a penalt}- not exceeding 

 twenty dollars for each and every day they shall neglect so to do, to 

 be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiclion, to the use of the 

 town who shall sue therefor. 



Sect. 2. Solomon Davis, of Truro ; Oliver Ames, of Easton ; 

 John Dunlap, of Provincetown ; James Long, of Harwich ; Josiah O. 

 Lawrence, of Cohasset ; Caleb Lombard, of Wellfleet, and Richard 



