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juncture with INhstic River, in the countj' of Middlesex, may take fish 

 in the manner jMOvided M' law, on two Mondays successively in three 

 of the Mondays between the first daj- of March and the last day of 

 June in each year, except on the first and second Mondays of the 

 time, during which persons living in West Cambridge and Somerville 

 and having a right to fish in that part of Little River south of Alewivc 

 Bridge and the Winter Hill road, ma}' exercise that right, and on no 

 other days. 



Sf.ct. 3. Ever}' person oflTending against this act shall forfeit and 

 pay, to any person who shall sue for the same, a sum not exceeding 

 twenty dollars. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [March 18, 1845. 



An Act to incorporate the Herring River Company. 



1815, 161. Be it enacted, etc., foUotos: Sect. 1. Anthony Kel- 

 ley, Job Chase and Richard Baker, Jr., their associates and succes- 

 sors, are hereby- made a corporation by the name of the " Herring 

 River Company," for the purpose of deepening and protecting the 

 mouth and channel of Herring River, so called, in the town of Har- 

 wich and County of Barnstable, with all the powers and privileges and 

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

 forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. 



Sect. 2. Said eompan3\ for the purposes aforesaid are hereby 

 authorized to make excavations, embankments and fences, and to drive 

 piles along the banks bf said river and into the sea, in such direction 

 and to such extent as they shall deem expedient : provided, that in 

 no case shall the legal rights of any persons or corporations whatever 

 be affected bv this act. 



Sect. 3. Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously injure or 

 destroy any embankments, fences, piles or other works erected by 

 said company in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall bo 

 liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offence, to the use of the 

 Commonwealth, to be recovered by indictment therefor. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [March 20, 1845. 



1846. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 43t.] 

 An Act to authorize the Town of Weymouth to transfer a Kight of Fishing. 

 1846, 92. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. From and 

 after the time of this act going into effect, the Weymouth Iron Com- 

 pany shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges in respect to 

 the taking of alewives within the limits of the town of Weymouth, 



