140 LAWS RELATING TO 



1814. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 191.] 

 An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act to prevent the Destruction of Alewives 

 and other Fish in Ipswich River, and to encourage the increase of the same, passed 

 the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 

 and eighty-eight." 



1814, 22. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the 

 passing of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person to take an}- 

 of the fish called shad or alewives, within four rods next below the 

 foot of a sluice-way, nor within two rods of the side of a sluice-way 

 of any mill-dam or dams, now erected, or to be erected hereafter, on 

 that part of said Ipswich River which lies below Flint's or Merriam's 

 Mills (except Burnham's Mills, so called), or any stream or streams 

 running from an^- natural pond into said river (except Mile's River, 

 so called) ; aud any and every person so offending, shall forfeit and 

 pay a fine of five dollars. 



Sect. 2. Be it farther enacted, That each and ever}- person 

 who, after the passing of this act, shall make 'any wear, or place 

 any other obstruction in said river, or in the flooms of any mills, for 

 the purpose of hindering or retarding the passage of said fish, shall 

 forfeit and pay for each and every such offence a fine not exceeding 

 twenty dollars nor less than ten dollars. 



Sect. 3. Be it farther enacted, That no person shall be allowed to 

 use any machinery for taking said fish, other than dip or drag nets or 

 seines (nor in any place in the aforesaid river and streams, excepting 

 such places as are appointed and allowed by the fish committee of the 

 respective towns bordering upon said river), nor shall any person 

 take any of said fish with seines or drag-nets in said river and 

 streams, between eight of the clock in the evening and sunrising ; 

 and every person who shall offend, in either of the above particulars 

 shall, for each and every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not ex- 

 ceeding twenty dollars nor less than ten dollars. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures 

 which may be incurred by any breach of this act, shall be recovered 

 and disposed of in the same manner as is provided in the act to 

 which this is in addition, and that it shall be the duty of the fish com- 

 mittees in the several towns bordering upon Ipswich River, jointl}' or 

 severally, to cause this act to be duly observed, and to inform against 

 any person or persons who ma}' offend against the said act. — [June 

 13, 1814. 



An Act to authorize the Boston Manufacturing Company to shut the Fish Gate in their 



Dam across Charles River. 



1814, 40. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That the Boston Manufact- 

 uring Company have the libertj^ of closing the fish gate in their dam 



