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thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, entitled "An Act in addition 

 to an act entitled an act to prevent the destruction and to regulate the 

 catching of the fish called alewives, in their passage up the rivers and 

 streams in the town of Harwich, in the county of Barnstable," as 

 prevents the catching of fish called alewives, on the westward of Job 

 Chase's Wharf, so called, situated in the town of Dennis, in the county 

 of Barnstable, is hereby repealed. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take efl["ect from and after its passage. — 

 [April 4, 1850. 



[1852, 68; 1855, 90; 1880, 122.] 



1851. 



[1826, 54.] 



Aw Act to protect the Mattakeeset Herring Fishery in the Town of Edgartown. 



1851, 77. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person or 

 persons shall set, draw or stretch any seine or drag-net or set up any 

 weirs, in the Great Pond, bays, coves or creeks of said Great Pond, 

 jn the town of Edgartown, from the first day of September, annuall}', 

 under a penalty of fifty dollars for each person, for each oflfence, to 

 be recovered in any court proper to tiy the same, one half to the use 

 of the said town, and the other half to any person who shall prosecute 

 therefor. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [April 25, 1851. 



[1856,285; 1872,248.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, pp. 222, 289 ; 1825, 63 ; 1847, 94.] 

 An Act to protect the Fisheries in the Town of Falmouth. 



1851, 98. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall set, draw or stretch any seine or drag-net in the Waquoit Bay, 

 or in any of the ponds, rivers or creeks, within the limits of the town 

 of Falmouth, under a penalty of twenty dollars nor more than one 

 hundred dollars ; to be recovered in any court proper to try the same, 

 one half to the use of the said town, and the other half to any person 

 who shall prosecute therefor. 



Sect. 2. Tbis act shall take eflfect from and after its passage. — 

 [April 30, 1851. 



[1858, 130.J 



[1843, 20.] 

 An Act in addition to an Act concerning Alewives in Herring River in the Town of 



Barnstable. 



1851,116. Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs: Sect. 1. The inhabi- 

 tants of the town of Barnstable, at their annual meeting in the month 

 of Februar}', shall choose one or more proper persons as a committee 

 to regulate the taking of alewives in Herring River, at Marston's 



