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sluice-head or canal as aforesaid, to comply with such act, the said 

 comraittee or major part of tbem, shall and may cause sufficient 

 passage-way and opening as they shall judge necessary, for the pur- 

 poses aforesaid, to be made in such dam, sluice-head or canal, with 

 the least prejudice to the owner or occupant, and at his expense. 

 And such passage-way and opening shall and may be continued at 

 the discretion of said committee, from the time the}' shall order the 

 same as aforesaid, and until they shall order or permit the closing of 

 the same, between the days above named. And if any person shall 

 obstruct the passage-way or opening required or allowed by said com- 

 mittee or the major part of them, as aforesaid, or in an}' manner 

 obstruct the passage of said fish, or put or cause or suffer to be put 

 in either of said streams an}' noxious substance whereb}' said fish may 

 be destroyed or their passage hindered, such offender shall forfeit 

 and pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence. 



Sect. 3. If any person or persons shall be found taking any of 

 the aforesaid fish on any day or in any place or in any manner con- 

 trary to the regulations of the said committee, or of the provisions of 

 this act, or of otherwise killing or wasting such fish, such oflender 

 shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars nor less than 

 one dollar for each ofl^ence. 



Sect. 4. If an}' person not a resident of the city of Lynn, shall 

 take any fish from either of said streams within said city, he shall 

 forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence. 



Sect. 5. It shall be the duty of said committee to see to the 

 observance of this act, and they shall have authority therefor to go 

 upon the laud bordering upon the said river or streams and shall not 

 be considered as trespassers therein. And any person who shall 

 molest said committee or either of them, in the execution of the duties 

 of their office, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars 

 nor less than one dollar. 



Sect. 6. All fines and forfeitures given by this act may be 

 recovered by complaint or information in the police court of said 

 city, and to the use of said city ; and all costs incurred therein, if 

 not otherwise recovered, shall be paid by said city. 



Sect. 7. All acts and parts of acts heretofore made which are 

 inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. 



Sect. 8. This act shall take eflfect from and after its passage. — 

 [March 26, 1852. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 269; 1814, 128; 1848, 116] 

 An Act to regulate the setting of Mesh Nets in North River. 

 1852, 66. Be it enacted^ etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person 

 or persons shall set or cast any mesh-net across North River, so 



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