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called, in the count3' of Plymouth, so as to prevent the free passage 

 of fish up or down said river, on any days excepting Monda3-s, Wed- 

 nesdays and Fridays of each week, from sunrise to sunset of said 

 days. 



Sect. 2. All laws restricting and regulating the setting of seines 

 in said North River, shall apply to the setting of mesh-nets in said 

 river. — [March 27, 1852. 



[1853, 350; 1856, 83; 1872, 229; 1875, Res. 36; 1876, 103.] 



[1815, 83.] 

 An Act to incorporate the Flax Pond Fishing Company in Dennis. 



1852, 68. Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs : Sect. 1. James Howes, 

 William Crowell, 2d, John Gorhara, their associates and successors, 

 are herebj'^ made a corporation by the name of the Flax Pond Fishing 

 Company, in Dennis, and are empowered to open a brook or outlet 

 from Flax Pond to Sesuit Creek, so called, and also improve Sesuit 

 Creek (into which said pond empties) to the sea, so far as may be 

 necessarjr for the purpose of an alewive fishery, and to regulate the 

 same, and for this purpose shall have all the powers and privileges, 

 and be subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities contained 

 in the fortj'-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes. 



Sect. 2. If anj' person, without the permission of the corpoi'ation, 

 shall take, catch or haul on shore any alewives in said pond or brook 

 or creek or outlet so made, the person so offending shall forfeit and 

 pay, for the use of said corporation, a sum not exceeding two dollars, 

 if the quantity so taken be less than one barrel ; but if said quantity 

 be more than one barrel, the person so ofllending shall forfeit and pay 

 for each and every barrel, five dollars, to be recovered in any court 

 proper to try the same. 



Sect. 3. If any damage shall be done by said corporation to the 

 property of an}' individual, such individual shall be entitled to rea- 

 sonable indemnit}' for the damage done him. 



Sect. 4. Any inhabitant of the town of Dennis shall be entitled 

 to the privilege of becoming a member of said corporation : j)rovided, 

 application is made therefor within three months from the passage of 

 this act ; and provided, also, that said applicants pay their proportion 

 of the expenses which shall have accrued to said corporation. 



Sect. 5. If the said corporation shall neglect to execute and com- 

 plete the improvements provided for in this act within tliree years 

 from the passage thereof, then the same shall be void and of no 

 effect. 



Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [March 27, 1852. 



