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fishery, and taking and selling, and shall do no more damage to said 

 lands than is indispensable for such proper use ; and any person who 

 shall wilfully hinder or molest said wardens or an}' person authorized 

 b}' them in the neccssar}' clearing of said river, and in the necessary 

 and proper use of lands on said stream, for protecting the said fishery 

 and taking or selling the said fish, shall forfeit and pay not exceeding 

 twent}' dollars for each offence, to be recovered in the manner pro- 

 vided in the fourth section of this act. 



Sect. 4. If an}- person or persons other than those who have 

 purchased a privilege or privileges, shall fish with seine or nets at 

 any time or in any place or manner, or shall set an}' nets or seines, 

 wear or other obstruction in said river or in an}' part thereof, with 

 intent to take or destroy any shad or alewives, he shall forfeit and 

 pay twenty dollars for each ofl^ence, to be recovered to the use of the 

 county in which the offence was committed, or by action of debt ; one 

 half to the use of the person complaining and who shall give informa- 

 tion that shall lead to the prosecution and conviction of any person 

 guilty of a violation of the provisions of this act, and the other half 

 to the use of the town in which the offence shall be committed. 



Sect. 5. All laws heretofore passed relating to the fishery and 

 fishing in Palmer's River, within the limits of the town of Rehoboth, 

 are hereby repealed. 



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

 [April 3, 1852. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 296; vol. 2, p. 15i; 1812, 103 ; 1835, 137.] 

 An Act to protect Shad in Connecticut River. 

 1852, 122. Be it enacted^ etc.. as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall catch, take or destroy shad in Connecticut River after the first 

 day of July in each year. 



Sect. 2. Any person convicted of a violation of this act shall be 

 punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars. — [April 20, 1852. 



[1864, 62.] 



An Act to authorize John Nickerson and Eldridire Nickerson to construct a Fish-wear 



in Provincetown Harbor. 



1852, 149. Be it enacted., etc., as follows : Sect. 1. John Nicker- 

 son and Eldiidge Nickerson, of Provincetown, in the county of Barn- 

 stable, are hereby authorized to construct a fish-wear on the side of 

 Long Point, in Provincetown Harbor, which flats join the uplands of 

 the said Nickersons, with leave to extend the same as far as the tide 

 ebbs, for the purpose of taking fish. 



Sect. 2. If any person shall take any fish from said wear with- 

 out the permission of said Nickersons, he shall forfeit and pay to 

 them a sum not exceeding five dollars, if the quantity so takui be 



