INLAND FISHERIES. 259 



1854. 



An Act to secure an Alewive Fishery at West Sandwich. 



1854, 231. Be it enacted, etc., asfullmvs: Sect. 1. Isaac Kcilh, 

 of Sandwich, in the county of Barnstable, his heirs and assigns, shall 

 have the c.Nchisive right to tal^e and catch fish in the stream or creek 

 known as Scusset River, and leading into the mill-pond in West Sand- 

 wich, on Monday-, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in each week, 

 and at no other time: provided, that the said Isaac Keith, his heirs 

 or assigns, shall open a good and sufficient passage-wa}- around tlie 

 dam or dams erected on said stream, to enable the fish to go into said 

 mill-pond to spawn, and maintain and keep the said passage- w\a3-3 

 open and unobstructed, from the tenth day of April to the twentieth 

 day of May inclusive, in each year. 



Sect. 2. Any person or persons taking fish from said stream or 

 pond without the consent of the said Isaac Keilh, his heirs or assigns, 

 shall forfeit and pay for each and every offence the sum of ten dollars, 

 one half of the forfeiture to be paid to tlie person ranking the com- 

 plaint, the other half to be paid to the said Isaac Keith, his heirs 

 or assigns, to be recovered in any court competent to try the same. 

 — [April 7, 1854. 



[1824, 107; 1834, 126; 1853, 95 ] 

 An Act concerning the Alewive Fishery in Herring River in the Town of Sandwich. 

 1854, 285. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The Herring 

 Pond tribe of Indians shall be entitled to fish on the west bank of the 

 river known as Herring River in the town of Sandwich, in their an- 

 cient way, above the weir established on said river, to the land 

 belonging to the heirs of Nathan B. Gibbs, deceased, on those days 

 prescribed In- the selectmen of said town, agreeabl}^ to an act passed 

 on the twent3--seventh of March in the year one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and thirty-four ; and also to receive from the town of Sandwich, 

 two barrels for each famil}', annually. 



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

 [April 12, 1854. 



[1821,97; 1849, 128,219.] 

 An Act concerning Seine Fishing in the Harbor of New Bedford. 

 1854, 293. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Instead of 

 the limits prescribed in the act of April twentieth, one thousand eight 

 hundred and forty-nine, for the use of any seine or net in the harbors 

 of New Bedford and Fairhaven, the following limits are hereby pre- 

 scribed, namely : from a point called Butler's Rock on New Bedford 

 shore, to the beacon on Egg Island, thence on a course north-east by 

 east to the Fairhaven shore ; and so much of the above mentioned act 



