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as authorizes seining for menhaden, and all other parts thereof incon- 

 sistent with the provisions of this act, are hereb}' repealed. 



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

 [April 13, 1854. 



J 1855. 



[1813, 115.] 

 An Act in addition to an Act to protect the Alewive Fishery in the Town of Brewster. 



1855, 39. Be it enacted, etc., as follouis : Sect. 1. That the 

 inhabitants of the town of Brewster be and are hereb}' authorized to 

 prohibit all obstructions to the passage of alewives and also to pre- 

 vent the catching of the same b}^ any person or persons other than 

 those said town may direct, within the distance of one-fourth of a 

 mile east of the mouth of Mill Creek or the outlet of Stony Brook, 

 so called, in Brewster Ba}', and on the west from said boundarj^ to 

 the line of the town of Dennis, from the twentieth of April to the 

 twentieth of June : j^^ovided, such prohibition shall not affect the right 

 to take other kinds of fish within the time and limits named in this 

 section. 



Sect. 2. Any person causing obstructions or found taking alewives 

 within said limits without the authority of said town, shall be liable to 

 a penaltj' not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence, to be recov- 

 ered in any court competent to try the same, to the use of the person 

 who shall prosecute therefor. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [March 9, 1855. 



An Act to authorize Augustus Paine and Timothy Jarvis to construct Fish-weirs and 



Fixtures in the Town of Brewster. 



1855,51. Beit enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. That Augustus 

 Paine and Tiraothv Jarvis, inhabitants of the town of Brewster, be 

 and are hereby authorized to construct fish-weirs and the usual fix- 

 tures for taking fish on the lands of said Paine and Jarvis in said 

 Brewster: prodded, said weirs and fixtures shall not be placed within 

 one-fourth of a mile from the entrance of Stony Brook, so called, 

 in Brewster Ba}-. Said weirs and fixtures shall all be within the 

 limits of the town of Brewster, and shall cause no obstruction to 

 navigation. 



Sect. 2. Any person obstructing the provisions of the first section 

 of this act, or taking fish from said weirs without the authority of said 

 Paine or Jarvis, shall be liable to a penalt}' of a sum not exceeding 

 fifteen dollars for each offence, to be recovered in any court competent 

 to try the same, to the use of the person who shall prosecute therefor. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on and after its passage. — 

 [March 14, 1855. 



