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An Act to authorize Samuel Young, of Chatham, to construct a Fish-weir. 



1855, 75. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Samuel Young 

 of Chatham, is hereby authorized to construct a lisli-weir on the nortli 

 side of the new harbor, on the flats adjoining Nauset Beach, in the 

 town of Chatham in the county of Barnstable : provided, said fish- 

 wcir shall cause no obstruction to navigation nor infringe on the 

 riglits of others. 



Sect. 2. An}- person or persons unlawfully taking fish from said 

 weir, or obstructing the passage of fish into said weir, or causing 

 damage thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, to 

 be recovered in anj- court competent to tr}' the same, for the use of 

 the person who shall prosecute therefor. 



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

 [March 24, 1855. 



Ax Act to autliorize Thomas L. Eidridge and his Associates to construct a Fish-weir. 



1855, 84. Be it enacted, etc., as folhws: Sect. 1. Thomas L. 

 Eldiidge and his associates are herebj' authorized to construct a fish- 

 weir and other necessary fixtures in the tide-waters at a place where the 

 channel that runs southerly from Broad Creek, so called, unites with 

 the Crooked Channel, so called, in the south-easterly part of Orleans, 

 in the county of Barnstable, for the purpose of taking fish : provided^ 

 that the said weir shall not be so constructed or maintained as to ob- 

 struct the navigation at said place or infringe on the rights of others. 



Sect. 2. If any person shall wilfully injure or destroy said weir, 

 or an}' part thereof, or shall, without leave of the owners thereof, 

 take from the same any fish found therein, he shall, upon conviction, 

 forfeit and pa}^ to the use of said owners of said weir, a sum not 

 exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent 

 jurisdiction, and shall moreover be liable to the parties injui'ed for all 

 damages in a civil suit. 



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

 [March 24, 1855. 



[1842, 62.] 

 An Act to authorize Thomas Sparrow and his Associates to construct a Fish-weir. 

 1855, 88. Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios: Sect. 1. Thomas Spar- 

 row and his associates, in the town of Chatham, are hereby authorized 

 to construct a fiih-weir, commencing on the westerly shore of Mono- 

 mory Beach, in said Chatham, at the south side of Steward's Hole, 

 so called, and to extend said weir not more than eight hundred yards 

 in a westerly direction into Chatham Bay, in Barnstable County, with 

 all the privileges thereto attached : provided, that said weir shall cause 

 no obstruction to navigation or infringe on the rights of others. 



