2Q2 LAWS RELATING TO 



Sect. 2. If an}- person shall wilfully injure or destroy said weir, 

 or any part thereof, or shall, without leave of the owners thereof, 

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

 forfeit and pay to the use of the 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 injured for all 

 damages, in a civil suit. 



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

 [March 20. 1855. 



[181.% 83.] 

 Ax Act to autborize Barnabas W. Eldiidge, Francis Joseph, Canada Perry, and their 



Associates, to build a Fish-weir. 



1855,90. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Barnabas W. 

 Eldridge, Francis Joseph, Canada Perry, and their associates, are 

 her'.'b}' authorized to construct a fish-weir near Kilt Pond Point, so 

 called, on the south shore of the town of Dennis, in the county of 

 Barnstable : provided, said weir shall cause no obstruction to naviga- 

 tion nor encroach ou the rights of others. 



Sect. 2. Any 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 penalt}' of twenty dollars, to be 

 rec(jvered in any court competent to trj' the same, for the use of tlie 

 jjerson who shall prosecute therefor. 



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

 [March 26, 1855. 



An Act to authorize Ira Wixon and Elijah Whittemore to construct a Fish-weir. 



1855, 125. Be it enacted., etc., as follows: Sect. 1. That Ira 

 "Wixon and Elijah Whittemore are hereby authorized to construct a 

 fish-weir near Hill Pond Point, so called, in the town of Dennis, in the 

 county of Barnstable : 2^^'ovided, said weir shall cause uo obstruction 

 to navigation nor encroach on the rights of others. 



Sect. 2. All persons unlawfully taking fish from said weir, or 

 causing obstructions to the passage of said fish to said weir, or caus- 

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

 be recovered in an}- court competent to trj' the same, for the benefit 

 of the person who shall prosecute therefor. 



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

 [March 31, 1855. 



An Act to authorize Eleazer Rogers, Jr., and his Associates, to build a Fish- weir. 



1855, 154. Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs : Sect. 1. Eleazer 

 Rogers, .Jr., and his associates, are hereby authorized to construct 

 a fish-weir near the mouth of the Crooked Channel, where it unites 



