INLAND FISHERIES. 2G3 



with the Little Bay, so called, in the south-easterly part of the town 

 of Orleans, in the county of Barnstable, for the purpose of taking fish : 

 pj'ovidefl, said weir shall cause no obstruction to navigation nor 

 encroach on the rights of others. 



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

 causing obstruction to the passage of flsh to said weir, or causing 

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

 and every offence, to be recovered in any court competent to try the 

 same, for the benefit of the person who shall prosecute therefor. 



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

 [April 9, 1855. 



[1833, 211 ; 1850, 6.] 

 Ax Act in addition to an Act to regulate the Fisheries in the vicinity of Nantucket. 

 1855, 150. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The penalty itn- 

 posed in third section of the act of February' fifth, in the j-ear eighteen 

 hundred and fift}', to which this is in addition, shall be so amended as to 

 make the sum not to exceed five hundred dollars, to be recovered in an}- 

 court competent to trj' the same, for the use of the town of Nantucket. 

 Sect. 2. The provisions of this act shall take effect from and 

 after its passage. — [April 9, 1855. 



[1858, 95 ; 1870, 284.] 



An Act to authorize Jesse Tuttle and his Associates to construct a Fish-weir in the 



Town of Harwich. 



1855,162. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Jesse Tuttle 

 and his associates are hereby authorized to construct a fish-weir on 

 the flats east of Andrews River, so called, in that part of Harwich 

 called South Harwich, in the count}' of Barnstable, for the purpose of 

 taking fish : 2^^'ovided, however, said weir shall cause no obstruction 

 to navigation nor encroach on the rights of others. 



Sect. 2. All persons unlawfull}^ taking fish from said weir, or 

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

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

 and every offence, to be recovered in any court competent to try the 

 same, for the benefit pf the person who shall prosecute therefor. 



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

 [April 10, 1855. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, pp. 191, 451; vol. 2, p. 128; vol. 3, p. 524; 1805, 29;^1810, 117; 

 1812, 127; 1814, 22; 1824, 101; 1825, 78; 1829, 40; 1839, 134; 1845, 79.] 

 An Act to protect the Fisheries in Ipswich River. 

 1855, 171. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The inhabi- 

 tants of the town of Ipswich and vicinity, in the county of Essex, 

 may, at all times take fish from Ipswich River in said town, with dip- 

 nets, Sundays excepted. 



