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Sect. 4. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any inhabitant 

 of this Commonwealth from catching perch in said pond with hook 

 and line, at any time. 



Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions 

 of this act, are hereby" repealed. 



Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [May 4, 1855. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 166; 1844, 67.] 

 Ax Act to protect the Fisheries in the Town of Harwich. 



1855, 301. Be it enacted^ etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Obed Brooks, 

 Jr., and his associates and successors in the town of Harwich, in the 

 count}- of Barnstable, are hereby authorized to remove all obstructions 

 in the brook or stream called Coy's Brook, from the branch of Herring 

 River (so called), near Hall's Island to Clark's Pond and Flax Pond, 

 for the purpose of propagating and catching herrings or alewives, for 

 the sole use and benefit of said Brooks and his associates : provided, 

 that no individual's rights or privileges shall be infringed thereby. 



Sect. 2. All persons illegally taking fish from said ponds or said 

 brook or stream, or causing obstructions to the passage of fish or ale- 

 wives to or from said ponds, shall be liable to a penalt}' of not less 

 than two dollars or more than twenty dollars for each offence, to be 

 recovered in any court competent to try the same, for the use of the 

 person who shall sue therefor. 



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

 [May 4, 1855. 



An Act to regulate the Fisheries of the Oyster Pond River Company in the Town of 



Falmouth. 



1855, 324. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. William 

 Gifford, Stephen Dillingham, their associates and successors, in the 

 town of Falmouth in the county of Barnstable, are hereby authorized, 

 under the name of the Oj'ster Pond River Compan}', to regulate the 

 river running from Oyster Pond to Hogg Island Harbor, so far as is 

 necessary for an alewive fishery ; said company to have sole control 

 and benefit of said fishery : provided, that no individual rights shall 

 be infringed thereby. 



Sect. 2. All persons unlawfully taking fish from said pond or 

 river, or causing obstructions to the passage of said fish to or from 

 said pond or river, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than two nor 

 more than twenty dollars, to be recovered in any court competent to 

 tr3' the same, for the use of the person who shall sue therefor. 



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

 [May 10, 1855. 



