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such purpose in said towns of Berkley and Dighton below Rocky 

 Point, shall be more than thirty -five rods in length ; and no seine that 

 shall be used for such purpose in the towns of Somerset, Freetown or 

 the city of Fall River, shall be more than forty rods in length. And 

 no shad or alewives shall be taken by any instrument or means at any 

 time within one mile and a half of the dam near '' King's Bridge," so 

 called, in Squawbettj- Village. 



Sect. 4. No seine shall be allowed to be set or to remain in said 

 Taunton Great River for any longer time than is necessary to cast the 

 same and haul it immediatel}' to the shore. And no seine or other 

 obstruction to hinder the fish going up shall be put in the river below 

 the dam at Squawbett}' Village during the time not allowed for fishing, 

 hereinafter mentioned. And all locations that shall be made on the 

 shore of said river for the purpose of fishing shall have the upper and 

 lower limit thereof designated b}' some proper object on the shore, 

 which shall not be changed during anj' one fishing season ; and such 

 locations shall be forty rods in length above Rocky Point, and fort}-- 

 five rods in length below Rocky Point. And no seine shall be swept 

 without the compass of two parallel lines drawn, the one from a point 

 ten rods above the upper limit, and the other from a point ten rods 

 below the lower limit of all locations above Rocky Point, and at right 

 angles with a line drawn from such upper and lower limits ; or with- 

 out the compass of two parallel lines drawn, the one from a point 

 thirty rods above the upper limit, and the other from a point thirty 

 rods below the lower limit of all locations below Rocky Point, and at 

 right angles with a line drawn from such upper and lower limits ; all 

 said distances above and below to be measured on the shore of said 

 river. And no seine shall be swept more than fifty rods in the river 

 above Rocky Point, or more than seventy-five rods in the river below 

 Rock}* Point, at any one sweep. 



Sect. 5. No shad or alewives shall be taken in any part of Taun- 

 ton Great River or the Newmasket River, between the hours of nine 

 o'clock on Friday evening of each week and four o'clock on Monday 

 morning succeeding, from the first daj^ of March to the tenth da}- of 

 June in each year hereafter, including both of said days ; and no shad 

 or alewives shall be taken in Taunton Great River above Berkley and 

 Dighton Bridge, between the hours of twelve o'clock in the night 

 following Thursday of each week, and four o'clock on Monday morn- 

 ing succeeding, from the first day of March to the tenth day of June 

 in each year, including both of said daj's. 



Sect. 6. The several purchasers of the privileges aforesaid shall 

 select the place where the}" intend to use the same for the purpose of 

 catching shad and alewives, and shall file a certificate of such selection, 

 and the location thereof, with the clerk of the city or town within 



