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thereon, be punished b}' a fine not exceeding twenty dollars and im- 

 prisonment not exceeding sixty days. And in any suit or complaint 

 instituted under the provisions of this section, the right of appeal 

 shall be had to the court of common pleas bj' either party in such 

 action, or the defendant in such complaint. 



Sect. 12. This act shall take effect from and after its passage; 

 and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this 

 act, are hereby repealed. — [Maj- 19, 1855. 



[1863,73; 1866,54; 1871,258; 1875,71; 1876,208; 1879,83.] 



[Resolves, 1832, 120.] 

 Resolve concerning the Fisheries in Taunton Great River. 



1855, Res. 22. Resolved, That the governor be requested to 

 appoint three commissioners to examine into the condition of the 

 fisheries in Taunton Great River, and the laws regulating the same, 

 and to report such alterations or amendments of said laws as may 

 tend to promote the interest and harmony of the inhabitants of the 

 several towns on said river. — [March 17, 1854. 



1856. 



[1855, 171.] 

 An Act to protect the Fisheries in Ipswich River. 



1856, 14. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The inhabi- 

 tants of the town of Ipswich, in Essex County, ma^' at an3' time 

 between the first da}^ of April and the first da}^ of June (Sundays 

 excepted) , take alewives from Ipswich River, in said town, with dip- 

 nets, and at no other time. 



Sect. 2. No person shall, between the first day of April and the 

 first da}' of Juue, set, draw or stretch any seine or drag-net in any of 

 the waters in Ipswich River, within the limits of said town. 



Sect. 3. Any person who shall offend against the provisions of 

 either of the foregoing sections of this act, shall for each and ever}' 

 oflTence forfeit the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, one half 

 thereof to the use of the complainant, and the other half to the use 

 of the town. 



Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 

 hereby repealed. 



Sect. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [February 13, 1856. 



[1848,185; 1851,126] 



An Act in addition to " An Act to incorporate the Pocha Pond Meadow and Fishing 



Company in Edgartown." 



1856, 45. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The Pocha 

 Pond Meadow and Fishing Company, in Edgartown, in Dukes County, 



