190 LAWS RELATING TO 



An Act to authorize Josiah Robbins to erect and maintain certain Tide-Gates in the 



Town of Plymouth. 



1825, 108. Sect. 2. * * * Provided, however, that nothing 



in this act contained shall be deemed to affect any law or laws now in 



force, or which ma}- hereafter be made, relating to the fisheries in said 



town brook, nor the right or rights of an}' person or corporation in 



relation to said fisheries. 



An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act to prevent the Destruction of Pickerel 

 in the Ponds and Streams within this Commonwealth." 



1825, 127. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take 

 any fish called pickerel in any of the ponds, rivers or streams within 

 this Commonwealth, from the first day of December to the first day of 

 April in each and every j^ear ; and every person offending contrary to 

 the true intent of this act, upon conviction thereof before any court 

 within this Commonwealth proper to try the same, shall pay a fine of 

 fifty cents for each and every pickerel so taken, to and for the use of 

 the person who shall sue for the same, together with all legal costs 

 of prosecution. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That all penalties incurred by any 

 breach of this act may be recovered by any person who shall sue for 

 the same, in any court aforesaid ; and if any minor or minors shall 

 offend against the provisions of this act, and shall therel)y incur any 

 of the penalties aforesaid, the parent, master or guardian of such 

 minor or minors shall be answerable therefor, in which case the action 

 shall be commenced against such parent, master or guardian, as the 

 case may be, of such minor or minors, and judgment rendered accord- 

 ingly : provided, nevertheless, that the inhabitants of any of the towns 

 within this Commonwealth may, at their annual meeting in the month 

 of March or April, suspend in whole or in part the provisions and 

 restrictions of the aforesaid act, so far as respects the taking of pick- 

 erel in the ponds, rivers or streams within their respective towns, for 

 any term of time not exceeding one year. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That all prosecutions for any vio- 

 lation of the provisions of this act shall be instituted within thirt}' 

 days from the time of committing the same. — [February 26, 1826. 



1826. 



An Act to prevent the Destruction of Fish in the Harbour of Edgartown, by Seining 



thereof. 



1826, 54. Sect. 1. Be it enacted, That from and after the 

 passing of this act it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to 

 catch, by seining thereof or by the use of nets, any fish in the bays, 

 waters, harbours, creeks or arms of the sea within the boundaries of 



