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of Charles River, and shall have power to use and occupy the said 

 fisher^y by causing all such fish as pass into or are found in said river 

 within the limits of said towns of Brighton and Watertown, to be taken at 

 such times, in such manner, with such seines, nets, utensils and ma- 

 chiner}-, and b}' such persons, agents or servants as the}' may see fit to 

 emplo}' for that purpose ; or they ma}' lease and farm out b}' public or 

 private sale, for one or more years, not exceeding five 3'ears in any one 

 contract, the said fisher}^ entire orb}' parcels, as they may consider will 

 be most advantageous for their respective towns ; and each of said towns 

 shall provide the same place or places where the fish have heretofore 

 been taken on the margin of said river, within their respective limits, 

 to be used at all times for landing and drawing the fish to shore, as 

 occasion may require ; but said fish-wardens shall not have the right 

 or power of taking any of the fish called shad and alewives, or to 

 authorize any other person to take them on more than three days in 

 any one week. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said 

 fish-wardens immediately upon the receipt of any monies arising from 

 the management, rent or sales of said fishery, after deducting there- 

 from such sums as they may have necessarily expended in conducting 

 said business, to pay over the same to the respective treasurers of 

 said towns, in the proportions aforesaid, taking their receipts for the 

 same ; and in the month of December annually, they shall make up 

 their accounts, with a full and fair report of their proceedings in the 

 premises, and deliver one set to the selectmen of each town, to be 

 examined, allowed and passed by them ; and the said fish- wardens 

 shall be entitled to such compensation as their respective towns 

 employing them may see fit to allow them ; and the acts and doings 

 of any three of said fish-wardens, when the whole have been notified, 

 shall be binding and as valid in law as if all five had acted and con- 

 curred therein. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall cast or 

 put into the waters of Charles River, within the limits of the towns of 

 Watertown and Brighton, any seine,, net or other machine or instru- 

 ment whatever (other than a hook and line, as is commonly used for 

 taking small fish), for the purpose or with a design to take or in any 

 manner destroy any of the fish therein, or prevent their free passage 

 up and down, along or across said river or any part thereof, without 

 license first had from said fish-wardens, he or she so offending, shall 

 forfeit and pay for each offence, a sum not less than twenty dollars 

 nor more than forty dollars, according to the nature and aggravation 

 of the oflTence. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall take, kill 

 or destroy any fish within the limits of the said towns of Watertown 



