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passTage-waj- for the fish to be constructed and maintained at said 

 dam. — [March 3, 1830. 



Ax Act to prevent the Destruction of Trout in Russell Pond, in the Town of Russell. 

 1829, 74. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That any person who shall 

 take or kill an}' trout in Russell Pond, in the town of Russell, at any 

 time between the first day of October and the first da}- of Januar}' 

 hereafter, shall forfeit and pa}' the sum of one dollar for each trout 

 so killed or taken, to be recovered in an action of debt, in any court 

 proper to try the same, in the name and to the use of the person w4io 

 may first sue therefor. — [March 8, 1830. 



[1824, 94.] 

 An Act to prevent the Destruction of Fish by Seining in the Waters of Tisbury. 



1829, 84. 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 catch 

 by seining thereof, or by the use of any nets (excepting dip-nets) , 

 any fish in the waters of the Lagoon and Chappaquansett ponds, in 

 the town of Tisbury, or the creeks or shores adjoining said ponds, or 

 Holmes' Hole harbor, excepting English herring, menhaden and mack- 

 erel : provided, that this act shall not have force or effect to restrain 

 the taking offish in the manner aforesaid, in any place more than one 

 mile from the shores adjoining said pond, excepting Holmes' Hole 

 harbor. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted. That if any person or persons shall 

 violate the provisions of this act, each person so ofl?"ending shall for- 

 feit and pay, on conviction thereof, for each and every such ofljence, a 

 fine not exceeding ten dollars nor less than one dollar, if the quantity 

 offish so taken be less than one barrel ; but if the quantity shall be 

 one barrel or more, such person or persons so oflJ"ending shall forfeit 

 and pay for every barrel of fish so taken the sum of five dollars. 



Sect. 3, Be it farther enacted, That all fines and forfeitures which 

 shall be incurred by virtue of this act shall be recovered in an action 

 of debt, in any court proper to try the same, by any person who shall 

 first sue therefor ; one half thereof to the use of the complainant, the 

 other to the use of Tisbury. — [March 8, 1830. 



[1847, 40.] 



1831. 



An Act to prevent the Destruction of Fish by Cocculus Indicus or other Poisonous 



Articles. 



1831, 43. Sect. 1. Be it enacted. That from and after the first 

 day of April next, no person shall put, cast or throw into any of the 

 waters of this Commonwealth, for the purpose of taking or destroying 

 an}' fish being in any of said waters any of the Cocculus Indicus (oth- 



