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fish unlawfully and shall be subject to the penalties of this act as before 

 mentioned ; unless such person can make it appear on trial that he 

 came by said fish in some other way, and the members of said corpo- 

 ration shall be competent witnesses in all cases where fish shall be 

 unlawfully taken. 



Sect. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any person, without the 

 permission of the committee aforesaid, shall presume to take, catch 

 or haul on shore any of said fish in said river or stream, or within 

 one-fourth of a mile in any direction from the mouth of said river, he 

 shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding seven dollars nor less than 

 five dollars for each offence, to be recovered in the manner and to 

 the use hereinafter provided. 



Sect. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said committee shall, 

 during the passage of said fish in said river or stream, cause all ob- 

 structions to their passage to and from the sea, of every description, 

 to be removed, and if an}- damage shall be done to the property-of 

 individuals not members of the corporation, such individuals shall be 

 entitled to reasonable damages therefor. 



Sect. 6. Be it further enacted. That said corporation, at any 

 regular meeting thereof, shall have {)0wer to assess taxes equalh', 

 according to numbers, on all the members of said corporation, and 

 they shall be liable for said assessments in their private and individual 

 capacities. 



Sect. 7. Be it further enac'ed, That the whole profits which may 

 accrue lo said corporation from said fishery, shall annually, in the 

 month of November, be divided according to the number of the cor- 

 porators. 



Sect, 8. Be it further enacted, That Amasa Nickerson of said 

 Harwich, be and he is hereby authorized to call the first meeting of 

 said proprietors some time in September next, by giving personal 

 notice thereof and the time and place at which said meeting shall be 

 holden, and at said first meeting the mode of notifying subsequent 

 meetings of the corporation shall be fixed and determined. 



Sect. 9. Be it further enacted, That all persons who now are or 

 may hereafter become owners of land adjoining said stream or river, 

 shall have a right to become members of said corporation : provided, 

 hoivever, that they shall be subject to pay their proportional part of 

 the expenses which shall have been before the time of their admission 

 as members as aforesaid, incurred by said corporation. — [June 23, 

 1831. 



[1837, 18; 1841,61.] 



