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tee, between the fifteenth day of April and the fifteenth day of June 

 as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay not less than five dollars nor 

 more than fifty dollars for each and every offence ; and said commit- 

 tee shall remove such weir or obstruction at the expense of the person 

 causing the same, and also seize to the use and disposal of said towns 

 anj' seine vised as aforesaid, and make complaint to the town treas- 

 urer of eitlier of the towns aforesaid, of any violation of this act 

 that shall come to their knowledge. 



Sect. 7. The treasurers of the aforesaid towns respectivel}- shall, 

 upon the complaint of any member of the committees aforesaid, sue 

 for the recovery of any forfeitures incurred by a breach of any of the 

 regulations provided in this act, and of an}' such further regulations 

 as may be provided and established by said committees in conformity 

 to this act ; and all fines and forfeitures recovered for any breaches 

 aforesaid, except such as are provided in the third section of this act, 

 shall, together with the proceeds of said fishery, be equally divided 

 between said towns ; and all the expenses attending said suits shall 

 in like manner be equally borne by them. And the treasurers afore- 

 said respectively shall, in behalf of their respective towns, recover 

 by an action on the case of any person or corporation withholding 

 the same, one-half part thereof, in any court proper to try said 

 action. 



Sect. 8. The purchasers of the privileges of taking said fish shall 

 in all respects conform themselves to such regulations and conditions 

 as said committees shall publish as aforesaid ; and on failure thereof 

 shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not less than five dollars 

 nor more than fifty dollars to be recovered in any court of proper 

 jurisdiction. 



Sect. 9. Any member of the committees aforesaid may be admit- 

 ted as a competent witness in any prosecution for a breach of any 

 regulation as aforesaid. 



Sect. 10. The committee chosen in said town of Plymouth either 

 in the months of March or April last, and the committee chosen by 

 said town of Wareham in the month of November last, for the regu- 

 lating the taking of alewives in said rivers, agreeably to the provisions 

 of the act then existing for that purpose, shall perform all the duties 

 for the present 3^ear that are required of committees hereafter to be 

 chosen under the provisions of this act ; and they, as also committees 

 hereafter chosen for the purposes contemplated by this act, shall 

 receive out of the proceeds of said fishery, one dollar and twenty-five 

 cents each for every day's service they may be actually engaged in per- 

 forming the duties herein required of them. 



Sect. U. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provi- 

 sions of this act are hereby repealed. — [March 20, 1860. 



[1863, 117.] 



