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wives in Mystic River, so called, within the towns of Cambridge, 

 Charlestown and Medford, and for repealing all laws heretofore made 

 for that purpose," and also the provisions of the act passed on the 

 second daj of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 

 hundred and sixteen, entitled " An Act for the regulation of the 

 fisherj' in Woburn," shall extend to the town of Winchester in the 

 county of Middlesex, and to all the streams therein running from any 

 of the ponds or other waters there into Mystic Pond, so called. 



Sect. 2. " The committee for the preservation of fish," in the 

 town of Winchester, raaj' be elected either in the month of March or 

 April, annually, and they shall be invested with all the powers and 

 authorit}' conferred by the acts aforesaid on the committees of the 

 several towns therein mentioned. 



Sect. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal, modify 

 or affect any of the provisions of the act entitled " An Act to supply 

 the city of Charlestown with pure water," approved March twenty- 

 eight, one thousand eight hundred and sixt3'-one. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April 9, 



1861. 



[1864, 234.] 



1862. 



[1857, 87.] 

 An Act to prohibit Seining near the Outlet of Lagoon Pond in Dukes County. 



1861, 47. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person 

 shall set, draw or use any seine for taking fish, within fifty rods of 

 the dike, creek or outlet of Lagoon Pond, in Dukes Count}', without 

 first obtaining permission to do so from the Lagoon Pond' Company 

 in Dukes County. 



Sect. 2. Any person violating this act shall, on conviction, pay a 

 fine of twenty dollars, to be recovered before any court competent 

 to try the same, for the use of said company. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [February 

 28, 1862. 



An Act for the protection of Trout in Maple Spring Pond, in the Town of Wai-eham. 



1862, 58. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any trout in Maple Spring Pond in the town of Wareham, 

 or in the waters running into or flowing therefrom, from the fifteenth 

 day of September in each year, to the fifteenth day of April in the 

 year next ensuing ; nor shall an}^ person take any trout therefrom 

 except by hooks and lines, nor without permission of the proprietor 

 or proprietors. 



Sect. 2. Any person offending against the pro\dsions of this act 

 shall forfeit and pay a fine of one dollar for each trout taken, to be 



