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half for the use of the said town, if the complainant shall be an 

 inhabitant thereof, or for the use of said district if the complainant 

 shall be an inhabitant of said district. 



Sect. 6. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to pre- 

 vent the taking of menhaden or mackerel, by the use of seines, 

 within the said waters, between Succannesset and Point Gammon, 

 when used bona fide for that purpose and not for the purpose of 

 taking other fish. 



Sect. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [Ma3^ 30, 1856. 



[P. S. 91.] 



An Act to protect the Fishery in Pleasant Bay. 

 1856, 225. Beit enacted, etc.,asfoUoivs: Sect. I. The town of 

 Orleans, at any legal town meeting called for the purpose, may make 

 and enact such laws as they may from time to time deem expedient, 

 to protect and preserve the fishery in Pleasant Bay and all the inlets 

 therefrom within the limits of said town of Orleans : 2^'>'ovided, always, 

 that no law, made as above, shall infringe upon the laws of the 

 Commonwealth. — [May 31, 1856. 



[1855, 171.] 



An Act in addition to the several Acts for the protection of the Fisheries in Ipswich 



River. 



1856, 248. Beit enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. When au}^ 

 person is found violating the provisions of any law for the protection 

 of the fisheries in Ipswich River, it shall be lawful for any constable 

 of the towns mentioned in said act to seize and detain any boat, 

 vessel or nets used b}- such persons as are found violating said laws 

 for the protection of fisheries in Ipswich River, and hold such boat, 

 vessel or nets, until the lowest fine named in those acts shall be paid 

 or good and sufficient bond, with surety, shall be given to abide the 

 judgment of the court in that case. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. — 

 [June 3, 1856. 



[1826, 54; 1851,77.] 

 An Act to protect the Fishery in the Town of Edgartown. 



1856, 285. Beit enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall set, draw or stretch anj' seine or net of an}^ kind within one mile 

 from the shore of any of the ponds, creeks, ba3's, harbors or inlets of 

 the sea within the limits of the town of Edgartown, excepting in a 

 pond known b}^ the name of the Oyster Pond, from the first da}' of 

 April to the first da}' of October, exclusive, in each year ; nor shall 

 any person not an inhabitant of said town at any time set, drag or 



