INLAND FISHEKIES. 389 



[1882, 65.] 



An Act to repeal An Act for the protection of Striped Bass and Bluefish in the waters 



of Edgartown. 



1885, 247. Be if enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Chapter sixty- 

 five of the acts of the 3'ear eighteen hundred and eight3--two is hereby 

 repealed and no penalt3' shall hereafter be enforced for its violation. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [May 22, 

 1885. 



[1884, 212.] 

 An Act providing for the enforcement of an Act for the protection of Lobsters. 



1885, 256. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. For the pur- 

 pose of enforcing the provisions of chapter two hundred and twelve 

 of the acts of the 3'ear eighteen hundred and eighty-four, relative to 

 the protection of lobsters, either of the commissioners on inland fish- 

 eries, personall}' or by deputy, or any member of the district police 

 detailed by the governor as provided in said chapter, may search in 

 suspected places for, seize and remove, lobsters taken, held or offered 

 for sale in violation of the provisions of said chapter. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [May 22, 

 1885. 



1886. 



[1872, 229; 1876, 103; 1881, 44; 1883, 76; 1884, 199 ] 

 An Act to regulate the taking of Fish in North River in the County of Plymouth. 



1886, 163. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The board of 

 selectmen of either of the towns mentioned in section four of chapter 

 forty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, 

 may, at the request of any purchaser of a right to fish in said river, 

 designate in writing the place where said right shall be exercised on 

 that part of the river lying within the limits of such town ; and who- 

 ever, after notice of such designation, uses any seine or net for taking 

 fish in the waters of said river, within the distance of one-third of a 

 mile below the place so designated, shall be punished as provided in 

 section six of said chapter. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April, 27, 

 1886. 



An Act for the protection of the Fisheries in Buzzard's Bay. 



1886, 192. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall draw, set, stretch or use an}^ drag net, set net or gill net, purse 

 or sweep seine of any kind for taking tish anywhere in the waters of 

 Buzzard's Ba}' wit'jin the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth nor in 

 any harbor, cove or bight of said bay except as hereinafter provided . 



Sect. 2. Any net or seine used in violation of an}' provision of 



