INLAND FISHERIES. 391 



[1884, 318.] 

 An Act for the protection of Fish in a portion of the county of Dukes County. 



1886, 234. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever sets 

 or uses, or aids in setting or using any seine, mesh net or gill net for 

 the purpose of catching any other fish than maclterel, or who shall 

 catch and retain by such means any other fish than mackerel, in the 

 waters of the towns of Edgartown and Cottage City in the county of 

 Dulles county within three miles from the shores of said towns shall 

 be punished b}^ a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars, one-half 

 of which shall be paid to the person making the complaint ; and in 

 addition, in the discretion of the court, shall forfeit to the Common- 

 wealth all fish taken in said nets. 



Sect. 2. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or police officer, upon 

 view of an offence described in the preceding section, may without a 

 warrant arrest the offender and make complaint against him therefor. 



Sect. 3. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to inter- 

 fere with the rights of anj- person or persons referred to in section 

 three of chapter three hundred and eighteen of the acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and eighty-four, nor with the corporate rights of 

 any fishing company. — [May 21, 1886. 



[P. S. 91.] 



An Act relative to proceedings for violations of the terms and conditions of Leases 



of Great Ponds. 



1886, 248. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. District at- 

 torneys or the commissioners on inland fisheries shall institute pro- 

 ceedings, in the name of the Commonwealth, against the lessees of 

 great ponds who have failed or may hereafter fail to comply with the 

 terms and conditions of their leases, upon the complaint of the ma3-or 

 or ten citizens of anj^ city, the selectmen or ten citizens of any town 

 wherein any great pond has been leased under the laws relating to 

 inland fisheries. 



Sect. 2. The provisions of section seventeen of chapter ninety- 

 one of the Public Statutes shall not appl}^ to great ponds that have 

 re-vested in the Commonwealth for failure to comply with the terms 

 and conditions of the leases of the same. 



Sect. 3. So much of chapter ninety-one of the Public Statutes as 

 conflicts with section one of this act is hereby repealed. — [May 28, 

 1886. 



An Act relating to licenses to plant, grow and dig Oysters, and extending the time in 



which Oysters may be taken. 



1886, 299. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No license 

 to plant, grow and dig oysters, shall be assigned or transferred with- 

 out the written consent of the mayor and aldermen of the city, or the 



