356 LAWS RELATING TO 



An Act to authorize the Selectmen of Towns and the Boards of Mayor and Aldermen 

 of Cities in the Commonwealth to control certain Fisheries within said towns and 

 cities. 



1880,200. Beit enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The select- 

 men of all towns and the board of maj^or and aldermen of cities 

 within the Commonwealth shall have full power when so instructed 

 bv said towns and cities to control and resrulate the taking: of eels, 

 clams, quahaugs and scallops within their respective towns and 

 cities, including ponds which are now or ma}- hereafter be leased by 

 the fish commissioners under chapter three hundred and eight3'-four of 

 the acts of the 5"ear eighteen hundred and sixt3--nine ; and ma}' grant 

 permits prescribing the times and methods of taking eels and the shell 

 fish above named within their said towns and cities, and may make 

 such other regulations in regard to said fisheries as the}' may deem 

 wise and expedient. But the inhabitants of any city or town, with- 

 out such permit, may take from the waters of their own or other cities 

 and towns, eels and the shell fish above named for their own family 

 use ; and from the waters of their own towns they make take any of 

 the shell fish above named for bait, not exceeding three bushels, 

 including shells, in any one day, but subject nevertheless to the gen- 

 eral rules prescribed by the selectmen of towns and the boards of 

 mayor and aldermen in cities as to the times and methods of taking 

 said fish. 



Sect. 2. Whoever takes any eels or any of the shell fish men- 

 tioned in the preceding section without such permit, and in violation 

 of this act, shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than three 

 nor more than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution ; said fine and 

 forfeiture imposed under this act to be recovered by indictment or 

 complaint before any trial justice or any court of competent jurisdic- 

 tion within either of said counties. 



Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 

 hereby repealed. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April 17, 



1880. 



[P. S. 91, §§ 68, 69.] 



1881. 



An Act to amend section one of Chapter one hundred and four of the Acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-six, relating to certain Returns to the Commissioners 

 on Inland Fisheries. 



1881, 28. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Section one 



of chapter one hundred and four of the acts of the year eighteen 



hundred and seventy-sis, is hereby amended by striking out the 



word " first," before the word " day," in the sixth line in said section, 



and inserting the word " twentieth." 



