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right of disposing at public auction for tlieir own benefit, of the priv- 

 ilege of catching fish with four seines only, in the river aforesaid. 



Sect. 5. It shall be lawful for the inhabitants of the town of 

 Hanson to take fish from Indian Head River on Mondays, Wednes- 

 days and Fridays of each week, from April first to June first inclusive, 

 of each year : provided, said inhabitants shall not be allowed to take 

 fish at any time from said Indian Head River within eighty rods of 

 the mouth of said river. 



Sect. 6. Any person or persons who may by seine or mesh net take 

 fish from the said North River, except such persons as have authority 

 under this act, shall be punished for each offence by a fine not less than 

 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 

 the house of correction not less than one nor more than three months. 



Sect. 7. Chapter two hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of 

 the year eighteen hundred and seventy -two, and all other acts and 

 parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. 



Sect. S. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 2, 

 1881. 



[1883, 76; 1886, 163.] 



[1842, 75.] 



An Act to amend the " Act to incorporate tlie Long Pond Fishing Company in Yar- 

 mouth." 



1881,46. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The act to 

 incorporate the Long Pond Fishing Company in Yarmouth, being 

 chapter seventy-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 

 forty-two, is hereby amended as follows: — In the first section, 

 seventh line, after the word, " alewive," insert the words " and white 

 perch." In the second section, second line, after the word "ale- 

 wives," insert the words " or white perch ;" after the word " ponds," 

 in the third line of said section, insert the words " or Parker's River ; " 

 after the words "so made," in said line, the words "or within five 

 hundred yards from the mouth of said river ; " and in the fifth line of 

 said section, strike out the word " two," and insert in lieu thereof the 

 word " twenty ; " and in the eighth line of said section, strike out the 

 word "five," and insert the word " fifty." 



Sect. 2. The right of riparian owners shall not be aflJected by 

 this act. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take eflfect upon its passage. — [March 2, 

 1881. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 296.] 

 An Act to amend the law regulating Fishing in Connecticut River and its tributaries. 

 1881,47. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Any person 

 who shall take or aid or assist in taking from the Connecticut River 



