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LAWS RELATING TO 



Section 



73. Owners of fish weirs, etc., to make returns 

 of fish caught. 



74. Commissioners to furnish hlauk forms for 

 returns. 



75. Penalties. 



76. Prohibition of fish-weirs, etc., in certain 

 waters between certain dates. 



77. Penalty. 



78. Prosecution limited. 



79. Prohibition of seines, weirs, etc., in certain 

 waters of Buzzard's Bay. Penalties. 



80. Seines, etc., so used declared nuisances. 



81. Penalty for taking lobsters between cer- 

 tain dates. 



82. for having lobsters in possession, etc. 



83. Town officers to see to enforcement of two 

 preceding sections. 



84. Penalty for selling, etc., small lobsters. 



85. Disposition of penalty. 



86. Prohibition of taking lobsters in certain 

 waters. 



87. Boundaries defined. 



88. Penalty where certain 8tatut«8 have been 

 adopted. 



89. Prohibition of taking lobsters in waters 

 of Provincetown, unless, etc. 



Section 



90. Penalty. 



91. Boundaries defined. 



92. Penalty for taking too many lobsters, etc., 

 in Buzzard's Bay. 



93. for unlawfully destroying oysters. 



94. Selectmen may give permits to take 

 oysters. 



95. Penalty for taking other shell-fish, except, 

 etc. 



96. Indians not included in prohibition. 



97. Town officers may grant licenses. 



98. Boundaries to be defined. 



99. Rights of persons licensed. 



100. Oysters not to be taken between sunset 

 and sunrise. 



101. Penalty for taking oysters from licensed 

 flats without permission. 



102. No shell-fish, except, etc., to be taken in 

 Chatham, etc. 



103. Prosecutions under this chapter limited. 



104. Disposition of penalties. 



105. Special laws not to be deemed repealed, 

 etc. 



KELP AND SEAWEED. 



106. Kelp, etc., adrift. 



Section 1. All laws relating to the culture, preservation, capture, 

 or passage of fish shall be known as the laws relating to inland fish- 

 eries. 



Sect. 2. There shall be a board of commissioners on inland fish- 

 eries, consisting of three persons appointed by the governor by and 

 with the consent of the council, each for the term of five years from 

 the time of his appointment. The present members shall continue to 

 hold their oflflces during the terms for which they were appointed. Any 

 member of the board shall be removable at the pleasure of the gov- 

 ernor. Vacancies in the board by the expiration of the terms of ser- 

 vice or otherwise shall, from time to time, be filled in like manner and 

 for like terms of time. 



Sect. 3. Each of the commissioners may., personally or by deputy, 

 enforce all laws regulating inland fisheries ; and may seize and remove, 

 summarily if need be, all illegal obstructions to the passage of migra- 

 tory fish, except dams, mills, or machinery, at the expense of the 

 persons using or maintaining the same. 



Sect. 4. The commissioners may examine all dams upon rivers 

 where the law requires fish ways to be maintained, and shall determine 

 whether the fishways, if any, are suitable and sufficient for the pas- 

 sage of the fish in such rivers ; and shall prescribe by an order in 

 writing what changes or repairs, if any, shall be made therein, and at 

 what times the same shall be kept open, and give notice to the owners 

 of the dams accordingly. : 



