372 LAWS RELATING TO 



Sect. 69. Whoever takes any eels or an}' of said shell-fish without 

 such permit, and in violation of the preceding section, shall forfeit 

 not less than three nor more than fifty dollars. 



Sect. 70. The mayor and aldermen of a city and the selectmen 

 of a town Ijdng upon tide water ma}' authorize in writing any person 

 to construct fish-weirs in said waters within the limits of such city or 

 town for a term not exceeding five years : provided^ such weirs cause 

 no obstruction to navigation, and do not encroach on the rights of 

 other persons. 



Sect. 71. Whoever wilfully destroys or injures any such weir, or 

 takes fish therefrom without leave of the owner, shall forfeit a sum 

 not exceeding twenty dollars, to the use of the owner ; and shall, 

 moreover, be liable to the party injured in an action at law. 



Sect. 72. Whoever constructs or maintains a fish-weir in tide- 

 water without the authority mentioned in section seventy, or from 

 an island in tide-water without authority in writing from the mayor 

 and aldermen of every city and the selectmen of every town distant 

 not over two miles from said island, shall forfeit ten dollars for each 

 day he maintains such weir, to the use of any cities or towns from the 

 mayor and aldermen or selectmen of which he ought to have obtained 

 the authority aforesaid ; and he shall also be liable to be indicted 

 therefor, and to be enjoined therefrom. 



Sect. 73. The owner of every pound, weir, or other similar fixed 

 contrivance, and of every fishing pier, seine, drag or gill net used for 

 fishing purposes, shall make written report, under oath, to the com- 

 missioners, on or before the twentieth day of October in each year, 

 specifying the number of each kind of edible fish caught by his pound, 

 weir, or other similar fixed contrivance, pier, seine, drag or gill net, 

 during the year next preceding the date of said report. 



Sect. 74. The commissioners shall furnish to each owner of a 

 pound, weir, or similar fixed contrivance, pier, seine, drag or gill net, 

 on or before the fifteenth day of March in each year, suitable blank 

 forms for the reports required by the preceding section, so arranged 

 that each day's catch may be separately recorded thereon ; and in 

 filling out such reports, such owner shall give the results of each 

 day's fishing, so far as practicable. Such owner shall apply to the 

 commissioners for such blank forms. 



Sect. 75. Whoever knowingly and wilfully violates any of the 

 provisions of the two preceding sections shall be punished by fine of 

 not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. 



Sect. 76. From the first day of May to the fifteenth day of June, 

 no person shall set, or permit to remain set, a fish pound, weir, trap, 

 fyke, or other similar fixed apparatus for catching fish, except gill 

 nets, between the hours of six o'clock on Saturday morning and six 



