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o'clock on Sunday evening, so as to catch fish in the tidal waters of 

 the counties of Dukes Count}' or Bristol, of the towns of Mattapoisett, 

 Marion, or Wareham, of the westerly boundaries of Sandwich and 

 Falmouth at and near Buzzard's Bay, or of that portion of the south- 

 erly boundary of the county of Barnstable extending from the south- 

 westerly corner of the town of Falmouth easterly to Point Gammon 

 in the town of Yarmouth. 



Sect. 77. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the preceding 

 section shall be punished by fine of not less than one hundred nor 

 more than two hundred dollars. 



Sect. 78. All prosecutions under section seventy-six shall be 

 commenced within three months after the commission of the oflTence. 



Sect. 79. Whoever draws, sets, stretches, or uses a drag net, set 

 net, purse, or seine, or constructs, maintains, or uses a fish pound, 

 weir, or yard in the waters of Buzzard's Bay northerly of or within a 

 straight line extended from the entrance to the harbor in West Fal- 

 mouth to Bird Island light, thence in a straight line to Great Neck 

 Point on the Marion shore, or in any bay, cove, inlet, or stream bor- 

 dering on or flowing into said waters within said limits, or from the 

 twenty-fifth day of March to the fifteenth day of May, in the waters 

 north-westerly of or within a straight line extending from Angelica 

 Point in Mattapoisett to the central point of Ram Island, and thence 

 west in a straight line to the westerly town line of Mattapoisett, or 

 aids in doing so, shall forfeit not less than twenty nor more than 

 one hundred dollars, to the use of any person suing therefor in an 

 action of tort ; and shall also be punished by imprisonment in the 

 house of correction not exceeding sixty days, or by fine of not less 

 than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half of which shall 

 be paid to the person making the complaint, and the other half to the 

 county within which the offence was committed ; and in addition 

 shall forfeit to the commonwealth all fish taken, and the boat, seine, 

 and other apparatus used. isse, 192. 



Sect. 80. Nets and seines in use, set or stretched and holding 

 fish, in violation of the preceding section, are declared to be common 

 nuisances. 



Sect. 81. Whoever from the twentieth day of June to the twen- 

 tieth day of September takes a lobster shall be punished for each of- 

 fence by fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, 

 or by imprisonment in the house of cori'ection for not less than one 

 nor more than three months ; but a person catching a lobster when 

 lawfull}^ fishing, and immediately returning it alive to the waters from 

 which it was taken, shall not be subject to such penalty. 1882, 98. 



Sect. 82. AVhoever from the twentieth day of June to the twen- 

 tieth day of September buys, sells, or has in his possession a lobster 



