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taken in this commonwealth, shall forfeit for each offence not less 

 than ten nor more than Mij dollars. 1882, 98. 



Sect. 83. The mayor and aldermen of ever}- cit}-, the selectmen 

 of every town, and all police officers and constables, shall cause the 

 provisions of the two preceding sections to be enforced in their re- 

 spective cities and towns. 



Sect. 84. Whoever sells or offers for sale, or has in his posses- 

 sion with intent to sell, either directh* or indirectly, a lobster less than 

 ten and one-half inches in length, measuring from one extreme of the 

 bo'ly extended to the other, exclusive of claws or feelers, shall for- 

 feit five dollars for every such lobster ; and in all prosecutions under 

 this section the possession of any lobster not of the required length 

 shall be prima facie evidence to convict. i884, 212. 



Sect. 85. All forfeitures under the four preceding sections shall 

 be paid, one-half to the person making the complaint, and one-half 

 to the city or town where the offence was committed. 



Sect. 86. No person living without this state shall take any lob- 

 sters, tautog, bass, or other fish within the harbors, streams, or 

 waters of Fairhaven, New Bedford, Dartmouth, or Westport, for 

 the purpose of carrying them thence in vessels or smacks of any 

 size whatever owned without this state, nor in any of more than 

 fifteen tons burden owned within this state, under a penalty of ten 

 dollars for every offence, and a forfeiture of all fish and lobsters so 

 taken. 



Sect. 87. For the purposes of the preceding section, the waters 

 and shores of the places therein mentioned shall be deemed to extend 

 from the line of the state of Rhode Island to the line of the county 

 of Plymouth, and to include all the waters, islands, and rocks lying 

 within one mile of the main land. 



Sect. 88. If, within the harbors, streams, or waters of any place 

 on the sea-coast which adopts this section, or has adopted the corre- 

 sponding sections of earlier statutes, any person living without the 

 state takes, for the purpose of carrying thence, any lobsters, tautog, 

 bass, blue fish, or scuppaug, or if any person living within this state 

 takes and carries away from such place any such fish or lobsters in 

 vessels or smacks of more than fifteen tons burden, he shall forfeit 

 for each offence a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, and all the fish 

 and lobsters so taken. 



Sect. 89. No person shall take lobsters within the waters and 

 shores of the town of Provincetown for the purpose of carrying them 

 from said waters in a vessel or smack of more than fifteen tons bur- 

 den, or for the purpose of putting the same on board of such vessel 

 or smack to be transported to any place, unless a permit is first ob- 

 tained therefor from the selectmen of said town, who may grant the 



