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same for such sum, to be paid to the use of the town, as they shall 

 deem proper. 



Sect. 90. Whoever violates the provisions of the preceding sec- 

 tion shall forfeit ten dollars for each offence ; and if the number of 

 lobsters so unlawfully taken or found on board of any such vessel or 

 smack exceeds one hundred, he shall in addition forfeit a further sum 

 of ten dollars for ever}' hundred lobsters so taken or found over the 

 first hundred, and in that proportion for any smaller number. 



Sect. 91. For the purposes of the two preceding sections, the 

 waters and shores of Provincetown shall be deemed to be as follows : 

 namely, beginning at Race Point, one-half mile from the shore, and 

 thence running by said shore to the end of Long Point which forms 

 the harbor of Provincetown, and from the end of Long Point one- 

 half mile and including the harbor within the town of Provincetown. 



Sect. 92. Whoever between the first day of April and the first 

 day of July inclusive takes more than one hundred pounds per week 

 of lobsters, tautog, bass or scuppaug in the bays, harbors, ponds, 

 rivers, or creeks of the waters of Buzzard's Bay, within one mile 

 from the shore and within the jurisdiction of the towns of Sandwich 

 and Wareham, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be 

 recovered in an action of tort b}' the selectmen or any legal voter of 

 Sandwich or Wareham, for the use of the party suing therefor. 



Sect. 93. Whoever takes oysters from their beds, or destroys 

 them, or wilfully obstructs their growth therein, except as is provided 

 in the following sections, shall forfeit two dollars for every bushel of 

 oysters, including the shells, so taken or destroyed. 



Sect. 94. The mayor and aldermen of a city or selectmen of a 

 town in which there are oystei*-beds may grant a permit in writing to 

 any person to take oysters from their beds at such times, in such 

 quantities, and for such uses, as the}' shall express in their permit ; 

 and every inhabitant of such city or town may, without such permit, 

 take oysters from the beds therein for the use of his family, from the 

 first day of September to the first day of June, not exceeding in any 

 week two bushels, including the shells. 



Sect. 95. Whoever takes any other shell-fish from their beds, or 

 destroj's them, or wilfully obstructs their growth therein, except as is 

 hereinafter provided, shall forfeit one dollar for every bushel of such 

 other shell-fish, including the shells. But the major and aldermen of 

 a cit}' or selectmen of a town may at any time give a permit in writ- 

 ing to any person to take such other shell-fish from their beds therein, 

 at such times, in such quantities, and for such uses, as they shall ex- 

 press in their permit ; and every inhabitant of each of said places 

 may, without such permit, take such other shell-fish from the beds 

 therein for the use of his family. 



