INLAND FISHERIES. 377 



Sect. 10*2. No person shall take from the towns of Chatham, 

 Nantucket, Barnstable, or Mashpee, any shell-fish for bait or other 

 use, except clams and a shell-fish commouh' known b}' the name of 

 horsefeet ; and no quantity exceeding seven bushels of clams, includ- 

 ing the shells, or one hundred horsefeet, shall be taken in one week 

 for each vessel or craft, nor in any case without a permit being first 

 obtained from the selectmen of the town. 



Sect. 103. Except when otherwise specially" provided, actions and 

 prosecutions under the laws relating to inland fisheries shall not be 

 commenced except within one year from the time when the cause of 

 action accrued or the offence was committed. 



Sect. 104. Except when otherwise specially provided, one-half of 

 the money recovered as a penalty in any case arising under the laws 

 relating to inland fisheries shall be paid to the person making the 

 complaint in the case in which the same is recovered, and the re- 

 mainder to the commonwealth. 



Sect. 105. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to 

 repeal or affect any provisions or penalties contained or any privi- 

 leges granted in any special statutes relating to fisheries in particular 

 places. 



KELP AND seaweed. 



Sect, 106. An}' person maj' take and carry awa}- kelp or other 

 seaweed between high and low water mark, whilst the same is actualh^ 

 adrift in tide-waters ; but for such purpose no person shall enter on 

 upland or on lawfully enclosed flats without the consent of the owner 

 or lawful occupant thereof. The provisions of this section shall not 

 apply to any city or town in which the subject is regulated b}" special 

 act of the legislature. 



1882. 



An Act for the protection of Traps, Trawls and Seines. 



1882, 53. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Any person 

 who shall take any fish or lobster from any trap, trawl or seine set for 

 catching fish or lobsters, except by consent of the owner thereof, and 

 any person who shall wilfully molest or interfere with such trap, ti'awl 

 or seine, shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less 

 than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment for 

 thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment ; and for any subse- 

 quent oflTence by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty 

 dollars, or by imprisonment for sixty days, or both fine and imprison- 

 ment. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take eflfect forty daj's after its passage. — 

 [March 11, 1882. 



