382 LAWS RELATING TO 



Sect. 2. Section four of chapter fourty-four of the acts of tlie j-ear 

 eighteen hundred and eighty-one is hereby amended by inserting after 

 the word " fish," in the second line, the words " from two o'clock in 

 the morning until sunset." — [March 24, 1883. 



[1884, 199 ; 1886, 163.] 



An Act to authorize the Commissioners on Inland Fisheries to issue permits for Fishing 



in the Merrimack River. 



1883, 121. Be it enacted, etc.. as follows : Sect. 1. The com- 

 missioners on inland fisheries may issue permits for the taking of any 

 variety of fish in the tidal waters of the Merrimack River and its 

 tributaries, the taking of which is now in any way prohibited by law. 

 Such permits shall be revocable at the discretion of said commis- 

 sioners, and no fee or consideration shall be charged for the issuing 

 of the same. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April 11, 

 1883. 



An Act to regulate the taking of Fish in Acushnet River in the town of Acushnet. 



1883, 180. Be it enacted etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The town of 

 Acushnet may at anj' legal meeting called for that purpose make regu- 

 lations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the laws of the Com- 

 monwealth, concerning the taking of herrings, alewives and shad 

 within said town, or concerning the disposal of the privilege of taking 

 the same for its own use and benefit. 



Sect. 2. Said town maj-, at its annual meeting in April in the 

 year eighteen hundred and eighth-three, and in each year thereafter, 

 choose three discreet persons by ballot whose dutj- it shall be to 

 inspect said river, to cause the regulations respecting said fishery to 

 be carried into effect and to prosecute all violations thereof. 



Sect. 3. Whoever takes from said river any of said fish in viola- 

 tion of said regulations shall forfeit for each fish so taken not more 

 than ten dollars nor less than one dollar, one half of all such forfeit- 

 ures shall enure to the complainant and one half to said town. 



Sect. 4. The powers and duties granted by this chapter, shall be 

 subject in all respects to the rights heretofore granted to the city of 

 New Bedford under chapter one hundred and sixty-three of the acts 

 of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and nothing contained 

 in this act shall in an}' way be construed as permitting or authorizing 

 any interference with the water suppl}- of said city, or authorizing anj- 

 control in or in an}' way applying to the storing reservoir of said city 

 or any works connected with its water supply, nor shall an}^ such 

 fishery be permitted to be operated in said reservoir or in any portion 

 of said water supply. 



