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Sect. 3. This act shall not be construed to interfere with the 

 rights of lessees of great ponds in the counties of Barnstable, Dukes 

 County and Nantucket, into which the usual varieties of salt water 

 fish are or ma)' be admitted b}^ natural or artificial inlets and which 

 under existing leases have been seined or which may be leased with 

 permission to seine the same, nor the riparian proprietors of ponds 

 mentioned in section ten of chapter ninety-one of the Public Statutes, 

 nor with the corporated rights of any fishing compan}'. — [June 3, 1884. 



[1886, 234.] 



[P. S. 91, §§ 97-101.] 

 An Act relating to the planting and growing of oysters. 



1884, 284. Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs: Sect. 1. The provi- 

 sions of sections ninety-seven, ninety -eight, ninetj'-nine, one hundred 

 and one hundred and one of chapter ninety-one of the Public Statutes 

 relating to the planting and growing of oysters are hereby extended 

 so as to apply to any waters where there is no natural oyster bed, not 

 however impairing the private rights of an}' person, and not materially 

 obstructing any navigable waters. 



Sect. 2. Section ninet^'-seven of said chapter ninety-one is hereby 

 amended b}' striking out the word " twenty" in the third line and in- 

 serting in place thereof the word " ten." 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [May 28, 

 1884. 



1885. 



[P. S. 91.] 

 An Act relating to the Leasing of Great Ponds. 



1885, 109. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. So much of 

 chapter ninety-one of the Public Statutes, relating to inland fisheries, 

 as authorizes the commissioners on inland fisheries to lease great 

 ponds, is hereby repealed. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 27, 

 1885. 



An Act to prevent the taking of Blue-fish with nets or seines in the waters of Vineyard 

 Sound opposite to the towns of Yarmouth, Dennis and Harwich. 



1885, 193. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1, Whoever 

 takes any blue-fish in the state waters of Vineyard Sound opposite to 

 the towns of Yarmouth, Dennis and Harwich, with nets or seines, 

 shall be punished by a fine often dollars for each offence, one-half of 

 which shall be paid to the person making the complaint and one-half 

 to the county of Barnstable. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of July in the 

 year eighteen hundred and eighty-five. — [April 24, 1885. 



