INLAND FISHERIES. 387 



An Act confirming the acts of the iSsh committee of the towns of Dennis and Yar- 

 mouth relating to the regulation of the Fisheries in Bass River. 



1885, 209, Be it enactedi etc., as foHo>vs : Sect. 1. The acts of 

 the committee of the town of Dennis and the committee of the town 

 of Yarmouth, acting as a fish committee under chapter thirtj'-seven of 

 the acts of the jear one thousand eight hundred and fort)--nine, are 

 hereby made valid and confirmed to the same extent as though the 

 committee of the town of Dennis had been chosen annually instead of 

 for the term of three j'ears, and the said committee as now consti- 

 tuted shall continue to exercise the powers of fish committee under said 

 chapter until their successors are chosen at the next annual town 

 meetings in said respective towns. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [May 1 , 

 1885. 



[P. S. 91, §^ 97-101 ; 1884, 284.] 



Ax Act relating to licenses to plant, grow and dig Oysters, and to the taking of 



Scallops. 



1885, 220. Be it etiac'ed, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No license 

 shall be granted to plant, grow and dig oysters under sections ninety- 

 seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred and one hundred and 

 one of chapter ninet^'-one of the Public Statutes, and chapter two 

 hundred and eighty-fuur of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 

 eighty-four, without a public hearing upon the matter, due notice of 

 which shall be given in writing, to be posted in three or more public 

 places in the town in which the premises lie, at least seven days be- 

 fore the time fixed for such hearing. 



Sect. 2. In case any person to whom such license shall be granted 

 fails for two years thereafter to plant and grow 03'sters in the waters 

 described in said license, the same shall be revoked by the officers 

 who granted it, which revocation shall be recorded as provided in 

 said section ninety-eight. 



Sect. 3. Whoever takes in any one day, between sunrise and sun- 

 set, more than twentj'-five bushels of scallops, including the shells, 

 for each boat actually employed by him in taking the same, shall be 

 punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence. 



Sect. 4. Any person who at any time between the fifteenth day of 

 April and the first day of September shall take scallops from any of 

 the waters of the state by dredging, or b}^ nets of any kind, or shall 

 expose any scallops for sale within the state, or shall export the 

 same, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for 

 each offence. 



Sect. 5. Whoever works a dredge, 03'ster tongs or rakes, or any 

 other implement for the taking of shell fish of any description, upon 



