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any river where there now is or where there maj' hereafter be a herring 

 fishery established by law, until after the fifteenth day of June in each 

 year ; and provided^ further, that no authority shall be hereby given 

 to use anj' seine in the waters around Nantucket or the islands 

 belonging thereto. — [May 9, 1865. 



[1870, 249.] 



[8p. Laws, vol. 1, pp. 238, 512; vol. 3, p. 98; 1815, 54; 1820, 67; 1861, 157; 1864, 234.] 

 An Act for the protection of Alewives and other Fish in Mystic River. 



1865, 219. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No fish 

 shall be taken within fift}' rods of an}' fish-way now existing or here- 

 after to be constructed over or at any dam in the towns of Medford, 

 "West Cambridge and Winchester, between the first da}' of April and 

 the fifteenth day of June. 



Sect. 2. An}' person violating the provisions of this act shall be 

 liable to a penalty of fifty cents for each and every fish so taken. 



Sect. 3. All prosecutions under this act shall be commenced 

 within thirty days from the time of the commission of the offence. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [May 10 

 1865. 



[1867,149; 1868,128.] 



An Act for the better Observance of the Lord's Day. 

 1865, 253. Sect. 2, Whoever attempts to take or catch any 

 fish on the Lord's Day, by using any hook, line, net, spear or other 

 implement, on any of the waters within this Commonwealth, shall, 

 upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding ten 

 dollars. 



Sect. 3. All prosecutions under this act shall be instituted within 

 thirty days from the time the offence is committed. — [May 6, 1865. 



[P. S. 98, ^S^ 10, 11.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, pp. 272, 296.] 



Resolves concerning the Obstructions to the passage of Fish in the Connecticut and 



Merrimack Rivers. 



1865, Res. 45. Resolved, That his excellency the governor, by 

 and with the advice and consent of the council, is authorized to 

 appoint two commissioners, whose duty it shall be to cause observa- 

 tions to be made, during the months of May and June, of the height 

 of the water upon the crests of the dams at Lowell, Lawrence and 

 Holyoke, the heights of the flash-boards upon said dams, respectively, 

 the right of the owners to maintain such flash-boards, and if they are 

 uniformly maintained thereon during said months : also to ascertain 

 the extent and degree of the discoloration of the water of said rivers 

 below said dams caused by the discharge of dyestuffs and other 

 noxious matter therein from the manufactories, and the effects of such 



