302 LAWS RELATING TO 



An Act to incorporate the Nantucket Fishing Company. 



1866, 109. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Matthew 

 Crosbj', Joseph B. Macy, Joseph C. Chase, their associates and suc- 

 cessors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Nantucket 

 Fishing Company, for the purpose of carr^-iug on a general fishing and 

 freighting business ; with all the rights and privileges, and subject to 

 all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in all general laws 

 which now are or may hereafter be in force applicable to such cor- 

 porations. 



Sect. 2. Said corporation may hold such real and personal estate 

 as may be necessar}- for the purpose aforesaid ; but the capital stock 

 of said company shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars, and shall be 

 divided into shares of fift}' dollars each. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 

 26, 1866. 



An Act to authorize Towns and Cities to establish Herring Fisheries. 



1866,187. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The mayor 

 and aldermen of any city and the selectmen of any town in this 

 Commonwealth, are hereby empowered to authorize, in writing, any 

 three or more persons and their associates, to organize a corporation, 

 with a capital stock of not less than one thousand and not more than 

 five thousand dollars, for the purpose of opening outlets, canals or 

 ditches for the introduction and propagation of herrings and alewives 

 in the ponds, creeks and rivers within the limits of such town or city 

 as aforesaid ; and said corporation, when organized, shall have all the 

 powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and 

 restrictions set forth in the sixty-first chapter of the General Statutes, 

 and in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force re- 

 lating to corporations. 



Sect. 2. Such corporations may purchase and hold real estate 

 necessary for the purpose of opening outlets, canals, sluice-ways or 

 ditches for the passage of herring or alewives to and from said ponds 

 and other waters. 



Sect. 3. Towns and cities in their corporate capacity, may open 

 ditches, sluice-ways or canals into any ponds within their limits, for 

 the introduction and propagation of herrings and alewives, and for the 

 creation of a fishery for the same ; and the land for opening such 

 ditches, sluice-ways or canals within such town or city, may be taken 

 under the provisions of the statutes which now regulate and limit the 

 taking of land for highways and other purposes. 



Sect. 4. Any fishery so created by any town or city, shall be 

 deemed to be the property of such town or city, and such town or 

 city may make any proper regulations concerning the same, and may 



