306 LAWS RELATING TO 



definite constriielion of fish-ways on the Connecticut River, until they 

 shall be satisfied that such legislation has been adopted by the state 

 of Connecticut as shall in their opinion be necessary to secure the free 

 passage of the fish above-named through the part of said river run- 

 ning through said state of Connecticut. 



Sect. 14. There shall be appropriated and paid from the treasury 

 of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, to 

 defray the expenses of the commissioners herein created, and of con- 

 structing the fish-ways herein provided for. 



Sect. 15. An}- person who shall neglect or refuse to keep open 

 or maintain any fish-way at the times prescribed by the xjommissioners 

 under this act, shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars for each day's neg- 

 lect or refusal so to keep open or maintain said fish-ways, to be 

 recovered by indictment in the county where said dam, or any part 

 thereof, is situated, one half thereof to the use of the complainant and 

 the other half to the use of the Commonwealth. 



Sect. 16. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [Ma}- 



1.^, 1866. 



[P. S., 91, ^ 4-7.] 



An Act for the protection of Trout and Black Bass. 



1866, 249. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 takes or catches any trout in any rivers, streams or ponds between 

 the twentieth day of September and the twentieth da}^ of March, or 

 within the time aforesaid sells, buys or has in his possession an}- trout 

 so taken within this state, shall forfeit one dollar for each trout so 

 taken or caught, sold, bought or had in possession. 



Sect. 2. Whoever shall take or catch any fish called black bass in 

 any of the jionds within the limits of this Commonwealth from the 

 first day of December to the first day of June, or at any time, except 

 with hook and line, shall forfeit a sum not less than two nor more 

 than twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered by prosecution 

 before any court competent to try the same. 



Sect. 3. In all prosecutions for forfeitures under tlic provisions of 

 this act, the fact of sale, purchase or possession shall be evidence 

 that the trout or black bass so sold, purchased or had in possession, 

 were taken within this state. — [May 22, 1866. 



[1869, 384.] 



Resolves in regard to Obstructions to the passage of Fish in the Connecticut River at 



Enfield Falls. 



1866, Res. 80. Whereas, The Connecticut River in this state for- 

 merly furnished an inexhaustible supply of shad and other kinds of 

 migratory fish, which fish have now partially disappeared from that 

 portion of said river within this state ; and whereas, there is nothing 



