INLAND FISHERIES. :^()7 



except the want of suitable fish-ways over the dam at Eufield Falls in 

 the state of Connecticut to prevent the return of said fish from the 

 sea to our waters in such numbers as largely to contribute to the sup- 

 pi}' of food for the inhabitants of this state ; therefore, 



Resolved, That the attention of the state of Connecticut be invited 

 to this subject, and that said state be earnestly requested to take 

 early measures to cause fish-ways to be constructed over the dam at 

 Enfield Falls, either by requiring this work to be done by the proprie- 

 tors of said dam or bv exercisina; the right of eminent domain ; said 

 measures being due alike to the relations of comity between that state 

 and this Commonwealth and to the local interests of that state. 



Resolved, That the governor is hereb}' requested to transmit a cop}' 

 of these resolutions to the governor of the state of Connecticut, with 

 a request that the same be laid before tlie legislature of the said state. 

 — [May 18, 1866. 



1867. 



Ax Act to amend Section fifteen of Chapter eighty-three of the General Statutes in 



relation to the Fisheries. 



1867,70. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Section fifteen 

 of chapter eight3'-three of the General Statutes is hereby amended by 

 inserting the words " an inhabitant of this state," after the word 

 " fisherman," in the third line. 



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

 16, 1867. 



[P. S., 91, yJ96] 



An Act for the protection of Trout in East Head in the Towns of Carver and 



Plymouth. 



1867, ^^). Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any trout in the waters of the stream known as East Head 

 in the towns of Carver and Plymouth, from the source thereof to the 

 dam recentl}' erected thereon b}' George P. Bowers, without the writ- 

 ten permission of the proprietor or proprietors of the land bordering 

 upon that portion of said stream : provided, such proprietors shall at 

 all times keep an open and sufficient fish-way for the passage of trout 

 at said dam. 



Sect. 2. Any person offending against the provisions of this act 

 shall forfeit and pay a fine of one dollar for each trout taken, to be 

 recovered by prosecution before any trial justice in the county of Ply- 

 month. — [March 23, 1867. 



[1869, 384.] 



