308 LAWS RELATING TO 



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

 An Act for the Re-stocking of Mystic River and its Tributaries with Fish. 



1867, 149. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The right to 

 take alewives or shad from M^'stic River or its tributaries or from 

 Mystic Pond, shall be and hereby is suspended for the period of five 

 years next ensuing, and no net, seine or weir shall be set therein dur- 

 ing said period. 



Sect. 2. Anj^ person violating the provisions of this statute shall 

 forfeit one dollar for every alewive or shad so taken. 



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

 thirty days from the time of committing the offence. 



Sect. 4. The several '' committees for the preservation of fish "of 

 the towns of Medford, Somerville, West Cambridge or Winchester 

 may remove and destroy any and all nets, seines or weirs found in 

 said waters during the said period of five years. — [April 13, 1867. 



[1868, 128.] 



An Act to incorporate the Pasque Island Corporation. 



1867,200. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Welcome R. 

 Beebe, Genio C. Scott, Peter Balen, their associates and successors, 

 are hereb}- made a corporation on the island of Pasque in the town 

 of Gosnold, by the name of the Pasque Island Corporation, for the 

 purpose of erecting on said island houses and other buildings for resi- 

 dence and the propagation of fish ; with all the powers and privileges 

 and subject to the duties, liabilities and restrictions which now are 

 or may be in force relating to such corporations ; and with the right 

 to close the outlets to creeks in said islands for the propagation of 

 black bass or other fish. 



Sect. 2. Seining or taking fish in any other mode than by hook 

 and line within forty rods from the shores of Pasque Island is prohib- 

 ited under a forfeiture for each offence of a sum not exceeding twenty 

 dollars, and not less than five dollars, to be recovered in any court 

 proper to trj'^ the same. 



Sect. 3. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate to the 

 amount of fifty thousand dollars, and mortgage and sell the same ; 

 and the whole capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed fifty 

 thousand dollars, nor be less than twenty-five thousand dollars, 

 divided into shares of one hundred dollars each : provided, that said 

 corporation shall incur no liabilities until an amount equal to fifty per 

 cent, thereof is subscribed and paid in, in cash. — [May 2, 18G7. 



