INLAND FISHERIES. 311 



[Special Laws, v. 1, p. 296.] 

 Ax Act to regulate Fishing in Connecticut River. 



I861S, 130. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Any person 

 who shall take, or who shall aid or assist in taking from the Connecti- 

 cut River an}- shad at any other time than between the fifteenth daj- 

 of March and the fifteenth day of June in each j'ear, shall forfeit and 

 pay for each offence the sum of one hundred dollars. 



Sect. 2. Any person who shall take, or aid or assist in taking 

 from the Connecticut River an}' salmon before the fifteenth day of 

 March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, 

 shall forfeit and pay for each offence the sum of fifty dollars. 



Sect. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall apply to the taking 

 of any fish by order of the fish commissioners for the purpose of 

 artificial or natural propagation of the same. 



Sect. 4. The mayor and aldermen of any city, and the selectmen 

 of any town, bordering on the Connecticut River, shall appoint and 

 fix the compensation r.f one or more suitable persons as fish-wardens 

 within their respective cities and towns, who shall make complaint of 

 all offences under this act. — [April 17, 1868. 



[1869, 76.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, pp. 191, 451; voL 2, p. 128; vol. 3, pp. 431, 524; 1805, 29; 1810, 117; 

 1812, 127; 1814, 22; 1823, 33; 1824, 101 ; 1825, 78; 1829, 40; 1839, 134; 1845, 79; 18.55, 

 171 ; 1856, 14, 52, 248.] 



Ax Act for the Re-stocking of Ipswich River and its Tributaries with Fish. 



1868, 157. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The right to 

 take alewives or shad from Ipswich River or its tributaries, or from 

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

 three years next ensuing, and no net, seine or weir shall be set 

 therein during said period. 



Sect. 2. Any 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. — [April 29, 1868. 



Ax Act for the protection of Smelts. 

 1868, 179. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 catches any smelt from the first day of February to the first day of 

 May in each year, in any manner whatever, or at any season of the 

 year in any other manner than by hooks and lines or hand-nets, shall 

 forfeit twenty-five cents for each smelt so cauo;ht, to be recovered bv 

 prosecution })efore any trial justice or court competent to try the 

 same : 'provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to any 

 person catching smelt in any seine or net in Taunton Great River, 

 while fishing for herring or alewives. 



