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Sect. 2. The commissioners of river fisheries may take any kind 

 of (ish at any time for the purpose of obtaining spawn for artificial 

 propagation of fish. 



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

 thirty days from the time of committing the offence. — [May i, 1868. 



[1869, 384.] 



An Act for the protection of Trout in the Merrill Pond in the Town of Wendell. 



1868,289. Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any trout from the Merrill Pond, on the old Wendell town 

 farm, in the town of Wendell, or the waters running into the same, 

 at any time of the year, without permission of the proprietor or pro- 

 prietors. 



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 

 Franklin. — [June 4, 1868. 



An Act to protect Trout in Jones' Mill Creek in the Town of Barnstable. 



1868, 290. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take any trout in Jones' Mill Creek, in the town of Barnstable, 

 from its source to the junction with Scorton Creek, and within two 

 hundred yards of said junction, on either side thereof, from the first 

 day of August in each year to the first day of April in the year next 

 ensuing ; nor shall any person take any trout therefrom except by hook 

 and line ; nor shall any person enter upon the land bordering upon 

 said pond or stream, at any season of the year, for the purpose of 

 taking trout, without the written permission of the proprietors. 



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 

 Barnstable. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [June 4, 

 1868. 



[1868, 130.] 



Resolve concerning a Fish-way over or around the Dam at Holyoke, on the Connecti- 

 cut River. 



1868, Res. 53. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of 

 the treasury of the Commonwealth, and the same is hereby appropri- 

 ated, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, to be expended 

 under the direction of the commissioners appointed under chapter two 

 hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty- 

 six, in the construction of a fish-wa^^ over or around the dam at Holy- 

 oke, on the Connecticut River, in accordance with the provisions of 



