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said chapter two huiidrcci and thirty-eigLit of the acts of the year eigh- 

 teen hundred and sixty-six. — [June 4, 1868. 



1869. 



An Act concerning Fisheries in Bass River, in the County of Barnstable. 



18(59, 64. Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios: Sect. 1. The provi- 

 sions of chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of the ^eur 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall not apply to the lessees of the 

 towns of Yarmouth and Dennis, while fishing for perch or alewives in 

 Bass River or its tributaries. 



Sect 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 10, 



1869. 



[1869, 384.] 



An Act relating to the Fisheries in Dukes County. 



1869,75. Beit enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Chapter one 

 hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 

 and sixt^'-eight shall not appl}' to any person catching smelts in any 

 seine or net in any of the waters of Dukes County, while fishing for 

 herring or alewives. 



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

 17, 1869. 



[1869, 384.] 



[1868, 130.] 



Ax Act to extend the provisions of the Act of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight 

 to regulate Fishing in Connecticut River. 



1869, 76. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Any person 

 who shall take or aid or assist in taking, from the Connecticut River, 

 any shad, at any other time than between the fifteenth day of March 

 and the fifteenth day of June in each 3'ear, shall forfeit and pay for 

 each offence the sum of one hundred dollars, and 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 3'ear one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and seventy-two, shall forfeit and pay for each 

 offence the sum of fifty dollars. 



Sect. 2. Nothing in this act contained shall apply to the taking of 

 any fish b}' order of the fish commissioners, for the purpose of the 

 natural or artificial propagation of the same. 



Sect. 3. No person shall set or draw, or shall assist or aid in 

 setting or drawing any net or seine for the purpose of taking fish in 

 Connecticut River, at any time between the setting of the sun on 

 Saturday evening of each week, and the rising of the sun on the 

 succeeding Monday morning ; and the owners of all weirs, pounds and 

 set-nets of any description, placed in the waters of said river, shall 

 cause the same to be and remain open and free for the passage of fish 



