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on said rivers or their tributaries within their limits, where said fish 

 shall be taken, but neither of said towns shall establish more than 

 one place upon said rivers or tributaries iu the same year, where said 

 fish shall be taken, and no person shall take said fish in an}' other 

 place or places on said rivers or their tributaries than those estab- 

 lished as aforesaid ; and no person shall take said fish in anj^ of the 

 ponds out of which said rivers or tributaries flow. 



Sect. 4. The commissioners on inland fisheries shall have full power 

 to regulate the da}' or days of the week upon which the inhabitants 

 of said towns shall take said fish, assigning to each of said towns 

 separate da3's for fishing, and no person shall take or cause to be 

 taken any of said fish at any other time or times than those which 

 shall be prescribed by said commissioners. 



Sect. 5. The inhabitants of the several towns named herein, msiy 

 make all proper regulations concerning said fisheries, not in conflict 

 with the other provisions of this chapter, and the general laws relat- 

 ing to inland fisheries, and ma}' lease all or either of said fisheries 

 for a term not exceeding three years, or may otherwise dispose of the 

 same from year to year as they shall deem fit, but shall have no right 

 to release or sell the same. 



Sect. 6. Any person offending against any of the provisions of 

 this act, shall forfeit for each offence a sum not less than five nor 

 more than thirty dollars, and shall be subject to all further penalties 

 in such cases as is by law made and provided. 



Sect. 7. All other special laws relating to said fisheries upon said 

 rivers and tributaries are hereby repealed. — [April 12, 1872. 



[1878, 32.] 



Ax Act to protect and control the Alewife Fishery in Kingston. 



1872, 218. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The owners 

 of dams on Jones's Rivei", Stony Brook and Smelt Brook in Kingston, 

 are required to erect and maintain fish-ways over or around said dams, 

 and shall be subject to all the powers given to the commissioners of 

 inland fisheries by chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the acts 

 of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and chapter three hun- 

 dred and eighty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-nine. 



Sect. 2. The inhabitants of Kingston may make any pro{)er regu 

 lations concerning their fisheries and rights to fisheries in such streams, 

 and may lease all or either of said fisheries for a period not exceeding 

 five years, or may otherwise dispose of the same from year to year as 

 they shall deem fit, but shall have no right to release or sell the 

 same. 



Sect. 3. For the purposes of the fifth, sixth and seventh sections 



