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creeks, l)ays or inlets of the Great Pond, Sengekoutacket Pond, east 

 of Nathan's Island, Katama Bay, or in the harbor of Edgartown, 

 south of Chappequiddick Point, in said town, between the first day of 

 March and the first day of October, in each year; nor shall any 

 person not an inhabitant of said town at any time set, drag or 

 stretch any seine or net in any of the ponds or creeks of said town or 

 outlets thereof. The seining of menhaden and mackerel is exempted 

 from this act. This act shall be void as to Great Pond, if it shall 

 appear that no sufficient creek is kept open and maintained from said 

 [)ond to the sea ; and it shall be void as to Trap's Pond, if it shall 

 appear that no such creek is kept open and maintained from said 

 pond to the sea. 



Sect. 2. Any person violating any provision of this act shall i»e 

 liable to a fine not exceeding throe hundred dollars for each offence. 



Sp:ct. 3. Chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the 

 year eighteen hundred and fifty-six is hereby repealed. — [April 24, 

 1872. 



[1869, 384.] 

 An Act for amending an Act for encouraging tlie Cultivation of Useful Fishes. 



1S72, 290. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Section 

 thirty-one of chapter three hundred and eighty-four of the acts of the 

 year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine is hereby amended by striking 

 out the words " while fishing for herrings and alewives," and inserting 

 the following : " during the time and in the manner a person may 

 lawfully fish for herrings or alewives." 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage; — [April 30, 

 1872. 



1873. 



An Act to protect the Oyster Fishery in Barlow River. 



1873, 41. Be it enacted, etc., as folloios : Sect. 1. Whoever 

 takes any oysters from Barlow River, in the town of Sandwich, at 

 any time previous to the first day of October, eighteen hundred and 

 seventy-four, shall forfeit five dollars for each bushel and fraction of 

 a bushel so taken. 



Sect. 2. The inhabitants of the town of Sandwich, at a legal 

 meeting called for the purpose, may make regulations concerning the 

 taking of oysters in said river after said first day of October; and 

 whoever takes any oysters from said river contrary to such regula- 

 tions, shall be subject to the same penalties as are provided in the 

 preceding section. The penalties provided in this act may be recov- 

 ered by complaint or indictment in any court of competent jurisdic- 

 tion. 



