330 LAWS RELATING TO 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [February 

 26, 1873. 



An Act to extend the time within which Actions and Prosecutions under the laws 

 relating to Inland Fisheries may be commenced. 



1873, 137. Be it enacted, etc., as folhnvs : Sect. 1. Section 

 thirty-two of chapter three hundred eight}- four of the acts of eighteen 

 hundred sixtj^-nine is amended by striking out the words "■ four 

 months," and inserting the words "one year" instead thereof. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. — [March 29, 

 1873. 



[P. S. 91, § 103.] 



Ax Act to regulate the leasing of great ponds for the purpose of Cultivating useful 



Fishes. 



1873, 195. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. It shall be 

 the duty of the commissioners on inland fisheries in all cases where 

 application is made for the lease of an}' great pond for the purpose 

 named in section nine of chapter three hundred and eighty-four of 

 the acts of eighteen hundred and sixtj'-nine, to give notice of said 

 application to the town or city within whose limits said pond lies, and 

 of the time and place appointed for a hearing thereon. 



Sect. 2. The several towns and cities in the Commonwealth are 

 authorized to take leases of any great ponds within their respective 

 limits, for the purpose of cultivating useful fishes, under such con- 

 ditions and restrictions as the commissioners on inland fisheries 

 may prescribe, and may make appropriations to carry out the pro- 

 visions of this act. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage. — [April 15, 

 1873. 



[P. S. 91, §§ 13, 14; 1885, 109.] 



, [18^9, 384] 



An Act in relation to the Smelt Fishery. 



1873, 211. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 takes or catches any smelts with a net of any kind or in any other 

 manner than b}' naturally or artificially baited hooks and hand-lines, 

 shall forfeit for each smelt so taken or caught, the sum of twenty-five 

 cents : provided, that nothing herein contained shall appl}' to any 

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

 or to an}' person lawful!}' fishing for herrings or alewives in Dukes 

 County, or to any person lawfully fishing for perch or alewives in 

 Bass River or its tributaries in the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis, 

 or to any person lawfully fishing for perch, herring or alewives in 

 North River in Scituate, or in either branch of Westport River. 



