INLAND FISriEKIES. 331 



Sect. 2. Section thirty-one of chapter three hundred eighty-four 

 of the acts of eighteen hundred sixty-nine is repealed. — [April 19, 

 1873. 



[1873, 364.] 



An Act in addition to an Act in relation to the Smelt Fishery. 



1873, 364. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 takes any smelts with a net of any kind, or in any other manner than 

 by naturally or artiflcially baited hooks and hand lines shall forfeit 

 for each smelt so taken the sum of twenty-five cents : provided, that 

 nothing herein contained shall apply to any person catching smelts 

 in any seine or net in Taunton Great River or Dukes County during 

 the time and in the manner a person may lawfully fish for herrings or 

 alewives, 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. 



Sect. 2. Section one of chapter two hundred and eleven of the 

 acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three is repealed. — 



[June 11, 1873. 



[1874, 153 ; P. S. 91, ^\ ,17-60.] 



1874. 



An Act to protect the Rights of Owners of Ponds. 



1874, 82. Be it enacted, etc., as folloios: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 without the written consent of the proprietor or lessee of any natural 

 or artificial pond, the superficial area of which is not more than 

 twenty acres, takes an}' fish therefrom shall forfeit and pay a fine not 

 exceeding twenty-five dollars for every such offence, to be recovered 

 before an}' court having jurisdiction of such offence. 



Sect. 2. No penalty under this act shall be incurred until such 

 proprietor or lessee has caused such pond to be measured, and such 

 measurement to be recorded in the town clerk's office in each town 

 within which such pond is situated, in the manner provided by section 

 eleven of chapter three hundred and eighty-four of the acts of eigh- 

 teen hundred and sixty-nine. 



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

 23, 1874. 



[P. S. 91, ^ 24.] 



An Act to prohibit Fishing in any Reservoirs, Ponds and Streams taken by the City 

 of Worcester for a supply of Pure Water. 



1874, 86. Be it enacted, etc., as folloios: Sect. 1. No person shall 



take any fish from any reservoirs, ponds and streams held or owned by 



the city of Worcester for the purpose of supplying said city with pure 



water, without the permission of the water commissioners of said 



city, under the direction of the city council of said city. 



