336 LAWS RELATING TO 



Sect. 2. Whoever takes anj^ shell-fish from within the waters of 

 said town of Brewster in violation of the provisions of this act, shall, 

 for every offence pay a fine of not less than five nor more than ten 

 dollars, and costs of prosecution, and also one dollar for every bushel 

 of shell-fish so taken, said fine and forfeiture imposed under this act 

 to be recovered by indictment or complaint before a trial justice in the 

 county of Barnstable. — [March 4, 1875. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 296; 1869, 76.] 



An Act to amend Chapter seventy-six of the Acts of the year eighteen hundred and 

 sixty -nine, relating to fishing in the Connecticut River. 



1875,39. Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs : Sect. 1. Section one 

 of chapter seventy-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-nine is hereby amended so that shad may be taken from the 

 Connecticut River with rod and line and artificially-baited hook at any 

 time between the fifteenth da^^ of March and the fii'st day of August 

 in each year. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take eflfect upon its passage. — [March 8, 



1875. 



[1881, 47, §§1,3; P. S. 91, §^ 32, 40.] 



An Act for the Preservation of the Eel Fishery in the Town of Mashpee. 



1875, 60. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person 

 shall take from Jehu's pond, so called, in the town of Mashpee, or 

 from the outlet therefrom more than three dozen of eels on any one 

 day without a permit in writing from the selectmen of said town. 



Sect. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this act shall forfeit 

 for ever}' eel taken in violation thereof, twent^'-five cents ; and all for- 

 feitures under this act shall be paid, one-half to the town of Mashpee, 

 and one-half to the complainant. — [March 20, 1875. 



An Act concerning the Clam Fisheries in the Town of Winthrop. 



1875,61. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person not 

 an inhabitant of the town of Winthrop, shall take any clams from 

 within the waters of said town without a written permit from the 

 selectmen of said town : nor shall any person being an inhabitant of 

 said town at any one time, take any clams from within said waters 

 exceeding three bushels including their shells for bait or for the pur- 

 poses of selling the same without a permit from the selectmen of said 

 town ; who may grant the same for such sum to be paid to the use of 

 the town as the}- shall deem proper ; and the inhabitants of said town 

 may take clams for family use and for no other purpose without such 

 permit. 



Sect. 2. Whoever takes any clams from within the waters of Win- 

 throp in violation of the provisions of this act shall for every otfence. 



