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pay a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars and costs of 

 prosecution : said fine and forfeiture imposed under this act to be re- 

 covered by indictment or complaint l)efore any trial justice or an}^ 

 court of competent jurisdiction within the county of Suffolk. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 20, 

 1875. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 422; ISSf), 401.] 



An Act to amend an Act to regulate the Fisheries in Taunton Great River and 



Nemasket River. 



1875, 71. Be it enacted, etc., as folloios: Whenever any fishing 



privilege is hereafter offered for sale agreeabl3"to the provisions of the 



second section of chapter four hundred and one of the acts of the year 



eighteen hundred and fift3'-five, or any act in amendment thereof, if no 



offer of one hundred dollars or more is made for said privilege, the 



mayor and aldermen of the cit}' or the selectmen of the town offering 



the same for such sale ma}' refuse to accept any offer less than said 



sum, and thereafterwards maj' sell or dispose of said privilege in such 



manner as will best promote the interests of said city or town. — 



[March 27, 1875. 



[1876, 208 ; 1879, 83.] 



An Act to authorize the Leasing of Great Ponds in Dukes County. 



1875, 115. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The com- 

 missioners on inland fisheries may lease anj' great pond, exceeding 

 twenty acres in area, situated within the limits of Dukes Count}' : 

 provided, that the town, or towns wtthin which said pond lies shall, 

 after the notice now required by law, at a meeting called for that pur- 

 pose, assent to the granting of such lease. 



Sect. 2. Chapter three hundred and sixty of the acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and seventy is hereby repealed. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April lU, 

 1875. 



P. S. 91, $ 12; 1885,109.] 



[1874, 185.] 

 Ax Act concerning the Shell-Fisheries in the Towns of Swansea and Somerset. 



1875, 116. Be it enacted, etc., as folloios : Sect. 1. Whoever, 

 within the limits of the towns of Swansea and Somerset violates any 

 of the provisions of section thirteen of chapter eight3'-three of the 

 General Statutes shall in addition to the penalty therein prescribed be 

 liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars. 



Sect. 2. The sheriff of Bristol Count}' or an}' of his deputies, or 

 any constable or selectman of the towns of Swansea and Somerset 

 may without a warrant arrest any person whom he finds in the act of 

 taking shell-fish from their beds in said towns in violation of the pro- 



