338 LAWS EELATING TO 



visions of section thirteen of chapter eighty-three of the General 

 Statutes, or in the act of carrj'ing away therefrom any shell-fish so 

 taken, and detain him in some place of safe keeping until a warrant 

 can be procured against said person upon a complaint for said offence : 

 provided, that such detention without a warrant shall not exceed 

 twenty-four hours. 



Sect. 3. The selectmen of the towns of Swansea and Somerset 

 may charge and receive in behalf of and for the use of said towns 

 such sum not exceeding thirty-five cents per bushel as they shall deem 

 proper for the permit to take shell-fish from their beds in said towns 

 as authorized b}- section thirteen of chapter eighty-three of the General 

 Statutes and the person or persons receiving the permit shall pa}' tlie 

 same according to the terms therein specified. 



Sect. 4. Chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the 

 3'ear eighteen hundred and seventy-four is hereb}' repealed. — [April 

 10, 1875. 



[1840,24; 1841,76.] 

 An Act to prohibit Seining of Fish in the Ponds on the Island of Nantucket. 



1875, 180. Be it enacted, eic, as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall set, draw or use any seine or net for taking fish in the great 

 ponds on the island of Nantucket. 



Sect. 2. Any person violating this act shall, on conviction, pay a 

 fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars with for- 

 feiture of boats, nets and apparatus thus used, to be recovered before 

 any court of competent jurisdiction, for the use of the town of Nan- 

 tucket. 



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



1875. 



[1876, 49.] 



An Act in addition to an Act to regulate the Fishery in Palmer's River. 



1875,201. Beit enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The sheriff 

 of Bristol County or any of his deputies, or an}' constable or fish- 

 warden of either of the towns of Swansea and Rehoboth, ma}' with- 

 out a warrant arrest any person whom he finds in the act of taking 

 herring, alewives or shad from the waters of Palmer's River in either 

 of said towns, in violation of the provision of chapter ninety-two of 

 the acts of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two ; and may detain 

 him in a place of safe-keeping, until a warrant can be procured against 

 him upon a complaint for said offence : provided, that such detention 

 without a warrant shall not exceed twenty-four hours. 



Sect. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of chapter ninety-two of 

 the acts of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall, in addition 

 to the forfeitures therein provided, forfeit the seines or nets so used. 



