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sevent3'-five is hereb}' amended, so as to allow the inhabitants of Nan- 

 tucket to catch fish called alewives, or herring, with nets or seines, in 

 the Hummock Pond in said Nantucket, south of the bridge, from 

 March tenth to Ma}' thirty-first of each 3'ear inclusive. All fish caught 

 in seines or nets, excepting alewives or herring, shall be immediately 

 put back into said Hummock Pond. An}' person violating the provi- 

 sions of this act shall, on conviction, pay a fine according to section 

 two of said chapter. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 16, 

 1876. 



[1866, 238 ; 1869, 422.] 



An Act concerning the obstructions to the passage of Fish in the tributaries of the Con- 

 necticut and Merrimack Rivers. 



187G, 50. Be it enacted^ etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The provi- 

 sions of chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and of chapter four hundred and 

 twenty-two of the acts of the 3'ear eighteen hundred and sixt3'-uine, 

 are hereb}^ extended and shall apply to the tributaries of the Connecti- 

 cut and Merrimack rivers within this Commonwealth. 



Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [March 16, 

 1876. 



An Act to authorize the Commissioners on Inland Fisheries to occupy Great Ponds for 

 the cultivation and distribution of useful Fishes. 



1876,62. Beit enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. The commis- 

 sioners on inland fisheries, as such commissioners, are hereby author- 

 ized to occup}', manage and control any great ponds within the limits 

 of the Commonwealth, not exceeding six in number, and not then 

 subject to lease from Ihem, for the purpose of cultivating useful fishes 

 and of distributing the same within the Commonwealth, subject to the 

 restrictions and limitations contained in chapter three hundred and 

 eighty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine as 

 to leased ponds. 



Sect. 2. Whenever said commissioners shall determine so to occupy 

 and improve an}- such pond, the}' shall post a notice of such purpose 

 in some public place in the town or towns in which said pond is 

 located, and shall file a like notice in the office of the town clerk of 

 said town or towns, and in the office of the secretary of state ; and 

 the affidavit of any oflBcer qualified to serve civil process that said 

 notice has been posted shall be deemed full proof of the same. 



Sect. 3. From and after the time when said notice shall have been 

 filed and posted as above, said commissioners shall have all the rights 

 in respect to said pond as are secured to lessees of ponds from said 



