INLAND FISHERIES. 343 



1877. 



Ax Act to regulate the Fisheries in Lake Qiiaunapowitt, and in Saugus River and its 



tributaries, 



1877, l(i. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. No person 

 shall fish with a net or seine in Lake Qnannapowitt, or in Saugus 

 Kiveror its tributary streams in the counties of Middlesex and Essex, 

 other than the one running from Flax Pond in the city of Lj'nn, nor 

 in any manner take or catch an}- shad, salmon or alewives in said 

 waters until the first day of January in the year eighteen hundred and 

 eighty-two, under the penalt}' of fifty cents for each ale wife, one dol- 

 lar for each shad, and ten dollars for each salmon so taken : provided, 

 that the several fish committees of the towns of Wakefield and Sau- 

 gus, or such person or persons as may be authorized by them, may 

 take such fish as ma}- be required to re-stock said river and its trib- 

 utaries. 



Sect. 2. The several fish committees of the towns of Wakefield 

 and Saugus, or any member or members of said committees may 

 remove any and all nets, seines, weirs or other fishing apparatus, used 

 in violation of the provisions of this act. 



Sect. 3. Any person who shall place or cause to be placed in the 

 waters of Lake Quannapowitt or of the Saugus River or any of its 

 tributaries, not herein exempted, or who shall cause to flow into said 

 waters any substance whereby the fish therein may be destroyed or 

 injured, or their passage hindered or obstructed, shall be punished by 

 a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each oflfence. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [February 

 16, 1877. 



An Act to preserve the Eel Fisheries in Musquashuit Creek and its tributaries in the 



Towns of Scituate and Cohasset. 



1877, 26. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 takes, catches or destro3-s any eels in Musquashuit Creek or its trib- 

 utaries, in the towns of Scituate and Cohasset, in the counties of 

 Ph-mouth and Norfolk, in any other manner than b}' spear, or hook 

 and line, shall forfeit for every eel so taken, not less than one dollar 

 nor more than five dollars, one-half of said fine to be paid to the 

 complainant. 



Sect. 2. Whoever wilfully places any obstruction, or otherwise 

 interferes with the free passage of eels in said creek or tributaries, 

 shall forfeit a sum not less than fift}' nor more than one hundred dol- 

 lars for each offence. 



Sect. 3.- All fines or penalties for violating this act, with costs, 

 may be recovered in any court competent to try the same. 



