146 LAWS RELATING TO 



person so offending, or who shall be aiding or abetting therein, shall, 

 for every offence, forfeit and pay a sum, not exceeding thirteen dol- 

 lars, nor less than seven dollars, to be recovered b}' action of debt 

 before any justice of the peace within the county of Middlesex ; one 

 moiety to him who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety to 

 the use of the said town of Billerica. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted^ That said committee shall have 

 power to determine and establish the price which said purchaser or 

 purchasers shall have a right to demand and receive for said tish ; 

 and if an}' such purchaser, or any person acting under their authority, 

 shall refuse to sell said fish, when in their power so to do, at the 

 price which shall be determined as aforesaid, of which notice shall 

 have been given them by said committee, every person so offending 

 shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten dol- 

 lars nor less than five dollars, to the person injured, to be recovered 

 as aforesaid : provided^ nevertheless^ that nothing in this act contained 

 shall be construed to take away or impair the authority of any fish- 

 wardens, or any other persons, derived from an}' existing laws for 

 regulating the taking of fish in said river, except so far as it relates to 

 the appropriation of forfeitures for offences mentioned in the second 

 section of this act. — [February 28, 1815. 



[1820, 70.] 



An Act to regulate the Shad and Alewive Fishery in the Town of Brighton. 



1814, 162. Sect. 1. Be it enacted^ That from and after the pass- 

 ing of this act, it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of the town of 

 Brighton, by their agents, to sell the right and regulate the places 

 and manner of taking the fish called shad and alewives, within the 

 limits of said town, subject, in all things, to an act passed on the 

 tweut3'-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred, entitled 

 " An Act to prevent the destruction of the fish called alewives and 

 shad in Charles River." And the inhabitants of said town, at their 

 annual meetings in March or April, are hereby authorized and em- 

 powered to appoint agents, whose duty it shall be to carry into exe- 

 cution the purposes of this act. 



Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the agents aforesaid may, for 

 and in behalf of said town, and to their use and benefit, sell their right, 

 regulate the places and manner of taking said fish within the limits of 

 said town, for one or more years at a time, as the town may direct ; 

 and the proceeds arising from such sale said agents shall be held to 

 pay over to the treasurer of said town. 



Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said agents shall, after 

 establishing such rules and regulations as the}' may think necessary, 

 and by determining by whom said fish may be taken, cause an 



