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An Act to prohibit the Seining of Fish in Watnppa Pond in Fall River and Westport. 



1877, 110. Be it enacted etc., as follows : Sect. 1. No person 

 shall set, draw or use any seine, net or trawl for the purpose of taking 

 fish of any kind in the Watuppa Pond, or any inlet or outlet thereof 

 in Fall River or Westport. 



Sect. 2. Any person violating this act, or buying, selling or hav- 

 ing in possession anj- fish so taken, shall on conviction thereof pay 

 a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fift}' dollars, with 

 forfeiture of boats, nets and apparatus used in such taking, to be 

 recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction ; one-half of said 

 fine and forfeiture to be paid to the person making the complaint and 

 the remainder to the Commonwealth. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April 6, 

 1877. 



An Act to amend an Act in relation to the Construction of Fish-weirs. 

 1877, 119. Be it eriactecl, etc., as folloios: Chapter fift}' of the 

 acts of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six is hereby' amended b}- 

 adding the following section : Section 4. No person shall construct 

 or maintain an}' fish-weir within the tide-waters of this Common- 

 wealth unless authorized in the manner set forth in the first section 

 of this act, or from any island within said tide-waters without author- 

 ity in writing from the mayor and aldermen of every city, and the 

 selectmen of every town, distant not over two miles from said island. 

 An}- person who shall construct or maintain any weir in violation of 

 the provisions of this section shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for 

 each da}' he shall maintain such weir, to be recovered in any court of 

 competent jurisdiction to the use of any cities or towns, from the 

 mayor and aldermen or selectmen of which he ought to have obtained 

 the authority aforesaid, and shall also l)e liable to be indicted there- 

 for and to be enjoined therefrom. — [April 10, 1877. 



[P. S. 91, f 72.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 2, p. 285 ; 1817, 151.] 

 An Act to regulate the taking of Fish in Monataquot River in the Town of Braintree. 



1877,123. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. The town of 

 Braintree may, at any legal meeting called for that purpose, make 

 regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of the general laws of 

 the Commonwealth concerning the taking of alewives and shad in 

 Monataquot River within said town, or concerning the disposal of the 

 privilege of taking the same, for its own use and benefit. 



Sect. 2. Said town shall, at its annual meeting in March in the 

 year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and in each year thereafter, 

 choose three discreet persons by ballot, whose duty it shall be to 



