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nor more than six months, or by both said fine and imprisonment. One 



half of said line shall be paid to the complainant and the other to the 



count}' within whose jurisdiction the otTence was committed. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on the first do.y of June next. 



— [April 24, 1878. 



[P. S. 91, §§ 100, 101.] 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 191.] 



Ax Act to preserve the Eel Fisheries in Ipswich River and its Tributaries in the Town 



of Ipswich. 



1878, 202. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Sect. 1. Whoever 

 takes, catches or destroys any eels in Ipswich River or its tributaries, 

 in the town of Ipswich in the county of Essex, in any other manner 

 than by spear, or hook and line, shall forfeit for every eel so taken, 

 caught or destroyed, not less than one dollar nor more than five dol- 

 lars ; one-half of said fine to be paid to the complainant. 



Sect. 2. All fines or penalties for violating this act, with costs, 

 may be recovered by complaint or action of tort in any court of com- 

 petent jurisdiction. 



Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [April 29, 

 1878. 



[Sp. Laws, vol. 1, p. 296; 1874, 144.] 

 An Act to further regulate fishing in the Connecticut River. 



1878,224. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : Sect. 1. Section three 

 of chapter one hundred and fortj'-four of the acts of the year eigh- 

 teen hundred and sevent3'-four, is hereby amended by striking out the 

 word " four," where it first occnrs in said section, and inserting in 

 lieu thereof the word " two." 



Sect. 2. Whoever takes or catches any fish beyond two hundred 

 yards and within four hundred yards of any fish-wa}' now built, or 

 hereafter to be built on the Connecticut River or its tributaries l^'ing 

 within this Commonwealth in any other manner than by naturally or 

 artificially baited hooks and line, shall forfeit for each fish so taken or 

 caught the sum of twenty-five dollars. 



Sect. 3. The limitation of time for catching black bass in the 

 Connecticut River or its tributaries, in this state, shall hereafter be 

 the same as that now fixed, or which shall hereafter be prescribed by 

 the legislature of Connecticut for taking black bass in said river in 

 that state. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. — [May 3, 



1878. 



[P. S. 91, §^ 34, 56.] 



