48 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



provisions of the preceding three sections, or who shall take any lish, 

 fish-spawn, or any apparatus used in hatching or protecting fish, from any 

 pond, lake, river, or stream stocked with or set apart by said commission- 

 ers or by private parties for the protection and cultivation of fish with the 

 consent of the town council of the town where such cultivation is carried 

 on, without the consent of such commissioners or, if .the cultivation of 

 fish be carried on by a private party, without the consent of the person 

 cultivating the same, or who shall trespass within the boundaries of any 

 land which may be taken and occupied by said commissioners for their 

 experiments in relation to shell-fish, authorized by section 2 of this chap- 

 ter, shall be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned 

 not exceeding six months or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion 

 of the court before which the offender shall be tried." 

 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



