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Sec. 4. Every person who shall erect or make any weir, pot, or other contri- 

 vance to obstruct the course of fish across Puucatest, alias Nomquit, pond, or 

 any part thereof, or in any river or stream leading into or out of said pond at 

 any time, shall forfeit ten dollars. 



Sec. 5. Every person who shall set any hanging or mesh net in Puncatest, 

 alias Nomquit, pond, or in any river leading into or out of said pond, between 

 the first day of January and the first day of August, shall forfeit ten dollars. 



Sec. 6. Every person who shall erect or continue in Palmer's river, above 

 Kelly's bridge, any weir, dam, or other obstruction to prevent the free passage 

 of fish up said river, shall forfeit fifteen dollars for the first offence and ten dollars 

 for every twenty-four hours any such weir or dam or other obstruction shall be 

 continued after the first twenty-four hours. 



Sec. 7. Every person not at the time an inhabitant of this State who shall 

 set or draw any seine or net in Palmer's river, above Kelly's bridge, on Thursday, 

 Friday, or Saturday, and every person who shall set or draw any seine or net in 

 said river above said bridge on Sunday, or between the setting and rising of the 

 sun, shall forfeit for each offence fifteen dollars. 



Sec. 8. Repealed. 



Sec. 9. Repealed. 



Sec. 10. Repealed. 



Sec. 11. No person shall take any fish with any kind of gill or mesh net, 

 or set any gill or mesh net for the purpose of taking any fish therewith, within 

 one mile from the shore of Block Island, between the first day of June and the 

 first day of November in each year, without first obtaining permission of the 

 town council of New Shoreham; and every person violating any provision of 

 this section shall be fined twenty dollars for each offence; one-half to the use of 

 the complainant and the other half to the use of the town of New Shoreham. 



Sec. 12. Any person who shall take any fish with any kind of seine, net, or 

 trap, or set or draw any seine, net, or trap, for the purpose of taking any fish there- 

 with, in any of the fresh water ponds in the town of New Shoreham, except in 

 private ponds owned by one person, shaU l^e fined not exceeding twenty dollars 

 or be imprisoned not exceeding ten days, or be both fined and imprisoned in 

 the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 13. The electors of the town of New Shoreham may, in town meeting 

 called for that purpose, enact such ordinances as they may think proper to pro- 

 tect and to regulate the taking of shell-fish and other fish in Great Salt pond, and 

 may impose penalties therefor not exceeding twenty dollars fine and three 

 months' imprisonment for any one offence. 



Sec. 14. The electors of the town of Tiverton may, in town meeting called 

 for that purpose, make such regulations for the preser\ation of the fish, and may 



