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exercise such control over the fisheries of Nomquit pond, within the limits of 

 said town, as they may think proper. 



Sec. 15. No person shall, between the first Monday in October and the first 

 Mondaj' in Januarj^ erect any weir or draw^ any seine or net for the purpose of 

 catching or obstructing the passage of fish at or within one hundred and sixty 

 rods of the mouth of Pataquamscut river in South Kingstown, nor shall aiiy per- 

 son erect or put down any weir, standing seine, or trap-seine, or hoop-net of 

 any kind, either within or across said river at any other season of the year. 



Sec. 16. Nothing in the preceding section shall be so construed as to pro- 

 hibit any person from using nets or fishing crafts for the catchiuig of smelts, 

 such as are commonly used in the smelt fishery, between the first day of Feb- 

 ruary and the first day of April, or to prohibit the setting of gill nets for bass in 

 said river or pond; Provided, that such nets shall not exceed twenty fathoms in 

 length, nor be set within twenty fathoms of each other, nor south of the dividing 

 line between'lands now or formerly of William G, Watson and George W. Crandall, 

 nor within twenty rods of the narrow^s that connect the upper and low^er ponds; 

 nor shall any person maintain any such standing seine or net in the same place 

 for more than tw^enty-four hours if any other person demands the same place 

 for the purpose of setting a like net or drawdng a seine therein. 



Sec. 17. Every person w^ho shall violate any of the provisions of the preced- 

 ing two sections shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty 

 dollars for each offence, and shall forfeit the seine, net, boat, and other apparatus 

 by him used in such violation. 



Sec. 18. Every person who shall set any trap or net or draw an}^ seine at 

 any time west of a line draw^n from Calf-pasture Point on the north side of Allen's 

 harber to Rock}^ Point on the south side thereof, or west of a line draw^n from 

 Pojack Point on the south side of Potowomut river to Marsh Point on the north 

 side thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars; 

 one-half thereof to the use of the complainant and one-half thereof to the use 

 of the State. 



Sec. 19. No person shall between the fifteenth day of April and the fifteenth 

 day of June, inclusive of both days, or between the fifteenth day of August and 

 the fifteenth day of December, inclusive of both days, commencing at the rising 

 of the sun on both days, erect any weir or set or draw any seine or net for obstruct- 

 ing, catching, or hauling of fish within half a mile east from Point Judith ponds 

 breach, meanmg the breach for the time being into the sea, or within a point 

 on the west side of said breach four rods distant from Joseph Champlin's fish- 

 house, so called, or within said breach, or within any chaimel leading to said 

 ponds, or any branch thereof from the sea, or within a quarter of a mile of the 

 entrance of such channel into said ponds or branches of said ponds; and when- 



