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any other place made, constructed, or used for the purpose of breeding or grow- 

 ing fish therein, witliout the consent of the proprietor or lessee of such pond, 

 brook, stream, or preserve, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars or be un- 

 prisoned not exceeding thirty days, or be both fined and imprisoned; but noth- 

 ing herehi contained shall be so construed as to authorize the taking of any fish 

 from any pond or stream stocked with fish at the expense of the state. 



Sec. 28. Every person who shall take any trout between the fifteenth day 

 of July and the first day of April shall be fined twenty dollars for each offence, 

 and every person who shall take or have in his or her possession any trout less 

 than six inches in length at any time of the year shall l)e fined twenty dollars for 

 each trout found in his or her possession, but nothing herein contained shall be so 

 consti-ued as to prohibit the taking and sale of trout artificially cultivated in private 

 ponds at any season of the year; Provided, that all persons raising in'ook-trout 

 artificially in private ponds shall use the initials of their names as a brand, 

 which brand shall be put on every box of trout shipped or put on the market 

 by them between the fifteenth of July and the first day of April in each year. 

 All persons raising and disposing of trout as aforesaid shall cause their lirand 

 required herein to be registered liy the secretary of state. 



Sec. 29. All actions for violations of the provisions of the preceding two 

 sections shall be commenced Avithhi thirty days after the conunission of the of- 

 fence. 



Sec. 30. Ever}* person who shall, by any seine or stop-net, or otherwise, 

 obstruct the channel leading from the sea into Ward's pond, and up through 

 said pond on each side of Watermelon, Goosebeny, or Larkin's islands, shall be 

 fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars. 



Sec. 31. Every person who shall erect any dam, weir, or other obstruction 

 across Mill cove in Warwick, or from the mouth of said cove to the pond of fresh 

 water that runs into said cove, or such streams as run into said pond, or who 

 shall keep up any dam, or weir, or other obstruction therein made, and every 

 owner or occupant of lands adjoining said Mill cove or the stream leading from 

 said pond into said cove who shall permit any such obstruction to ])e erected 

 or continued in or upon said cove or stream adjacent to his land, at any time 

 between the first day of March and the first day of No\'ember, shall forfeit 

 one hundred dollars for each offence. 



Sec. 32. Every person who on Saturday or Sunday shall fish in said cove 

 except with a hook and line, or who shall catch or hinder any alewives coming 

 down said Mill co^■e or said stream, or shall therein at any time set any weir 

 or device to pre\'ent the passage of the fish, shall forfeit ten dollars for each 

 offence: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to 

 authorize fishing on Sunday. 

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