APPENDIX. 103 



i^FA-. 11. The coiiiiuissioiKM's of iiilaiul fisheries shall he allowed liieir actual 

 cli.sburscuieiits made in carrying!,' inlo eft'ect the provisions of tliis cliapter. 



CHAPTER 175. 



General Provisions for the Proteetion of Fislieries. 



Section 1. E\-ery person who shall throw into or deposit in, or cause to be 

 thrown into or to l^e deposited in, any of the public tide-waters of the state or 

 upon the shores of any such tide-waters any fish-offal or any water impregnated 

 with fish, unless the same ))e filtered in such manner as may be determined by 

 the town council of the town wherein sucli deposit shall he made, and every 

 person who shall cause any deleterious substance resulting from the smelting 

 or manufacture of copper or from other manufactures, or from other sources, 

 which is destructive to fish or which repels them from coming into the said pub- 

 lic waters, or which shall do anything which tends to drive them therefrom, to 

 be emptied, deposited, or run into the said public waters, shall forfeit one hun- 

 dred dollars. 



Sec. 2. E\ery ^■essel, craft, boat, or floating apparatus employed in the pro- 

 curing of fisli-oil, or in the dressing of bait for the mackerel fisheries, or the 

 dressing of fish for other purposes, in violation of this chapter, shall be liable 

 for any forfeiture and costs resulting from prosecution hereunder; and the same 

 may be attached on the original writ and held, as other personal property at- 

 tached may be held, to secure any judgment which may be recovered in any ac- 

 tion brought to enforce any such forfeiture; and any person, upon view of any 

 offence in violation of this chapter, may seize and detain any vessel, craft, boat, 

 or floating apparatus, the same to be detained for a period not exceeding 'six 

 hours. 



Sec. 3. Every person who shall boil any menhaden fish, or press any fish 

 for the purpose of extracting oil therefrom, on board of any vessel on any of the 

 public tide-waters, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars. 



Sec. 4. Any person who shall wilfully place any brush, trees, or limbs of 

 trees in any of the waters of Charlestown pond shall be fined not more than twentj^ 

 dollars nor less than five dollars for each offence; and all fines under this section 

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

 to the use of the town of Charlestown. 



