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

 down said Mill cove or said stream, or shall therein at any time set any weir 

 or device to prevent the jjassage 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. 



Sec. 33. Every person who shall set or draw any seine or net in said Mill 

 cove, or off from the mouth thereof to Long Meadow rocks, or from the mouth 

 thereof to the pond of fresh water which empties into said cove, between the first 

 day of March and the fifteenth day of June, or who shall take any alewives 

 from said pond, or streams flowing into said pond, between the first day of 

 March and the first day of November in any year, shall for each offence forfeit 

 one hundred dollars and the boats, seines, and other apparatus used in the 

 commission thereof: Provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be so 

 construed as to prohibit any person from fishing for alewives in said cove, or 

 stream running from said pond into said cove, with a bowed net not larger than 

 twelve feet around the mouth of said net, on days other than those excepted 

 in section thirty-two of this chapter. 



Sec. 34. There shall be, between the first day of May and the first day of 

 August, a weekly close-time extending from Satiu-daj' morning at sunrise to Mon- 

 day morning at sunrise, during which time no fish of any description shall be 

 taken by weirs, traps, or similar contrivances, from any of the waters of the 

 coast-line of the state and Narragansett bay. If there be any weir, trap, or 

 other stationary contrivances used for the purpose of catching or obstructing 

 the passage of fish in that part thereof where the fish are usually taken, the net- 

 ting at the mouth of the same shall be floated to the surface of the water so as 

 to effectually close the mouth thereof during the weekly close-time, so that dur- 

 ing said time the fish may have a free, unobstructed passage, and no device 

 shall be placed in any part of said limits which .shall tend to hinder such fish 

 fronr running up the waters of such rivers. In case the inclosure where the fish 

 are taken is furnished with a board floor, an opening three feet wide shall be made 

 extending from the floor, to the top of the weir, trap, or other contrivances: 

 Provided, however, that nothing herein shall be so construed as to apply to the 

 shad and herring fisheries in the tributaries of Narragansett bay. 



Sec. 35. The commissioners of inland fisheries .shall have a general super- 

 vision of all matters relating''to the subjects contained in sections eight, ten, 

 twenty-six, twenty-seven, and thirty-four of this chapter, and may make all 

 needful regulations to carry out the provisions of said sections, and shall from 

 time to time examine all the weirs, traps, or other contrivances, with a view of 

 carrying out such regulations as are most beneficial to the people of the state, 

 and shall prosecute for the violation of such regulations or for the infringement 



