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the purpose of carding them thence in vessels or smacks, shall be fined ten dol- 

 lars for every offence, and shall forfeit all the fish or lobsters so taken. 



Sec. 27. Everj' person who shall take any fish in any stream or fresh pond, 

 except upon his ovm land, otherwise than by a single hook and line, or who shall 

 take or carry away any fish from any private pond, brook, stream, preserve, or 

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

 ing fish therein, without the consent of the proprietor or lessee of such pond, 

 brook, stream, or preser\'e, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars or be im- 

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

 ing herein 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 be fined twenty dollars for 

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

 construed as to prohibit the taking and sale of trout artificially cultivated in pri- 

 vate ponds at any season of the year: Provided, that all persons raising brook- 

 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 brand 

 required herein to be registered by the secretary of state. 



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

 sections shall be commenced within thirty days after the commission of the of- 

 fence. 



Sec. 30. Every 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, Gooseberrj^ 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 be erected 

 on 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 November, shall forfeit 

 one hundred dollars for each offence. 



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



