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of the provisions of any of said sections. They may co-operate with the fish 

 commissioners of other states, and shall make an annual report to the general 

 assembly of their doings, with such facts and suggestions in relation to the 

 object for which they are appointed as they may deem proper. Said commis- 

 sioners shall be allowed their actual disbursements made in the execution of 

 this chapter. 



Sec. 36. Every person who shall violate any of the regulations made by said 

 commissioners under the authority of the provisions of the preceding section of 

 this chapter, or who, during the close-time mentioned in section thirty-four, 

 shall set any weir, trap, or contrivances contrary to such provisions, shall be 

 fined not exceeding one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding three 

 months, or both, in the discretion of the court before which the offender shall 

 be tried. 



Sec. 37. All forfeitures under this chapter shall, where there is no other 

 provision made to the contrary, enure one-half thereof to the use of the town 

 where the offence shall be committed and one-half thereof to the use of the per- 

 son suing for the same. 



CHAPTER 172. 



Of the Fishery of Paivcatuck River. 



Section 1. No weir or pound or other obstructions shall be erected or con- 

 tinued in the channel of Pawcatuck river, dividing the states of Rhode Island and 

 Connecticut, so as to interfere with the main channel of said river, upon penalty 

 of twenty dollars for the first offence, and seven dollars for every twenty hours 

 or any less space of time any such weir or other obstruction shall be continued 

 in the main channel of said river after the first offence. 



Sec. 2. No weir or pound shall be erected or continued upon any flat or other 

 part of the bottom of said river, eastward or westward of the aforesaid channel 

 of said river, between the first day of June and the twentieth of March, annually, 

 upon penalty of fourteen dollars for the first offence and seven dollars for every 

 succeeding day such weir or pound shall be continued in said river, from the 

 fu-st day of June to the twentieth day of March, annually. 



Sec. 3. No person shall fish with mesh or scoop nets in Pawcatuck river, or 

 any of its branches, after sunset on Friday until sunrise on Monday in each week, 

 from the twentieth day of March to the first day of June, annually, and no per- 

 son shall use more than one net at a time upon penalty of five dollars for every 

 offence. 



Sec. 4. All penalties incurred for violation of any of the provisions of this 



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