8 LAWS RELATING TO INLAND FISHERIES. 



quit Pond, or any part thereof, or in any river or stream leading into 

 or out of said pond at any time, he shall forfeit ten dollars. 



Sec. 5. If any person shall set any hanging or mesh net in Punca- 

 test, alias Nomquit Pond, or in any river leading into or out of said 

 pOnd from the first day of January to the first day of August in every 

 year, he shall forfeit ten dollars. 



Sec. 6. If any person shall erect or continue in Palmer's Eiver 

 ahove Kelly's Bridge any weir, dam or other obstruction to prevent 

 the free passage of fish up said river, he shall forfeit fifteen dollars for 

 the first offence and ten dollars for every twenty-four hours any such 

 weir, or dam, or other obstruction, shall be continued after the first 

 twenty-four hours. 



Sec. 7. If any person not at the time an inhabitant of this state 

 shall set or draw any seine or net in Palmer's Eiver above Kelly's 

 Bridge on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of each week, or if any per- 

 son shall set or draw any seine or net in said river above said bridge on 

 Sunday or between the setting and rising of the sun on any day, he 

 shall forfeit for each offence fifteen dollars. 



Sec. 8. If any person not at the time an inhabitant of this state 

 shall set or keep, or cause to be kept or set within any of the waters 

 or upon or within three miles of any shore of this state, more than 

 two pots or nets for the catching of lobsters at any one time he shall 

 forfeit twenty dollars for each offence. 



Sec. 9. If any person shall lift or raise any pot or net, set for the 

 catching of lobsters, without the permission of the owner thereof he 

 shall forfeit ten dollars. 



Sec. 10. The electors of the town of New Shoreham may in town 

 meeting, called for that purpose, enact such ordinances as they may 

 think proper, to protect and regulate the taking of shell and other fish 

 in Great Salt Pond, and may impose penalties therefor not exceeding 

 twenty dollars fine and three months' imprisonment for any one offence. 



Sec. 11. The electors of the town of Tiverton may in town meet- 

 ing, called for that purpose, make such regulations for the preservation 

 of the fish, and may exercise such control over the fisheries of Noni- 

 quit Pond within the limits of said town, as they may think proper. 



