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ing said time the fisli may liave a free, unobstructed passage, and no device 

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

 from running up the waters of such river. In case the enclosure where the fish 

 are taken is furnished with a board tloor, 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. 3. The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries shall have a general super- 

 vision of all matters relating to the subject contained in the first section of this 

 act, and may make all needful regulations to carry out the provisions described 

 in said section, 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 regula- 

 tions. They may cooperate with the Fish Commissioners of other States, and 

 shall make an annual report to the General Assembly of their doings, with sucli 

 facts and suggestions in relation to the object for which they are appointed as 

 they may deem proper. Said Commissioners shall be allowed their actual dis- 

 bursements made in the execution of this act. 



Sec. 3. Every person who shall violate any of the regulations made by said 

 Commissioners, under the authority of the provisions of the preceding sections 

 of this act, or who, between the days mentioned in said first section, shall set any 

 weir, trap, or contrivances, contrary to such provisions, shall upon conviction be 

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

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

 tried. 



Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act 

 are repealed. 



And the Commissioners give notice that it is their intention to enforce the 

 ahove to the utmost of their ability. To do this they desire the hearty coopera- 

 tion of all persons interested in the same. It is their intention to appoint depu- 

 ties so that supervision may be had of all traps, pounds, weirs, &c. , in all waters 

 of the State, as described in Chapter 751. 



They will be glad if persons interested will report to them any violations of 

 the above chapter, that may escape the notice of the Commissioners or of their 

 deputies, but desire to have it distinctly understood that no attention will be paid 

 to any communication unless the complainant is prepared to take oath or can 

 produce one or more witnesses to take oath as to the time and place of violation. 



All communications should be addressed to Newton Dexter, Providence, and 

 silence may be considered a negative to applications for the position of deputy. 



NEWTON DEXTER, ) Commissioners 

 ALFRED A. REED, - of 



JOHN H. BARDEN, ) Inland Fisheries. 



It will be seen the Commissioners called the attention of the public 

 to the above, and caused the same to be published once a week for 

 fonr weeks in tlie principal papers in tlie State. '^I'liey then proceeded 



