16 Report ON INLAND FISHERIES. 
CHAPTER 135. 
OF THE FISHING IN PAWCATUCK RIVER. 
Sec. 1. No weir or pound or other obstruction shall be erected or 
continued in the channel of Pawcatuck 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 dol- 
lars for every twenty-four 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. 
Src. 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 day 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 first day of June to the 
twentieth day of March, annually. 
Src. 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 Mon- 
day in each week, from the twentieth day of March to the first day of 
June, annually, and no person shall use more than one net at a time upon 
penalty of five dollars for every offence. 
Src. 4. All penalties incurred for violation of any of the provisions 
of this chapter shall accrue, one-half thereof to the complainant, and the 
other half to the town where the offence is committed. 
Sec. 5. The foregoing provisions of this chapter shall be considered 
as forming a compact with Sthe tate of Connecticut, from which this Gen- 
eral Assembly shall not depart until the Legislature of the State of Con- 
necticut shall agree with the Legislature of this State to a repeal thereof, 
alterations therein or additions thereto. 
Sec. 6. If any owner of land adjoining Pawcatuck river in this 
State shall permit any weir, pound or other obstruction to be erected or 
continued upon any flat or bottom of said river, whether done, erected or 
continued by himself, servant or lessee, or any other person by his privy 
or consent. such owner shall be liable for any such breach or violation of 
the second section of this chapter in the snme manner as though the same 
had been committed by such owner in person. 
