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held, to secure judgment which may be recovered in any action brought 
to enforee any such forfeiture, and any person upon view of any offence 
in violation of this chapter, may seize and detain any vessel, craft, boat 
or floating apparatus, the same to be attached for a period not exceeding 
six hours. 
Src. 3. Every person who shall boil any menhaden fish, or press any 
such fish for the purpose of extracting oil therefrom, on board of any 
vessel on any of the public tidewaters, shall be fined not exceeding fifty 
dollars. 
CHAPTER 281. 
An Act in amendment of Chapter 154 of the General Statutes, of certain 
Fisheries. 
[Passed March 12, 1875. 
Sec. 1. No person, not a member of the Narragansett tribe of Indians, 
shall, without the consent of the council of said tribe being first obtained, 
erect any weir or set or draw any seine or net for the obstructing, catch- 
ing or hauling any fish or take any fish with hook or line or in any man-" 
ner, in the ponds or other waters within the bounds of the land belong- 
ing to said tribe. 
Sec. 2. Every person violating the preceding section shall forfeit not 
less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each offence, to be 
recovered on complaint made by the commissioner of the Indian tribe, 
for the benefit of said tribe. 
CHAPTER 282. 
An Act in amendment of, and in addition to Chapter 137, Titie XVITL. 
of the General Statutes, ‘‘Of the Inland Fisheries.” 
{Passed March 11, 1873. 
Sec. 1. No person shall take or catch fish of any kind from any of 
the inland waters of this State set apart by the commissioners of inland 
fisheries thereof for the cultivation of fish except at such times and in 
such manner as is hereinafter provided. 
Src. 2. Section 7 of said chapter 137 of the General Statutes of this 
State is so far amended as to allow the catching of fish through the ice 
only and with hook and hand-line only, in those ponds set apart for the 
cultivation of black bass during the months of December, January and 
February of each and every year from the passage of this act, until_the 
expiration of the three years mentioned in section 7 of said chapter. 
Sec. 3. After the expiration of said three years no fish shall be 
