APPENDIX 



[From the General Statutes of the State of Rhode Island.] 



TITLK XVSII. 



CHAPTER 137. 



OF THE INLAND FISHERIES. 



Sectiox 



1. Commissioners of inland fisliories. 



bow appointed, and term of 

 olHee. 



2. Duties of commissioners. 



3. Of publication, &c., of their regu- 



lations. 



4. Penalty for violatino; regulations 



made by the commissioners, or 

 taking lish, &c., from ponds, 

 &c., stocked for cultivation of 

 tish. 



5. Penalty for catching lish witliin 



lialf a mile of the outlet of a 

 fisherj' set apart as aforesaid. 



Section 



6. Commissioners may remove ob- 



struction to migration or culture 

 of fish. 



7. Fish not to be taken from stocked 

 fisheries for tJn-ee years after 

 establishment thereof. 



8. Disposition of penalties recovered 



for violations of this chapter. 



9. Commissioners may take fish from 



tisheries for certain purposes. 



10. May pass over private property in 



discharge of their duties. 



11. Shall be alloAved their actual dis- 



bursements. 



Section 1. The governor shall appoint three commissioners, to be known 

 as the commissioners of inland fisheries, wiio shall hold their offices for three 

 years, and until thcur successors are appointed. 



Sec. 2. The commissioners of inland fisheries shall introduce, protect and 

 cultivate fish in the inland waters of the State, and may make all needful 

 regulations for the protection of such fish, and shall prosecute for the violation 

 of such regulations. They may cooperate with the fish commissioners of other 

 States, and they shali make an annual repoit to the general assemljly of their 

 doings, with such facts and suggestions, in relation to the object for which they 

 were appointed, as they may deem proper. 



Sec 3. The said commissioners shall cause a copy of their regulations to be 

 filed in the office of the town clerk of any town, in which any waters stocked 

 with fish under the authority of the preceding section of tliis chapter may be, 

 and to which such regulations may apply, and shall also cause a copy of such 

 regulations to be advertised in some newspaper published in the same county. 



