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or by notice poslcil tliereon l)y the owner or occujiant thereof, or by the 

 authorized agent of such owner or occu])ant, shall be i)unishecl by fine 

 not exceeding ten dollars. 



Sect. 99. Whoever between the first day of April and the first day 

 of December wilfully entei*s on or passes over or remains on any 

 oi'chard, garden, mowing land, or other improved or enclosed land of 

 another, after being forbidden by the owner or occupant thereof, or by 

 the authorized agent of such owner or occupant, either directly or by 

 notice posted thereon, shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty 

 dollars ; and such fine shall not be less than five dollars if the offence 

 is committed on the Lord's day. (Amended.) 



Sect. 100. A j^erson found in the act of committing the trespass 

 described in the preceding section may be arrested by a sheriff, deputy 

 sheriff, constable, watchman or police officer, and kejit in custody in a 

 convenient place, not more than twenty-four hours, Sunday excepted, 

 until a comiDlaint can be made against him for the offence, and he be 

 taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint. 



Sect. 104. Whoever is discovered in the act of wilfully injuring a 

 fruit or forest tree or committing anj' kind of malicious mischief on the 

 Lord's day may be arrested by a sheriff', deputy sheriff, constable, watch- 

 man, police officer, or other person, and lawfully detained by imprison- 

 ment in the jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him 

 for the offence, and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such com- 

 plaint ; but such detention without warrant shall not continue more 

 than twenty-four hours. 



Sect. 107. Whoever between the first day of April and the first day 

 of October sets fire to a coal pit or pile of wood, for the purjjose of 

 charring the same, on any woodland in either of the cities or towns of 

 New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fall River, Freetown, Fairhaven, Middle- 

 borough, or Rochester, shall forfeit one hundred dollars. 



Sect. 108. Whoever between the times aforesaid sets fire to any 

 brushwood or bushes on any part of such woodland or on land adjoin- 

 ing thereto, so as to cause the burning of such brushwood or bushes, 

 shall forfeit fifty dollars. 



Sect. 109. All forfeitures under the two preceding sections may be 

 recovered, one-half to the use of the town in which the offence is com- 

 mitted, and the other half to the use of whoever sues therefor. 



ON INLAND FISHERIES AND KELP. 



[P. S., Chap. 91.] 

 Sect. 11. The fishery of any pond, the area of which is more than 

 twenty acres, shall be public, except as hereinafter provided ; and 

 all persons shall, for the purpose of fishing, be allowed reasonable 

 means of access to the same, without rendering themselves liable to 

 an action for trespass. 



