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remaining half in either case shall be paid into the treasury of the 

 commonwealth. 



Sec. 11. Whenever a person who has received a license hereunder 

 shall be convicted of any offense under this act, or of violation of his 

 license, he shall be forever disqualified from receiving another license 

 within this commonwealth, and the license then held by him shall be- 

 come void; and the said commissioners, on re-issuing a license in place 

 of the same, shall prefer the party furnishing the evidence or making 

 complaint against the party so offending, unless they shall see good 

 reason to the contrary. 



Sec. 12. No apparatus for capturing fish shall be set in such manner 

 or in such place as to obstruct navigation with boats or vessels ; but no 

 one shall be permitted wantonly to destroy fishing apparatus lawfully 

 set and managed, and for which the required license has been given, 

 under penalty of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, 

 to be recovered as aforesaid. 



Sec. 13. It shall be at the discretion of the commissioners to revise 

 or annul a license to establish fixed apparatus for capturing fish, when, 

 in their opinion, and that of the governor of the State, the establish- 

 ment or continuance of such apparatus may interfere with the passage 

 of salmon, shad, herring, or alewives into fresh water for the purpose of 

 spawning. 



Sec. 14. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



