Chap. 0321 An Act further to protect and perpetuate a certain alewife FIshery in the town of sandwich.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Levi S. Xye and John A. Ilolway, their heirs and assigns, shall have for the term of ten years from the date of the passage of this act, the exclusive right to take and catch alewives in the stream known as "Mill River from its sources in the - - Shawme Lakes or Ponds *', so-called, through the marshes in the town of Sandwich to the waters of Cape Cod bay : provided, that the said Xye and Ilolway, their heirs and assigns, shall construct and maintain a good and sufficient passageway over or around the dam or dams which now are or may hereafter be erected upon said stream to enable fish to enter the ponds above such dam or dams, and shall keep such passageway open and unobstructed from the first day of April to the fourteenth day of June, inclusive, of each }ear.
Section 2. Said Xye and Holway, and their heirs and assigns, may catch alewives during two thirds of the period specified in section one, that is to say, upon fifty days out of the seventy-five days between the first day of April and the fourteenth day of June, inclusive, of each year.
Section 3. Any person or persons taking alewives in said Mill river or in the said lakes or ponds without the written consent of the said Xye and Ilolway, or of their heirs and assigns, shall, upon the complaint of said Xye or Ilolway, or of their or any of their heirs or assigns, or of any person in their behalf, forfeit not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars for each offence. Half of every such forfeiture shall be paid to said Xye and Ilolway or to their heirs or assigns. Approved May 9, 1904.