Litchfield enquirer., 1868-10-01
Approved July 31, 1868.
CHAPTER CvI,

An Act in addition to an Act passed May session.
 .D: lo5| entitled An Act in addition to an
 Act TOT enco9ragns and regulating Fisheries"
 Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatiYes in General Assembly convened:
 Sec. l. No person shall set or draw, or shall as- slst i'll setting or drawing any net or seine for tho purpose or taking fish, ln any of the waters within the jurisdiction of this State, at any time between the setting of the sun on the evening of each Sat- nrday, and tho rising of the sun on the succeed ing Monday morning and tho of all ,seirs, pouht:s ana set nets of any description placed in any of tho waters aforesaid, shall cause the same 10 De and remain open and feo for the passage of nsh at all times rom the setting of the sun, upon the evening of each Saturday. to the risino of the sun upon tho Monday succeeding and tbo onenino of any particular pound or weir in such manncp as has been approved by the Fish Commissioners m Ill tlo case ol sueh particular pound weir, shall pc Q suiflcient opening, and sufficient freedom within the meaning Of this section; and every person who shall violate any provision of this sec uon, and every person owning or ont.olling. in Wholo or Ill part any pound or weir, and shall fail so comply With the provisions of this section sl,all forfeit the sum of four hundred dollars. to tho Treasurer of the State, for each offence.
 Sec Z. No person shall set or use CT shall assist Ill settng or using, any pound. weir or set-net at any tune within tho 18th day of March and the if teonth day of Juno in each year, in any of the wa ters within tho jurisdiction of this State, unless each or the moshes of said net is of as preat an extent as flyo inches: and every pound or weir set or used in any of the waters aforesaid at any time between the fifteenth day of March and the if "Ooitoh uay ot Juile Ill cacn year. and of whose meshes Is less in extent than five inches shall be confiscatod to the State of Connecticut,
 Sec 3 Any person who shall violate any proyis sfoI the two preceding sections shall forfeit the the State for '6Rdred dollars to tho Treasurer of see. f. All the provisions or v.
 Sectlons or the act to which this is in faurth AereDy extended, and shall fully apply to this act ana all parts of acts heretofore passed which arc inconsistent with this act, are horeby ropealcd
 Sec D. Tho restrictions upon the size of stbe mesf, imposed by the section of this act, shall not aPpy to the Thames river prior to the first dav of May lh each year, and such rest ictions shall con tlnuc, With the penalties therein provided iron, the first day of May to tho first day of October of emcn M year Ill said river, at any and all points. in all creeks and coves on said river above or north called ' 0"00"e 1'och,
 Sec 6. The provisions of this act shall not ann,v to the waters of this State that lie between the eastern boundary of the town of Guilford and Pond Point in the town of Milford.
 Sec z: The limitation of time of taking sbad and salmon Tn the first and second sections of this act shan M not take place unless tho Legislature of Mas sachusetts at its next session, shall prescribe the same limitations to tho catching of shad and sal mon ln said river as contained in said sections
 Sec. $. All parts of the act to which this is in addition, inconsistent herewith, arc hereby repeal
 Approved, July 31, 1868.