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erly from the middle of said river; that similar passages be opened in manner aforesaid in all the other mill-dams in said river, of fifteen feet in length, excepting Sanford Taylor's mill-dam, which shall be opened twenty feet in length, ten feet between the middle of said river and the easterly shore, and ten feet between the middle and the west shore, in the most convenient place for the fish to pass in said river; and the owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of any of the dams aforesaid, who shall neglect or refuse to open the passage or passages as aforesaid on or before the said twentieth day of March, annually, shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for every such refusal or neglect; and for every succeeding day's neglect or refusal to open a passage as aforesaid from the said twentieth day of March to the first day of June, annually, the offender or offenders shall forfeit one other sum of seven dollars: no person or persons shall be permitted to erect and continue any weir or other obstructions within sixty feet of the fish gaps in said mill-dams, under penalty of seven dollars for the first offence, and four dollars for every succeeding day or less space of time said obstruction shall continue in said river, from the twentieth day of March to the first day of June annually.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no weir or pound shall be erected or continued upon any flat or other part of the bottom of said river, eastward or westward of the aforesaid channel of said river, between the first day of June and the twentieth day of March, annually, upon penalty of fourteen dollars for the first offence, and seven dollars for every succeeding day such weir or pound shall be continued in said river, from the first day of June to the twentieth day of March, annually.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That no person or persons be permitted to fish with mesh or scoop nets in Pawcatuck river or any of its branches, after sunset on Friday until sunrise on Monday in each week, from the twentieth day of March to the first day of June, annually; and that no person use more than one net at a time, upon penalty of five dollars for every offence.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all offences against this act shall and may be heard and finally determined before any court proper to try the same in the county where the same is committed: that all penalties incurred thereby shall accrue, the half thereof to and for the use and benefit of him or them who shall inform and prosecute the same to effect, and the other half shall be paid into the town

treasury where the offence is committed, to and for the use of said town.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be considered as forming a compact with the state of Connecticut, and from which this general assembly will not depart until the legislature of the state of Connecticut shall agree with the legislature of this state to a repeal thereof, alterations therein or additions thereto.

Passed 1798.

An Act to enforce an act entitled " an act to regulate the Fishin Pawcatuck River."

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Weirs, &c., not to be erected on flats, &c., by adjoining owners. Penalty on owner for violation.

Whereas divers owners of land adjoining Pawcatuck river in this state, having leased or let privileges to divers persons to fish in said river, who are regardless of the penalties annexed to a breach of the fourth section of said act, and unable to respond for the same by whom the provisions of said section have been frequently violated:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That if any owner or owners of land adjoining Pawcatuck river in this state shall hereafter permit any weir or pound or other obstruction to be erected or continued upon any flat or bottom of said river, whether done, erected or continued by themselves, servants, lessees, or any other person by their privity or consent, such owner or owners shall be liable for any such breach or violation of said fourth section of the said act, in the same manner as though the same had been committed by such owner or owners in person.

Passed 1822.

THE FOLLOWING ACTS WERE PASSED AT JANUARY SESSION, A. D. 1844.

SECTION

An Act to regulate the Election of Civil Officers.

1. Town council to be board of canvassers. 2. Person claiming to vote on the performance of military duty, what evidence required. 3. Commanding officer to make return of all persons in his regiment, &c., qualified to vote.

4. Captains to make return to colonel of regiment, &c.

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5. Taxes to be paid to collector only, except highway taxes--certificate of pay- 23. ment required, and from whom.

6. Same subject.

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10. Town clerk to deliver to assessors a list of all persons registered-assessors 28. to impose a tax on each and return it to town clerk-town clerk to deliver copy of registry with the assessments, to collector-penalty on clerk and assessors for neglect.

11. Collector or his agent to be in town clerk's office to receive registry taxtown clerk may receive the tax in certain cases-penalty on collector, &c., for neglect.

29.

Town council not liable for certain omissions on list.

Moderator to receive votes of all persons on the list, and no other-general assembly may admit or reject-in Providence voter changing his ward may vote.

Penalty for fraud in voting.

Voting for general officers, &c., permitted during the day-town meetings when opened and closed. Penalty on moderator for fraudulently receiving vote, &c. Bribery.

Names of candidates to be on one ticket-name of voter to be written at length.

30.

Moderator or warden only to receive votes-clerk to keep a register of all persons voting-clerk to return certified list to general assembly, &c. Ward clerks to keep registry of voters for senator, &c.

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32.

12. Town clerk to give certified copy of
list of voters, &c.-collector to give
list of those who have paid taxes-33.
penalty for neglect.

13. Collector to furnish town clerk a list
of all registered persons who have
paid their taxes, &c.-town clerk to
furnish town council a list of all per-
sons registered, &c.-also list of free-
holders-penalty for neglect.
14. Town council to make out list of all
persons qualified to vote, and cause
the list to be posted up-in Provi-
dence, in each ward.

Moderator, &c., to return list to clerk's office.

Penalty on clerk, moderator, &c., for neglect of duty.

Town clerk shall appoint a deputy in case of absence.

34.

Grand committee, what business shall be transacted in.

35.

Penalty on clerk for neglect to furnish senator, &c., with certificate.

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of Congress, &c.-corrected list to be 43. When this act takes effect.
delivered to town clerk and by him to
moderator.

It is enacted by the General Assembly, as follows:

SECTION 1. The town councils of the several towns shall be boards of canvassers of voters in their respective towns,

as herein after provided; and the town clerks of the several towns shall act as clerks of said boards in their respective towns, and shall produce to their respective councils such returns, documents and records as the councils may require for the performance of their duties herein after set forth.

SEC. 2. If any person claims a right to vote on account of having done military duty in the militia, or in any chartered or legally authorized volunteer company not attached to a regimental company or regiment under the militia law of the state, the proof thereof shall be a certificate from the colonel or commanding officer of the regimental company or regiment to which such person belongs or is attached, or from the captain or commanding officer of the chartered or legally authorized volunteer company not attached as aforesaid, that he has within the year next preceding his claim, and on or before the thirty-first day of December of said year, been enrolled, and in what company, and that he has done duty therein for at least one day, and been equipped according to law; and every commanding officer of a regimental company or regiment, or captain or commanding officer of a chartered or legally authorized volunteer company not attached as aforesaid, who shall wilfully refuse to grant such certificate to any person properly demanding and entitled to the same, or shall knowingly grant any such certificate to one not entitled thereto, shall for each and every such offence forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. Every colonel or commanding officer of a regimental company or regiment, and every captain or commanding officer of a chartered or legally authorized volunteer company not attached as aforesaid, shall on or before the last Monday of February in every year, make return, by him certified and sworn to before some judge, justice of the peace, or public notary, of all persons, arranging their names alphabetically, belonging or attached to his regimental company or regiment, or belonging to his chartered legally authorized volunteer company not attached as aforesaid, as the case may be, qualified to vote by military service as aforesaid, to the clerk's office of the several towns in which such persons reside; and every colonel or commandant of a regimental company or regiment, captain or commanding officer of a chartered or legally authorized volunteer company, who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to make such returns, or shall knowingly make a false or imperfect return, shall forfeit not less than twenty-five, nor more than five hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. The colonels or commanding officers of the sev

eral regimental companies and regiments, shall have full power, and it shall be their duty, to require from the captains and other officers and privates under their command, all such returns and evidences under oath as may be necessary to enable them to comply with the provisions of the constitution and of this act; and every captain or other officer or private refusing to make such returns, or to give such evidence when thereunto duly required, or wilfully making false returns or giving false evidence, shall forfeit not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars.

SEC. 5. All registry and other taxes shall be paid to the collector of taxes only: provided, however, that in case of a highway tax where by law the same may be paid in labor or money to a surveyor of highways, the receipt of such surveyor of such payment shall be sufficient evidence thereof, on settlement with the collector. No person who claims a right to vote upon the payment of a tax or taxes assessed, for any other officer than mayor, alderman, or common councilmen of the city of Providence, or upon any other proposition than one to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in any town or city, shall by the boards of canvassers be admitted to vote, unless upon the production of a certificate from the collector of taxes of some town in this state, that on or before the last day of December, in the year next preceding, he has paid such tax assessed for, and within such year, at least to the amount of one dollar. If he claims a right to vote upon the payment of a registry tax, such payment shall be certified as aforesaid by the officer of the town in which he resided at the time such tax was assessed, authorized to receive the same; and if his name has been registerd for more than one year, two registry taxes for the two years next preceding the canvass having been assessed against him, and he claims a right to vote upon the payment of his registry tax, the certificate of the officer of the town in which he resided at the time such tax was assessed, authorized to receive the same, shall be produced before the canvassers, that on or before the last day of December next preceding the canvass, he has paid such registry tax for each of the two years next preceding the time of voting; or that one of the same, if the other has been paid, has been remitted by the town council of the town in which he resided at the time of the assessment of said tax, in conformity with article two, section three, of the constitution.

SEC. 6. No person claiming a right to vote upon the payment of a property tax, in the election of the city council

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