AN ACT
{"newspaper_name": "The Portland gazette.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 810, "word_count": 146, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9125000238418579], "ccnet_perplexity": [1824.9000244140625], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
To prevent the destruction of


P'ckerel in the ponds & streams


within this Commonwealth.
DE IL enacted By The Senate and House Of Rep
- resentatefes ars General Court Gssenbleds and
blythe authority oft the same, That from and after
the passing ofths Act it shall not be lawful for
any person to take any of the fish called Pickerel
in any of the ponds, rivers or streams within this
Commonwealth, with spears in the night time,
or by shooting them at any time and every per-
son offending, contrary to the true intent of this
Act, upon conviction thereof, before any Justice
ofthe Peace, shall pay fine of fifty cents Tor
each and every Pickerel so taken, to and for the
use ofthe person who shall sue for the same


Feb. 8, 1919, Approved by the GOVERNOR.


Copy examined by


ALDEN BRADFORD, Sec. Of Com.