GENERAL LAWS. CHAPTER 31, ACTS OF 1865. AN ACT PROHIBITING FAST DRIVING IN STREETS. 1. Prohibitions as to driving in the streets. 2. Violators may be apprehended, regarding SECTION 1. Cities and towns may by ordinance or by Prohibitions law prohibit persons from riding or driving horses, or other driving horses, beasts of burthen, carriage or draught, in or upon any etc. of e the streets or ways for public travel therein, at a rate of speed which they deem inconsistent with the public safety or convenience, under such penalties as they are authorized to impose for breaches of other ordinances or by-laws. Violators may warrant, by SECT. 2. A person violating a provision of such ordinance or by-law, may be apprehended by a sheriff, deputy- be apprehendsheriff, constable, police officer or watchman, without a ed without a written warrant, and kept in custody in a convenient whom. place, not more than twenty-four hours, Sundays excepted; at or before the expiration of which time he shall be brought before a justice of the peace or police court, and proceeded against according to law. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 17, 1865. Municipalities may offer re tal and other CHAPTER 9, ACTS OF 1866. REWARDS FOR OFFENDERS, &c. 1. Municipalities may offer rewards, &c. 2. To determine plurality of claims. SECT. 1. The mayor and aldermen of any city, or wards for capi- the selectmen of any town, when in their opinion the high offenders public good requires it, may offer a suitable reward, to be paid by such city or town, not exceeding five hundred dollars in one case, to any person who, in consequence of such offer, detects and secures any person who has committed a capital crime or other high crime or misdemeanor in such place; and such reward shall be paid by the treasurer upon the warrant of the mayor and aldermen or selectmen. Plurality of claims, how determined. SECT. 2. When more than one claimant appears, and applies for the payment of such reward, the same shall be determined in the manner provided in the eighth section, chapter 170 of the General Statutes. Cities and towns may exercise cor CHAPTER 187, ACTS OF 1866. FISHERIES, CORPORATE POWERS. 3. Cities and towns may exercise cor- 4. Such fisheries to be deemed property SECTIONS 1 and 2 repealed. SECT. 3. Towns and cities in their corporate capacity may open ditches, sluiceways or canals, into any ponds within their limits, for the introduction and pro on fisheries. pagation of herrings and alewives, and for the creation of porate powers. fishery for the same: and the land for opening such ditches, sluiceways or canals, within such town or city, may be taken under the provisions of the statutes which now regulate and limit the taking of land for highways and other purposes. to be deemed and town may SECT. 4. Any fishery so created by any town or city Such fisheries shall be deemed to be the property of such town or city, property of and such town or city may make any proper regulations municipality, concerning the same, and may lease such fishery for a lease. period not exceeding five years, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such town or city and the lessees of the same. And any town may lease for a like period, and upon like terms, any fishery now owned by such town, or any public fishery which has heretofore been regulated and controlled by such town. personal, not SECT. 8. Nothing contained in this act shall be held Accrued rights to impair the rights of any person under any law here to- corporate or fore passed, or to deprive any person of any right under impaired. any contract now existing, or to authorize any town, city or corporation to enter upon or build any canals or sluice ways into any pond which is the private property of any individual or corporation. SECTION 1. One copy or more of the annual report, or |