1900 Mass. Acts 150
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1900 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act to Regulate the Shooting of Black Duck, Geese, Brant and Other Aquatic Birds in Plymouth Harbor or Bay, ch. 209, § 1: Whoever within the limits of Plymouth harbor or bay, . . . shoots at or kills or pursues a black duck, goose, brant or other aquatic bird, by the use of any sneak boat, raft, floating box or device of like description, not including what is known as an ordinary dory or row boat, or by the use of any pivot gun or swivel gun, or any other firearm not usually held at and discharged from the shoulder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. Whoever within the limits of Plymouth harbor or bay, so-called, including the waters adjacent to the towns of Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury, shoots at or kills or pursues a black duck, goose, brant or other aquatic bird, by the use of any sneak boat, raft, floating box or device of like description, not including what is known as an ordinary dory or row boat, or by the use of any pivot gun or swivel gun, or any other firearm not usually held at and discharged from the shoulder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. Section 2. Chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight is hereby repealed. | |
| dc.description.summary | Law bans hunting or pursuing certain waterfowl in Plymouth harbor using concealed or stationary watercraft or mounted/non-shoulder-fired weapons (like pivot or swivel guns), and sets fines for violations between $10 and $50. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4231 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Acts_and_Resolves_Passed_by_the_General/SVNNAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=public+statutes+of+massachusetts&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | HUNTING REGULATION | |
| dc.title | 1900 Mass. Acts 150 |