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9 17 Section 2. No commercial shellfish permit shall be granted to any person who has not resided in the town for at least six months next preceding his application for a permit. This chapter does not apply to residents of the town of Mashpee. Section 3. No shellfish shall be taken on Sunday for commercial purposes. Section 4. No shellfish shall be taken in the night time, namely, from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise. Section 5. No clams or quahogs shall be taken measuring less than two inches on the greatest diameter. Section 6. Shellfish shall be taken only by hand, rake, hoe, plunger, and tongs, excepting scallops which may be taken by dredging, but no dredging shall be allowed in inner harbors. Section 7. Excepting in the night time and excepting from areas closed to shellfishing by order of the Selectmen, any inhabitants of this state or summer resident of the town may take, with a permit, one half a bushel of clams or quahogs, including shells, per day, but not more than one bushel per week and between October 1st and April 1st, both dates inclusive, one half bushel of adult scallops (including shells) per day, but not more than one and one half bushels per week. Section 8. Any person to whom a shellfish permit for commercial purposes is granted, shall not take more than two bushels of clams (in- cluding shells) per day, nor more than four bushels of quahogs (in- cluding shells) per day, nor more than ten bushels of scallops (including shells) per day. Section 9. The fees for shellfish permits for commercial purposes shall be $10.00. Section 10. No fee paid for shellfish permit shall be abated, nor shall any permit be issued without payment of the fee for the same, excepting to persons receiving aid from the Department of Public Wel- fare, Bureau of Old Age Assistance, or Soldiers' Relief, or to those who in the opinion of the Selectmen, by reason of physical disability, are unable to make full use of the permit. Section 11. Any holder of a shellfish permit, who violates any pro- visions of these regulations or of the laws relative to the taking of shell- fish, shall forfeit his permit and shall be barred from obtaining shell- fish permits for a period of not less than six months or not more than one year from the date of such violation, at the discretion of the Select- men. Section 12. All shellfish regulations heretofore adopted inconsistent with the foregoing regulations are hereby repealed. None of the above regulations shall limit or infringe upon the pro- visions of the General Laws regulating shellfish. (Chapter 130, as amended.) CHAPTER III PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, CONVENIENCE AND GOOD ORDER ARTICLE 1. GENERAL SANITARY REGULATIONS Section 1. No person shall throw or sweep into, or place, or drop, or suffer to remain in any street, any hoops, boards, or other wood with nails projecting therefrom or nails of any kind, shavings, ashes, hair, manure, rubbish offal or filth of any kind, or any noxious or refuse liquid or solid substance. 2 91 5