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ACTION: Article 80 amended to read: To see if the Town will vote to add the following bylaws to Chapter III, Article VII to be numbered appropriately relative to inland waterways within the Town. Section 1 - SPEED REGULATIONS No person shall operate a motor boat, as defined in Chapter 90B of the Massachusetts General Laws on the ponds of Mashpee within (150) one hundred and fifty feet of shore at a rate of speed in excess of (6) six miles per hour. No '`"` person shall operate a motor boat in any area of any pond at a speed greater than (6) miles per hour during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. Section 2 - WATER SKIING There shall be no water skiing within (150) one hundred and fifty feet of shorelines , bathers , boats underway by means other than motors , or boats not underway, nor in shallow or narrow areas properly posted as "no wash" , "no wake" , or "6 MPH maximum speed" areas. Ski starts and stops shall not be permitted within (150) one hundred and fifty feet of any shore- line except that the Town may designate an area or areas which will be properly posted indicating that starts and stops are permitted from shore within this specified beach area. All turns shall be in a counter clockwise direction. No person shall operate a motor boat while drawing more than two water skiers at the same time. No person shall water ski except during the hours of from one-half hour after sunrise and one-half hour before sunset. There shall at all times be " a competent person in addition to the operator in a position to observe the person or, persons being towed. Section 3 - PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS u3 c Whoever violates any of the provisions of these regula- tions relative to the use of waterways shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty ($50. 00) dollars except as provided in Section 14 of Chapter 90B of the Massachusetts General Laws relative to first offenders . Section 4 —ENFORCEMENT k: The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a Director of Inland Waters and shall appoint Assistant Directors of Inland Waters to serve for one year or until a successor is appointed and qualified, with police powers for each of the ponds within the Town to enforce the bylaws relative to use of waterways . Such persons to be at the recommendation of and responsible to the Mashpee Waterways Committee and the Selectmen. Duties and responsibilities of this position will provide full authority to enforce all laws , rules and regulations of the