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to the Town Clerk within the stated time period shall be sufficient ground for immediate enforcement action. §7—®6, Penalties. Any violation of this bylaw may be punished by a fine of three hundred ($300.0O) per offense. PART 11 -GENERAL LEGISLATION CHAPTER 145 §145-2. Appointment of Herring Wardens. The Town Manager is authorized to appoint one (1) or more Herring Wardens and is authorized, from time to time, to make regulations concerning the opening and maintenance of ditches, sluiceways or canals into any pond within the Town not in private possession for the introduction and propagation in such pond or in any part thereof of herring, alewives or other swimming marine food fish and for the creation of fisheries for the same. No such regulations shall become effective until a public hearing has been held by the Board of Selectmen and public notice of the regulations adopted shall have been given. History: Amended 12-2-1985 STM,Article 5,2,approved by Attorney General on 2-11-1986. Submitted by the Bylaw Review Committee Explanation: Pursuant to the provisions of the Mashpee Home Rule Charter, Article 8, Section 8-5(a), the Board of Selectmen was mandated to appoint a seven person Committee to review the Town Bylaws for the purpose of preparing such revisions and amendments as may be needed or necessary to bring the Bylaws into conformity with the provisions of the Charter and to fully implement the provisions of the Charter. The Committee has submitted a Report to the Annual Town Meeting, recommending adoption of the amendments and revisions to the Bylaws printed in this Article, based upon its extensive review of the Charter and Bylaws. The Bylaw Review Committee conducted several public meetings under the supervision of Town Counsel, as required by the Charter, as well as a joint public meeting with the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of reviewing and discussing the current Bylaws and soliciting public comment thereon. The proposed Bylaw revisions set forth in the Committee's Report were highlighted in revised format and published on the Town's website as well as in a pamphlet available for public distribution in the Town Clerk's Office. As a result of these meetings and the public comment received on the proposed revisions, the Committee determined that the amendment, rearrangement and other revisions requested by this Article are necessary and appropriate to bring the existing General Bylaws into conformity with the provisions of the Mashpee Home Rule Charter and to fully implement the terms and conditions of the Charter. The objective of the Bylaw Review Committee was to update the Toven's Bylaws to the extent required for conformity with the Town. Charter and to reorganize the sequence of the existing General Bylaws for ease in implementation and internal cohesiveness. 32