Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 65 of chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 802 of the acts of 1967, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the shooting of wounded or crippled migratory game birds from a powered craft in coastal waters seaward of the first upstream bridge, or the picking up or retrieving of dead or injured migratory game birds by means of a motorboat, sailboat or other water craft.