VOTED: that the Town adopt the following bylaw.
1. No motor boat shall be operated upon any portion of the Concord River or its tributaries, or of any inland lake, other than Walden Pond , lying within the town, in a manner which endangers the safety of the public or is detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood or to the value of property thereon.
2. It shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this bylaw if such boat is operated by a motor not having an underwater exhaust, or in a noisy or obnoxious manner, or at any unreasonable rate of spped, or without slowing downand exercising due caution while approaching and passing persons bathing or any other water craft, or any speed in excess of ten miles per hour.
3. Any person violating any provision of this bylaw shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each offense.
4. The Town may join with any other town, through which said Concord River or any of its tributaries flows, in the enforcement of this bylaw or a similar bylaw adopted by such other town, in so far as such bylaws related to said river or its tributaries, and may appropriate money for the enforcement in whole or in part of any and all of such bylaws.
Article 62, Town Meeting, March 1962
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