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MUSSEL CULTURE 



Persons un- 

 lawfully 

 fishino or 

 trespassing 

 in any Mus- 

 sel Fisher J- 

 deemed 

 guilty of an 

 Attempt to 

 commit 

 Theft. 



IL And be it enacted, That if any Person shall unlaw- 

 fully use any Dredge, or any Net or Instrument or Engine 

 whatsoever, or shall trespass within the Limits of any 

 Mussel Bed, Scalp Laying, or Fishery in Scotland^ being 

 the Property and in the lawful Occupation of any other 

 Person or Persons or Body Corporate or Politic, and suffi- 

 ciently marked out or known as such, for the Purpose of 

 taking Mussels or Mussel-Brood, though none shall be 

 actually taken, or shall, with any Net, Instrument, or 

 Engine, or with the Hand or otherwise, drag or fish upon 

 the Ground or Soil of any such Mussel-Bed, Scalp Laying, 

 or Fishery, every such Person shall be deemed guilty of an 

 Attempt to commit Theft, and being convicted thereof 

 before the Sheriff of the County shall be liable to be 

 punished by Fine or Imprisonment, or both, as the Court 

 shall award, such Fine not to exceed Ten Pounds, and 

 such Imprisonment not to exceed Three Calendar Months. 



III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing 

 in this Act contained shall prevent any Person, lawfully 

 entitled there to fish, from fishing for or catching any 

 floating Fish within the Limits of any Mussel Fishery, with 

 any Net, Instrument, or Engine adapted for taking floating 

 Fish only. 



IV. Provided always, and be it enacted. That nothing in 

 this Act contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent 

 any Person from exercising any Right possessed by such 

 Person of taking Bait, or any other Right which may now 

 be lawfully exercised by such Person within the Limits of 

 any such Fishery. 



^ [V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or 

 amended, etc. repealed by any Act to be passed during this present Session 

 of Parliament.] 



Nothing to 

 prevent 

 Persons 

 lawfully 

 entitled, 

 from fishing 

 for floating 

 Fish. 



Nothing to 

 prevent Per 

 sons from 

 exercising 

 legal Right- 



Act may be 



1 Repealed by the Revision Act of 1875. 



