156 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Art. LXIX. Alltransgressions of these Regulations established for the protection of Fisheries in the 
seas lying between the coasts of the British islands and those of France shall, in both countries, be 
submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal or the magistrates which shall be designated 
by law. 
This tribunal, or these magistrates, shall also settle all differences, and decide all contentions, 
whether arising between fishermen of the same country, or between fishermen of the two countries, 
and which can not have been settled by the Commanders of cruisers, or by the Consular Agents and 
the Collectors of Customs, or Commissaries of Marine, according to the country. 
: The above-mentioned jurisdiction shall not, however, be understood to apply to murder, felony, 
or any other grave crime; all such crimes remaining subject to the ordinary laws of each country, 
respectively. 
Art. LXX. The trial and judgment of the transgressions mentioned in the preceding Article shall 
always take place in a summary manner, and at as little expense as possible. 
Art. LXXI. In both countries the competent tribunal or magistrates shall be emeovieet to 
adjudge the following penalties for offenses against the Regulations committed by fishermen subject to 
their jurisdiction: 
First. Forfeiture and destruction of nets or other fishing implements which are not conform- 
able to the Regulations. 
Secondly. Fines from eight shillings (ten francs) to ten pounds sterling (two hundred and 
fifty francs), or imprisonment for not less than two days, and not more than one month. 
Art. LXXII. The use of nets or other fishing implements of which the fittings, size of meshes, 
dimensions, or weight shall not be conformable to the Regulations established for each kind of Fishery 
shall subject the said nets or implements to seizure and destruction, and the offenders to a fine of not 
less than eight shillings (ten francs) nor more than three pounds sterling (seventy-five francs), or to 
imprisonment from two to ten days. 
In cases of ‘repetition of the offence, the fine or imprisonment may be doubled. 
Art. LX XIII. All persons shall be condemned to a fine of from eight shillings to five pounds 
sterling (ten francs to one hundred and twenty-five francs), or to imprisonment from five to fifteen 
days, who either by night or by day, conjointly or separately, shall offend against the measures estab- 
lished by the Regulations for the preservation of peace and good order, and specifically against those 
concerning— 
First. The letters, numbers, and names to be placed on the boats and their sails, and on nets, 
buoys, ete. 
Secondly. The vanes to be carried by the boats. 
Thirdly. The distances to be observed between the boats. 
Fourthly. The placing and anchoring of boats. 
Fifthly. The placing or shooting of nets, and taking them up. 
Sixthly. The clearing of nets. 
Seventhly. The placing of buoys upon nets. 
Eighthly. Lastly, the lights to be shown. 
In cases of repetition of any of these offences, the fine or imprisonment may be doubled. 
Art. LXXIV. In all cases of assault committed at sea by fishermen on other fishermen, or when- 
ever they shall have intentionally caused damages or loss, the competent tribunal or magistrates may 
condemn the delinquents to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twenty days, or to a fine not exceed- 
ing five pounds sterling (one hundred and twenty-five francs). 
Should there have been at the same time any infringement of the Regulations, the imprisonment 
or fine above mentioned may be awarded over and above the penalties to which the said infringement 
shall have given rise. 
Art. LXXV. The competent tribunal or magistrates shall, when the circumstances are such as to 
call for it, award, over and above all penalties inflicted for offences agdinst the Regulations, the pay- 
ment of damages to the injured parties, and shall determine the amount of such damages. 
Art. LXXVI. The conditions under which the fishing boats of either of the two countries shall 
be at liberty to come within the fishery limits of the other country are laid down in the following 
Articles, which also specify and regulate the penalties to be inflicted for infraction of the said Articles. 
