442 FOREIGN STATUTES. 



Section 7. Every one who, with boat or vessel, during the time of 

 fishing' for seals, knowingly or wilfully disturbs, impedes, or injures any 

 sedentary seal-fishery, or prevents, hiiulers, or frightens the shoals of 

 seals coming into such fishery, shall, for each offense, be liable to a 

 penalty not exceeding sixty dollars, and, in default of payment, to im- 

 prisonment for a term not exceeding one month; an.d shall also be 

 liable to pay such damages as are assessed by the fishery officer or 

 justice of the peace before whom the person injured complains. 



2. Disputes between occupiers of seal fisheries concerning limits and 

 the mode of fishing or setting nets shall be decided summarily by any 

 fishery officer or justice of the peace, by Avhom arbitrators may be 

 appointed to assess damages; and any damages assessed, or which 

 arise out of a repetition or continuance of the difficulty ordered to be 

 remedied, may be levied under the warrant of any fishery officer or 

 justice of the x)eace. 



NEWFOUNDLAND. 



[42 Vict., cap. 1. February 22, 1879.*] 



ACT of tlie Goverumeut of Newfouudlaiul, respcctiug the Prosecutiou of the Seal 



Fishery. 



Be it enacted hy the Governor^ Legislative Council and Assembly^ in Leg- 

 islative Session corwened, as follou-s: 



1. The act i^assed in the SGtli year of the reign of Her presenfMajesty, 

 entitled "An Act to regulate the Prosecution of the .Seal Fishery," is 

 hereby repealed. 



2. No steamer shall leave port for the seal fishery before the 10th day 

 of March in any year, under the penalty of 2,000 dollars, to be recovered 

 from the owner or other person on whose account the steamer shall have 

 been sent to the seal fishery. 



3. No sailing vessel shall leave port for the seal fishery before the 

 1st day of March in any year, under the penalty of 400 dollars, to be 

 recovered from the owner or other person on whose acconnt such vessel 

 shall have been sent to such fishery. 



4. No seals shall be killed by the crew of any steamer or sailing-ves- 

 sel before the 12th day of Marcli in any year, under a jienalty of 4 dol- 

 lars for every seal so killed, to be r(M'0vered from the owner or other 

 person as aforesaid, or from the master or crew of the said vessel, or 

 from the parties receiving the same, respectively: Provided^ In case of 

 the owner or otlier person as aforesaid, that such owner or other person 

 received such seals with notice or knowledge that the same had been 

 killed before the 12th day of INIarch in any year. 



5. No immature seals, known as cats, shall be killed by the crew of 

 any steamer or sailing-vessel at any time, umler a penalty of 4 dollars 

 for every such seal so killed, to be recovered from the receiver of such 

 seals, or from the master or crew of any such steanu'r or vessel. And 

 it is hereby declared a young seal pelt of less weight tlian 28 ponnds 

 siiall be considered an immature or cat seal: Frorided, That lu) parly 

 or i)arties referred to in this section shall be liable to the i)enalties or 



*Ameudod by act, 46 Vict., cap. 1, March 3, 1883. 



