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The following Bill amending the foregoing Act for the Pro- 

 tection of the Provincial Fisheries was passed by the 

 Ontario Legislature on 14th April, 1^92, subsequent to 

 the receipt of your Commissioners' report. 



CHAPTER 10. 



An Act for the Protection of the Provincial Fisheries. 



HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of 

 the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Outario, 

 enacts as follows : — 



1. This Act shall apply only to fishing in waters, and to waters Application 

 over or in respect of which the Legislature of this Province has <'^-^°** 

 authority to legislate for the purposes of this Act. 



2. — (1) " Water or waters," or "Provincial wateror waters" intprpretation 

 shall mean and include such of the waters of any lake, river, "Waters." 

 stream or water course wholly or partl}'^ within the Province 

 as flow over or cover any Crown lands and over or in respect 

 of which the Legislature of this Province has authority to 

 legislate for the purposes of this Act. 



(2) "Crown lands" shall mean and include such ungranted "Crowa 

 lands of the Crown or public lands or Crown domain as are ^*°*^^* 

 within and belong to the Province of Ontario and whether or 



not any waters flow over or cover the same. 



(3) "Pish" shall mean and include every kind, species or "Fish." 

 variety of fish in respect of the catching or killing of which 

 within the Province the Legislature has authority to 

 legislate. 



(4) The word "bass" where used herein shall mean and "^^^s-" 

 include black bass and Oswego or large mouth bass. 



3. The words " the close season " when used herein shall " CJlose aea- 

 mean and include the time in any year during which fishing for, *°°' 

 catching or taking in any Provincial water, or killing, carrying 

 away or buying or selling or having in possession the kind or 

 species of fish hereinafter named, or any of them, is pro- 

 hibited, or regulated by the laws or fishing regulations of 

 Canada. 



4:. The word " tourist " or " summer visitor " when used in "Tourist," 

 this Act shall include all persons who may, during the spiing, vLsitor." 

 summer or autumn months be temporarily visiting, boarding 

 or lodging in any locality at a distance of over five miles 

 from their usual place of residence in other parts of the year. 



5. No tourist or summer visitor shall take or catch or kill ^""'^u'^h 

 in any Provincial w^ater or carry away a greater number than may be killed 

 one dozen bass caught or taken in such waters upon any one ^" °^^ ^^^' 

 day. 



