OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 137 



ACT OF APRIL 14, 1871. 



(34 Vict., cap. 23.) 



AN ACT Further to amend the Act respecting Pishing by Foreign Vessels. 



Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate 

 and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: — 



1. The fifth section of the Act respecting fishing by foreign vessels, 

 passed in the thirty-first year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter sixty- 

 one, is hereby repealed, and the following section is hereby enacted 

 in its stead. 



5. Goods, ships, vessels and boats, and the tacHe, rieein?, apparel, furniture, 

 Btores and earL r <> seized as liable to forfeiture under this Act. shall be forthwith deliv- 

 ered into the custody of such fishery otiicer, or customs oilicer, or other person, as 

 the Minister of Marine and Fisheries may from time to time direct, or retained by the 

 oilicer makinir the seizure in his own custody if so directed by the Minister, in either 

 case to be secured and kept as other goods, shir-;, vessels and boats, and the tackle, 

 rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and caruo seised are directed by the laws in force in 

 the Province in which the seizure is made, to be secured and kept. 



2. The sixth section of the said Act is hereby repealed, and the 

 following section is hereby enacted in its stead. 



fi. All ds, vessels and boats, and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and 



car_ro condemned as forfeited under this Act shall be sold by public auction, by direc- 

 tion of the officer having the custody thereof, under the provisions of the next preced- 

 ing section of this Act, and under regulations to be from time to time made by the Gov- 

 ernor in Council, and the proceeds of every such sale shall be subject to the control of 

 the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who shall first pay therefrom all necessary costs 

 and expenses of custody and sale, and the Governor in Council may from time to time 

 apportion three-fourths, or less, of the net remainder, among the officers and crew of 

 any Queen's ship, or < lanadian Government vessel, from on board of which the seizure 

 was in. id.', as he may think right, reserving for the Government, and paying over to the 

 Receiver General, at least one-fourth of such net remainder, to form part of the Con- 

 solidated Revenue Fund of Canada; but the Governor in Council may, nevertheless, 

 dire, i that any goods, vessel, or boat, and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, 

 stores and cargo, seized and forfeited shall be destroyed, or be reserved for the public 

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3. This Act shall be construed as one with the Act hereby amended; 

 and the sixth section of (he said Act, as contained in (he second sec- 

 tion of this Act, shall apply to all goods, vessels, and boats, and the 

 tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture, stores and cargo, condemned under 

 the said Act before I he passing <>f 1 his Act, and to ) he proceeds of the 

 sale i ' i'K -or. remaining to be applied and paid at the lime of the pass- 

 ing of this Act. 



ACT OF NOVEMBER 26, 1886. 



(49 Viot., oap". in.) 



AN \'T Further to amend the Act. respecting Fishing by Foreign Vessels. 



Re ■ ■ ed by the Governor <;<iir-r:d on Wednesday, 2nd .I'm. i <.. for the signifi- 

 cation of tie' Queen's pleasure thereon. Royal ;> enl iven \>\ Hit Majesty in 

 Council, "ii tin' 26th day of Novembei Proclamation thereof made on the 



2-itli day of Deceml J6.) 



Whereas it is expedient for the more effectual protection of (lie 

 inshore fisheries of Canada, again I intrusion by foreigners, i<> fur- 

 ther amend the Act intituled "\n Act respecting Fishing by Foreign 

 Vessels," passed in the thirty-first year or Jler Majesty's reign, and 



