170 LEGISlATtVE ACTS, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC., 



XVI. No proceeding or conviction by any justice or other officer 

 under this chapter shall be quashed or set aside for any informality, 

 provided the same shall be substantially in accordance with the 

 intent and meaning of this chapter. 



XVII. The governor in council may appoint the collector of revenue 

 for Labrador, or other person, to be superintendent of the fisheries on 

 the coast of this island and its dependencies, and may also appoint 

 fishery wardens, and prescribe their duties for the purpose of this 

 chapter. The compensation for the services of such officers to be 

 provided by the legislature. 



XVIII. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the rights and privileges 

 granted by treaty to the subjects of any state or power in amity with 

 Her Majesty. 



ACT OF FEBRUARY 21, 1887. 

 (50 Vict., cap. 1.) 



AN ACT To regulate the Exportation and Sale of Herring, Capelin, Squid, and other 



Bait Fishes. 



Whereas in the interests of the fisheries of this Colony, and for the 

 preservation of the bait necessary for the pursuit of these fisheries, it 

 is essential to regulate the exportation and sale of such bait: 



Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council, and 

 Assemblv in Legislative Session convened as follows: — 



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1. No person shall — 



(1.) Export or cause or procure to be exported or assist in the 

 exportation of, or 



(2.) Haul, catch, purchase, or sell for the purpose of exporta- 

 tion, or 



(3.) Sell or purchase for the purpose of sale 



any herring, capelin, squid, or other bait fishes from on or near any 

 parts of this Colony or of its dependencies, or from or in any of the 

 Days, harbours, or other places therein, without a special license in 

 writing obtained from the Receiver-General of this Colony, which 

 license may be in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed, 

 and shall be of no avail beyond the fishing season for which it is 

 granted. 



2. Any person found hauling, catching, or taking, shipping, or con- 

 veying any of the said fishes within the said limits, or any person hav- 

 ing any of the said fishes in possession, may be examined on oath by a 

 Justice of the Peace, officer of Customs, Fishery Warden, or person 

 commissioned for the purpose, as to whether such herring, capelin, 

 squid, or other bait fishes are intended for exportation or sale, and on 

 refusing to answer, or answering untruly, or failing to produce a license 

 as above mentioned, such Justice, officer of Customs, Fishery Warden, 

 or person commissioned as aforesaid may seize the vessel in or on 

 board of which such herring, capelin, squid, or other bait fishes shall 

 have been hauled or caught or put, kept, shipped, carried, or con- 

 veyed, or on board of which the same may have been found, her tackle, 

 apparel, furniture, and outfit, and bring the same before any Stipen- 

 diary Magistrate, and the person so refusing to answer, answering 

 untruthfully, or failing to produce the said license, shall be guilty of an 

 offence against this Act. 



