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9. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, 

 in addition to the penalties provided in the 5th section hereof, shall 

 be liable to have his vessel, or the vessel used by him, seized in man- 

 ner aforesaid, her tackle, apparel, furniture, and outlit forfeited and 

 sold by public auction. 



10. In this Act the word "vessel" shall include any boat or ship, 

 registered or not registered, jack, skiff, punt, and launch, whether 

 propelled by sails, oars, or steam. 



1 1 . Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights and privileges granted 

 by Treaty to the subjects of any State in amity with Her Majesty. 



ACT OF MAY 9, 1888. 



(51 Vict., cap. 9.) 



AN ACT To amend an Act passed in the 50th year of the Reign of Her present Ma- 

 jesty, entitled "An Act to regulate the Exportation and Sale of Herring, Capelin, 

 Squid, and other Bait Fishes." 



Whereas it is desirable to make further provision for carrying into 

 effect the objects of the Act 50 Vict., cap. 1, entitled "An Act to regu- 

 late the Exportation and Sale of Herring, Capelin, Squid, and other 

 Bait Fishes," and to remove doubts in relation thereto. 



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

 and House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows : — 



1. In the construction of the said Act, the terms "export" and 

 "exportation" shall be held to signify a conveyance to any place and 

 for any purpose outside of or beyond the limits of the territorial waters 

 of this Colony or its dependencies. 



2. The Governor in Council may authorize the issue of licenses to 

 purchase herring, capelin, squid, or other bait fishes, to be used by 

 the purchasers, bond fide, for the purposes of bait in the prosecution 

 of the fishery upon, or adjacent to, the coasts of this Colony or its 

 dependencies, or of the Bank fishery. 



3. Every license granted under the authority of this Act, and of 

 the above-recited Act, shall state the name of the person to whom it 

 is granted, of the vessel in which it is intended to export bait or to 

 carry on the fishery, of the country or place to which it is intended 

 to export bait, or the fishery which is intended to be prosecuted, or 

 for which bait is required, the place (as nearly as may be) where such 

 fishery is to be prosecuted, and the period for which such license is 

 to be available, which shall not in any case extend beyond the then 

 present fishing season; and the form prescribed in the Schedule to 

 the said Act may be amended and adapted to the circumstances 

 herein provided, and every sale to a person holding and producing a 

 license issued under this Act, or the said Act, bond jide, for the 

 purposes therein specified, shall be lawful. 



4. All licenses issued under the authority of this Act shall be 

 signed by a Customs officer, and countersigned by a Stipendiary 

 Magistrate. 



5. Application for licenses under this Act and the said above- 

 recited Act may be made to a Stipendiary Magistrate or Customs 

 officer, who shall require the applicant to make before him an am- 



