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4. No person shall, at any time between the twentieth day of 

 December in anv year and the first day of April in the following year, 

 use any net to haul, catch or take herrings on or near the coasts of 

 this Colony or its dependencies, or in any bays, harbours or other 

 places therein, having the mokes, meshes, or scales of such net less 

 than two inches and three-eighths of an inch at least, or having any 

 false or double bottom of any description; nor shall any person put 

 any net, though of legal size mesh, upon or behind any other net not 

 oi such size mesh, for the purpose of catching or taking such herring 

 or herring fry passing a single net of legal size mesh, under a penalty 

 not exceeding two hundred dollars. 



5. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter it shall be 

 lawful for the owner of any vessel owned and registered in this 

 Colony, which shall be fully fitted out, supplied and ready to prose- 

 cute the Bank fishery, and shall have obtained a Custom's clearance 

 for the said fishery, to haul, catch and take herring at any time and by 

 any means, except by in-barring or enclosing such herring in a cove, 

 inlet or other place, to an extent not exceeding sixty barrels for any 

 one voyage, to be used as bait in prosecuting the said Bank fishery in 

 the said vessel. 



6. The owner or master of any vessel who shall avail of the pre- 

 ceding section of this chapter, and having procured herring for bait 

 as therein provided, after clearing for the Bank fishery, shall enter 

 any port before the nineteenth day of April thence next following, 

 except compelled by stress of weather, accident, or in case of sickness, 

 or who shall dispose of the herring so taken for bait in any way except 

 for prosecuting the Bank fishery in said vessel shall be subject to a 

 fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. 



7. The term "Bank fishery" in this chapter shall be construed to 

 mean a fishery prosecuted at a distance of at least forty miles from 

 the coast of this Colony. 



8. No person shall wilfully remove, destroy or injure any lawful 

 net or seme, the property of another, set or floating on or near the 

 coast of this Colony or its dependencies, or any of the bays, harbors, 

 or other places therein, or remove, let loose, or take any fish from such 

 seine or net. 



9. No person shall, between the tenth day of May and the twen- 

 tieth day of October in any year, haul catch or take herrings or other 

 bait for exportation within one mile measured by the shore across or 

 the water of any settlement situate between Cape Chapeau Rouge 

 and Point Enragee, near Cape Raye, under a penalty of two hundred 

 dollars; and any such person so hauling, catching or taking within 

 the said limits may be examined on oath by a Justice, Officer of Cus- 

 toms, or person commissioned for the purpose, as to whether the her- 

 rings or other bait are intended for exportation or otherwise, and, on 

 refusal to answer, or answering untruly, such person shall, on con- 

 viction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars. 



10. No salmon shall be taken before the first day of May or after 

 the tenth day of September in any year: Provided that if the time 

 limited in this section shall be found to operate injuriously in any 

 part of this Colony, the Governor in Council may appoint any other 

 time or times, and such time or times shall be as binding upon all per- 

 sons as if specially mentioned herein. 



