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2. The Commissioner of Fisheries shall administer all laws relat- 

 ing to sea, coast and inland fisheries, the management, regulation 

 and protection thereof, and all matters and things relating thereto 

 and assigned by the Governor in Council to him or to the Department 

 of Fisl icries. 



3. The Governor in Council may appoint a Board to be called 

 "The Fisheries' Board." The Commissioner of Fisheries shall be 

 the President of the said Board, and he and four members present at 

 any meeting shall form a quorum, and he shall make and submit to 

 the Governor in Council an annual report on all matters under the 

 control of the said Commissioner or of the said Board, to be laid 

 before the Legislature at each Session thereof. 



4. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting 

 of seven members, of whom the President shall be ex officio one, and 

 the remaining six shall be elected by the members of the Board at 

 each annual meeting to be held in St. John's in the month of January 

 in each year. 



5. The powers, duties and functions of the said Board shall be, to 

 make inquiries and researches upon and in relation to all matters 

 pertaining to the preservation, maintenance, improvement, and 

 development of the fisheries, and the trade, commerce and interests 

 of the Colony, so far as the same are connected with or relate to the 

 fisheries and fishery questions; to devise, organize and maintain 

 such methods of collecting, preserving, and diffusing such knowledge 

 and information as they may consider best adapted to the attain- 

 ment of such objects. 



6. The Governor in Council may, upon the recommendation of the 

 Fishery Board, from time to time, as occasion may require, appoint, 

 employ and dismiss such officers and servants as may be necessary 

 for carrying out the work of tie said Board and the said Department. 



7. The Board shall keep full and true records of their proceedings, 

 which shall be subject to confirmation by the Governor in Council. 



8. The Fisheries' Board shall have power to make and prescribe 

 rules and regulations in relation to the prosecution of the several 

 fisheries of the Colony; to the fixing of close seasons; to the methods, 

 appliances and contrivances to be used and adopted in and for the 

 taking of fish; and the times, seasons and manner for and in which 

 the same or any of them may be used or adopted; which rules and 

 regulations may apply to such districts or places and for such periods 

 and under such limitations as may therein be stated or defined ; and 

 to fix and impose penalties for the violation or non-performance of 

 such rules and regulations and the mode of- prosecution therefor; 

 and from time to time to alter or repeal the same. 



9. Any such new rules and regulations, and any alterations or 

 amendments in existing rules and regulations which may be con- 

 templated to be made, shall be published in not less than three num- 

 bers of the Royal Gazette and not less than two other newspapers 

 in this Colony, not later than the first day of January next preceding 

 the Session of the Legislature in which they may be proposed to be 

 submitted for confirmation, together with a notice to the effect that 

 such new rules and regulations and alterations or amendments 

 thereof are intended to be proposed for confirmation; and the said 

 rules and regulations and all alterations and amendments thereof, 

 shall be annually laid on the table of both branches of the Legislature 

 within ten days after the commencement of the Session, and shall 



