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head of the department of Marine and Fisheries; and the Governor 

 in Council may also appoint such other officers as are necessary for 

 the proper conduct of the business of the said department, all of 

 whom shall hold office during pleasure. 



3. The duties, powers and functions of the department of Marine 

 and Fisheries shall extend and apply to the following subjects and 

 boards, and other public bodies, officers and other persons, and serv- 

 ices and properties of the Crown, of which the said department shall 

 have the control, regulation, management and supervision, that is to 

 say:— 



(1) Pilots and pilotage and decayed pilot funds. 



(2) Beacons, buoys, fights and light-houses, and their maintenance. 



(3) Signals and signal-stations, steamers and vessels belonging to 

 the Government of the Colony. 



(4) Harbours, ports and harbour-masters; piers, wharves, and St. 

 John's Dry Dock. 



(5) Classification of vessels, and examination and granting cer- 

 tificates of masters and mates and others in the merchant service. 



(6) Shipping masters and shipping officers; care of distressed 

 seamen. 



(7) Ship-building and inspection of steamers and vessels. 



(8) Wreck commissioners, and enquiries into causes of shipwrecks, 

 and generally such matters as refer to the marine and navigation of 

 the Colony and its dependencies. 



4. The Department of Marine and Fisheries shall administer all 

 laws relating to the subject of sea, coast, and inland fisheries, and 

 the management, regulation and protection thereof, and all matters 

 and tilings relating thereto, or assigned by the Governor in Council 

 to the said department. 



9. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make regula- 

 tions for the better management and regulation of the sea, coast, 

 an< I inland fisheries, to prevent or remedy the obstruction and pollution 

 of streams, to regulate and prevent fishing, to prohibit the destruc- 

 tion of fish, and to forbid fishing except under authority of leases or 

 licenses; which regulations shall have the same force and effect as 

 if herein enacted, and may fix such modes, times or places as are 

 deemed by the Governor in Council adapted to different localities, 

 or otherwise expedient. 



(2) Such regulations shall take effect from the date therein pre- 

 scribed and after publication thereof in the Royal Gazette.- 



(3) Every offence against any regulation made under this Act 

 may be stated as in violation of this Act. 



10. Nothing in this Act, or in any rules and regulations to be made 

 hereunder, shall be construed to affect the rights and privileges 

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

 with Her Majesty. 



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14. The Governor in Council may assign any new or other duty 

 or power to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and may also assign 

 any of the duties or powers herein before enumerated to the Minister 

 of any other department. 



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