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pensate the owner of the nets for any damage done to the nets, and 

 shall return the quantity, or pay the value, of such herring as may 

 be in the nets. 



28. When any person has commenced to shoot his seine no other 

 person shall place or set any other fishing gear, net or other contriv- 

 ance within such space the said seine is about to encompass. 



29. In the shooting of seines the first person who throws out his 

 rope and shoots, and continues to shoot his seine, shall be entitled to 

 the sweep, and any person obstructing or preventing such person 

 from so shooting, shall be guilty of any offence against these rules. 



30. In case two seines shall be shot at the same time, and one 

 seine shall be inside of the other, and herring be taken in both seines, 

 the catch shall belong equally to both owners; but in case herring 

 be taken only in one seine, the owner of the other seine shall have 

 no claim to any portion of the catch. 



31. In case two or more seiners shall shoot their seines at the same 

 time, so as to form one circle, and neither secures his catch separately, 

 the catch shall be equally divided. 



32. When herring have been removed from a seine, such seine 

 shall, within six hours thereafter, be taken out of the water, pro- 

 vided that the weather does not interfere with such removal; and 

 in case such empty seine interferes with the mooring or operations 

 of any other seme, such empty seine shall be forthwith removed 

 by the owner. 



:::;. Any person interfering with or obstructing the owner of a 

 seine in the hauling or tucking thereof, or by rowing or making 

 any kind of noise, or otherwise wilfully frightening herring from a 

 .seine, shall he guilty of an offence against these rules. 



34. No person shall set any net so close to any seine as to stand 

 over the mooring of such seine, and no person shall set his nets in 

 such a manner as to submerge the nets or any other person. 



:;."». Any person injuring or destroying the gear, nets, seines or 

 other contrivances of any other person, or wilfully or illegally inter- 

 fering with and destroying the catch of an\ other person, shall be 

 guilty of an offence against these rules. The penalty for such 

 offence shall he in addition to, and shall not be held to take away 

 or affect any o1 her remedy to w hich tin 1 injured party may be entitled. 



36. In case fishing gear becomes so entangled that it cannot be 

 cleared without injury, such gear may he taken on shore and the 

 Owners thereof -hail aid and assist in the clearing of the same with 

 little injury as possible to the property of e.-ieh other. 



;;7. In case any person, in getting his gear out of water, is com- 

 pelled to cut the rope df another person, such rope shall he securely 

 tied before the same is dropped back into the water. 



No lien iir/ hall be taken at any time or in any waters of this 

 Colony for the purpose of being used as manure. 



39. No person shall place herring on a scaffold in warm weather. 



10. All fie h or green herring shall, in I hi ! ( 'olony, he sold or pur- 

 elm I'd, delivered or received, by the standard measure, which shall 

 he :i barrel containing thirty two imperial gallons, or a tuh or half 

 barrel containing sixteen imperial gallons, and shall he sold as they 

 .ire taken or hauled from the water, without any cull or pick, any 

 agreement to the contrary Qotwithstanding. 



