212 LEGISLATIVE ACTS, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC., 



5. Licenses shall be obtained in all eases before the catching, pur- 

 chasing or taking on board of any bait fishes. 



6. Under and by virtue of a Deep Sea Bait License, it shall be law- 

 ful to obtain and put on board of the vessel to which it applies a sup- 

 ply of bait for every trip or voyage of the quantities following: 



If herring, at the rate of eight barrels for every dory carried in and 

 employed by and from the vessel for the trip or voyage; 

 If caplin, at the rate of ten barrels for each dory; 

 If squid, at the rate of four barrels for each dory. 



7. After the obtaining of any supply of bait under a Deep Sea 

 License for any trip or voyage, the following periods shall elapse 

 before the taking of the next supply: 



If of herring, not less than eighteen days; 



If of caplin or squid, not less than fourteen days. 



8. After the obtaining of any supply of bait under a Deep Sea 

 License, the master, or other person in charge of the vessel, not being 

 a vessel defined by section 109 of the Customs' Act, 1898, shall forth- 

 with report to the nearest Customs' officer the fact of having obtained 

 and put on board such supply, the date, place, when and where 

 obtained and the description and quantity obtained and shipped on 

 board. Such reports shall be verified upon oath, which the officer 

 is hereby empowered to administer, and the particulars so furnished 

 shall be endorsed by the Customs' officer upon the license. 



9. Upon arrival from every trip or voyage the master or person in 

 charge of every vessel, not being a vessel defined by Section 109 of 

 the Customs' Act, 1898, to which a Deep Sea License is granted, 

 shall forthwith report to the nearest Customs' officer and produce 

 his license, and the fact of such report and the date thereof shall be 

 endorsed by the officer upon the license. 



10. Bait fishes, taken under a Deep Sea License and put or shipped 

 on board of any vessel to which such license applies, shall not be 

 transferred to or put on board of any vessel other than that for 

 which the license is granted, or in any other place, nor landed in 

 any foreign country, nor used or disposed of in any other way than 

 for bait purposes as above prescribed, or destroyed if not required 

 for such purpose. 



11. Any person applying for an Export Bait License shall, before 

 receiving the same, give a bond to the Minister of Finance and Cus- 

 toms with two sufficient sureties in the sum of not less than one 

 thousand dollars nor more than two thousand dollars each, contain- 

 ing the condition that the terms of the license shall be in all respects 

 complied with and that satisfactory proof of the landing of the cargo 

 at its destination will be furnished within a stated period. The 

 forfeiture of the penal sum under such bonds shall be in addition to 

 any other penalty, forfeiture or punishment imposed by any exist- 

 ing law. 



12. Any justice of the peace, sub-collector of the customs, pre- 

 ventive officer, fishery warden, constable or commissioner, specially 

 appointed, may board any vessel suspected of carrying bait fishes, 

 which have been taken contrary to these rules, and in case any such 

 justice, sub-collector, preventive officer, fishery warden, constable or 

 commissioner shall make signal to any vessel suspected as aforesaid, 

 from any vessel employed by the Government by dipping a flag from 

 a mast-head or peak three times or firing a gun, it shall be the duty of 

 the owner, master or person managing or controlling such vessel so 



