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a light kept therein, all ships and vessels which shall enter the said 

 Harbour, shall pay the same rate of tonnage duties that are now re- 

 ceived from, and payable by, all vessels which enter the Harbour of 

 Halifax. 



II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to 

 collect, receive and apply, the tonnage duties imposed by this Act, 

 in the same manner, and under the same regulations, that the said 

 tonnage duties are now collected, received and applied, in the said 

 Harbour of Halifax. 



III. And be it further enacted, That the Act, passed in the thirty- 

 third year of His late Majesty's reign, entitled, An Act for regulat- 

 ing and maintaining a Light-House on Sambro Island ; also, an Act, 

 passed in the twenty-eighth year of his present Majesty's reign, 

 entitled, An Act for regulating and maintaining a Light House at 

 the entrance of the Harbour of Shelburne, and all the several Acts 

 which have been since made and passed, in addition to an amendment 

 thereof, and to revive, continue, and make the same perpetual, and 

 all the several matters and things contained therein, shall be, and the 



same are hereby extended to the said Light-House, on the 

 605 south end of Coffin's Island, and also made applicable to en- 

 force the payment of the said tonnage duties on all vessels 

 which enter the said Harbour of Liverpool. 



IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be and continue 

 in force for three years from the publication thereof, and from 

 thence to the end of the next Session of General Assembly. 



No. 62. 1818, March 11: Statute of New Brunswick, 58 Geo. Ill, 



cap. .' 



An Act to Prevent the Destruction of the Cod and Scale Fisheries, in the Bays 

 and Harbours of this Province. 



[Passed the llth of March, ISIS.'] 



Whereas the valuable and extensive Cod and Scale fisheries of 

 Grand Manan, and other parts of this province, have been greatly 

 injured by throwing into the sea, the heads and other offal of such 

 fish, for the prevention whereof, 



1. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council and Assembly, 

 That from and after the passing of this Act, any person or persons, 

 who shall throw on or about the coasts of Grand Manan, or into any 

 other bay or harbour of this province, at such place or places, where such 

 cod or scale fish are usually taken, from or out of any boat, bark, or ves- 

 sel, any heads bones or other offal of the fish they may take, purchase 

 or bring from elsewhere, every person so offending shall forfeit and 

 pay a fine, not less than ten shillings, and not exceeding five pounds, 

 with costs, to be paid to the informer, upon due conviction thereof, by 

 the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, before any one 

 of His Majesty's justices of the peace, for the county where, or next 

 adjacent to which such offence shall be committed, to be levied by 

 warrant of distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, ren- 

 dering the overplus (if any), to such offender; and for want of suf- 

 ficient goods, and chattels, the said justice is hereby required to com- 



