1022 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



to their aid, In the execution thereof, all Magistrates. Constables, and 

 Peace Officers, and all others His Majesty's Subjects, who are hereby 

 bound, when so required, to afford the said collector or collectors 

 every help and assistance in their power, to compel the payment of 

 the Duty imposed by this Act, unless the Master or Person having 

 charge of such vessel, shall produce a Light-Bill and Receipt, or 

 Discharge, for such Duty, from some one of the Collectors appointed 

 to receive the same; which Light-Bills the Commissioners shall pro- 

 vide in proper form, and supply the said Collectors with the same; 

 and in case the Master, Owner or Person, having charge of any such 

 vessel, shall refuse to pay such Duty, it shall be lawful for any of the 

 said Collectors to seize the same, and to proceed as is directed in and 

 by the said before-recited Acts, to levy the said Duties, together with 

 the Penalties and Forfeitures in and by the said Acts directed and 

 imposed. 



V. And be it further enacted, That all the rules and regulations, 

 which are, by the before recited Acts, made applicable to Coasting 

 and Fishing Vessels, shall be applied to the -Coasting and Fishing 

 vessels which are solely and wholly owned by any person or persons 

 residing on the shores, and carrying on business within the limits and 

 precincts herein before appointed for the said Light-House; and if 

 any question shall arise respecting the Ownership of any Ship or 

 Vessel, or whether the same be liable to the Coasting Regulations, or 

 to the Duties to be paid by resident or nonresident Owners, the same 

 shall be determined by the Certificate of Registry, and other Custom- 

 house Papers. 



VI. And be it further enacted, That all vessels that are owned by 

 the Inhabitants of the Province, and are employed in the Fisheries 

 during the season for Fishing, shall be deemed Fishing Vessels, 

 within the true intent and meaning of the aforesaid Acts, md be 

 entitled to an exemption from the payment of Light-Duties, save 

 the twenty shillings a year, notwithstanding such Vessels may be, 

 at other seasons, employed on Coasting voyages. 



VII. And be it further enacted. That if any Collector or other 

 person shall be sued for any thing done by him untler this Act, it 

 shall be lawful for him to plead the general issue, and give this 



Act and the special matter in evidence. 



607 VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be, and con- 

 tinue, in force for one year, and from thence to the end of the 



next Session of the General Assembly. 8 



No. 65. 1823, March 7: Statute of New Brunswick, 4 Geo. IV, 



Cap. 23. 



AB Act In further amendment of the Laws for regulating the Fisheries in the 

 County of Northumberland. 



[Passed the 27th of March, 1823.'] 



Whereas the Provisions and Penalties in An Act made and passed 

 in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of His Late Majesty King 

 George The Third, intituled "An Act for regulating the Fisheries 

 in the County of Northumberland," have been found ineffectual 



a Continued by 6 Geo. IV, Cap. 26, with amendments, and both Acts contin- 

 ued by 7 Geo. IV. Cap. 27. 



