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any fish-guts, offals or gurry overboard, within the distance of six 

 leagues from the shore and islands of the inferior district of Gaspe, 

 and counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland aforesaid, nor on 

 any fishing bank, under the penalty of twenty pounds, current money 

 of this province. 



IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that no 

 person or persons shall cast anchor near the shore, or do any thing 

 within the aforesaid limits, so as wilfully to annoy or obstruct the 

 hauling of seines, or to obstruct or prevent the setting of nets, nor 

 shall any nets be wilfully set or placed, so as to prevent or obstruct 

 the hauling of seines, under the penalty of five pounds, current money 

 of this province, for every such offence, exclusive of such damages 

 as may be recovered at law, by the proprietor or proprietors of the 

 seines or nets which may be thereby injured or destroyed. Provided 

 always, that no such nets or seines as aforesaid shall be set or used 

 so as to incommode or obstruct the navigation or anchorage in any 

 harbour, roadstead, cove or place necessary for the common purposes 

 of navigation. 



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VI. And whereas it is necessary to prevent the pernicious custom of 

 destroying and using caplin for the purposes of manure, a custom 

 injurious to the fisheries of the said inferior district; be it therefore 

 further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that any person or persons 

 who shall, in the said inferior district of Gaspe, or in either of the 

 aforesaid counties of Cornwallis or Northumberland, to the eastward 

 of Cape Tourmente, make use of any caplin, or of herring spawn or 

 caplin spawn, for the purposes of manure, or who shall take or 

 destroy any caplin, or herring spawn or caplin spawn, for the pur- 

 poses aforesaid, or for any other purpose than that of using the same 

 as bait, or curing the same, or for the consumption of themselves, 

 their families, neighbours or dependants, or to be sent fresh to mar- 

 ket, shall incur a penalty of two pounds for every such offence, and 

 stand committed until such penalty be paid, and for a second and 

 every subsequent offence, a penalty of four pounds. 



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XVIII. And be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that it 

 shall be lawful for the several grand juries for the said inferior dis- 

 trict of Gaspe, at their general sessions of the peace, upon the recom- 

 mendation and with the concurrence of the justices of the peace 

 attending the session, or a majority of them, to make for the tem- 

 porary and local regulation of the fisheries in the said inferior 

 district, such further rules and regulations as to them shall appear 

 most expedient, for the general welfare and advantage of the said 

 fisheries, not being contrary to the intent and meaning of this Act. 



XIX. Provided always and be it further enacted by the authority 

 aforesaid, that no rule or regulation that may be so as aforesaid made, 

 shall have force or effect until the same shall have been approved and 

 homologated by the judge of the inferior district of Gaspe, and there- 

 after duly notified by an advertisement publicly posted up by the clerk 

 of the peace in and for the said inferior district ; whose duty it shall be 

 to attend to the same, and see or cause such advertisement to be duly 

 posted up as hereby directed and enacted, with the least possible 

 delay, at the church door of each and every church, chapel, or other 



