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place of divine service, in the said inferior district of Gaspe, or at 

 the most public places of each and every settlement in the said inferior 

 district, where the fisheries are carried on, in case there should be no 

 such church, chapel, or other place of divine service as aforesaid. 

 And provided also, that no fine to be imposed by such rules or regula- 

 tions, shall, in any case, exceed the sum of twenty shillings, currency ; 

 and that no rule or regulation that may at any time be made, under 

 and in virtue of this Act, shall have force or effect after the expira- 

 tion of this Act. And a copy of the rules and regulations that may 



as aforesaid be made and confirmed, under and in virtue of this 

 609 Act, shall, at the ensuing session of the Legislature, be laid 



before the three branches of the same, by the clerk of the pro- 

 vincial court of the said inferior district, within one month after the 

 opening of the session. 



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XXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that 

 from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and twenty-four : no pickled or salted salmon, mackerel or her- 

 ring of any kind, in tierces, half-tierces, barrels or half-barrels, shall 

 be exported from the said inferior district, nor from either of the 

 said counties of Cornwallis or Northumberland to the east of Cape 

 Tourmente, nor shipped for exportation therefrom, unless the name 

 of the shipper, with the year of shipment, of the person owning, or 

 of the person having salted, cured or packed the same in such tierces, 

 half-tierces, or barrels, half-barrels, be branded in large and legible 

 letters and figures on the heads or butts of the several tierces, half- 

 tierces, barrels or half-barrels, that may be so as aforesaid shipped 

 for exportation; and when such salmon, mackerel, or herring, in 

 tierces, half-tierces, barrels or half-barrels } shall be shipped from 

 that part of the said inferior district, lying m the Baie des Chaleurs, 

 the words Baie des Chaleurs shall also be branded upon the same, 

 respectively, in large and legible letters, immediately under the name 

 of the shipper or owner, or person having salted, cured and packed 

 the fish aforesaid. And when shipments of such salmon, mackerel 

 or herring, as aforesaid, shall be made for exportation as aforesaid, 

 from any part of the said inferior district, eastward of Point Mack- 

 erel, at the entrance of the aforesaid Baie des Chaleurs, the word 

 Gaspe shall, instead of the words Bay Chaleurs, in like manner be 

 branded on the heads or butts of the several tierces, half-tierces, bar- 

 rels or half-barrels, that may be shipped, under the penalty of seiz- 

 ure and forfeiture of each and every tierce, half-tierce, barrel or half- 

 barrel, of pickled or salted salmon, mackerel or herring, that shall be 

 shipped in disobedience to this Act, for exportation, from the said 

 inferior district of Gaspe. 



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XXXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 that between the service and return of every such Summons as afore- 

 said, there shall at least be three intermediate days, and one addi- 

 tional day for every five leagues there may be between the place of 

 residence of the Justice of the Peace, or place where the Court may 

 be held, and the usual residence or domicile of the Defendant. 



XXXVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the 

 authority aforesaid, that in cases where the offender may not be resi- 

 dent in the said Inferior District, or of either of the said Counties 



