1072 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



No. 91. 1892, May 10: Statute of Canada, 55 and 56 Viet., cay. 3. 

 An Act respecting Fishing Vessels of the United States. 



[Assented to 10th May, 1SV,.'. \ 



Whereas the Act respecting Fishing Vessels of the United Statrx ,,f 

 America, assented to on the tenth day of July, one thousand eight 

 hundred and ninety-one, expired on the thirty-first day of December, 

 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one ; and whereas it may be 

 expedient to continue from time to time, the privileges accorded 

 United States fishing vessels under the provisions of that Act : There- 

 fore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate 

 and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows : 



1. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, authorize the 

 issue of licences to United States fishing vessels, enabling them to 

 enter any port on the Atlantic coast of Canada, during the periods 

 mentioned in such licences, for the following purposes : 



(.) The purchase of bait, ice, seines, lines and all other supplies 

 and outfits; 



(b.) The transhipment of catch, and the shipping of crews; 



2. The fee for such licences shall be one dollar and fifty cents per 

 ton register, and the terms and conditions thereof shall be determined 

 by the Governor in Council : 



3. No licence shall be issued for a longer period than one calendar 

 year, and all licences shall expire on the thirty-first day of December 

 of the year for which they are issued. 



2. The Order in Council for the issue of such licences shall without 

 delay be communicated to both Houses of Parliament, if Parliament 

 is then in session, or, if not then in session, within the first ten days 

 of the then next session. 



No. 921906, Statutes of Canada: Revised Statutes, 1906, Cap. 45* 



An Act respecting Fisheries and Fishing. 



SHORT TITLE. 



1. This Act may be cited as the Fisheries Act. R. S., c. 95, s. 1. 



INTERPRETATION. 



2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression 

 " Minister " means the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 



636 APPLICATION. 



3. Shell-fish fisheries shall be subject to the provisions of this Act, 

 and any regulations made under it. R. S., c. 95, s. 21. 



4. Nothing in this Act contained shall be taken to. authorize the 

 grant of fishery leases conferring an exclusive right to fish in prop- 

 erty belonging not to the Dominion but to some province thereof. 



Aot now questioned by the United States: see Appendix, pp. 4-5. 



