1188 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



II. No person shall, at any time between the Twentieth day of 

 December and the First day of April in any year, haul, catch or 

 take any Herring, on or near the Coast of this Island or of its Depend- 

 encies aforesaid on the Labrador, or in any of the bays, Harbors, 

 or any other places therein, in any Net having the Meshes, Mokes, 

 or Scales, of less than Two Inches and Three-eighths of an Inch, at 

 least, from Knot to Knot, or having any false or double Bottom of 

 any description; nor shall any person put any Net, though of legal 

 size of mesh, upon or behind any other Net not of such size of mesh, 

 for the purpose of catching or taking the Fry of such Herring pass- 

 ing through any single Net of Two Inches and Three-eighths of an 

 Inch Mesh or Scale. 



III. No person shall wilfully remove, destroy or injure, any law- 

 ful Net or Seine the property of another, set or floating on or near 

 the Coasts of this Island or of its Dependencies aforesaid on the 

 Labrador, or in any of the Bays, Harbors, or other places therein, 

 nor remove, let loose, or take any Fish from or out of any such lawful 



Net or Seine. 



703 IV. No person shall, at any time between the Twentieth 

 day of April and the Twentieth day of October, haul, catch, 

 or take any Herring or other Bait for exportation, within One Mile 

 of any Settlement situate on that part of the Coast between Cape 

 Chapeau Rouge and Point Rosey. 



V. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this 

 Act shall for every offence forfeit a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds: 

 and, in addition, all Seines, Nets, and other contrivances used or 

 employed in, about, or preparatory to the catching, hauling, taking, 

 or in-barring of any Herrings, in violation of any of the provisions 

 thereof, shall be liable to forfeiture, and the same may be seized at 

 once, by any Justice, Sub-Collector of Customs, Preventive Officer, 

 or Constable, on view or by virtue of a Warrant issued by such 

 Justice, Sub-Collector, or Preventive Officer, on Oath to be admin- 

 istered by any of them, and detained until the trial of the offender, 

 when they may be declared forfeited and ordered to be sold at Public 

 Auction. 



VI. And whereas an Act was passed in the twenty-third year of 

 the Reign of Her present Majesty entitled "An Act for the Protec- 

 tion of the Salmon Fishery, and for other purposes," whereby certain 

 Nets and Seines were forbidden to be used, and certain Weirs and 

 other erections and contrivances were prohibited from being erected 

 at certain times and under certain circumstances, in the said Act 

 declared : 



Be it further enacted, That it shall be Lawful for any Justice, Sub- 

 Collector, Preventive Officer, or Constable aforesaid, on view and for 

 any Constable or other Person by virtue of a Warrant to be issued as 

 aforesaid, to seize any Net or Seme, and to destroy any Weir or other 

 erection or contrivance used or erected in contravention of the said 

 recited Act, and all such Nets or Seines shall be forfeited and dis- 

 posed of in manner provided by the Fifth Section of this Act. 



VII. All Forfeitures and Penalties imposed by this or the said 

 recited Act shall be recovered with Costs, in a summary manner, 

 before any Justice of the Peace, for which purpose such Justice shall 

 have full power to summon or arrest the offender, and to compel all 

 Witnesses, either by Summons or Warrant, to appear before him on 



