STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1197 



No. 122. 1879, March 19: Newfoundland Statute, Jfi Viet., Cap. 

 An Act to amend the law relating to the coast fisheries. 



Section. 



1. No herring to be taken between 20th 



of October and the 18th April, ex- 

 cept in nets in the customary 

 manner. 



2. Sec. 1 of Cap. 102, of Title 27, Con- 



solidated Statutes, and Section 1 

 of Act 39 Vic., repealed. 



3. Sec. 12, of Chapter 102 of Title 27 



of Consolidated Statutes, amend- 

 ed. 



[Passed 19th March, 1879.'] 



Section. 



4. Owner, &c., conveying herrings in 



bulk between 20th October and 

 18th April, shall be deemed to 

 have caught such herring con- 

 trary to law. 



5. Power to justices, sub-collectors, &c., 



to board vessels suspected ; pen- 

 alty for obstructing justices or 

 other officers in discharge of 

 duty. 



6. Appeal to the Supreme Court in St. 



John's or on Circuit. 



Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council and Assembly, 

 in Legislative Session convened, as follows : 



I. No person shall haul, catch or take herrings by or in a seine or 

 other such contrivance, on or near any part of the coast of this colony 

 or its dependencies, or in any of the bays, harbors or other places 

 therein, at any time between the twentieth day of October in any year, 

 and the eighteenth day of April in the following year, or at any time 

 use a seine or other contrivance for the catching and taking of her- 

 rings, except by way of shooting and forthwith hauling the same: 

 Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the taking of 

 herrings by nets set in the usual and customary manner, and not 

 used for in-barring or enclosing herrings in a cove, inlet, or other 

 place. 



II. Section one of chapter one hundred and two, of title twenty- 

 seven, of the Consolidated Statutes, entitled " Of the coast fisheries," 

 and section one of an act passed in the thirty-ninth year of the reign 

 of Her present Majesty, entitled "An Act to amend the law relating 

 to the coast fisheries, are hereby repealed. 



III. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and two, title twenty- 

 seven, of the Consolidated Statutes, is hereby amended, by substitut- 

 ing the words "two hundred dollars," for the words " fifty dollars." 



IV. The owners, masters, and other persons managing or control- 

 ling vessels conveying herrings in bulk between the twentieth day of 

 October in any year and the eighteenth day of April in the following 

 year, shall be deemed to have hauled, caught, or taken such herring 

 contrary to the provisions of chapter one hundred and two of the 

 Consolidated Statutes, as amended by the said above recited act, 

 thirty-nine Victoria, chapter six, and by this act, unless such owner, 

 master, or other person aforesaid, shall make proof to the contrary 

 before a Justice of the Peace. 



V. Any Justice of the Peace, Sub-Collector of customs, Preventive 

 Officer, Fishery Warden, or Constable, may board any vessel sus- 

 pected of carrying herrings in bulk between the twentieth day of 

 October, in any year, and the eighteenth day of April in the follow- 

 ing year; and in case any such Justice, Sub-Collector, Preventive 

 Officer, Fishery "Warden, or Constable, shall make signal, to any 

 vessel suspected as aforesaid, from any vessel employed by the gov- 



