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VIII. Special general meetings of the Committee may be held at 

 any time by order of the Executive Committee. 



IX. At any general meeting of the Commission eleven members 

 present shall form a quorum- 



X. Upon the recommendation of the Commission, the Governor 

 in Council shall have power to employ and appoint such officers as 

 may be necessary for carrying out the work of the said Commission, 

 and upon the recommendation of the Commission the Governor in 

 Council shall, for cause, dismiss any of such officers. 



XI. The Commission and Executive Committee respectively, shall 

 keep a full and true record of all their proceedings, which shall be 

 subject to confirmation by the Governor in Council. 



XII. At all meetings of the Commission and Executive Commit- 

 tee a majority of members shall decide. The Chairman shall have a 

 vote upon all questions, and in case of a tie shall also have a casting 

 vote. 



XIII. The Governor in Council shall have power to appoint an 

 Inspector or Superintendent of Fisheries and of Fish Hatcheries. 



XIV. The said Inspector or Superintendent shall, subject to the 

 direction of the Commission, have the superintendence and manage- 

 ment of the erection and maintenance of one or more Hatcheries for 

 the propagation of Cod or other fishes. 



XV. The said Inspector or Superintendent shall perform all such 

 other duties and services as may from time to time be directed by the 

 said Commission in the exercise of their functions. 



XVI. The Commission shall have power to make and prescribe 

 rules and regulations in relation to the prosecution of the several 

 fisheries of the Colony ; to the fixing of close season ; to the methods, 

 appliances and contrivances to be used and adopted in and for the 

 taking of fish, and the times, seasons, and manner for and in which 

 the same or any of them may be used or adopted, which rules or 

 regulations may apply to such districts or places and for such periods 

 and under such limitations as may therein be stated or defined, 

 and to fix and impose penalties for the violation or non- 

 718 performance of such rules and regulations and the mode of 

 prosecution therefor, and from time to time to alter and repeal 

 the same. 



XVII. The rules and regulations provided for by the preceding 

 Sections, and any alterations, amendments, or repeal thereof, shall 

 not be passed or adopted except by a vote of at least eleven members. 



XVIII. The said rules and regulations, and all alterations and 

 amendments thereof, shall be laid upon the Table of both branches 

 of the Legislature within ten days after the opening of each Session 

 thereof. By resolution of both branches of the Legislature, the said 

 rules, regulations or amendments may be confirmed in whole or in 

 part, and when so confirmed shall, at the close of the Session and 

 upon publication in the Royal Gazette, certified by the Colonial 

 Secretary, become law; but any amendments may \>e adopted by 

 resolution of both branches of the Legislature, and come into force 

 in the same manner as above provided. 



XIX. An annual report of the Commission shall be laid on the 

 Tables of both branches of the Legislature within ten days after the 

 opening of each Session. 



