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distance than fifty fathoms from any cod-net previously set: Pro- 

 vided that, if a cod-trap be set out on any of the fishing-grounds 

 aforesaid, and subsequently a second trap be set at a greater distance 

 than eighty fathoms therefrom, it shall be lawful for the owner of 

 the third trap to set the same at a distance of at least eighty fathoms 

 of the first trap set out. 



18. No cod-net shall be set on any of the fishing grounds of this 

 Colony or its dependencies at a less distance than fifty fathoms from 

 the nearest point of any cod-trap or cod-net previously set. 



19. When any person shall have set a cod-trap, cod-net, or bultow, 

 and the same shall become damaged to an extent rendering it neces- 

 sary that it be taken up for the purpose of repairs, he shall have the 

 right to re-set his cod-trap, cod-net, or bultow in the place from 

 whence it has been taken up for a period of one week from the time 

 when it was so taken up. 



20. No net shall be moored or set in any harbor, cove, creek or 

 estuary, or on or near any part of the coast of this Colony or its 

 dependencies, for the purpose of taking salmon, nearer to any other 

 net moored or set for a like purpose than one hundred yards for a 

 single net and three hundred yards for a double net or fleet of nets. 



21. All forfeitures and penalties imposed by this chapter 

 727 shall be recovered with costs in a summary manner before any 

 Justice, for which purpose such Justice may summon or arrest 

 the offender, and compel witnesses, by summons or warrant, to appear 

 before him ; and, upon conviction of the offender, such Justice shall 

 (except under sections fourteen, fifteen and sixteen) cause all seines, 

 nets and other contrivances illegally used to be sold by public auction ; 

 and, in default of the payment of any penalty imposed and costs, such 

 Justice shall issue his warrant and cause such offender to be arrested 

 and imprisoned for any period not exceeding twenty days. 



22. The Governor in Council may appoint the Collector of Eevenue 

 for Labrador, or other person, to be Superintendent of the Fisheries 

 on the coast of this Colony and its dependencies, and may also ap- 

 point Fishery Wardens, and prescribe their duties for the purposes 

 of this chapter. The compensation for the services of such officers 

 to be provided by the Legislature. 



23. After two years from the ninth day of May, 1888, it shall be 

 unlawful for any person to use any cod-trap for the purpose of 

 catching or taking any cod-fish on the coast of this colony or its 

 dependencies. 



24. Any person who shall violate the provisions of the next pre- 

 ceding section of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty not exceed- 

 ing four hundred dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner 

 before a stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, and, in 

 default of payment of such penalty, such offender shall be subject 

 to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. 



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

 chapter, for the violation of % which no penalty is named, shall be 

 subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars; and all nets and 

 other contrivances used contrary to the provisions of this chapter 

 (except those referred to in sections sixteen, seventeen and eighteen) 

 shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any Justice, Sub-collector 

 of Customs, Preventive Office, Fishery Warden or Constable, on 

 view or by virtue of a warrant issued by such Justice upon com- 



