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13. The Governor in Council, upon the recommendation of the Min- 

 ister of Marine and Fisheries, may authorize to set apart and to be 

 leased, any river or other water for the natural or artificial propaga- 

 tion of fish; and every person who wilfully destroys or injures any 

 place set apart or used for the propagation of fish, or who fishes 

 therein without written permission from a fishery officer, or from the 

 holder thereof under lease or license, or uses therein any fishing-light 

 or other implement for fishing, during the period for which such 

 waters are so set apart, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two 

 hundred dollars, and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a 

 term not exceeding four months. 



(2.) Nothing in this Act contained shall preclude the granting by 

 the Minister of written permission to obtain fish and fish 

 spawn for purposes of stocking or artificial breeding or for 

 scientific purposes. 



733 (3.) Lessees or licensees of fisheries shall have no claim to 



renewal of leases or licenses if in arrears of rent or 

 per centage during four months after the same is due, and 

 any lessee or licensee convicted of a violation of this Act, or 

 any regulation under it, shall be liable to forfeit his lease or 

 license. 



(4.) Shell-fish fisheries shall be subject to the provisions of this 

 Act and any regulation made under it. 



14. The Governor in Council may assign any new or other duty or 

 power to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and may also assign 

 any of the duties or powers herein before enumerated to the Minister 

 of any other department. 



15. Section 2, sub-section 1, and section 3, sub-section 5, of Chapter 

 4, of the Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland, (Second Series), 

 entitled " Of Legislative Disabilities and the Vacation of Seats in the 

 House of Assembly," are hereby amended by the addition thereto 

 after the words " Chairman of the Board of Works," of the words 

 " Minister of Marine and Fisheries." 



16. Chapter 122 of the Consolidated Statutes, (Second Series), 

 entitled " of Wreck and Salvage," is hereby amended by substituting 

 the words "The Minister of Marine and Fisheries" for the words 

 " The Receiver General " or " The Board of Revenue " throughout. 



(17.) This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, A. D. 

 1898. 



(a.) Save and except the provisions of sections 9, 11, and 12, which 



shall tome into force immediately upon the passing of this 



Act. 

 18. The Act 56th Vic., cap. 8, is hereby repealed. 



