STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, EULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1293 



31. In case two or more seiners shall shoot their seines at the same 

 time, so as to form one circle, and neither secures his catch separately, 

 the catch shall be equally divided. 



32. When herring have been removed from a seine, such seine shall, 

 within six hours thereafter, be taken out of the water, provided that 

 the weather does not interfere with such removal; and in case such 

 empty seine interferes with the mooring or operations of any other 

 seine, such empty seine shall be forthwith removed by the owner. 



33. Any person interfering with or obstructing the owner of a 

 seine in the hauling or tucking thereof, or by rowing or making any 

 kind of noise, or otherwise wilfully frightening herring from a seine, 

 shall be guilty of an offence against these rules. 



34. No person shall set any net so close to any seine as to stand 

 over the mooring of such seine, and no person shall set his nets in 

 such a manner as to submerge the nets of any other person. 



35. Any person injuring or destroying the gear, nets, seines or 

 other contrivances of any other person, or wilfully or illegally inter- 

 fering with and destroying the catch of any other person, shall be 

 guilty of an offence against these rules. The penalty for such offence 

 shall be in addition to, and shall not be held to take away or affect 

 any other remedy to which the injured party may be entitled. 



36. In case fishing gear becomes so entangled that it cannot be 

 cleared without injury, such gear may be taken on shore and the 

 owners thereof shall aid and assist in the clearing of the same with 

 as little injury as possible to the property of each other. 



37. In case any person, in getting his gear out of water, is com- 

 pelled to cut the rope of another person, such rope shall be securely 

 tied before the same is dropped back into the water. 



38. No herring shall be taken at any time or in any waters of this 

 Colony for the purpose of being used as manure. 



39. No person shall place herring on a scaffold in warm weather. 



40. All fresh or green herring shall, in this Colony, be sold or pur- 

 chased, delivered or received, by the standard measure, which shall 

 be a barrel containing thirty-two imperial gallons, or a tub or half 

 barrel containing sixteen imperial gallons, and shall be sold as they 

 are taken or hauled from the water, without any cull or pick, any 

 agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. 



41. All frozen herring shall, in this Colony, be sold or purchased, 

 delivered or received, either by weight, or by the standard measure, 

 which shall be one imperial bushel of eight gallons. 



42. No vessel or craft of any description, loading or taking on 

 board fresh, frozen or salted herrings in Newfoundland waters, shall 

 anchor or be moored in any hauling-place, cove or inlet which her- 

 rings are in the habit of frequenting, or in which they are being 

 caught. 



43. The Department of Marine and Fisheries may appoint a Board 

 of Harbor and Sanitary Commissioners in any place, the limits of 

 which shall be defined in their appointment, to consist of one or 

 more inhabitants of such place, and the duties of such one or more 

 commissioners shall be to select and appoint suitable places where 

 spoiled herring or other fish offal of lobster and other fishes, ballast 

 and rubbish may be disposed without injury to the fisheries or the 

 health of the inhabitants, and where vessels shall be moored; and 

 any person who shall throw, place or deposit any such fish offal, 



