50 TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS 



XXIX. In both countries the competent court or magistrate shall 

 be empowered to condemn to a fine of at least 8s. (10 francs), or to 

 imprisonment for at least two days, persons who may infringe the 

 regulations of the Convention concerning; 



1. The close season for oysters, and illegal possession of dredges 

 on board during that season ; 



2. The letters, numbers, and names to be placed on the boats, 

 sails, nets, and buoys ; 



3. The licences or muster rolls ; 



4. The flags and lights to be carried by the boats ; 



5. The distances to be observed by the boats between each other; 



6. The placing and anchoring of vessels and boats ; 



7. The placing and shooting of nets and the taking them up ; 



8. The clearing of nets ; 



9. The placing of buoys upon nets. 



In case of repetition of the offence, the amount of fine or period 

 of imprisonment may be doubled. 



XXX. In all cases of assault committed, or of damage or loss 

 inflicted at sea by fishermen of either country upon fishermen of the 

 other country, the courts of the country to which the offenders be- 

 long shall condemn the latter to a fine of a least 8s. (10 francs), or 

 to imprisonment for at least two days. They may, moreover, con- 

 demn the offenders to pay adequate compensation for the injury. 



XXXI. Fishing boats of either of the two countries shall be 

 admitted to sell their fish in such ports of the country as may be 

 designated for that purpose, on condition that they conform to 

 the regulations usually agreed upon. Those regulations, together 

 with a list of the ports, are annexed to the present Convention ; but 

 without prejudice to the opening by either country of any addi- 

 tional ports. 



XXXII. The fishing boats of the one country shall not enter 

 within the fishery limits fixed for 'the other country, except under 

 the following circumstances: 



1. When driven by stress of weather or by evident damage ; 



2. When carried in by contrary winds, by strong tides, or by any 

 other cause beyond the control of the master and crew ; 



3. When obliged by contrary winds or tides to beat up in order 

 to '-each their fishing ground; and when from the same cause of 

 contrary wind or tide they could not, if they remained outside, be 

 able toehold on their course to their fishing ground ; 



4. When during the herring fishing season the herring boats of 

 the one country shall find it necessary to anchor under shelter of 

 the coasts of the other country, in order to await the opportunity 

 for proceeding to their fishing ground; 



5. When proceeding to any of the ports of the other country open 

 to them for the sale of fish, in accordance with the preceding Article; 

 but in such case they shall never have oyster dredges on board. 



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 XXXIV. The commanders of cruizers may authorize boats be- 

 longing to their own country to cross the exclusive fishery limits of 

 the other country, whenever the weather is so threatening as to 

 compel them to seek shelter. 



