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Versailles was signed. It first set forth the engagements made by 

 the treaties and declarations accompanying the Treaty of Versailles, 

 and then enacted as follows : 



Section I. 



" It shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His heirs and suc- 

 cessors, by advice of Council, from time to time to give such orders 

 and instructions to the Governor of Newfoundland, or to any officer 

 or officers on that station, as he or they shall deem proper and neces- 

 sary to fulfil the purposes of the definitive treaty and declaration 

 aforesaid ; and, if it shall be necessary to that end, to give orders and 

 instructions to the Governor, or other officer or officers as aforesaid, 

 to remove or cause to be removed any stages, flakes, train vats, or 

 other works whatever, for the purpose of carrying on fishery, erected 

 by His Majesty's subjects on that part of the coast of Newfoundland 

 which lies between Cape St. John passing to the north, and descend- 

 ing by the western coast of the said island to the place called Cape 

 Rage, and also all ships, vessels, and boats belonging to His Majesty's 

 subjects which shall be found within the limits aforesaid; and also, 

 in case of refusal to depart from within the limits aforesaid, to com- 

 pel any of His Majesty's subjects to depart from thence; any law, 

 custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." 



Section II. 



"And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That if any 

 person or persons shall refuse, upon requisition made by- the Gov- 

 ernor, or any officer or officers acting under him, in pursuance of His 

 Majesty's orders or instructions as aforesaid, to depart from within 

 the limits aforesaid, or otherwise to conform to such requisition and 

 directions as such Governor or other officer as aforesaid shall make 

 or give for the purposes aforesaid, every such person or persons so 

 refusing or otherwise offending against the same, shall forfeit the 

 sum of two hundred pounds, to be recovered in the Court of Session 

 or Court of Vice-Admiralty in the said island of Newfoundland, or 

 by bill, plaint, or information in any of His Majesty's Courts of 

 Record at Westminster ; one moiety of such penalty to belong to His 

 Majesty, His heirs, and successors, and the other moiety to such per- 

 son or persons as shall sue or prosecute for the same : provided always 

 that every such suit or prosecution, if the same is commenced in New- 

 foundland, shall be commenced within three months, and if com- 

 menced in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, 

 within tAvelve months from the time of the commission of such 

 offence." 



War terminated the Treaty of Versailles; and though the Treaty 

 of Paris (1814) restored to France "the colonies, fisheries, and fac- 

 tories of every kind which were possessed by France on the 1st Janu- 

 ary 1792," it does not appear to have been considered that this treaty 

 revived the Act above quoted, for in 1824 an Act intituled "An Act 

 "to repeal several Laws relating to the Fisheries carried on upon llie 

 " Banks and Shores of Newfoundland, and to make provision for the 

 "better conduct of the Fisheries for five years, and from thence to 

 " the end of the then next session of Parliament," contained two sec- 

 tions 12 and 13 which were almost literally the same as those 



