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mouth or 

 entrance of 

 the river 

 Tweed. 



For regula- 

 tion of mill 

 dams, &c. 



of fisheries, or the right of any other person or persons, who 

 now are or at any time or times hereafter shall or may be 

 seised, possessed of, or entitled to any manors, seigniories, or 

 royalties within the mouth or entrance of the said river 

 Tweed ; but that all and every such owners and proprietors, 

 tenants or occupiers, and other person or persons last men- 

 tioned, shall have and enjoy all such right of fishing within 

 the said mouth or entrance of the said river Tweed, as they 

 have hitherto lawfully exercised and enjoyed, or could or 

 might have lawfully enjoyed in case this act had not been 

 made, so as such right be used and exercised at such times 

 and seasons only, under such regulations and subject to 

 such penalties and forfeitures as are herein-before directed 

 concerning the fisheries in the said river Tweed, and within 

 the mouth or entrance thereof, any thing in this act con- 

 tained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. 



25. And be it further enacted, that from and after the 

 passing of this act, all mill dams, dikes, wears, caulds, and 

 other permanent obstructions to the run of fish in the said 

 river Tweed, or in any river or rivulet, brook or stream, 

 running into the same, shall be so altered and constructed 

 as to permit and allow of the free run of the fish over or 

 through them in the main stream of the river, in the ordinary 

 and mean state of such river or rivulet, brook or stream ; 

 and in case the proprietors or occupiers of such mill dams, 

 dikes, wears, caulds, and other obstructions, shall neglect so 

 to alter and construct the same, it shall and may bo lawful to 

 the commissioners or overseers herein-after mentioned, or any 

 three or more of them, to send a requisition in writing to the 

 proprietors and occupiers of the same, so as to alter them 

 within six days after such requisition shall be made and served 

 upon the proprietors and occupiers of the same, or left for him, 

 her, or them, at his, her, or their usual place of residence ; 

 and in default thereof, it shall and may be lawful for any 

 justice or justices of the peace, or sheriff or Stewart depute 

 or substitute within whose jurisdiction the said mill dams, 

 dikes, wears, caulds, and other obstructions are situated, or 



