238 THE SALMON 



Upon a district being constituted, a list of the 

 upper and lower proprietors has to be made, the 

 qualification being the ownership of a fishery entered 

 in the valuation roll as of the yearly rent or value of 

 2O/., and in the former case also the ownership of 

 half a mile frontage to the river with a right of salmon- 

 fishing. From these two classes the members of the 

 district board are elected. By a further Act of 1868, 

 if a district board had not been so constituted in any 

 district, any two proprietors of salmon-fishings in the 

 district can petition the sheriff to form one, and the 

 factor of any proprietor of a fishing can be elected a 

 member. 



A district board continues in office for three 

 years. 



A district board 



1. May sue or be sued in the name of its clerk. 



2. May appoint constables, water-bailiffs, and 

 watchers. 



3. May impose and has power to collect an 

 assessment, called the ' fishery assessment,' on the 

 several fisheries in the district according to their 

 yearly rent or value as entered in the valuation roll. 



4. May petition the Secretary for Scotland to 

 vary the close seasons, annual or weekly, and to alter 

 the regulations with regard to them. 



