298 FOREST LIFE IN ACADIE. 



" Nets shall only be placed on one side of a river, shall 

 not extend more than one-third across the same, shall not 

 be placed nearer than an eighth of a mile to each other, 

 nor nearer, than an eighth of a mile to any dam/' 



" Every dam shall have a sufficient fish way, which 

 shall be kept open during the months of March, May, 

 June, and July. The owner or occupier is liable to a 

 penalty of forty dollars for every time he shall close 

 such passage/' 



" The owner of a mill who, after being duly notified, 

 shall neglect or refuse to construct a sufficient fish way 

 is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and if 

 within ten days after such penalty has been inflicted he 

 does not construct such fish way he is liable to have his 

 dam wholly prostrated/' 



In respect of the large game, the law stands, — 



" No person shall kill, or pursue with intent to kill, 

 any moose, save only during the months of September, 

 October, November, and December, or shall expose for 

 sale, or have in his or her possession, any green moose 

 skin or fresh moose meat, save only in the months afore- 

 said, and the first five days in the month of January ; 

 and no person shall kill, or pursue with intent to kill, 

 any cariboo between the first days of March and Sep- 

 tember inclusive in any year/' 



" No person shall kill more than five moose or* cari- 

 boo, during any one year or season, under a penalty 

 of twenty dollars for each ofience — one-half to the 

 informer/' 



" No person whatever shall set snares or traps, for 

 moose or cariboo, under a penalty of twenty dollars — 

 one half to the informer/' 



