APPENDIX TO NEW EDITION 



COMPRISING 



THE TWEED FISHEEY LAWS AT PRESENT IN FORCE 



BEING 



THE ACTS OF 1857 AND 1859. 



[The Appendix to the First Edition consisted of the 1830 

 Act which is now Repealed.] 



THE 18 5 7 ACT. 



Whereas an Act was passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign 

 of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for 

 the more effectual Preservation and Increase of the Breed of 

 Salmon, and for better regulating the Fisheries in the River 

 Tweed, and the Rivers and Stredms running into the same, 

 and also within the Mouth or Entrance of the said River ; 

 and another Act was passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of 

 His late Majesty King 'William the Fourth, intituled An Act to 

 alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the 

 Eleventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, '■'■An 

 Act for the more effectual Preservation and Increase of the Breed 

 of Salmon, and for better regulating the Fisheries in the River 

 Tweed, and the Rivers and Streams rumiing into the same, 

 and also within the Mouth or Entrance of the said River : " 

 And whereas the Salmon Fisheries in the River Tweed of late 

 Years have been much less productive and have greatly decreased 

 in Value, and it is of public Importance that more effectual 

 Means should be adopted for the Preservation and Increase of 

 the Breed of Salmon, and for that Purpose it is necessary 

 and expedient that the said Acts should be consolidated and 

 amended, and that further Provisions should be made for the 

 Regulation of the said Fisheries, for the removal of Nuisances 

 and Obstructions, and the Prevention of illegal Fishing in the 

 said River ; but these objects cannot be effected without the 

 Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please your Majesty 

 that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the Queen's most 



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