278 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. 



Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the 

 Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present 

 Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as 

 follows : 



I. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as "The Tweed, 

 Fisheries Act, 1857." 



II. The following Words and Expressions in this Act shall 

 have the Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless such Mean- 

 ings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the Context ; that is 

 to say, 



The Expression "the Eiver" shall mean and include the 

 River Tweed,, and every Eiver, Brook, or Stream which 

 flows or runs into the said River, and also tbe Mouth or 

 Entrance of the said River as described and defined in this 

 Act: 



The Word "Salmon" shall mean and include Salmon, Grilse, 

 Sea Trout, Bull Trout, Whitling, and other fish of the 

 Salmon kind : 



The Expressions "fixed Net" and "fixed Engine" shall re- 

 spectively mean and include Stake, Bag, Bob, Hang, Sole, 

 Stell, and Cairn Nets, and all Nets, Cruives, Engines, or 

 Devices, of whatsoever Construction or Materials the same 

 may be or however known or termed, used or which may 

 be used for taking, killing, leading, or turning Salmon, or 

 for obstructing the free Passage of Salmon, and fixed to 

 the Soil, or anchored, moored, or fixed or made stationary 

 in any way whatever : 



The Word "Fishery" shall mean a Salmon Fishery in the 

 River : 



The Word "Commissioners" shall mean the Commissioners 

 appointed by this Act, and shall include the Representatives 

 of Commissioners as herein-after provided : 



The Words " Clerk" and "Treasurer" shall mean respectively 

 the Clerk and Treasurer to the Commissioners for the Time 

 being : 



The Word " Sheriff" shall mean the Sheriff of the County in 

 Scotland where the Matter requiring the Cognizance of such 

 Sheriff shall arise, and shall include the Sheriff Substitute 

 of such County : 



The Words "Justice" and " Justices " shall severally mean 

 a Justice of the Peace or Two or more Justices of the Peace 

 acting for the County, City, Liberty, or Place in England 

 or Scotland where the Matter requiring the Cognizance of 

 such Justice or Justices shall arise : 



The Word "Owner" shall mean any Person or Corporation 



