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who is the Proprietor of a Fishery in the River, or who 

 receives or is entitled to receive the Rents of such Fishery 

 on his or their own Account, or as Trustee, Guardian, or 

 Factor for any Person or Corporation. 



III. From and after the passing of this Act the recited' Acts 

 shall he and are hereby repealed, and this Act shall commence 

 and take effect. 



IV. All Rates, Rents, Goods, Debts, Moneys, and other Pro- 

 perty and Effects whatsoever, heritable and moveable, real and 

 personal, belonging or owing to or held by the Commissioners 

 and Overseers acting under the recited Acts, subject to the 

 existing Debts, Liabilities, Engagements, Contracts, Obligations, 

 and Incumbrances affecting the same, are hereby vested in and 

 may be lawfully held, used, exercised, enforced, recovered, and 

 enjoyed by the Commissioners appointed by this Act. 



V. All Contracts, Agreements, and other Deeds., Instruments, 

 and Writings made, executed, or entered into between any 

 Person and the said Commissioners and Overseers, or by, to, in 

 favour of, or for the said Commissioners and Overseers, shall be 

 and continue as good, valid, and effectual to all Intents and 

 Purposes as if the recited Acts had not been repealed ; and the 

 Commissioners shall be liable for all Debts, Obligations, and 

 Engagements of the said Commissioners and Overseers due and 

 owing at the Time of the passing of this Act. 



VI. All Actions, Suits, and Proceedings at Law or in Equity, 

 and all Arbitrations, to which the said Commissioners and Over- 

 seers at the Time of the passing of this Act have been or are 

 Parties, are hereby specially saved and reserved entire, and shall 

 not be prejudiced or affected by anything in this Act contained, 

 and may be proceeded in by or against the Commissioners with- 

 out the Necessity of intimating such Action, Suit, Proceeding, 

 or Arbitration to the Commissioners, or making them formally 

 Parties thereto ; and all Offences against the Provisions of the 

 recited Acts, or either of them, committed before the passing of 

 this Act, may be prosecuted, and all Penalties and Forfeitures 

 incurred by reason of such Offences may be sued for and re- 

 covered, by the Commissioners in the same Manner in all respects 

 as if the recited Acts had not been repealed. 



VII. Notwithstanding the Repeal of the recited Acts, and 

 except only as is by this Act otherwise expressly provided, 

 everything done or suffered under the recited Acts shall be as 

 valid as if the same were not repealed, and the Repeal thereof 

 and this Act respectively shall accordingly be subject and with- 

 out Prejudice to everything so done or suffered, and to all 



