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hereby required to remove from every Fishery, Fishing, Shield, 

 and Fishing Ground and Houses and Premises occupied or used 

 by him all Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle used 

 and employed in taking and killing Salmon (excepting Boats 

 with their Oars and such other Implements as are used for 

 Angling or Bod Fishing), and to carry away the same to some 

 Place or Places to be from Time to Time appointed by the 

 Commissioners, where the same can be securely lodged and 

 kept until the Twenty-seventh Day of February in the follow- 

 ing Year ; and each Boat, with its Oars and other Implements 

 as aforesaid, so retained for the Purpose of Angling or Rod 

 Fishing shall be removed and carried away on or before the 

 Seventeenth Day of October in every Year, and shall be lodged 

 and kept and remain as aforesaid until the Twenty-seventh Day 

 of February in the following Year ; and every such Occupier 

 who neglects or refuses to remove and carry away all and every 

 such Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle as aforesaid, 

 and to keep the same secured from the said Fisheries and Pre- 

 mises during the Period aforesaid, shall for every such Offence 

 be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds, and all 

 such Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines and other Tackle not removed 

 or kept secured as aforesaid shall be forfeited : Provided always, 

 that this Enactment shall not be held or construed to extend 

 to Public Ferry Boats, or to Boats used by any Owner or Oc- 

 cupier of Land adjoining the River solely for the Transport of 

 himself or his Family or Servants or any Persons in his Em- 

 ployment : Provided also, that all such last-mentioned Boats 

 shall be under and subject to the Regulations herein-after pre- 

 scribed with respect thereto. 



XLVIII. It shall be lawful for any Superintendent or Water 

 Bailiff or other Person employed in the Execution of this Act, 

 without any other Authority than this Act, to seize all such 

 Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle which shall not 

 have been so removed or kept secured as aforesaid (but except- 

 ing as aforesaid), and to convey and carry the same to some of 

 the Places of Security to be appointed as aforesaid ; and also at 

 any Time during the Annual Close Times to enter into or upon 

 any Fishery or Fishing Grounds, and without any Warrant to 

 search all and every the Fishing Shields and other Premises be- 

 longing thereto for any Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other 

 Tackle that may be deposited or concealed therein ; and if any 

 such Shield is found to be locked up, and if upon being required 

 the Occupier of such Shield shall refuse to open the Door there- 

 of, it shall be lawful for any Superintendent or Water Bailiff 

 or other Person employed as aforesaid to break open the Door 

 of such Shield, and to search for such Boats, Oars, Nets, En- 

 gines, or other Tackle, and if any are found to seize and carry 

 away the same to some of the Places of Security to be appointed 

 as aforesaid. 



