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whose Jurisdiction such Mill Darns, Dykes, Wears, Caulds, and 

 other Obstructions are wholly or partly situated, upon the Ap- 

 plication or Information of any Commissioner, or the Clerk or 

 any Officer or Person appointed by the Commissioners, to order 

 and Direct such Construction or Alteration to be made in a 

 substantial Manner under the Inspection and Direction of a 

 proper Person to be named by such Sheriff or Justice, and at 

 the Expense of the Commissioners in the Case of any such Mill 

 Dam, Dyke, Wear, Cauld, or other permanent Obstruction ex- 

 isting at the passing of this Act, and at tbe Expense of the 

 Owners or Occupiers of any such Mill Dam, Dyke, Wear, Cauld, 

 or other permanent Obstruction that may be erected after the 

 passing of this Act, or that shall be altered, reconstructed, or 

 renewed in a Manner to destroy the Free Eun of Salmon over 

 the same: Provided, that the Height of no such Mill Dam, 

 Dyke, Wear, Cauld, or other Obstruction existing at the passing 

 of this Act shall be lowered in any part thereof by any Works 

 or Alterations made under the Provisions of this Act for obtain- 

 ing a free Eun for Salmon as herein provided ; and that any 

 Mill Dam, Dyke, Wear, Cauld, or other permanent Obstruction, 

 altered or substituted for and in the place of any existing Mill 

 Dam, Dyke, Wear, Cauld, or other permanent Obstruction, but 

 which shall offer the same Facilities for the free Eun of Salmon 

 over the same as before such Alteration or Substitution, shall 

 be considered and dealt with as a Cauld existing at the passing 

 of this Act ; and in every Case all Alterations shall be made in 

 such Manner as may sufficiently effect the Object intended with 

 the least possible Injury to the Property and Works of such 

 Owner and Occupier. 



LVII. All Eocks, Shoals, Deposits of Stones, Gravel, Sand, 

 Mud, or other Matter or Thing, and all natural Obstructions 

 in the Eiver, which prevent, obstruct, or interrupt the free 

 Passage of Salmon therein, shall be removed or altered so as 

 to permit and allow of the free Eun of Salmon at all Times 

 over, across, or through the same ; and if the Owner of the 

 Soil, Land, or Fishery in or upon which the Obstruction or 

 Cause of Interruption exists or is situate shall refuse or neglect 

 to alter or remove the same so as to allow the free Eun of 

 Salmon at all Times over, across, or through the same, within 

 Fourteen Days after being thereunto required in Writing by 

 any Two Commissioners or the Clerk, it shall be lawful for 

 the Commissioners or for the Sheriff or any Justice within 

 whose Jurisdiction the Obstruction or Cause of Interruption is 

 wholly or partly situated, upon the Application or Information 

 of any Commissioner or the Clerk, to order and direct that 

 such Obstruction or Cause of Interruption shall be removed or 

 altered by or under the Inspection and Direction of a proper 

 Person to be appointed by the Commissioners or such Sheriff 



