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apply to Waterwheels or other Macliiaery used only for manu- 

 facturing Purposes, and placed in or upon Mill Leads. 



LXII. Every Person who shall shoot or work any Wear Shot 

 Net in the River within the Distance of Thirty Yards of any other 

 "Wear Shot Net already shot or being worked in the River before 

 such last-mentioned Net is fully drawn and landed shall for 

 every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five 

 Pounds. 



LXIII. Every Person who at any Time takes or kills or 

 attempts to take or kill Salmon in or from the River by means 

 of any Leister or Spear or any such Engine shall for every such 

 Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and 

 an additional Penalty of Ten Shillings for each Salmon so 

 taken ; and every such Leister, Spear, and other Engine so 

 used or attempted to be used, and every Salmon so taken, may 

 be seized and forfeited. 



LXIV. Every Person who has in his Possession within Five 

 Miles from the River any Leister, Spear, or similar Engine of 

 the Description of those used for killing Salmon shall for every 

 such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Two Pounds, 

 and every such Leister, Spear, or similar Engine may be seized 

 and forfeited. 



LXV. Every Person who at any Time lays or places in the 

 River, or allows to fall or run or flow into the River, any hot 

 Lime, or Refuse of Gasworks, or Products thereof, or Prussiate 

 of Potash, or any Water in which Green flax has been steeped, 

 or any Matter or Thing which shall poison or kill any Salmon 

 or Smolt, shall for every such First Offence be liable to a 

 Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and for every subsequent 

 Offence shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, 

 and to a daily Penalty of Two Pounds for every Day during 

 which such Offence is continued. 



LXVI. Every Person who at any Time lays or places in or 

 allows to fall into the River at or below High-water Mark any 

 Coal, Cinders, Coal Ashes, Dirt, or Rubbish shall for every such 

 Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings. 



LXVII. Every Person not being an Owner or Occupier of 

 a Fishery in the River, or otherwise entitled to fish for Salmon 

 therein, who at any Time between the First Day of March 

 and the Fourteenth day of October in any Year fishes for or 

 takes or aids or assists in fishing for or taking Salmon in or 

 from the River, shall for every such Offence be liable to a 

 Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and an additional Penalty 



