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LXXI. Every Person who shall between the First Day of 

 March and the First Day of June in fishing with a Eod and 

 Line use any Cleek or Instrument for landing Fish other than 

 ;t Landing Net shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five 

 Pounds. 



LXXII. If any Person while fishing in the Eiver for Salmon 

 takes or captures any foul, unclean, or unreasonable Salmon, 

 he shall immediately put back such Salmon into the Eiver 

 with as little injury to such Salmon as possible ; and every 

 Person convicted of offending against this Enactment shall for 

 every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Shil- 

 lings for each Salmon so taken and not put back as aforesaid. 



LXXIII. If any Person while in the Act of fishing for Eiver 

 or Fresh -water Trout, during the Period when Salmon may 

 be lawfully taken and killed, takes any Salmon in or from the 

 Eiver, he shall forthwith deliver up such Salmon to the Owner 

 or Occupier of the Fishery where the same was taken, and 

 every Person who fails or refuses to deliver up any Salmon so 

 taken shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Two Pounds 

 for every such Salmon. 



LXXIV. Every Person who wilfully takes or kills or aids or 

 assists in taking or killing in or from the Eiver by any Means 

 or by any Device (except by the Eod and Line;, or wilfully 

 sells, purchases, or has in his Possession, any Smolt, Fry, or 

 young Brood or Spawn of Salmon, or in any Way or by any 

 Device wilfully obstructs the Passage of such Smolts, Fry, or 

 young Brood, or injures or disturbs any such Smolts or Fry, or 

 uny Spawn or Spawning Bed, Bank, or Shallow where the 

 same may be, shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty 

 not exceeding Ten Pounds, and to an additional Penalty of 

 Two Shillings for each of the Smolts, Fry or young Brood 

 of Salmon so taken, killed, or destroyed, or found in his Pos- 

 session, and all Nets, Tackle, and Engines whereby the same 

 have been taken or killed, and the Hampers, Baskets, or 

 Packages wherein the same may be found, may be seized and 

 forfeited. 



LXXV. Every Person who wilfully kills any Smolt, Fry, or 

 young Brood of Salmon by the Eod and Line between the First 

 Day of April and the First Day of June in each Year, or has 

 in his Possession any Smolt, Fry, or young Brood of Salmon 

 taken by means of the Eod and Line during the said Period, 

 shall for every such First Offence be liable to a Penalty of Six- 

 pence, and shall for every Second or subsequent Offence be 

 liable to a Penalty not exceeding Two Pounds and an additional 

 Penalty of Two Shillings for each of the Smolts, Fry, or young 



