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Arbitrator to act on his Behalf, and require each of the other 

 joint Owners to name an Arbitrator to act on his Behalf; and 

 in the event of such joint Owners or any of them refusing or 

 delaying for Fourteen Days after being so required to name 

 such Arbitrator or Arbitrators, any One or more of such joint 

 Owners may apply to the Sheriff or any Justice to appoint a 

 fit and proper Person to act as sole Arbitrator in such Matters, 

 and to decide therein, and to fix the number of Men, Boats, 

 Nets, and Appurtenances necessary for such Fishery, and the 

 Shares of the several joint Owners in the Produce thereof; 

 and on such Application the Sheriff or Justice shall and he is 

 hereby authorised to appoint such Arbitrator ; and the Arbi- 

 trators appointed by such joint Owners as aforesaid may choose 

 an Umpire to act in case of their differing in Opinion, and the 

 Decision or Decree Arbitral to be pronounced by such Arbi- 

 trators or Umpire, or by any Arbitrator appointed by the 

 Sheriff or Justice, shall be final and not subject to Review in 

 any Court or by any Process whatsoever. 



LXXIX. For defraying the Expenses to be incurred in 

 carrying this Act into effect it shall be lawful for the Com- 

 missioners at any General, Special, or Adjourned Meeting and 

 they are hereby required to make, impose, and levy an annual 

 Bate or Assessment of Twenty Pounds per Centum per Annum 

 until the Debts and Obligations contracted by the Commis- 

 sioners and Overseers acting under the recited Acts, and due 

 and subsisting at the passing of tbis Act, and the Costs of 

 obtaining and passing this Act and incidental thereto, are paid, 

 and annually thereafter of such Amount as the Commissioners 

 shall fix and determine, not exceeding Twenty Pounds per 

 Centum per Annum, to be paid by the whole Owners of Salmon 

 Fisheries in the Eiver in proportion to the Bents or yearly 

 Value of their several Fisheries as such Bents or yearly Value 

 shall be ascertained and fixed by the Commissioners, or by the 

 Sheriff or Justices on the Application of any Owner who may 

 think himself aggrieved by any such Assessment, provided 

 Notice of such Application be given to the Clerk within Ten 

 Days after Notice of such Assessment is given to such Owner, 

 and which Bate shall be payable either yearly or half-yearly, 

 as the Commissioners may from Time to Time direct and 

 appoint, by the several Tenants or Occupiers of the said several 

 Fisheries, for and on behalf of the respective Owners of the 

 same, and for which Payments such Tenants or Occupiers 

 shall be entitled to Belief from the respective Owners on settling 

 or paying their Bents ; and if any such Bate shall not be paid 

 to the Collector appointed under this Act by any Tenant or 

 Occupier when required, the same shall on Demand be payable 

 by the Owner of the Fishery possessed by such Tenant or 

 Occupier. 



