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VIII. Every Person who during the Annual Close Times or 

 Weekly Close Times fishes for or takes or aids or assists in 

 fishing for or taking any Salmon in or from the Eiver, except- 

 ing as aforesaid, shall for every such Offence he liable to a 

 Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and an additional Penalty 

 of Ten Shillings for each Salmon so taken ; and every Salmon 

 so taken, and every Boat, Net, Tackle, or Engine by which such 

 Salmon has been taken or attempted to be taken, may be seized 

 and forfeited. 



IX. The whole Enactments and Provisions of the recited Act 

 with respect to the Annual Close Times and Weekly Close Time 

 therein defined (so far as not hereby repealed) shall be and are 

 hereby made applicable to the Annual Close Times and Weekly 

 Close Times respectively defined by this Act. 



X. Every Person who during the Annual Close Times has 

 in his Possession Salmon known by such Person to have been 

 taken or caught in the Eiver during the Annual Close Times 

 (except Salmon which have been taken by means of the Kod 

 and Line between the Fifteenth Day of September and the 

 Thirtieth Day of November, both Days inclusive, or between 

 the First and Fourteenth Days of February, both Days inclu- 

 sive, or which have been taken for the Purpose of artificial 

 Propagation, under the Authority of the Commissioners, as 

 herein-before provided), or who sells or offers or exposes for 

 Sale or Exchange any Salmon known by such Person to have 

 been caught in the Eiver between the Fifteenth Day of Sep- 

 tember in any Year and the Fourteenth Day of February in the 

 Year following, both Days inclusive, shaU for every such Offence 

 be liable to a Penalty of not less than Ten Shillings and not ex- 

 ceeding Two Pounds for each Salmon so had in his Possession, 

 or sold or offered or exposed for Sale or Exchange as aforesaid, 

 and every such Salmon, and every Boat, Cart, Basket, or 

 Package in which the same may be found, may be seized and 

 forfeited ; and the Proof that such Salmon was not taken con- 

 trary to the Provisions of this Act shall lie upon the Person in 

 whose Custody the same is found. 



XL On or before the Seventeenth Day of September in 

 every Year, every Occupier of a Fishery in the Eiver shall 

 and he is 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 



