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and kept until the Thirteenth Day of February in the following 

 Year; and each Boat with its Oars and other Implements as 

 aforesaid so retained for the Purpose of Angling or Rod-fishing 

 shall be removed or carried away on or before the Third Day 

 of December in every Year; and shall be lodged and kept and 

 remain as aforesaid until the Thirtieth Day of January in the 

 following Year ; and every such Occupier who neglects or re- 

 fuses to remove and carry away all and every such Boats, Oars, 

 Nets, Engines, and other Tackle as aforesaid, and to keep 

 the same secured from the said Fisheries and Premises during 

 the Period aforesaid, shall for every such Offence be liable to a 

 Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds, and all such Boats, 

 Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle not removed or kept 

 secured as aforesaid shall be forfeited : Provided always, that 

 tbis Enactment shall not be held or construed to extend to 

 public Ferry Boats, or to Boats used by any Owner or Occu- 

 pier of Land adjoining the River solely for the Transport of 

 himself, or his Family or Servants, or any Persons in his Em- 

 ployment; provided also, that all such last-mentioned Boats 

 shall be under and subject to the Regulations prescribed in the 

 recited Act with respect thereto; provided further, that this 

 Enactment, so far as it requires Nets to be carried away to 

 some Place or Places to be appointed by the Commissioners, 

 shall not apply to the Stake Nets or Bag Nets to be set or 

 placed as provided for by the Twelfth Section of this Act, but 

 that all such Nets shall, on or before the Seventeenth Day of 

 September in every Year, be removed and carried away from 

 the said Fisheries and from the Strand or Shore, and kept in 

 such Places as may be provided by the Owners of such Nets. 



XII. All Stake Nets and Bag Nets set or placed beyond the 

 Limits of tbe Mouth or Entrance of the said River, as defined 

 by the Forty-first Section of the recited Act and within the 

 extended Limits defined by this Act, shall be subject to the 

 following Provisions and Regulations : 



The Nets used in the Formation and Construction of such 

 Stake Nets and of the Leaders of such Bag Nets shall be 

 extended evenly in such Manner that the Meshes of such 

 Nets shall be stretched to their full Opening : 

 Every such Stake Net shall be so placed and constructed as 

 that clear Openings for the free Passage of Salmon, as 

 herein-after provided, can be made in the Traps or Cham- 

 bers thereof: 

 In every such Stake Net there shall be made, and kept free 

 from Obstruction during the whole Period of the Weekly 

 Close Time, a clear Opening of at least Three Feet in 

 Width in the Traps or Chambers of such Stake Net from 

 the Bottom to the Top thereof, so as effectually to allow 

 of the free Passage of Salmon through such Traps or 



