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Chambers during the whole Period of the Weekly Close 



Time: 

 Every such Bag Net shall be so placed and constructed as 



that the Netting of the Leaders thereof cau be raised and 



kept out of the Water : 

 The Netting of the Leader of every such Bag Net shall during 



the whole Period of the Weekly Close Time be raised and 



kept out of the Water : 

 And every Person committing any Breach or Contravention of 

 the said Provisions and Regulations shall for every such Offence 

 be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and an addi- 

 tional Penalty of Ten Shillings for each Salmon taken in or by 

 means of any Bag or Stake Nets set, placed, or used contrary 

 to the said Provisions and Regulations, and shall also forfeit 

 any Salmon so taken, and every Bag or Stake Net so set, placed, 

 or used ; provided that nothing herein contained shall be con- 

 strued to render liable to any Penalty or Forfeiture any Person 

 who shall be prevented by Storm or Stress of Weather from 

 making such Openings in Stake Nets, or removing such Leaders 

 of Bag Nets as aforesaid, or from removing such Stake Nets or 

 Bag Nets at the Commencement of the Annual Close Time, 

 in respect of any such Act or Omission while he shall be so 

 prevented. 



XIII. From and after the Fifteenth Day of February, One 

 thousand eight hundred and sixty it shall not be lawful to 

 shoot, draw, or use in the Biver any Net of which the Meshes 

 shall be less than One Inch and Three Quarters of an Inch 

 frorn Knot to Knot, or Seven Inches round (except Nets which 

 shall be used solely for the taking of Herrings or Shrimps, and 

 Nets which shall be used solely for the Purpose of landing Fish 

 taken with the Rod and Liue) ; and every Person who shoots, 

 draws, or uses in the River, or has in his Possession within Five 

 Miles of the River, any Net adapted for taking or killing Fish 

 with Meshes of smaller Dimensions than those above specified 

 (except as aforesaid), or shoots, draws, or uses any double Net, 

 shall for every sucli Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceed- 

 ing Ten Pounds, and an additional Penalty of Ten Shillings for 

 each Salmon taken by means of such illegal Net or double Net, 

 and every such illegal Net and every Salmon so taken may be 

 seized and forfeited. 



XIV. Every Person who at any Time takes or kills or at- 

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

 of any Pout Net, Rake Hook, or similar Engine of the Descrip- 

 tion of those used for killing Salmon, or who has in his Posses- 

 sion within Five Miles from the River any such Pout Net, 

 Rake Hook, or similar Engine, shall for every such Offence be 



