TWEED FISHERIES ACT. 261 



5. And be it further enacted, that the proof that such Persons in 



i .-, i ii i-T i/>i/> possession of 



salmon, grilse, sea trout, bull trout, whithng, or other fish ol such fish to 



i i i-i i t •« i- • • i •!• prove that 



the salmon kind was not taken or killed in the said river the same 



mi- ••ill • were not 



Iweed, or in any river, rivulet, brook, or stream, or in any taken in the 



Tweed. 



mill pool, mill lead, mill dam, sluice, pond, or other pool or 

 cut which runs into or otherwise communicates with the said 

 river Tweed, or within the mouth or entrance of the said 

 river Tweed, between the fifteenth day of October or the first 

 day of November respectively and the fifteenth day of Feb- 

 ruary, shall lie upon the person or persons in whose custody 

 or possession the same shall be found, or who shall cry, ex- 

 pose, offer for sale, exchange, or purchase the same as afore- 

 said. 



6. And be it further enacted, that from and after the pas- To prevent 

 sing of this act, if any person or persons shall wilfully kill or ttm of the * 

 take, or aid or assist in killing or taking, by any means or ,pawn ' 

 by any device, in or from the said river Tweed, or in or from 



any river, rivulet, brook or stream, or in any mill pool, mill 

 lead, mill dam, sluice, pond, or other pool or cut, which runs 

 into or otherwise communicates with the said river Tweed, 

 or within the mouth or entrance thereof ; or sell, purchase, 

 or wilfully have in his, her, or their possession, any spawn, 

 smolts, fry, or young brood of salmon, or of any other fish of 

 the salmon kind ; or in any way, or by any device, wilfully 

 obstruct the passage of such smolts, fry, or young brood, or 

 injure or disturb any such spawn, smolts, or fry, or any 

 spawning bed, bank, or shallow where the same may be ; 

 every such person shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than 

 11. and not exceeding 101. for each and every such offence, 

 and shall also forfeit and pay the further sum of 2s. for each 

 of the smolts, fry, or young brood of the salmon kind so 

 taken, killed, or destroyed, or found in his, her, or their pos- 

 session, and shall also forfeit all nets and engines whereby 

 the same have been killed or taken, together with the ham- 

 pers, creels, or packages wherein the same may be found. 



7. And be it further enacted, that if any person shall, after Penalty on 

 the expiration of two months from and after the passing of respaiS 



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