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APPENDIX. 



Penalty on 

 improper per- 

 sons having 

 nets in their 

 possession 

 for taking 

 salmon, &c. 



be it therefore enacted, that from and after the passing of this 

 act, if any such person or persons as aforesaid shall at any- 

 time or times take, fish for, or attempt to take, or aid or assist 

 in taking, fishing for, or attempting to take, in or from the 

 said river Tweed, or any river, rivulet, brook, or stream, or 

 in any mill pool, mill lead, mill dam, sluice, pond, or cut, 

 which runs into or otherwise communicates with the said 

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

 river Tweed, any salmon, grilse, sea trout, bull trout, whitling, 

 or other fish of the salmon kind, every such person shall 

 forfeit and pay any sum not less than 21. and not exceeding 

 20/., for and in respect of each and every such offence, over 

 and above forfeiting each and every such fish so taken, and 

 each and every boat, net, or engine so used, or by which any 

 such fish hath been taken or attempted to be taken, and also 

 the further sum of 10s. for each and every such fish so taken. 

 19. And be it also enacted, that it shall not be lawful for 

 any person or persons within five miles of the said river 

 Tweed, or any river, rivulet, brook, or stream, which runs 

 into or otherwise communicates with the said river Tweed, 

 not duly authorized by licence, or leave in writing, under the 

 hand or hands of any owner or owners, occupier or occupiers 

 of any fishery in any of the said rivers, to have in his, her, 

 or their possession, except for the purpose of manufacturing 

 or selling the same, or repairing the same for some owner or 

 occupier of a fishery in one of the said rivers, any net, or 

 engine of the description of those used for the taking of 

 salmon, grilse, salmon trout, or whitling, or other fish of the 

 salmon kind, and the person or persons convicted of offending 

 herein shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum 

 not less than 10/. and not exceeding 20/., and shall besides 

 forfeit all and every the nets and engines so found in his, 

 her, or their possession ; and the justice or justices, sheriff 

 or Stewart depute or substitute, before whom such person or 

 persons shall be convicted, shall order and direct such nets 

 or engines to be burned, cut to pieces, or otherwise de- 

 stroyed. 



