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the constitution of boards of conservators was varied by 

 -adding a representative element in certain cases, and in 

 1878 the provisions of the former Acts were extended to 

 trout as well as salmon rivers. 



By the combined effect of these Acts, the constitution of 

 boards of conservators is shortly as follows. There are 

 three classes of members : 



1. Members appointed by the justices in quarter sessions. 

 In the case of a fishery district extending into two or more 

 counties, the process was this : the justices in the several 

 quarter sessions appointed fishery committees, who together 

 formed a joint fishery committee for the district and 

 appointed conservators and regulated various incidental 

 matters, after which the committee was dissolved. 1 The 

 conservators hold office for one year; after the first year 

 the appointments are made by the several counties in the 

 proportions which have been fixed by the original joint 

 committee. The like proceedings would still have to be 

 taken for the formation of a new fishery district not wholly 

 in one county. 



In the case of estuaries formed by the union of more 

 than one salmon river, the Home Secretary may assign 

 the jurisdiction over it to one or more of the local boards 

 of conservators, or form a special combined board : 2 but 

 this provision has not been found of much use. 



2. Ex officio members. The owner or occupier of every 

 fishery in the district of the rateable annual value of ^30, 



Fishery Laws, ed. Willis Bund, London, 1878. The map in the i8th 

 Report of the Inspectors (1879) shows the districts at a glance. But 

 any one wanting to know the rules in force at any place for practical 

 purposes should by no means omit to obtain the latest information on 

 the spot. 



1 1865, ss. 7-13. 8 1865, s. 19. 



