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11. The Lieu tenant-Governor in Council may, if he con- Appointment 

 siders it expedient, appoint Fishery Overseers, whose duties QvfrseerT 

 shall be defined by the regulations made under this Act, and 



every overseer so appointed and having taken the oath of 

 office prescribed by this Act, shall be, ex-officio, a Justice of the 

 Peace for all the purposes of this Act and of any regulations 

 made under authority thereof within the county or district for 

 which he is appointed to act as overseer. 48 V. c. 9, s. 12. 



12. Every fishery overseer shall, before acting as a Justice Oath of 

 of the Peace under this Act, take and subscribe the following verseer - 

 oath : 



" I, A. B., a Fishery Overseer in and for the district or territory 

 described in my appointment, do solemnly swear that, to the best of my 

 judgment, I will faithfully, honestly and impartially fulfil, execute and 

 perform the office and duty of such overseer according to the true intent and 

 meaning of The Ontario Fisheries Act, and of all regulations made or to be 

 made thereunder. So help me God. " 



48 V. c. 9, s. 13. 



13. (1) So far as the Legislature of Ontario has authority Regulations 

 so to enact, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, from ^eutenan 

 time to time, make regulations, and may "from time to time Governor in 

 vary, amend, and alter all and every such regulation as shall be Council - 

 found necessary or deemed expedient for the better manage- 



ment and regulation of Crown lands leased under the operation of 

 this Act and the fishing rights theretopertaining,orof any fishing 

 license which may be made or granted under the operation of 

 this Act ; and to prevent the destruction of fish, and to forbid 

 fishing in any waters except under authority of a fishery lease 

 or fishing license ; and all regulations shall have the same 

 force and effect as if herein contained and enacted, and every 

 offence against any regulation may be stated as having been 

 made in contravention of this Act. 



(2) The publication of any regulation in the Ontario 

 "Gazette, shall be sufficient notice to give legal effect to the 

 same ; and the production of a copy of a paper purporting 

 to be the Ontario Gazette, and containing any regulation 

 shall, so far as the Legislature of Ontario has authority so to 

 enact or direct, be admitted as full and sufficient evidence of 

 the same, in all Courts. 48 V. c. 9, s. 14. 



14. The remuneration of the Fishery Overseers and of all 

 other persons employed to perform any duty imposed by this 

 Act or by the regulations made under it, shall be determined 

 by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and shall be paid out 

 of moneys derived under the provisions of this Act, and 

 appropriated for that purpose by vote of the Legislative 

 Assembly. 48 V. c. 9, s. 15. 



15_(1) The Commissioner may, upon the request of any 

 lessees of fishery leases,or without such request, appoint as many or pro tection 



of fisheries. 



