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said gates may be raised at any time of tide. There shall be gates as above described 

 for every one hundred and fifty feet of weir; but in every case these shall be placed 

 as above directed in tb.e deepest water. These gates shall be opened at or before six 

 o'clock on every Saturday night, and remain open until Monday morning at six o'clock. 



4. To prevent the destruction of young tish, every owner, occupier or person in 

 charge of a weir shall, either by himself or by those employed under him, enter his 

 weir in a boat before half tide ebb, ascertain the quality of the fish taken, and if young, 

 or small, shall immediately open the gates to permit the fish to escape. 



(5) — Dipping Pnvileges in Dighy County. 



Owners of land along any falls in :iny of the rivers of the county of Digby shall 

 be allowed one stand for dipping gaspereau only, to be selected by the owners and 

 pointed out to the overseer, who shall determine what claims they are entitled to, 

 and to hold the same as their fishing privileges. 



When the width of any falls shall exceed twenty feet, any person, except the owner 

 of a stand, may anchor a boat in said falls for the purpose of dipping gaspereau only; 

 provided that he does not interfere with the special privilege of owners of stands ; and 

 every boat so moored shall, after loading, make room and give place for others, by 

 removing when requested to do so; and to prevent the intent of this clause from being 

 defeated, no such fish shall be salted in any such boat nor any such fish shifted from 

 one boat to another. When the river is less than twenty feet wide, no boat or craft 

 of any kind shall be allowed to occupy any such public privilege in said river the 

 second or any subsequent time until each man requesting the privilege shall have had 

 his turn. 



(6) — Mesh and Length of Shad Nets. 



(a) The meshes of nets for capturing shad shall be not less than 5 inches extension 

 measure, and nothing shall be done to practically diminish their size.* 



(b) The said nets shall not exceed fifteen bunches of twine or about three hundred 

 fathoms in length. 



(7) — Shad and Salmon Fishing Permit. 



During the three years specified for the operation of these regulations every person 

 engaging in shad and salmon drifting .^hall annually obtain a iiermit issued, without 

 fee, by the local fishery overseer, one of the conditions of which is that the applicant 

 therefor shall have previously engaged in fishing and be possessed of the necessary gear 

 and shall render at the close of each fishing season on or before September 30 in each 

 year, a true and accurate return of his catch of fish on an official form to be obtained 

 from the said fishery overseer.f The second condition shall be that under each permit 

 not more than one boat and net shall be used in the fishery and not more than one 

 jiermit shall issue to each party. 



A third condition shall be that each permit shall bear a distinctive number and 



•The Commission recommends that the local fishery officer be empowered to permit 

 nets of a smaller mesh, already in use, to be used until worn out. 



t Salmon nets not less than 6V inches extension measure should be allowed, as hereto- 

 fore, from March 1st, in each year, for which a permit should issue in addition to the Shad 

 and Salmon permit specified in Recommendation Xo. 7. 



