rights, property, premises or privileges granted by the lease 
and also to sue for and recover any damages sustained by him 
as such lessee. 48 V.c. 9,58. 21. 
21. Every lessee to whom a fishery lease is granted, shall ees 
be answerable for damage done to the lands in the lease gjmage to 
described, and the timber growing thereon, or on adjvining lands, lands included 
either by himself or his agents, or persons under his control, ™!**** 
either from waste or from want of sufficient precautions in 
lighting, watching over or extinguishing fires ; and it shall be 
incumbent on every lessee, in case of damage caused by 
fire, to prove that all such precautions have been taken. 48 V 
c. 9,8. 22. 
22. It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Waters may 
Council, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner, to pa ey 
reserve from lease for one or more years, for purposes of im- reserved from 
provement, any waters, the exclusive right of fishing in which ae. 
is within the meaning of section 2 of this Act. 48 V.c. 9; 
a 23. 
23. The Commissioner may appropriate and license or lease Lease of 
certain waters in which certain Indians shall be allowed to Waters12 
. P : which Indians 
catch fish for their own use in and at whatever manner and allowed to 
time, and subject to whatever terms and conditions are specified #- 
in the license or lease. 48 V.c. 9, s. 24. 
24. The Commissioner may authorize to be set apart, and Provisions as 
to be leased, any waters for the natural or artificial propaga- fo Sng 
tion of fish, and any person who wilfully destroys or injures for natural or 
any place so set apart or used for the propagation of fish, or fishes @tfcial 
therein without written permission from a Fishery Overseer, fish, 
or from the lessee or licensee thereof, or uses therein a 
fishing light or other like implement for fishing, during 
the period | for which the waters are so set apart, shall 
for every offence incur and pay a fine not exceeding $100, with © 
costs of prosecution, and in default of immediate payment of 
such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned in the common gaol 
of the county wherein the offence was committed, for a period 
not exceeding three months. 48 V.c¢. 9, s. 25. 
#5. Nothing contained in this Act shall preclude the grant- Commis- 
ing by the Commissioner of written permission to obtain fish ora omntee 
and fish spawn, for purposes of stocking or artificial breeding, sion to obtain 
or for scientific purposes, subject always to any regulation Sh, ete., for 
ee « certain 
or restriction made or prescribed by or under any lawful au- purposes. 
thority in that behalf. 48 V.c. 9, s. 26. 
26. If any person without permission of the lessee or his Penalty for 
representative, fishes, or employs or induces another person “shins ze 
to engage or assist in fishing within the limits included in a fish- of fishing lease 
ery lease, or removes or carries away, or employs or induces Without per- 
mission of 
lessee. 
