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Using vio- 48. Where any persons, to the number of Three or more together, 



6 e &6 vie.,o. shall by violence, intimidation, or menace, attempt to impede or obstruct 

 106, s. 88. anv other person in the lawful prosecution of any Fishery, any Bailiff, 

 Officer of Her Majesty's Navy or Coast-guard, or Peace Officer, and any 

 person acting by their order or in their aid may apprehend such offenders 

 and convey them before a Justice of the Peace. Offenders liable to a 

 penalty of Twenty Pounds and costs, in addition to any other penalty 

 to which they may be liable for any other offence against Act. 



How offences 49. Offences may be tried and adjudged and determined on in a 

 r&6Vic!!c'. summary way by one or more Justices of the Peace, on the complaint, 

 106, s. 94. verbal or otherwise, of any person. 



Proceedings 50. Proceedings to be under Petty Sessions and Summary Jurisdiction 



SossionsActs. Acts (1851). 

 29 & 30 Vic, 



c. 97, s. ii. 5 1 Evidence of Informers, Owners, or Occupiers of or persons inte- 

 £orme°rs° f res * e d m the Fishery, or any person, though entitled to a proportion of 

 Owners, & c . the penalty, admissible. 



admissible. 



5&6Vic.,c. 



106,8.104. Bait Beds. 



Bait beds 53. Inspectors empowered to grant to any Owners or Occupiers of 



r&6v7 c a , c.'l an d bordering on the Sea or any estuary, or to any person, with the 



106, s. 13. consent of such Owner or Occupier, Licences for the formation of Bait 



Beds between high and low water marks, and in all other places 



adjacent to their respective portions of lands, as shall be suitable for the 



purpose. Such Beds to be held as private property, and the Licencees 



to hold exclusive control over them so long as they shall be Owners or 



Occupiers of such land. Licence to be granted only where no public 



Banks or Beds at present exist. 



interfering 54. Any person interfering with or taking away Bait from such Bed 



taking away after its formation, without consent of Owner or Occupier, liable to 



bait from a penalty of Five Pounds. 



such. A •> 



ft & 6 Vic, c. 

 106, s. 13. 



Appendix A. — Abstract of By-Laws, Orders, &c, in Force to 

 31st December, 1869. 



South-east Coast of Ireland, from Wicklow Head to Carnsore 

 Point. — (1st September, 1868.) 

 That the Close Time, during which it shall not be lawful to dredge 

 for, take, catch, or destroy any Oysters or Oyster Brood, on or off the 

 South-east coast of Ireland, between Wicklow Head and Carnsore Point, 

 shall be between the 30th April and the 1st September in each year. 



Coasts of Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford. — (23rd April, 1869.) 

 Approved by Her Majesty in Council, 29th April, 1869. 



Prohibiting between the 30th April and 1st September in each year 

 the dredging for, taking, catching, or destroying any Oyster or Oyster 

 Brood on or off any part of the East and South-East Coast of Ireland, 

 within the distance of Twenty miles measured from a. straight line drawn 

 from the Eastern point of Lambay Island in the county Dublin to Carn- 

 sore Point in the county Wexford, outside the exclusive Fishery Limits 

 of the British Islands. 



Wexford Coast. — (8th April, 1862.) 

 First — All persons engaged in fishing for or taking Oysters off the 

 Wexford Coast, south of Raven Point, shall cull all such Oysters as may 

 be taken or caught ; and shall not remove from any Fishing Ground 



