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without sureties, as such gaoler or person in charge as aforesaid shall 
think fit, conditioned that he will appear for examination before a 
Justice of the Peace at a place and time to be therein specified. And 
such recognizance shall be of equal obligation on the parties entering 
into the same, and be liable to the same proceedings for estreatment as 
if the same had been taken before a Justice of the Peace. And such 
gaoler or person in charge as aforesaid shall make the like entries and 
take the same proceedings (as shall also the Justice before whom the 
same are tried, and the Clerk of the Peace and all other persons)-in 
respect thereto, as are required or directed by the Towns Police Act, 2 
Vic. No. 2, in respect of persons charged with any petty misdemeanour 
thereunder. 
Regulations for the Hauling and Landing of Gar-fish and Prawn Nets. 
40. Every bond-fide gar-fish net within the meaning of section 11 of 
the Act, and every net having a mesh in the centre less than 2 inches, 
and in the wings less than 3 inches, shall be emptied in the water, and 
shall not be hauled ashore to a beach or strand. 
41. Whenever a net used for catching prawns shall be hauled ashore 
_ toa beach, one end of such net shall be opened so as to allow all under- 
sized fish to escape, and only the flue or centre of the net shall be brought 
ashore, 
Marking Oyster-beds and Leased Areas. 
42. The position of natural oyster-beds shall be. marked by piles or 
stakes driven into the bottom at such places and in such manner as to 
define with reasonable accuracy the length, width, and shape of the beds. 
Such piles or stakes shall show above the line of high-water-mark at least 
6 feet, and shall be painted red, with the words, “Oyster-bed, No. ” 
[stating the number of the bed on the particular river or tidal water] 
painted in white Roman letters at least 3 inches in length, on a black 
cross bar or batten, near the head of the pile, or stake. Piles must be 
not less in average diameter than 6 inches. Buoys of iron or wood may 
be substituted for piles or stakes, if the water be too deep for piles or 
stakes, or in cases of necessity, or temporarily, at the discretion of the 
Inspector. 
43, All areas leased under section 28 or 32 shall be marked at each 
corner by white piles of the samé dimensions, and showing out of water 
to the same height as in the case of natural oyster-beds, or by iron or 
wooden buoys, in each case painted white, at the option of the lessee, if 
the bottom at any such corner shall be rock, or otherwise incapable of 
holding a pile, or if the water be deeper than 2 fathoms at low water. 
In all cases the words “ Oyster-lease, No. ” (inserting the registered 
number) shall be painted in black Roman letters at least 3 inches in 
length, on a white cross-bar or batten near the head of the pile or stake, 
or across the face of the buoy. : 
44. Wherever practicable the piles, stakes, or buoys shall be so placed, 
both on natural oyster-beds and on leased areas, that imaginary lines 
connecting the boundaries across the river, creek, or inlet shall be at 
right-angles to the direction of the tide. 
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