and stipulations of the said Articles shall come into full force, operation and effect, in this Colony, so far as the same are applicable, and shall thenceforth so continue in full force, operation and effect, during the period mentioned in Article thirty-three of the said Treaty, recited in the Schedule to this Act, any law of this Colony to the contrary notwithstanding. 2nd-The Governor in Council may, by any order or orders to be made for that purpose, do any act or thing in accordance with the spirit and intention of the said Treaty, which shall be found necessary to be done on the part of this Colony, to give full force, operation and effect to the said Treaty; and any such order shall have the same effect as if the same were expressly enacted in this Act. 3rd-This Act shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's assent thereto shall have been given; and shall remain in force during the term of years mentioned in Article number thirty-three in the Schedule to this Act. SCHEDULE. Articles of the Treaty of Washington of the Eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, which are referred to in the foregoing Act: [Then follow Articles 18 to 25 inclusive and Article 33.] No. 119.-1876, April 26: Newfoundland Statute, 39 Vict., Cap. 6. Section. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Coast Fisheries. 1. Cap. 102, Sec. 1, Con. Statutes amended. 2. Sec. 4 of Cap. 102 amended. 3. Squids not to be taken with seines, &c. Be it enacted, by the Governor, Legislative Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: I. The First Section of Chapter One Hundred and Two of the Consolidated Statutes is hereby amended, by substituting the words "Twenty-fifth day of April," for the "Twelfth day of April." II. The Fourth Section of the said Chapter is hereby amended, by substituting the words, "Tenth day of May," for "Twentieth day of April." III. No person shall, at any time, haul, catch, or take Squids, with, in, or by means of any seine, bunt, or other such contrivance. IV. No person shall, between the hours of Twelve o'clock on Saturday night and Twelve o'clock on Sunday night, haul or take any Herring, Caplin or Squids, with nets, seines, bunts, or any such contrivance, or set or put out any such net, seine, bunt, or contrivance, for the purpose of such hauling or taking. V. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be subject to the same penalties as are provided by Section Twelve of the said Chapter. No. 120.-1877, April 26: Newfoundland Statute, 40 Vict., Cap. 13. An Act for the amendment of an Act entitled "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Coast Fisheries. [Passed 26th April, 1877.] SECTION I.-39 Vic., cap. 6, sec. 4, to apply to squid jigging. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Act thirty-nine Victoria, chapter six, entitled, "An Act to amend the law relating to the Coast Fisheries," in manner hereinafter provided. Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: I. That the Fourth Section of the said recited act shall be held to include and apply to the jigging of Squids, and to the use of any contrivance whatever, and to any mode of taking and obtaining Fish for Bait. 708 Section. No. 121.-1878, April 16: Newfoundland Statute, 41 Vict., Cap. 6. An Act respecting Light Dues. [Passed 16th April, 1878.] Section. 1. Chapter 62 of Title 17, to apply to 2. Officers may Board Vessels and West Coast. bring them into Port. Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: I. The Provisions of Chapter Sixty-two, Title Seventeen of the Consolidated Statutes, entitled "Of Light-dues and Light-houses," shall, as they relate to the various classes of Vessels, respectively, extend and apply to all Ships and Vessels entering at or clearing from any port or place upon the Western and North-Eastern Coasts of the Island of Newfoundland lying between Cape Ray on the Western and Cape St. John on the Eastern Coast. II.-Any officer duly appointed by law for the collection of Lightdues, may go on board any Vessel engaged in fishing or trading operations, and being within three miles of any part of the Coasts of this Island or its Dependencies, and stay on board while she remains in port or within such distance, and may, in addition to the powers and procedure prescribed in Section Four of the said Chapter, bring into port and detain such Vessel until payment or satisfaction of all Light-dues by law recoverable. No. 122.-1879, March 19: Newfoundland Statute, 42 Vict., Cap. 2. Section. An Act to amend the law relating to the coast fisheries. [Passed 19th March, 1879.] Section 1. No herring to be taken between 20th 4. Owner, &c., conveying herrings in of October and the 18th April, ex- manner. 2. Sec. 1 of Cap. 102, of Title 27, Con bulk between 20th October and 18th April, shall be deemed to have caught such herring contrary to law. solidated Statutes, and Section 1 5. Power to justices, sub-collectors, &c., of Act 39 Vic., repealed. 3. Sec. 12, of Chapter 102 of Title 27 of Consolidated Statutes, amended. to board vessels suspected; penalty for obstructing justices or other officers in discharge of duty. 6. Appeal to the Supreme Court in St. John's or on Circuit. Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: I.-No person shall haul, catch or take herrings by or in a seine or other such contrivance, on or near any part of the coast of this colony or its dependencies, or in any of the bays, harbors or other places therein, at any time between the twentieth day of October in any year, and the eighteenth day of April in the following year, or at any time use a seine or other contrivance for the catching and taking of herrings, except by way of shooting and forthwith hauling the same: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the taking of herrings by nets set in the usual and customary manner, and not used for in-barring or enclosing herrings in a cove, inlet, or other place. II. Section one of chapter one hundred and two, of title twentyseven, of the Consolidated Statutes, entitled "Of the coast fisheries," and section one of an act passed in the thirty-ninth year of the reign. of Her present Majesty, entitled "An Act to amend the law relating to the coast fisheries, are hereby repealed. III.-Section twelve of chapter one hundred and two, title twentyseven, of the Consolidated Statutes, is hereby amended, by substituting the words "two hundred dollars," for the words "fifty dollars." IV. The owners, masters, and other persons managing or controlling vessels conveying herrings in bulk between the twentieth day of October in any year and the eighteenth day of April in the following year, shall be deemed to have hauled, caught, or taken such herring contrary to the provisions of chapter one hundred and two of the Consolidated Statutes, as amended by the said above recited act, thirty-nine Victoria, chapter six, and by this act, unless such owner, master, or other person aforesaid, shall make proof to the contrary before a Justice of the Peace. V.-Any Justice of the Peace, Sub-Collector of customs, Preventive Officer, Fishery Warden, or Constable, may board any vessel suspected of carrying herrings in bulk between the twentieth day of October, in any year, and the eighteenth day of April in the following year; and in case any such Justice, Sub-Collector, Preventive Officer, Fishery Warden, or Constable, shall make signal, to any vessel suspected as aforesaid, from any vessel employed by the gov 709 ernment, by dipping the ensign at the main peak three times, and firing a gun, it shall be the duty of the owner, master or person managing or controlling such vessel so signalled, to heave to such vessel until such Justice, Sub-Collector, Preventive Officer, Fishery Warden, or Constable, shall have boarded and examined such last-named vessel; and in case of such master, owner, or person managing or controlling as aforesaid such last-named vessel, omitting so to heave her to, or to afford facilities for such Justice, Sub-Collector, Preventive Officer, Fishery Warden, or Constable, boarding such vessel, or obstructing, such Justice, Sub-Collector, Preventive Officer, Fishery Warden, or Constable, boarding or examining any such vessel, he shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs in a summary manner before a Justice of the Peace, and in case default shall be made in the payment of such penalty, such Justice shall issue his warrant and cause such offender to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty days. VI.-If any person shall feel himself aggrieved by any order or judgment of such Justice under this Act, or under the said Chapter, he shall have liberty to appeal to the Supreme Court in St. John's, or on circuit, upon giving sufficient security for the due performance of such order or judgment, if confirmed, and for the payment of all .costs, and to prosecute the said appeal. No. 123.-1882, May 20: Nowfoundland Statute, 45 Vict., Cap. 21. Section. An Act to amend the Law relating to Coast and River Fisheries. 1. Size of mesh in Traps. 2. Nets to capture Salmon or Trout in Rivers and Lakes prohibited for two years. Section. [Passed 20th May, 1882.] 3. Section 1, Chapter 102, Consolidated Statutes, as to Labrador, repealed. 4. Penalties. Be it Enacted by the Administrator of the Government, Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: I. From and after the First day of January, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-five, no person shall, upon the coasts of this Island or its Dependencies, use, for the purpose of taking Codfish, any Trap, the walls or sides of which consist of meshes of less than four inches. II. No person shall, at any time within the period of Two Years from the First day of January, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-three, set or permit to remain set, or to remain in the water, any Net or other contrivance whatsoever for the capture or taking of Salmon or Trout, in any River, Stream, Lake or Watercourse, in this Island and its Dependencies, and after the expiration of the said Two Years, no person shall, at any season between sunset on Friday and sunrise on the following Monday, set or permit to remain set, or to remain in the water, any net or other contrivance whatsoever for the capture or taking of Salmon or Trout, in any River, Stream, Lake or Watercourse, in this Island and its Dependencies. This Section shall not apply to the following Rivers, that is to say: the Exploits, Humber, Little Bay and Gander Rivers. III. The provisions of Section 1, of Chapter 102, of the Consolidated Statutes, entitled "Of the Coast Fisheries," so far as the same relate to the Coast of Labrador, are hereby repealed. IV. Any person acting in contravention of this Act shall be subject to the penalties provided by Section 12, Chapter 102, of the Consolidated Statutes, to be recovered and enforced in the manner provided for such penalties by the said Chapter. No. 124.-1884, April 22: Extract from Newfoundland Statute, 47 Vict., Cap. 8. Section. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Coast Fisheries. 1. Herring may be taken at any time by certain vessels fitted out for Bank fishery. 2. Penalty for disposing of herring except in prosecution of Bank fishery. 3. Construction of term "Bank Fishery." 4. Nets, &c., to capture trout or salmon in rivers or lakes, prohibited; Proviso. 5. Governor in Council may declare bounds of rivers' mouths; Proclamation. 6. 45th Vic., Cap. 21, Sec. 2, repealed. 710 [Passed 22nd April, 1884.] Section. 7. Space to be left between cod-traps and cod-nets. 8. Space to be left between cod-nets and cod-traps. 9. The setting out of moorings to secure place for cod-traps, &c. Proviso; Proviso. 10. Penalty for violation of this Act; 11. Mode of recovery of penalties. Be it enacted by the Administrator of the Government, Legislative Council and Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows:I. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, it shall be lawful for the owner of any vessel owned and registered in this Colony, which shall be fully fitted out, supplied and ready to prosecute the Bank fishery, and shall have obtained a Custom's Clearance for the said fishery, to haul, catch, and take herring, at any time and by any means, except by in barring or enclosing such herring in a cove, inlet or other place, to an extent not exceeding sixty barrels for any one voyage, to be used as bait in prosecuting the said Bank fishery in the said vessel. II. The owner or master of any vessel who shall avail of the first section of this Act, and having procured herring for bait as therein provided, after clearing for the Bank fishery, enter any port before the nineteenth day of April thence next following, except compelled by stress of weather, accident, or in case of sickness, or who shall dispose of the herring so taken for bait in any way except for prosecuting the Bank fishery in said vessel, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. III. The term "Bank fishery" in this Act shall be construed to mean a fishery prosecuted at a distance of at least forty miles from the coast of this Colony. * VII. From and after the passing of this Act, no cod-trap shall be set on any of the fishing grounds of this Colony or its dependencies, |