XLVIIF1 Removal of Boats and Nets used in Fishing.
On or before the Fourth Day of October in every Year every Occupier of a Fishery in the River shall and he is hereby required to remove from every Fishery, Fishing Shield, and Fishing Ground and Houses and Premises occupied or used by him all Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle used and employed in taking and killing Salmon (excepting Boats with their Oars and such other Implements as are used for Angling or Rod Fishing), and to carry away the same to some Place or Places to be from Time to Time appointed by the Commissioners, where the same can be securely lodged and kept until the Twenty-seventh Day of February in the following Year; and each Boat, with its Oars and other Implements as aforesaid, so retained for the Purpose of Angling or Rod Fishing shall be removed and carried away on or before the Seventeenth Day of October in every Year, and shall be lodged and kept and remain as aforesaid until the Twenty-seventh Day of February in the following Year; and every such Occupier who neglects or refuses to remove and carry away all and every such Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle as aforesaid, and to keep the same secured from the said Fisheries and Premises during the Period aforesaid, shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds, and all such Boats, Oars, Nets, Engines, and other Tackle not removed or kept secured as aforesaid shall be forfeited: Provided always, that this Enactment shall not be held or construed to extend to public Ferry Boats, or to Boats used by any Owner or Occupier of Land adjoining the River solely for the Transport of himself or his Family or Servants or any Persons in his Employment: Provided also, that all such last-mentioned Boats shall be under and subject to the Regulations hereinafter prescribed with respect thereto.