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     C A l’, XIII. 
     
     An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Oyster 
     
     “is it-iies iii as s: I .' tic ot e' )'()- 
     
     I l t‘i l liiit‘, ind to inil I 'h i i 
     
     visions in lieu thereof. 
     
     [Passed April 3, 18ml] 
     
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     Till‘l’l‘w‘ t I ell iiill t io‘i‘ittle 
     
     i; ‘9 taking ol'Uystei-s iii the Rays and iiiivers with- 
     
     in this Island. (hiring certain months in every year, 
     
     and to make provision for the regulation of ilit‘ Uyster 
     
     Fishery in said Bays and Rivers. with the View to 
     
     the preservation of existing oyster beds, and the 
     
     ioriiiation of new beds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I. Be it therefore enacted by the I;ICI.IIC‘I’HH1I (Rov- 
     
     eriior, Council and Assembly, as l'ollows : fitter 
     
     the passing of this Act, no person sh: ll do tho lol- 
     
     ‘iowiiig things, or any ot'thein, that  to say, lisli tor, 
     
     catch, or attempt to catch any oysters o;- oyster 
     
     brood, iii any Bay or River within this Island, be- 
     
     tween the days hereinafter mentioned, (which inter» 
     
     'al is hereinafter referred to as “the close seast-n,” 
     
     that is to say, between the first day ot'Juiio and the 
     
     first day of September Following, tboth inclusive) in 
     
     every year; and any person acting in contravention 
     
     of this section, shall t'ort'oit any oysters or o} ster 
     
     brood taken or caught by him, and shall in addition 
     
     thereto, incur a penalty ot'not less than two pounds, 
     
     and not exceeding iive pounds; and a further penalty 
     
     ot't'ive shillings, for, or in respect of each bushel of 
     
     oysters or oyster brood so caught. 
     
    
   
   
    
     II. No person shall do any ol'the fiiilOVVingtl‘iings, 
     
     that is to say, buy, sell or expose for sale any oysters 
     
     or oyster brood, between the first day of June and 
     
     the first day ot‘Septeniher l'ollowmgrand any person 
     
     acting in contravention ot ‘this section, shall torteit 
     
     any oysters or oyster brood, so bought, sold, or ex- 
     
     )OSCd for sale, and shall incur a penalty of not less 
     
     than ten shillings, for each bushel of oysters or oyster 
     
     brood, so bought, sold or exposed for sale. 
     
    
   
   
    
     III. No master or commander, or other person in 
     
     charge of any ship or vessel, shall, during the con- 
     
     tinuance of this Act, receive on board any ship or 
     
     vessel, any oysters or oyster broods, between the 
     
     first day ot'June and the first day of September fol- 
     
     lowing; and every person acting in contravention of 
     
     this section,sliall incur a penalty of not less than five 
     
     pounds, nor exceeding ten pounds,for each and every 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Chariottetmvn, Prince Edward Island, May 94, 1865. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     ousliel of oysters, or oyster brood, so received on 
     
     heard his ship or vessel. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IV. The Lieutenant Governor, or other adminis- 
     
     trator of' the Government of this Island, with the 
     
     consent of Her Majesty’s Executive Council, shall 
     
     have authority to do all or any otithe following acts, 
     
     that is to say : To grant under the great seal ofthis 
     
     island, to‘any person, saving the right of' any person 
     
     applying for a special grant by virtue ofthe sixteenth 
     
     section of this Act, the exclusive right to fish for 
     
     oysters or oyster brood, and to form new oyster beds 
     
     or feeding beds, {or the purpose of propagating oys- 
     
     ters in the following rivers, that is to say: In Prince 
     
     County, in Ramsay’s or Shen'iadie River, in Rich- 
     
     mond Bay. This River shall include the River below 
     
     ordinary low water mark, and its boundaries shall 
     
     be. a line drawn from Cameron’s Island to Harry 
     
     Compton’s Creek; and from the entrance of Rain- 
     
     say’s Creek on the north side, to John Ramsay’s 
     
     point. TheDunkliiveiinvhichshallbetakentobe,and 
     
     to include oh that portion ofthe river below ordinar 
     
     low water mark, being below Hurd’s Point. The 
     
     upper or eastern boundary thereof, shall be a rirrlit 
     
     line drawn from the extremity of' Hurd’s Point wharf 
     
     to \Vilinot‘ Point, Township twenty~five, and thence 
     
     extended to the shore under or near George Darby’s, 
     
     Township seventeen; the outer or western boundary 
     
     thereof, shall be a line drawn from Indian Point reef 
     
     to \Velling’s point, Township Number seventeen, 
     
    

    
     In Queen’s County, The Hillsbm'ougli River,tirst 
     
     Division, shall be taken to include the River below 
     
     ordinary low water mark, between Charlottetown 
     
     and the Block House, at the Harbour’s mouth; the 
     
     boundaries of this division shall be as follows: Its 
     
     eastern boundary shall be a line drawn from the 
     
     Queen’s Wharf, Charlottetown, to the wliarfat Min- 
     
     chcn’s Point; the southern boundary shall be a line 
     
     drawn from Block House Point to Trout Point; its 
     
     northern boundary, a line drawn from the Queen’s 
     
     wliarfto York point, Township thirty-two; and its 
     
     western boundary, a line drawn from York Point to 
     
     Cause Point. The Hillsborougli River, second 
     
     division, this division shall be taken to include the 
     
     I—Iillsborough River, below ordinary low water mark 
     
     between Mount Stewart Bridge and the western 
     
     boundary line of James Gillian’s farm, Township 
     
     Number thirty-six. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In Kings County, First Division, Brudnell Point, 
     
     the boundaries of which shall be a line drawn from 
     
     the western boundary of Norton’s Island to Aitken’s 
     
    
   
   
    
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