shall be adopted and used hereafter in the Place of the Forms for similar Purposes now in use in such Asylums respectively. XXVI. And be it enacted, That the Term "Criminal Lunatic" Interpretation in this Act shall be construed to mean any Person acquitted on Clause. the Ground of Insanity, or found to have been insane under the Provisions of the said Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth; and the Term "Lunatic" shall be construed to mean any Insane Person. XXVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall extend only to Ireland. Extent of Act. XXVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended Alteration of or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Act. Parliament. No. 1. ADMISSIONS. PATIENTS.* separate Register of the above Form to be kept for each Class. SCHE SCHE June 8 1 * In the Case of an Asylum receiving both private and pauper Patients, a separate Register in the above Form to be kept for each Class. 1852: May 6 7 William Johnson ✦ In the Case of an Asylum receiving both pauper and private Patients, a separate Journal to be kept in the above Form for each Class. CA P. CVIII. An Act for the further Amendment of an Act of the Sixth holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her 'present Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Irish Fisheries: 5&6 Vict. c.106. 'And whereas one other Act was passed in the Session of Parlia 'ment holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of 'Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the 7&8 Vict. c. 108. Sixth Year of Her present Majesty, intituled 'An Act to regulate * the Irish Fisheries; and to empower the Constabulary Force to 'enforce certain Provisions respecting the Irish Fisheries: And 'whereas it is expedient, for the better Regulation and Improvement of the said Fisheries to give further Power and additional 'Means for the Purpose of more effectually carrying out the Pro'visions of the said Acts, and to amend the said recited Acts in 'the several Particulars herein-after mentioned:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for Treasury may the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United appoint an addiKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by Warrant under the tional CommisHands of any Three or more of them, if they shall so think fit, to Fisheries; appoint One Person to be a Commissioner of Fisheries, to be associated with the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland for the Time being, and with them be a Commissioner for the Execution of the said recited Acts and this Act during Pleasure, and sioner for to and allow him a Salary. The Use of illegal Weirs and Nets to be subject to the same Penalties as for Erection. Commissioners empowered to suspend the Use of and remove illegal Weirs and Nets in Places pro. hibited. to remove such Commissioner, and to appoint another in the Stead of the Person so removed or dying or resigning; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to pay to such Person to be so appointed such Sum by way of annual Salary as the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall think fit; and such Commissioner of Fisheries, when so appointed, shall and may for the Purposes of said recited Acts and this Act, have, use, and exercise all and every the like Powers and Authorities and have like Privileges as are by said recited Acts or any of them vested in or given to the said Commissioners of Public Works or any of them; and all and every the Powers and Authorities in and by the said recited Acts and this Act given to or vested in the said Commissioners of Public Works, or which under the Provisions of this Act may be used by or be vested in such new Commissioner, may be exercised by the said Commissioners of Public Works, or by such new Commissioner appointed under this Act, or by any One or more of them. II. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall, after the Twentieth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fortyfive, fish with or use any Stake Weir, Stake Net, Bag Net, fixed Net, or any Contrivance for placing or erecting any Net or Engines, which under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act are prohibited to be placed or erected in any Part of any Estuary or the Mouth or tidal Part of any River where the Breadth of the Channel at Low Water of Spring Tides is less than Three Quarters of a Mile Statute Measure, or which are prohibited to be placed or erected within the Space of One Statute Mile Seaward, Coastwards, or Inwards from or on either Side of the Mouth or Entrance of any River into the Sea, the inland Portion of which River is frequented by Salmon, and the Breadth of which Mouth, as now or hereafter to be defined by the said Commissioners is less than Half a Mile Statute Measure at Low Water of Spring Tides, any Person so offending shall be subject and liable to such and the same Penalty and Penalties as by said first-mentioned Act the Person or Persons erecting or placing such Weirs, Nets, or Contrivance for placing or erecting Nets, are subject and liable to; and upon Proof that any such Weir, Net, or Contrivance has been so used or fished it shall be lawful for the Justices at Petty Sessions, or other the Persons having Jurisdiction to enforce the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, to direct the same to be forfeited and removed, and the Materials thereof to be dis posed of and dealt with in such and the same Manner as by said first-recited Act is provided and directed in Cases of the Seizure of illegal Nets, or legal Nets when used contrary to Law. III. And whereas, notwithstanding the Provisions of the said 'first-recited Act with regard to the Erection and Use of Stake Weirs, Stake Nets, Bag Nets, fixed Nets, and Contrivances for 'fixing or placing Nets, the same or some Parts thereof are in many Instances erected and used in Places prohibited by the 'said recited Act by Parties who have no Title so to do; and it is expedient, for the Protection of public Rights, and to prevent Disputes, that the said Commissioners should have Power to suspend the Use of such Weirs, Nets, and Contrivances, and remove the same, in all Cases where it shall appear to them that 5 ⚫ the the same or any Part thereof are illegally erected, placed, or 'used; and that the said Commissioners should for such Purposes have and use the same Powers and Authorities with respect to 'such Weirs, Nets, and Contrivances, or any Part thereof, as they " are now authorized under the said first-recited Act to use and 'exercise in Cases of Weirs or Nets and Contrivances erected in 'such Manner as in their Judgment to be injurious and detri'mental to Navigation;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, upon and after Complaint being made to them in Writing, signed by the Party making the same, and setting forth the Circumstances under which any such Stake Weir, Stake Net, Bag Net, fixed Net, or Contrivance, or any Part of the same, is or shall be so erected or used contrary to the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act, to summon before them the Party or Parties complained of to attend at some Place near or convenient to that in which any such Weir, Net, or Contrivance may be so erected and used; and the said Commissioners shall accordingly, at the Time and Place mentioned in any such Summons, upon Proof of the personal Service of such Summons, or upon Proof of such Summons having been left at or on board the Vessel, or at or posted on the known Residence of the Party or Parties complained of, proceed to hear all such pertinent Evidence as may be adduced before them by or on behalf of the Party making such Complaint, as well as the Party or Parties complained of; and if after hearing all such Evidence the said Commissioners shall so think fit and right it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners to make an Order or Decision in Writing under their Hands and Seals, declaring that such Stake Weir, Stake Net, Bag Net, fixed Net, or Contrivance, or any Part thereof, is a Nuisance, and shall be abated and removed; and the said Commissioners are hereby empowered, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, to authorize any Person to abate and remove any such Stake Weir, Stake Net, Bag Net, fixed Net, or Contrivance, or any Part thereof, at the Expence of the Party or Parties appearing to the said Commissioners to have erected or used the same; and, subject to the Appeal herein-after provided for, it shall be lawful to and for the said Commissioners to order and direct that the Materials of any such Weir, Net, or Contrivance, or any Part thereof, be forfeited and sold, and the Produce arising from such Sale applied in such Manner as is by the said first-mentioned Act provided in Cases of illegal Nets used, or legal Nets illegally used, for fishing; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any Case where the Party who erected or used such Stake Weir, Stake Net, Bag Net, fixed Net, or Contrivance acted under a fair and reasonable Supposition that he had a Right to do the Act complained of, and shall, if so required by the said Commissioners, give Security, in such Manner and in such Amount not exceeding One hundred Pounds as the said Commissioners shall think fit, conditioned to appeal to the Judges of Assize within such Time and in such Manner and subject to such Regulations as are herein-after provided in Cases of Appeals against any Order or Decision of the said Commissioners as last aforesaid, and upon such Appeal to establish or prove before such Judges that he had a Right or Title to erect or use such Weir, Net, or Con |