c. 109.

parts of acts set forth in the schedule hereto, to the 24 & 25 Vict. extent to which such acts or parts of acts are therein expressed to be repealed :-provided that such repeal shall not affect

(1.) Any security duly given before this act comes into operation;

(2.) Anything duly done before this act comes into operation;

(3.) Any liability accruing before this act comes into operation;

(4.) Any penalty, forfeiture, or other punishment
incurred or to be incurred in respect of any

offence committed before this act comes into
operation;

(5.) The institution of any legal proceeding or any
other remedy for ascertaining, enforcing, or
recovering any such liability, penalty, for-
feiture, or punishment as aforesaid,

Reference to Act.

SCHEDULE.

Title of Act.

Extent of Repeal.

13 Ed. 1, stat. 1, c. 47.-A penalty for taking of salmon at certain times of the year

The whole act.

25 Ed. 3, stat. 4, c. 4.-" New weirs shall be pulled down and

45 Ed. 3, c. 2.—The penalty of him that setteth up or enhanceth The whole act.

wears

..

13 Rich. 2, stat. 1, c. 19.-A confirmation of stat. 13 Ed. 1, stat. The whole act.

1, c. 47

17 Rich. 2, c. 9.-Justices of peace shall be conservators of the statutes made touching salmon

1 Hen. 4, c. 12.-A confirmation of former pulling down of wears

The whole act. statutes touching

The whole act.

to justices, &c.
The whole act.

2 Hen. 6, c. 15.-No man shall fasten nets to anything over

24 & 25 Vict. Reference to Act. c. 109.

garthes

Title of Act.

Extent of Repeal.

12 Ed. 4, c. 7.—An act for the taking away wears and fish-
The whole act.
11 Hen. 7, c. 5.-Every man may pull down the wears and en-
gines in the haven of Southampton, &c.

14 & 15 Hen. 8, c. 13.-A confirmation of the
7, c. 5, and the same made perpetual.

The whole act.

statute 11 Hen.

The whole act.

23 Hen. 8, c. 18.—For pulling down piles and fishgarthes in the
rivers Ouse and Humber
The whole act.

fish "

1 Eliz. c. 17.-An act for the preservation of spawn and fry of In so far as it relates to salmon. 3 Jas. 1, c. 12.-An act for the better preservation of sea fish.

statutes ..

The whole act.

3 Car. 1, c. 4.-An act for continuance and repeal of divers
The first section of the act.
30 Car. 2, c. 9.-An act for the better preservation of fishing in
the river of Severn
The whole act.

4 Ann. c. 21.-An act for the increase and better preservation of salmon and other fish in the rivers within the counties of Southampton and Wiltshire

The whole act.

9 Ann. c. 26.-An act for the better preservation and improve-
ment of fishery within the river of Thames, and for re-
gulating and governing the company of fishermen of
the said river
The second section of the act.

1 Geo. 1, stat. 2, c. 18.-An act for the better preventing fresh fish taken by foreigners being imported into this kingdom, and for the preservation of the fry of fish, and for the giving leave to import lobsters and turbots in foreign bottoms, and for the better preservation of salmon within several rivers in that part of this kingdom called England.. Sects. 11 to 16 inclusive. 23 Geo. 2, c. 26.-An act to continue several laws for the better regulation of pilots for the conducting of ships and vessels from Dover, Deal and Isle of Thanet up the river of Thames and Medway, and for permitting rum or spirits of the British sugar plantations to be landed before the duties of excise are paid thereon, and to continue and amend an act for preventing frauds on the admeasurement of coals within the city and liberty of Westminster and several parishes near thereunto, and to continue several laws for preventing exactions of occupiers of locks and wears upon the river Thames westward, and for ascertaining the rates of water carriage upon the said river, and for the better regulation and government of seamen in the merchants' service; and also to amend so much of an act made in the first year of the reign of King George the First as relates to the better preservation of salmon in the river Ribble, and to regulate fees in trials at

Reference to Act.

Title of Act.

Extent of Repeal. 24 & 25 Vict.
assizes and nisi prius upon records issuing out of the c. 109.
office of pleas of the Court of Exchequer, and for the
apprehending of persons in any county or place upon
warrant granted by justices of the peace in any other
county or place, and to repeal so much of an act made
in the twelfth year of the reign of King Charles the
Second as relates to the time during which the office
of excise is to be kept open each day, and to appoint
for how long time the same shall be kept open upon
each day for the future, and to prevent the dealing or
destroying of turnips, and to amend an act made in the
second year of his present majesty for better regulation
of attornies and solicitors
Sects. 7, 8 & 9.

33 Geo. 2, c. 27.-An act to repeal so much of an act passed
in the twenty-ninth year of his present majesty's reign
concerning a free market for fish at Westminster as re-
quires fishermen to enter their fishing vessels at the
office of the searcher of the customs at Gravesend, and
to regulate the sale of fish at the first hand in the fish
markets in London and Westminster, and to prevent
salesmen of fish buying fish to sell again on their own
account, and to allow biet and turbot, brill and pear,
although under the respective dimensions mentioned in
a former act, to be imported and sold, and to punish
any persons who shall take or sell any spawn, brood or
fry of fish, unsizeable fish, or fish out of season, or
smelts under the size of five inches, and for other pur-
poses
Sect. 13.
18 Geo. 3, c. 33.-An act for the better preservation of fish, and
regulating the fisheries in the rivers Severn and Ver-
niew
In so far as it relates to salmon.
37 Geo. 3, c. 95.-An act to amend two acts made in the fourth
year of the reign of Queen Anne and the first year of
the reign of King George the First, for the preserva-
tion of salmon and other fish in the rivers within the
counties of Southampton and Wilts.

In so far as it relates to salmon.

58 Geo. 3, c. 43.-An act for preventing the destruction of the
breed of salmon and fish of salmon kind in the rivers of
England..
.. The whole act.

6 & 7 Vict. c. 33.-An act to repeal so much of an act of the
first year of King George the First as limits the time
for taking and being restrained from taking salmon in
certain rivers, and to amend and extend the provisions
of an act of the fifty-eighth year of King George the
Third to the rivers therein mentioned.. The whole act.

11 & 12 Vict. c. 52.-An act to explain the acts for preventing
the destruction of the breed of salmon and fish of the
salmon kind
The whole act.

44 Geo. 3, c. 45.-Rivers flowing into the Solway Firth.

The whole act, except in so far as it relates to
Scotland, and to fish other than salmon in
England.

45 Geo. 3, c. 33.-Carmarthenshire rivers

The whole act.

46 Geo. 3, c. 19.-Rivers running into Milford Harbour.
In so far as it relates to salmon.

49 Geo. 3, c. 2.-Lord Lonsdale's fisheries in Derwent.

CHAPTER XVII.

STEALING OR INJURING DOGS.

c. 96.

Stealing dogs. (8 & 9 Vict.

c. 47, s. 2.)

THE New Larceny Consolidation Act,1 24 & 25 Vict. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 18, enacts,-" Whosoever shall steal any dog shall, on conviction thereof before two justices of the peace, either be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months,—or shall forfeit and pay, over and above the value of the said dog, such sum of money, not exceeding twenty pounds, -as to the said justices shall seem meet ;o

offence

"And whosoever, having been convicted of any Second such offence, either against this or any former act of (indictable). parliament, shall afterwards steal any dog, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,3—and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding eighteen months, with or without hard labour."

1 Vide note, Chap. XII., ante, p. 122, equally applicable here.

2 Vide ante, pp. 125, 126, Chap. XII., for the mode of procedure for the recovery of penalties.

For the procedure in these indictable offences, see ante, pp. 126, 127.