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SectionIV. (SectionIV, P. L.) And be it furtherenactedby the authority aforesaid,Thatso muchof any law of thiscommonwealthas is hereby alteredand supplied,be herebyrepealed:And all other parts of the act to which this is asupplement,areherebydeclaredto be in full force andeffect.

ApprovedFebruary23, 1809. Recordedin L. B. No. 11, p. 277.Note (1) Chapter2426; 17 Statutesat Large, p. 558.‘Note (2)~ Chapter 3030; infra this volume, p. 937.Note (z), Chapter1035; 11 Statutesat Large, p. 151.

CHAPTER MMMXXX.

EXEMPLIFICATION.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE FISHERIES IN THE RIVER DELAWARE,AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

SectionI. (SectionI, P. L.) Be it enactedby the Councilanid GeneralAssemblyof this state,andit is herebyenactedby the authorityof thesame,Thatfrom andafter the passingof this act, no seinenor net shall be cast,drawn, or in any-Wise madeuseof by any personor personswhomsoever,intheriver Delaware,within thejurisdiction of this state,fromSaturdaytwelve o’clock at night, until twelve o’clock on Sun-thy night, and that no more than one seineor net shall becast,drawnor in anywisemadeuseof in anyonepool or fish-ing placeby any personor personswhomsoever,in the afore-said river, from the stationpoint, or northwestcornerof thisstate,to thesouthernpoint of Newbold’s orBiddle’s Island,inthecountyof Burlington, andfrom thencedown oppositethecircularboundaryof thestateof Delaware,not morethantwonets, within any one term of twenty-four hours, to begin atsunrising, am~l.to continue until sunrising the nextday fol-lowing: And if any personor personswhosoevershall cast,

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draw or makeuse of any seine or net, in the said river, orshall beaiding or assistingtherein,~within the term or termsaforesaid,contraryto thetrue intent andmeaningof this act,every personor personsso offending, andbeing thereof leg-ally convicted,before any justice of the peaceof the countywherethe offenseis committed,shall forfeit andpaythe sumof fifty dollars for eachandevery suchoffense,togetherwiththe costs of prosecution;to be paid to the collector of thecountywherethe offensehas beencommitted,for the use ofsaidcounty.

SectionII. (SectionII, P. L.) And be it enacted,That ifany personor personsshall cast,draw, or makeuse of anyshadseineor shadnet, for the purposeof catchingfish in theriver Delaware,within the limits of this state;belowthe fallsof Trenton, after the tenth day of June,or betweenthe saidfalls, and oppositethe mouth of the river Lehigh, after thefifth dayof June,or in any otherpart of the river Delaware,betweenthe mouth of the river Lehigh andthe stationpoint,or northwestcornerof this state,after the tenth day of June,in eachandeveryyear: everypersonor personsso offending,andbeing thereoflegally convictedbeforeany justice of thepeace,in andfor the county wherehe or they may beappre-hended,shall forfeit andpaythe sum of fifty dollars for eachandevery suchoffenseto beapplied to the useaforesaid,andlikewise to pay costsof prosecution. And in order to ascer-tain what shall be deemedandheld to be a pooi or fishingplace,within the meaningof this act.

SectionIII. (SectionIII, P. L.) Be it enacted,That fromthe place or placeswhereseinesor nets are usually throwninto the place or placeswhere they have beenusually takenout, or from the place or places where they may hereafterbe thrown into the water, to the place or placeswhere theymay be taken out, shall be deemedandheld to be a pool orfishing place,within the meaningof this act.

SectionIV. (SectionIV, P.L.) And be it enacted,That ifanypersonor personsshallbe found makinguseof anyseineor net, contrary to the true intent andmeaningof this act,.

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everysuchpersonor personssooffending,shall,in additiontothepenaltyaforesaid,forfeit the seineor netso madeuseof,which seineor netshall by order of the court, beforewhomsuchpersonor personsshallbe convicted,be exposedto pub-lic sale,aftergiving five daysnoticethereofby advertisement,and themoneyarisingtherefromshall be paidin themannerand for the useaforesaid,the costs of suchprosecutionandsale beingfirst deducted.

SectionV. (SectionV, P. L.) And be it enacted,Thatifany personor personswhosoever,shall erect, build, set up,repairor maintain,or shallbe aiding,assistingor abettinginerecting,building, setting,repairingor maintaininganyweir,rack, basket,fishing damor pound; or shallmakeuseof anyswabor bushnet, or shall fix, fasten,set or otherwisemakeuse of any gffling seine or drife ~iet,anchorany engine,ormakeuseof anydevisewhatsoever,exceptfishing with sweep-ing seines,hooksand lines, darts,scoop-netsand eel basketsfor taking fish in theriver Delaware,within the limits afore-said; everypersonor personsso offending,and being legallyconvicted,thereof,by the oathor affirmation of one or morecredible witness, or by hi~or their own confession,beforeany courthavingcompetentjurisdiction, whereanchoffendermay be apprehended,shall forfeit and pay the sum of onehundreddollars, togetherwith costs of suit, to be recoveredand appliedasaforesaid.

Section VI. (SectionVI, P. L.) And be it enacted,Thatif any personor personswhosoevershall erect,build, set up,repairor maintain,or shallbeaiding or assistingin erecting,building, settingup, repairingor maintainingany wing-dam,or placing any otherobstructioninjurious to thenavigationof said river, as aforesaid,except such mill-dams as havebeenor hereaftermay be put up in pursuanceof anyspecialact of the legislature, and being thereof legally convicted,before the courtof quartersessionsof the countywheretheoffense hasbeencommitted,shall forfeit andpa3r the sum ofone hundreddollars, to be paid to and applied for the useaforesaid:Provided always, that wherever the land of any

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personalongthe said river is situatedso low asto makeitdifficult to keepa fence,in suchcase,theyshallbeallowedtheprivilege of making a wall or rack, sufficient to answerthepurposeof preventingcattle from going round, with makingand providing a sufficient passagenear the shore,at leastelevenfeet wide, sufficiently deepfor boats to passthrough,until thewateris so low asto go convenientlyroundthesaidwall.

SectionVII. (SectionVII, P. L.) And be it enacted,Thatthe constablesof eachrespectivetownship, boroughor dis-trict, which shallbe boundedby or adjoining anypart of theriver Delawareas aforesaid,shall, and he herebyis strictlyenjoinedand required,diligently to enquire,inspectandviewonceeveryweek,from thefirst dayof April, until thetenthofJune,in everyyear,suchpartsof saidriverasshallbe adjoin-ing his respectivetownship,boroughor district, and havinganyknowledgeof any offensesagainstthis act,he shall forth-with give informationto somejusticeof thepeace,who shallimmediately issueforth his warrant, directingthe constableto bring forthwith before hbn, suchtransgressoror trans-gressors,and havethem dealt with accordingto law, and ifanyof the aforesaidconstablesshall neglectto performtheduties enjoined on him or them by this act, he or they sooffending, and being thereof legally convicted before anyjustice of the proper countywhere suchdelinquentsmay re-side, shall forfeit and paythe sum of twenty-five dollars foreachand every suchoffense, to be levied and recoveredasothersumsto the like amount, to be paidto and applied forthe useas aforesaid;and eachof the constableswhile per-forming the duties enjoined on them by this act, shall beallowed at the rate of one dollar per day, to be paid by thecounty collector, eachconstablehaving an exact accountofthenumberof dayshe or theyhavebeenemployedunderthedirectionof this act, regularlyattestedbeforeone of thejus-ticesof thepeaceof their respectivetownships.

Section VIII. (Section VIII, P. L.) And be it enacted,That the collector of~eachrespectivecounty adjoining the

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river Delaware,within thelimits aforesaid,shall, everyyearbeforetheysettletheir accounts,enquireof thejusticesof thepeaceof the severaltownshipsadjoining the river Delawarewithin their county, to know whetherthey haveany moneyin their handsarising from such forfeitures as aforesaid;which money, if anythereshould be, they areherebyauthor-izedto receive,with giving themagistratea receipt,andtheirrespectivecountiescredit for the same.And if either of thecollectors, from his or their own knowledge, or theinformation of any other person, shall have knowledgeof any transgressionsagainstthis act, which either of theaforesaid constableshave either neglected or refused toprosecuteagreeablyto the directionsof this act, he or theyareherebystrictly enjoinedand required,under the penaltyof twenty-five dollars,immediatelyto give information to oneof the justices of the peaceof the respectivetownship,bor-ough, or district, which saidjusticeis herebyenjoinedandre-quired forthwith to proceedagainst any such delinquents,agreeablyto the directionsof this act.

Section IX. (SectionIX, P. L.) And be it enacted,Thatthe constablesof eachof the severaltownshipsa~ijoiningtothesaid river Delaware,from thetide waterup to the stationpoint, or northwestcornerof this state,shallbe, andtheyareherebyenjoinedand required,underthe penalty of fifty dol-lars, to view onceat least in every fourteendaysfrom thefirst dayof Augustto thefirst dayof Decemberin everyyear,suchpartsof saidriver asshallbe adjoining his or their re-spectivetownships,andif on any such view he or they shallfind any fish dam, basket,pound,or suchlike device,for tak-ing fish within the said river, he shall thereupongive noticeto thenext justice of thepeaceof thetownshipor countysoadjoining; which justiceis herebyrequiredto issueforth hiswarrant to one of the constablesof the township adjacentto the fish-dam, basket,pound, or otherdevice as aforesaid,so erected,or in which they or any of them shall be erected,enjoining andrequiringthesaidconstableforthwith to removeor causeto be removedeverysuchfish-dam,basket,pound,or

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other device aforesaid,and for that purpose,to summon‘somanyof the inhabitantsof thesaidtownshipasmaybe neces-saryto throw down, removeanddestroysuchfish-dam,bask-ets, pound, or otherdevice aforesaid,giving themthreedaysprevious notice. And the said constableshall makereturnof his proceedingsto the said magistratein ten daysthere-after; andif anysuchconstableto whom suchwarrantsshallbe directed,shallrefuseor neglectto performtheduty herebyenjoinedor requiredof him, he, or theyso offending, andbe-ing thereoflegally convicted~shall for everysuchoffense,for-feit andpayto the collectorof thetownshipwheresuchoffen-der shall reside,thesum of one hundreddollars, for the useof said county. And if any inhabitantso summoned,shallre-fuseor neglectto attendin person,or to sendanotherablepersonin his room, to assi~tinthrowing down,removinganddestroyingsuchfish-dam,basket,pound,orotherdeviceafore-said,in suchmannerasthe saidconstableshall order anddi-rect,heshall forfeit andpaythesumof four dollars,for everysuch offense, to the overseersof the poor of the townshipwhoseinhabitantshavebeenso summoned,for theuseof thepoor of thesame;to be recoveredand levied as debtsof thelike amount are by law recoverable:Provided always, thatanypersonor personswho shall be convictedunderthis act,beforeany justiceof thepeace,heortheyshallhavea right toappealto the court of quartersessions,within ten daysaftersuchconviction.

SectionX. (SectionX, P. L.) And be it enacted,That ifanypersonor personswhoevershall castor lay out, or causeto be laid out, anyseineor net,into theriver Delawarewithinthe jurisdiction of this state,beyondthe right angle of theshoreandwherehis line strikestheriver at low watermarkagoing out, or suffer it to swing beyondthe right angleofthe shore of the river, andwhere his line strikes it at lowwatermarkacomingin (exceptby unavoidableaccident)everypersonor personsso offending,andbeingthereoflegally con-victed, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty-five dollars,for eachand everysuchoffense,with costsand damages,to

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bepaid to the personagainstwhoseland suchtrespa~sshallbe committed,if he shallsuefor the samewithin six monthsafter suchtrespasshasbeencommitted. And whereasit isprovided by the agreementof the commissionersappointedby the legislatureof this state,and of the stateof Pennsyl-vania,to divide the islandsand settletheline-of jurisdictionin the river Delaware,that the legislatureof eachof thestates’shouldhave and exercisethe right of regulatingandguardingthe fisherieson the said river annexedto their re-spectiveshores,in suchmannerthat the said fisheriesmaynot be unnecessarilyinterruptedduring theseasonof catchingshadby vesselsriding at anchoron the fishing groumdor bypersonsfishing undera claim of a commonright to the saidriver: Therefore,

SectionXI. (SectionXI, P. L.) Be it enacted,Thatif anyship, vessel,or raft, shall, during theseasonof catchingshadin theDelaware,come to anchorat the same,on any fishinggroundwhere shadare usually taken, and shall not imme-diately be removedfrom the said fishing ground,if suchre-moval can be done with safety, on applicationfor that pUr-poseby the owner or occupierof suchfishery to the captain,pilot, or personhavingthe commandof the said ship, vessel,or raft; or if anysuchship, vessel,or raft, be wilfully run onshoreon anysuchfishing ground,thensuchcaptain,pilot orpersonhavingthecommandasaforesaid,shallforfeit andpaysixty dollars,to ‘be recoveredby action of debt,with costs,bythe said owneror occupier.

And whereasthe legislatureof thecommonwealthof Penn-sylvania,haveenacteda law, entitled “An actto regulatethe,fisheries in the river Delaware,‘and for other purposes,””~datedtheeighthdayof February,in the yearof our Lord onethousandeight hundredand four, a copy of which hasbeenpresentedto the legislatureof this state, for mutual agree-ment:Therefore,

SectionXII. (SectionXII, P. L.) Eeit enacted,Thathisexcellency the governorof this state, is hereby directed totransmit an attestedcopy of this law to the legislatureof

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the commonwealthof Pennsylvania;and soonas they shallcomply with the amendmentsandadditionshereincontained,thenthis shallbe, andis herebyratified andconfirmed.

Section XIII. (SectionXIII, P. L.) And be it enacted,That the actentitled “An act to regulatecertain fisheriesinthe river Delaware,”passedthe thirteenthdayof June,seven-teen hundredand ninety-nine,and all other acts heretoforepassedrelativethereto,be, andthe sameareherebyrepealed.

Council Chamber, November 26th, 1808.This re-engrossedbill having beenread and comparedin

council—Resolved,that the samedo pass.

By order of Council,

EBENEZER SEELY, Vice-President.Houseof Assembly,November26th, 1808.

This re-engrossedbill having beenread and comparedinthis house—Resolved,that the samedo pass.

By order of the House,

LEWIS CONDIOT, Speaker.

I, JamesLinn, Secretaryof the State of New Jersey,docertify the foregoingto be a true copy of an act of the legis-lature of the state of New Jersey, filed in the office of thesecretaryof saidstate.

Given undermy handandseal,the third day of December,in theyear of our Lord eighteenhundredandeight.

JAMES LINN.

JOSEPHBLOOMFIELD.Governorof the Stateof New 3ersey.

To all to whom thesepresentsshall come:

KNOW YE, That the names“JamesLinn,” subscribedtothe foregoing certificate of a copy of the law of the legis-lature of saidstate,is the properhandwriting of JamesLinn,

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who was at the time of signing the same,and nOw is, thesecretaryin and for theaforesaidstate:Therefore,duefaithand credit is, and ought to be given to his proceedingsandcertificatesas secretaryof saidstate.

In testimonywhereof, the greatsealof said stateis here-unto affixed, and the hand of the said governor,at Trenton,the fifth day of December,in the year of our Lord eighteenhundredand eight.

JOSEPHBLOOMFIELD.

By the Governor,

JAMES LINN,Secretaryof State.

RecordedIn L. B. No. 11, p. 277.Note (9. Ohapter 2426; 17 Statutes at Large, p. 558.Note (9. Chapter 3030; ~nfra this volume, p. 937.

CHAPTERMMMXXXI.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING JONATHAN BAYARD SMITH, GAVIN HAMILTONAND PETER LE BARBIER DUPLESSIS, TO CONVEY A LOT OF GROUNDSITUATE IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

Whereasthe GrandLodge of Pennsylvania,by petition tothe general assemblyof this commonwealth,hath set forththat the said GrandLodge owns a lot of groundsituateonthe southwestcorner of Twelfth andWalnut streets,in thecity of Philadelphia,containingin breadthon Twelfth streetaforesaid,seventyfeet, andin depth on Walnut streetafore-said, one hundredand twenty-four feet, boundednorthwardby Walnut street, aforesaid,westward and southwardbygroundnow or late of JosephDean,andeastwardby TwelfthStreetaforesaid,which saidlot of groundwas formerly givento the said GrandLodgeby JosephDean, a memberof the’said GrandLodge, and afterwardsby the commissionersofbankruptcyof the said JosephDean, sold and conveyedto

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