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An Act to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish up Neuse and Trent rivers. 1831-1832 129 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0142 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. II. .nd be it further enacted, That all acts and clauses of acts of the general Assembly of Norrh Corollea, which may come within the purview of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed CHAPTER CLII An At to appoint lay days for aleg with swines, ets, k. at New laes, in the**oatiesofter' rituak and Hyde. Be it enacted by the General Aaeembly of the Mate of North COin.las, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That la future it hall not be lawful rot any person whatsoever to haul a seine, set a set. or cam any other obstruction to the free passage of fish through New Islet. or ayof the slues or channels leading throuth the shoals and marshes Into Pamlico Sound, or within three miles of said inlet, from Saturday sun dotra satil Monday twelve o'clock of each and every week, between the first day et February and the first day ofJune, inclusive, in every year. II. Ind be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall directly or indirectly ofend against any of the prosisons contained in the foregoing section, he or they shall, upon conviction before any justice of the peace for the counties of Currituck or Hyde, be fined the sum of one hundred dellaril for which judgment may be entered up by said justice for each and every time a seine is so hauled, a net set, or other obstructions made; one balfof the penalty hereby imposed to be given to him, her or them that will first lo- form of the offence, and the other half to the poor of the county In which the conviction may be had. Ill. .nd be itfurther enacted, That any slasve or slaves offedlg against any of the provisions of this act, unless he or they appear to have acted un- ter the express directions of their owners or employers, shall be sentenced to receive thirty-nine lashes, and all cost paid by the owner or owners of sald slaves. CHAPTER CLIII An act to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish up Neuse and Trent rivers. Be it enacted by the General Aseinby of the State of North Carolina' mnd it is herchy enacted by the authority of the same, That no person or persons shall work any seine, set net, skimming net, fish trap or side in the channel of Neuse river below Newbern, or in the Neuse or Trent rivers a- bove Newbern to the Wayne county line, from the fifteenth of January to the twentyfifth of April, in the time hereinafter specified, viz. from sun set on Saturday until sun set on Monday, in each and every week, in each and eve- ry year hereafter, under the following penalty, that is to say, that every person who shall work a seine, set net, skimming net, fish trap or slide in the time above specified contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, shall for each and every offience, upon conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the poor of the county in which the offence may be committed. II. Be it further enacted That any slave or slaves who shall be convicted before any justice ot the peace for having violated this act, shall receive thir- ty*nine lashes on hiq or her bare back, and the master or owner shall be sub- ject to pay the cost of such prosecution and whipping. III. Be it further enacted, That so much of an act, passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled **an act to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish up Neuse river, Brices creek and Trent river, as comes within the meaning and purview of this act, be, and the same is hereby 17 IRS

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