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An Act to prohibit hauling of seines or drag nets within two miles of certain bars and inlets within this State. 1834-1835 60 (1834)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0165 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA,

CHAPTER LXXXIX,
An Act to prohibi hauling of seines or drag nets within two miles of certain bars and inita
within this Stste
Be it enacted by the General - Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and stis hereby enacted by the authority of the same, *1'h.,, from  and after the
ifteenth of January eigh-een hundred and thirty-five, it shall not be lawful for
any person to haul any seine, or fish with any drag net, from sunset on Friday,
to sun rise on Alonday, in each and every week from the aforesaid filteenth day of
January to the filleeuth day of March, and from the first day of August, to the
first day of October in eich and every year within two miles of Ocruacoke bar.
* II. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to haul
any seine, or fish with any drag net within two miles of New Inlet north of
Ocracoke, from sun set on Saturday to sun rise on Monday, from the fifteenth
day of Janurry, eighteen hundred and thirty five to the fifteenth dcy of March,
and from the first, day of August to the first day of October, in' each and every
year.
III. Be it further enacted That it shall not be lawfil for any person to haul
any seine, drag net, or drift with any net, at tihe Roanoke narrows or marshes,
from sun rise on Saturday to sun rise on Monday, from the fifteenth day of Jannu-
ary, to the fifteenth day of April, and from the first day of August to tihe first day
of October in each and every year.
IV. Be it further enacled, That if any person shall violate the provisions of
this act, such person so offending, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred
dollars, for each and every offence, to be recovered in an action of debt, befbre any
Justice of the peace, or any jurisdiction having cognizance thereof by any per-
son sueing for the same, the one nalf ofsaid sum, to the use of the informer, and
the other half to the wardens of the poor of the county wherein such offence shall
have been committed, and shall further be liablQ to mdi' tment in any court hay.
ing cognizance thereof, and upon conviction shall be fitted at the discretion of
the Court.
V. Be it further enacted. That if any slave or slaves shall violate the provi-
sions of this act, such slave or slaves so offending, on conviction before any jus,
tice of the peace. shall receive thirty nine lashes on his on their bare back, and
owner or owners of such slave or slaves so offending shall pay all costs.
CHAPTER XC.
An ACT to protect seine places on Roanoke river.
Be it enacted by the General A.ssembly of the State of NorthCarolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the samne, That where any seine
place may be injured by any fallen tree or trees, or may be in danger of being
injured by the falling of trees in the waters of said river, and the owner
of the land on which such tree or trees are situated shall object to their
tomovnl, it shall be lawful for the owner or owners of such seine place
to apply to the sheriffof the county in which the tree or trees are situated, whose
duty it shall be, on the payment or tender of the fees herein allowed, to summon
a jury of twelve freehol ders; unconnected with the parties, to go and examine
the premises; which jury shall be sworn by the sheriff to do equal justice be-
tween the parties; and if the said jury should be of opinion that such tree or trees
are so situated as to injure said seine place, or that there is danger of such in-
jury, they shall assess the value of such tree or trees, and on the payment of
the sum nssessed, the owner or owners of said seine place shall have the right
of Cutting or clearing away all such trees as may be thus condemned; Provided,
That the party owning the said land shall have ton days notice of the time and
placo where such jury is held,

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