Section LIV Commissioners to appoint distinguishing Marks for Boats.

It shall be lawful for the Commissioners . . . F1, from Time to Time, to direct and appoint all Boats generally and ordinarily used for fishing with Nets to be painted or otherwise marked by some Colour or Mark, so that the same may be known and may be easily distinguished from Ferry Boats or Boats used indiscriminately for both Net Fishing and Rod Fishing, which Direction or Appointment shall be notified to the Owner and Occupier of every Fishery using any such Boat or to his or their known Agent, and which distinguishing Colour or Mark every Owner and Occupier of every Boat generally and ordinarily used for fishing with Nets shall be bound, after such Notification, to put upon such Boat previous to the Commencement of the next Fishing Season, and also upon all such Boats as they shall afterwards use, and to keep the same thereon until such Time as some new Direction or Appointment in that Behalf shall have been made by the Commissioners; and every such Owner or Occupier who uses any such Boat without such distinguishing Colour or Mark, or with any other Colour or Mark than those specially appointed for such Boat, shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding F2£25level 1 on the standard scale, and every Boat so used may be seized and forfeited.