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tion of any of the provisions of this act, or of such act to be passed by 

 The State of Virginia relating to the said river, by any officer of either 

 State authorized to arrest therefor, shall be delivered up for trial to 

 such officer of the State of which the offender is a citizen, as may be 

 authorized to arrest under the law of such State, unless arrested for 

 hindrance or disturbance of the fisheries on the shores of the other State, 

 in violation of any of the provisions of this act, in which case he shall 

 be tried in such other State; and persons who are not bona fide resi- 

 dents of either State, who may be arrested for a violation of any of the 

 provisions of this act relating to the Potomac Eiver, shall be tried in 

 the State of the officer making the arrest, and in all questions of citi- 

 zenship the burden of proof shall be on the offender. 



Sec. XXXII. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of fisheries, 

 and such other persons to whom the said commissioners may give 

 authority in writing, shall be allowed at all times, and in any manner, 

 to take any fish in any of the waters of the State, or in the Potomac 

 River, for purposes of propagation and for scientific purposes. 



Sec. XXXIII. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained 

 shall prevent any person from taking fish on his own shores for family 

 use during the seasons, and between the periods allowed by this act, 

 and subject to the provisions relating to such fish as have been intro- 

 duced into the waters of this State by the commissioners of fisheries. 



Sec. XXXIV. And be it enacted, That the commissioner of fisheries, 

 be, and the same are hereby declared to be, members ex officio of the 

 board of commissioners of the State fishery force, and it shall be the 

 duty of the said board thus constituted, and especially of the several 

 commanders of the vessels used in the said force, to enforce all laws of 

 this State relating and regulating the catching of fish in the navigable 

 waters of this State, and of the Potomac Eiver, as well as those relat- 

 ing to the catching of oysters. 



Sec. XXXV. And be it enacted, That the governor shall, upon the 

 recommendation of the commission of fisheries, appoint not more than 

 twelve persons to serve as fish wardens in certain limits and localities 

 to be assigned each by the commission of fisheries, and the said war- 

 dens shall be charged with the enforcement of the laws relating to aud 

 regulating the catching of fish in the waters of the State and of the Poto- 

 mac River, and more particularly in those waters beyond the reach of 

 vessels of the State fishery force, and they shall frequently visit the 

 fishing shores and grounds, especially during the fishing season, and 

 such persons so appointed shall receive, in addition to such sum as he 

 may become entitled to as informer, as a salary, a sum not exceeding 

 one hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the fund herein pro- 

 vided for, to be known as the State fishery fund ; and such wardens shall 

 be removable at any time by the governor upon the recommendation of 

 the commission of fisheries, and in the event of such removal they 



