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liable to answer to the seizing oflicer, in an action of trespass, for 

 double the value of such seine, net, pot or other macliine. 



Sect. 1 0. Be it farlher enacted, That when any seine, net, pot or 

 other macliine shall be employed for the purpose of catching fish, at 

 any time or place not allowed by this act, and shall be seized by any 

 of the officers aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such officer to give 

 information to some justice of tlie peace within the county wherein 

 such seine, net, pot or other machine was found employed as afore- 

 said ; a copy of which information, containing the times when and 

 the place where such seine, net, pot or other machine was seized, 

 shall, b}' order of such justice, be posted up in some public place in 

 each of the two towns next adjoining the place where such seine, net, 

 pot or other machine was seized ; and also a notification to all persons 

 interested in such seine, net, pot or other machine, to appear before 

 the said justice, at a time therein named (which shall be within four- 

 teen days, and shall not be less than seven days from the time of 

 posting up the notification), to show cause, if an}' they have, why 

 such seine, net, pot or other machine should not be forfeited ; and if, 

 upon trial, the claimer or claimers shall produce sufficient evidence 

 that he and they were ignorant of the unlawful use of their seine, 

 net, pot or other machine, and shall give information of the person or 

 persons untawfuU}' using the same, the seine, net, pot or other ma- 

 chine, seized as aforesaid, shall be restored to the claimer or claimers 

 thereof. And the person or persons convicted of using the same 

 without the consent of the owner, shall, in addition to the penalty 

 in this act provided for fishing on daj's not herein allowed of, pay 

 another fine of twenty shillings each, or suffer imprisonment in the 

 common gaol, not exceeding twenty days ; but in all cases where the 

 owner or owners shall not produce evidence of the person or persons 

 offending, their seine, net, pot or other machine shall be adjudged 

 forfeited. 



Sect. 11. Be it enacted. That on complaint, made to any justice 

 of the peace for the county where any offence against this act shall 

 be committed, against any person or persons for breach of this act, 

 or upon view of any justice of the peace, such justice is hereby 

 empowered to issue his warrant, directed to a proper officer, to 

 apprehend such oflfender or offenders, and bring him or them before 

 him, or some other justice of the peace in the same county, to answer 

 for the offence. 



Sect. 12. Be it farther enacted, That all fines and forfeitures, 

 incurred by breach of this act, where the fine, exclusive of the net, seine, 

 pot or other machine used in such breach, doth not exceed four pounds, 

 shall be recovered before an}^ justice of the peace in the count}' where 

 the offence is committed ; an appeal being allowed, to either party, to 



