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■Siiid deputies sluill not 1)C required to enter into recognizance 

 or become liiihle for costs. 



Sec. 12. For the purpose of enforcinsr the provisions rela- Deputips may 



^ ^ scarcli in sus- 



tive to the protection of lobsters, the commissioners of inhmd or'upoi'ljwrt 

 fisheries and tlieir appointed deputies may search in suspected bei'ieve^s uLed 



in catching lob- 



places, or u))on anvlxiat or vessel tiiat thev mav believe is used sters in yioia- 



'^ . .- ,,(,„ yf fYiis act. 



in the catchiiiii or transportinii; of lobstei's. and may seize and 

 remove lobsters taken, lield, or offered for sale in violation of 

 the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 13. Fines inciured under anv of th(^ ))r()visi()ns of this Fines, how to 



' enure. 



act shall enure one-half thereof to the use of the comjilainant 

 and one-half thereof to the use of the state. 



Sec. 14. The several district courts shall have concurrent District courts, 



jurisdiction of. 



jurisdiction with the superior court over all ofTences under this 

 act, and to the full extent of the penalties therein specified; 

 parties defendant, however, having the same right to appeal 

 from the sentences of said district courts as is now })rovided 

 by law in other criminal cases. 



Sec. 15. Chapter 969 of the Public Laws, passed at the 

 Januar}' session, A. D. 1902, entitled "An act in substitution of 

 Chapter 857 of the Public Laws, passed at the January session, 

 A. D., 1901, entitled 'An act for the better protection of the 

 lobster fisheries,' " and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent 

 herewith, are hereb}' repealed. 



Sec. 16. This act shall take effect upon and after the first 

 day of January, A. D. 1910. 



