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proof of a sale under such circumstances as shall be consistent with 



a reasonable presumption that shipment or exportation was 

 intended. 



729 13. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, ap- 

 point special commissioners for the purpose of enforcing the 



provisions of this chapter. 



14. Any such Commissioner, or any Justice of the Peace, Sub- 

 collector, Preventive Officer, fishery warden or constable may board and 

 examine and search any boat or vessel suspected of having on board, 

 or of conveying or exporting bait fishes contrary to the provisions 

 of this chapter, or of any license granted thereunder; and in case 

 any such commissioner, Justice of the Peace, Sub-collector, Preventive 

 Officer, fishery warden, constable, or the crew of any vessel employed 

 by the government, shall make a signal by hoisting the International 

 signal B.M.I., meaning " Heave to, I will send a ooat," and firing a 

 gun, or by dipping at the main peak three times the flag with the 

 badge of the colony, as prescribed by the Colonial regulations, it shall 

 be the duty of the owner, master or person managing or controlling 

 such vessel to heave to until such commissioner, Justice, Sub-collector, 

 fishery warden or constable shall have boarded and examined such 

 last-named vessel ; and in case of such owner, master or person man- 

 aging or controlling such last-named vessel omitting to heave her to, 

 or obstructing or omitting to afford facilities for such commissioner, 

 Justice, Sub-collector, Preventive Officer, fishery warden or constable 

 in boarding and examining such vessel, he shall be subject to a 

 penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a 

 term not exceeding three months. The master of any vessel who shall 

 refuse or unreasonably delay in obeying such signal may be arrested 

 and brought before a stipendiary magistrate, and his vessel may be 

 seized and held by any such commissioner, Justice, Sub-collector, 

 Preventive Officer, fishery warden or constable until an adjudication 

 shall have taken place, upon a complaint under this section. 



15. Any person found nauling, catching, taking, purchasing, selling, 

 shipping or conveying any bait fishes, or any person having any such 

 fishes in his possession, or the master, owner or crew of any boat 

 or vessel on board of which any bait fishes may be found, may be 

 examined on oath by a Justice oi the Peace, Sub-collector, Preventive 

 Officer, fishery warden or commissioner, appointed under this chapter, 

 as to the quantity and kind of bait fishes in his possession or on 

 board of such boat or vessel, the purpose for which such bait fishes 

 are intended to be used or as to the place to which such bait fishes 

 are intended to be conveyed or exported, and upon his refusing to 

 answer, or answering untruly j or railing to produce a license under 

 this chapter, or having such license, being found to have violated or 

 failed to comply with the provisions thereof, such Justice, Sub-col- 

 lector, Preventive Officer, fishery warden or commissioner may seize 

 the boat or vessel on board of which such bait fishes shall have been 

 hauled or caught, or put, kept, shipped, carried, conveyed or exported. 

 or on board of which the same may have been found, her tackle, 

 apparel, furniture and outfit, and the said bait fishes so found as 

 aforesaid, and may hold the same until an adjudication shall have 

 been had, upon a complaint in relation to such alleged offence. 



16. In any such case as mentioned in the next preceding section, 

 any officer therein authorized to seize any boat or vessel, and any 



