262 THE SALMON 



boundary between two counties may be prosecuted 

 in either county. 



For the detection and prevention of offences, 

 water-bailiffs and officers appointed by conservancy 

 or district boards are invested with special powers. 

 In England a water-bailiff may 



1. Sei/.e without warrant any person putting 

 noxious matter into a salmon river with intent to 

 destroy fish, or illegally taking salmon, or found on 

 or near a salmon river with intent to take salmon 

 between the expiration of the first hour after sunset 

 and the beginning of the last hour before sunrise, or 

 found during those hours in possession of an illegal 

 instrument. 



2. May apply to a Justice for a warrant to remain 

 on land near a salmon river, and make search if he 

 has good reason to suspect a breach of the Acts is 

 about to be or has been committed. 



3. May, under a special order in writing from the 

 chairman of the conservancy board for a period 

 not exceeding two months, go upon any land (except 

 a decoy) near any salmon river in the district. 



4. May examine weirs, dams, fixed engines, and 

 obstructions and artificial water-courses. 



5. May stop and search boats, coracles, or vessels 

 used in fishing, or which there is reason to suspect 



