THE TWEED FISHERY LAWS. 



Offender or cause hint to be conveyed by any Constable or otlier 

 Peace Officer, in case the Offence is committed in England, be- 

 fore any Justice having Jurisdiction in the Place where the 

 Offence is committed or where the Offender resides or is found, 

 who shall forthwith proceed against such Offender according 

 to Law and according to the Provisions in this Act contained, 

 and in case the Offence is committed in Scotland such Offender 

 shall lie conveyed by the Person apprehending him before the 

 Sheriff or some Justice having Jurisdiction in the Place where 

 the Offence is committed or where the Offender resides or is 

 found, and such Sheriff or Justice shall forthwith examine and 

 thereupon discharge or commit such Offender until Caution de 

 Judicio sisti be found, as the Case may require. 



XXXIX. Every Person who shall resist or make forcible 

 Opposition to or assault any High or Petty Constable, Peace 

 Officer. Sheriff Officer, Superintendent, or Water Bailiff, or any 

 other Person employed in the Execution of this Act, shall for 

 every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five 

 Pounds. 



XL. All Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace, and other Magis- 

 trates sball and may act in the Execution of this Act not- 

 withstanding any such Sheriff, Justice, or Magistrate shall be 

 interested in any Fishery, except in any Case where he or the 

 Lessee or Occupier of any Fishery in which he is interested is 

 a Party to the Prosecution or Cause to be heard and determined 

 by him. 



XLI. For the Purposes of this Act, the Limits of the Mouth 

 or Entrance of the River Tweed shall be deemed to extend and 

 shall extend from the Pier called Queen Elizabeth's Pier along 

 the Sea Coast on the South Side of the said Pier Five Miles, 

 and along the Sea Coast on the North Side of the said Pier 

 Four Miles, and shall also extend Five Miles in front of the 

 Mouth of the said River and of the several Lines of Boundary 

 herein-before mentioned into the Sea, such Distance towards the 

 Sea to be computed by Lines drawn the one from the Northern 

 and the other from the Southern of the aforesaid Boundaries 

 at Right Angles to a line drawn between the said Northern and 

 Southern Extremities ; and the whole Enactments and Pro- 

 visions of this Act shall extend and be applicable to the Mouth 

 or Entrance of the said River within the Limits above defined. 



XLII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to fish for or 

 take or aid or assist in fishing for or taking any Salmon in or 

 from the River at any Time between the First Day of October 

 in any Year and the first Day of March in the Year following, 

 except by means of the Rod and Line, nor with the Rod and 



