292 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. 



XLIX. If any Net or other Engine or Tackle whatsoever 

 adapted for taking or killing Salmon or obstructing their pas- 

 sage in the River shall be left or placed in the River at any 

 Time during the Annual Close Time, or Weekly Close Time, it 

 shall be lawful for any Superintendent or Water Bailiff, or 

 other Person acting or employed under the Authority of this 

 Act, to seize and carry away the same, and it shall be lawful 

 for the Commissioners to cause the same to be cut to Pieces or 

 otherwise destroyed, or, in their Discretion, to be restored to 

 the Owner. 



L. It shall not be lawful for any Person other than an Owner 

 or Occupier of a Fishery in the River, or otherwise entitled to 

 fish for Salmon therein, or having an exclusive Right of Fish- 

 ing for Salmon in any Fishery .beyond the River, or having a 

 Licence under the Hand of the Clerk, to have in his Possession 

 within Five Miles from the River any Net or Engine of the 

 Description of those used for taking or killing Salmon, except 

 for the Purpose of manufacturing or selling or repairing the 

 same for the Owner or Occupier of a Fishery ; and every Person 

 who is convicted of offending against this Enactment shall for 

 every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty 

 Pounds ; and every such Net or Engine found in the Possession 

 of such Person shall be forfeited, and the Sheriff or Justice 

 before whom such Person is convicted shall order and direct 

 every such Net or Engine to be cut to Pieces or otherwise 

 destroyed. 



LI. Upon Information on Oath to any Sheriff or Justice that 

 the Informant has probable Cause to suspect and does suspect, 

 and stating the Grounds of such Suspicion, that any Person 

 residing or being at the Time within the Jurisdiction of such 

 Sheriff or Justice has, contrary to the Provisions of this Act, 

 in his Custody or Possession, or that there is lodged, placed, or 

 concealed in any Dwelling House, Fishing Shield, Outhouse, 

 or Premises, or in any Boat, Vessel, Carriage, Cart, or Vehicle 

 within the Jurisdiction of such Sheriff or Justice, or which will 

 shortly pass through or be within the same, any Net, Leister, 

 Spear, or similar Engine adapted for taking or killing Salmon, 

 or any Salmon which have been illegally taken or killed in or 

 from the River, it shall be lawful for such Sheriff or Justice to 

 authorise and direct, by Warrant under his Hand, any Super- 

 intendent or Water Bailiff appointed and acting under the 

 Authority of this Act, or any High or Petty Constable or other 

 Peace Officer, to search in the Daytime every Dwelling House, 

 and at any Time every Fishing Sbield, Outhouse, or Premises, 

 or Place, Boat, Vessel, Carriage, Cart, or other Vehicle wherein 

 he has Information that any such Nets, Leisters, Spears, or 

 Engines, or any Salmon, are lodged, placed, or concealed ; and 



