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if upon such. Search any such Nets, Leisters, Spears, or En- 

 gines adapted for the taking or killing of Salmon, or any 

 Salmon illegally taken or killed as aforesaid, shall be there 

 found, it shall be lawful for such Superintendent or Water 

 Bailiff, Constable, or Peace Officer to seize and carry away or 

 secure the same, and also the Boat, Vessel, Carriage, Cart, 

 Vehicle, Basket, Box, or Package in which the same may be 

 found : Provided, that every such "Warrant shall be put in force 

 within Twenty-four Hours after the same is granted, and only 

 within the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff or Justice granting such 

 Warrant. 



LII. The Lessee, Tenant, or Occupier of every established 

 and accustomed Ferry for the Conveyance of Passengers, 

 Horses, and Carriages across the Biver shall have the Name 

 or Names of the Owner and of the Ferry and the Number of 

 each Boat painted upon some conspicuous Part of each and 

 every Boat so used by him, in Letters of Two Inches in Length 

 in White on a Black Ground or in Black on a White Ground, 

 and shall keep such Boat locked up when not actually in use ; 

 and every such Lessee, Tenant, or Occupier who has in his 

 Possession or uses for the Purposes of such Ferry any Boat not 

 so marked and painted, or who does not keep such Boat locked 

 up as aforesaid, shall for every such Offence be liable to a 

 Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds ; and every such Lessee, 

 Tenant, or Occupier who uses or permits or allows any Boat 

 belonging to him or to such Ferry to be used for the Purpose 

 of Fishing in the Biver shall for every such Offence be liable 

 to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, and every Boat so 

 used may be seized and forfeited. 



LIII. Every Owner and Occupier of a Fishery within or of 

 Land adjoining the Biver who uses any Boat in or upon the 

 Biver for the Purpose of Fishing, or for any other Purpose, 

 shall have his Name and Surname painted upon every such 

 Boat, with the Number thereof, in like Manner as is herein- 

 before directed with respect to Ferry Boats ; and no Boat 

 which in the Fishing Season is generally and ordinarily used 

 for fishing with Nets shall be used for Angling or Bod Fishing ; 

 and every such Owner and Occupier who uses a Boat contrary 

 to the Provisions of this Section, or without his Name and the 

 Number painted thereon as before provided, shall for every 

 such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, 

 and every Boat so used may be seized and forfeited. 



LIV. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners at any Annual 



General Meeting, from Time to Time, to direct and appoint all 



Boats generally and ordinarily used for fishing with Nets to be 



painted or otherwise marked by some Colour or Mark, so that 



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