302 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. 



LXXX. The Bate made at auy such Meeting shall be binding 

 upon and may be enforced against every such Owner, Tenant, 

 and Occupier of a Fishery ; and for the Eecovery of any Bates 

 which may remain unpaid it shall be lawful for any Sheriff or 

 Justice within whose Jurisdiction the Goods and Effects of any 

 Owner, Tenant, or Occupier of a Fishery liable for such Rate's 

 may be found to grant Warrant for poinding or distraining such 

 Goods and Effects, and to appraise them on the Place where 

 found, and afterwards to sell the same by Auction for Payment 

 of such Eates, together with the full Costs of such Poinding, 

 Distress, and Sale, and the Surplus (if any) shall be paid, when 

 demanded, to the Person whose Effects shall have been so 

 distrained and sold ; which "Warrants shall be granted by such 

 Sheriff or Justice upon an Application made to him by the Clerk 

 or Treasurer or other Person authorised by the Commissioners, 

 with an Attestation on Oath signed by the Collector appointed 

 under this Act certifying that the Person complained of is liable 

 for and has not paid such Eates, and specifying therein the 

 Amount due by him ; and the Proceedings for the Eecovery of 

 such Eates may be in the Form of the Schedule (A.) hereunto 

 annexed, or as near thereto as may be ; or the Commissioners 

 or Clerk may bring and prosecute an Action or Actions at Law 

 for Eecovery of such Eates or Arrears thereof. 



LXXXI. The Eates levied under the Authority of this Act 

 shall be applied, first, in paying and discharging the Debts and 

 Obligations contracted by the Commissioners and Overseers 

 acting under the recited Acts, and due and subsisting at the 

 Time of the passing of this Act ; secondly, in paying the Costs 

 of obtaining and passing this Act, and incidental thereto ; and, 

 lastly, in paying and defraying Salaries and Allowances to the 

 Clerk, Treasurer, Collectors, Superintendent, Water Bailiffs, 

 and other Officers, and other Expenses incurred in carrying 

 this Act into execution. 



LXXXII. Every Penalty imposed by this Act may be 

 recovered by Action of Debt in any County Court, or by sum- 

 mary Proceeding before the Sheriff or a Justice or Justices 

 having Jurisdiction in the Place where the Offence is com- 

 mitted or where the Offender resides or is found ; and on 

 Complaint being made at the Instance of the Procurator Fiscal 

 or other public Prosecutor of the County, District, or Place where 

 the Offence may have been committed, or where the Offender 

 or Offenders shall reside or may be found, or at the Instance 

 of any One or more of the Commissioners, or of their Clerk, to 

 any such Sheriff or Justice or Justices, he or they shall issue a 

 Summons or Warrant requiring the Person complained against 

 to appear before the Sheriff or any Justice or Justices at a Time 

 not less than Six free Days after Service, and at a Place to be 



