TWEED FISHERIES ACT. 



269 



20. And be it further enacted, that upon information in 

 writing, upon oath, to any justice or justices, or sheriff or 

 Stewart depute or substitute in Scotland, or any justice or 

 justices of the peace in England, or within the town and 

 liberties of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, that the 

 informant hath probable cause to suspect and doth suspect 

 that any person or persons residing within the jurisdiction 

 of the said justice, sheriff or Stewart depute or substitute 

 (not being an owner or occupier of any fishery in the river 

 Tweed, or otherwise entitled to fish in the said river, or in 

 any other river or water connected therewith) hath or have 

 in his, her, or their custody or possession, or have lodged, 

 placed, or concealed, or caused to be lodged, placed, or con- 

 cealed, any net or nets, engines, or other tackle adapted for 

 the taking or killing of salmon, grilses, or fish of the salmon 

 kind, in any dwelling house or outhouse, or in any boat, 

 coble, or other vessel, specifying the same, wherein the said 

 justice or justices, sheriff or Stewart depute or substitute hath 

 or have jurisdiction respectively, it shall and may be lawful 

 to and for the said justice or justices, sheriff or Stewart 

 depute or substitute, or any one or more of them, and he and 

 they are hereby required to grant warrant or warrants, under 

 his or their hand or hands in Scotland, or his or their hand 

 and seal or hands and seals in England, authorizing and em- 

 powering any constable or constables, sheriff's officer or 

 officers, or other peace officers or water bailiffs, to be ap- 

 pointed under the authority of this act, conjunctly and 

 severally, to search, in the day time, the houses of persons 

 not duly authorized to use or have in their possession any of 

 the nets or engines herein-before mentioned, and the same 

 on discovery to seize and carry away. 



21. And be it further enacted, that upon information in 

 writing, upon oath, to any justice or justices, or sheriff or 

 Stewart depute or substitute in Scotland, or any justice or 

 justices of the peace in England, that the informant hath 

 probable cause to suspect and believe, and doth suspect and 

 believe, that any salmon grilses, salmon trouts, bull trouts, 



Magistrates 

 empowered 

 to issue 

 search war- 

 rants on in- 

 formation 

 made against 

 improper per- 

 sons having 

 nets, &c. in 

 their pos- 

 session. 



Magistrates 

 empowered 

 to issue 

 search war- 

 rants upon 

 information 

 of fish being 

 illegally 

 taken and 

 concealed. 



