FISH AND FISHERIES 1647
view to eliminating and preventing such pollution. It shall be the duty
of the said Conservation Commission to make periodic tests of the water
in order to detect any possible pollution and to take whatever steps may be
necessary to enforce the present law against the pollution of streams.
1935, ch. 394, sec. 4B.
6. It shall be the duty of the Conservation Commission to stock
the Youghiogheny River with bass and rainbow trout from eight to ten
inches in length, from a point one mile north of Kendall to a point one
mile north of Oakland, and to stock the larger streams tributary to the
Youghiogheny River between aforementioned points with brook trout
ranging in length from eight to ten inches.
It shall be unlawful to fish in any of said streams for a period of one
year from the time the said Commission stocks them with fish as herein
provided, and thereafter the law regulating the taking of fish in non-tidal
waters shall apply.
1935, ch. 394, sec. 4C.
7. The Conservation Commission is hereby directed to pay for the
cost of such survey, for the stocking of the above-mentioned streams with
fish, as well as any other necessary expenses incurred in connection with
the above-mentioned undertaking, out of the conservation funds appro-
priated to the Conservation Department.
1929, ch. 471, sec. 5.
8. (Arrest Upon Information.) Upon information given upon oath or
affirmation to any justice of the peace of the violation of any. section of
this Article, he shall issue his warrant for the arrest of the offender and the
seizure of the seines, nets, boats or other fishing outfit, to be directed to any
officer of the Conservation Department, including Deputy Game Wardens,
or to the Sheriff or any Constable of the county or other officer authorized
to make arrests. It shall be the duty of any officer authorized to make
arrest, upon receipt of said warrant, to arrest any person violating any of
said sections, seize any such seines, nets, boat or other fishing outfit found
being used in such violation and bring such offender before the justice of
the peace most accessible or convenient, qualified to try same, to be dealt
with according to law.
1929, ch. 471, sec. 6.
9. (Warrant for Unknown Offender.) If the name of the offender be
unknown, he may be arrested on a warrant describing him as the person
committing the offense, without stating his name in the warrant.
1929, ch. 471, sec. 7.
10. (Procedure Upon Seizure.) If upon a hearing in any case of arrest
and seizure, the justice of the peace is satisfied that the owner or person
having charge of the property so seized is guilty of violating any of the
provisions of this Article, which imposes the forfeiture of such property for
such violations, then said justice shall adjudge same to be condemned and
sold by the Sheriff as provided for in Section 11. In case the owner is not
known, said justice may proceed ex parte to hear and determine any ques-
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