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OYSTERS. [ART. 71.

Arrest with or
without war-
rant.

warrant, to arrest any person or persons, and to seize
and take into custody any canoe, boat or vessel, when-
ever and wherever such person or persons, canoe, boat
or vessel, shall be found violating or being used in
violating any of the provisions of this article, and
bring the offender or offenders before the justice of
the peace or judge of a circuit court, most convenient
or accessible, to be dealt with as herein provided.

Ibid. s. 22.
Duty of oyster
police.

21. It shall be the' duty of the officer in charge of
the oyster police of the state, hereinafter provided for,
to cause the vessels under his command to be on con-
stant duty, (unless the condition of said vessels or the
inclemency of the weather prevent,) in the waters of
this state, to overhaul and examine the licenses of all
boats or vessels engaged in taking or catching oysters
in the state, and to arrest all persons who may be
found violating or who may have been guilty of any
violation of any of the provisions of this article, and
to seize all boats or vessels, with their tackle and fur-
niture, which may be found on board such boats or
vessels, so engaged, used or employed in violating said
provisions, and the said officer so commissioned shall
have power to summon to his aid such number of per-
sons as may, in his judgment, be necessary and proper
for the safe execution of his commission.

Ibid. s. 23.
Arrest of par-
ties and seizure
of boats, &c.

22. It shall be the duty of any officer having charge
of or commanding such vessels, to take the person or
persons so arrested, and the boat or boats, vessel or
vessels and other property so seized, into his custody,
and cause the said person or persons to be taken before
some justice of the peace or a judge of-, the circuit court
for the county wherein the offence may have been com-
mitted, and if the offence shall have been committed
outside the limits of any county, then, to take the said
person or persons before some justice of the peace or
judge of the circuit court most convenient or accessible
from the place where such offense shall have been

Duty of justice.

committed ; and it shall be the duty of the justice of
the peace or judge before whom such person or per-
sons shall have been taken by said officer, to take