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fowl may be violated, who shall be satisfied, either upon his own
view, or information received of any other person, whether on
oath or not, that any one has violated the said provisions, shall be
and he is hereby authorized and empowered to arrest and take
into custody such person so offending, and the boatmen or other
persons found on board the vessel, boat, float, canoe or craft
employed to convey such offender for the purpose of shooting at
or killing wild ducks or wild fowl of any description contrary to
the provisions of this article; and he shall seize and take into his
possession the said vessel, boat, float, canoe or craft, and the gun
or guns, ammunition and decoy ducks in the same, or in the use
or possession of the offender or offenders.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 98, sec. 7. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 6.

7. The said officers shall carry the person or persons so arrested
before a justice of the peace of the county wherein the offence
may be committed, representing to the justice the breach of the
law committed; and the said justice shall inquire fully into the
alleged offence, of which, the finding of vessels, boats, floats,
canoes or crafts employed as aforesaid or in the possession or use
of the persons charged, shall be considered as prima facie evi-
dence of guilt.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1860, ch. 109, sec. 7.

8. If after a full investigation the said justice shall think the
charge groundless, he shall dismiss the same at the cost of the
county; but if he shall be of the opinion that any wild ducks or
other water-fowl have been shot at or killed contrary to sections
1, 2 or 3 of this article, he shall render a judgnent of not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars against each person
engaged directly or indirectly therein for each offence, and he
may commit him to the county jail, in the event of his
not paying the fine thus imposed, if the officer making the
arrest and seizure desire it; and if committed, the officer who
desired the commitment shall pay the jail fees at the rate of
twenty-five cents per day, and in case of a failure to pay the said
fees for the space of three consecutive days, the party whose jail
fees shall thus remain unpaid shall be discharged from confine-
ment.