drying their Nets, in the Use of the fame, every Perfon fo offending fhall, for every fuch offence, forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recovered and levied in Manner herein after directed. Harbour or by Law, the fame. $8. PROVIDED always, That nothing but where in this Act contained fhall extend to ex- Pier Dues are empt the Veffels or Boats employed in the demandable faid Fisheries from the Payment of fuch Fishing Veffels Harbour or Pier Dues as are, and by Law are to pay the ought to be, demanded for Ships, Veffels, or Boats, in Piers or Harbours which are built, or artificially made; but that fuch Harbour or Pier Dues fhall be paid in like Manner as the fame were liable to be paid before the paffing of this Act. mentioned Pe fued for. $9. AND be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Penalty The beforeherein before mentioned, fhall and may nalty where be profecuted and determined by Bill, and how to be Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Westminster, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland respectively; wherein no Effoin, Protection, Privilege, Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, fhall be allowed; and One Moiety of fuch Penalty fhall be to the Ufe of His Majefty, and the other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons as will fue for or profecute the fame. SIO. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted and declared by the Authori ty be produced of the Duty payable to Greenwich Ho Spital being duly paid, The Tonage ty aforefaid, That the faid Bounty of FifBounty is not to be paid, till ty Shillings per Ton, herein before given a Certificate and granted to Veffels employed in the faid Fishery, fhall not be paid or payable in refpect of any fuch Veffels, until it fhall have been made appear to the Satisfaction of the Commiffioners of His Majesty's Customs, by One or more Certificate or Certificates, Receipt or Receipts, from the Receiver or Collector for the Time being of the Duty of Six Pence per Man per Month, payable out of Seamens Wages, for the Support of the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich, that all Monies payable on account of fuch Duty from any Veffel, in respect whereof fuch Bounty of Fifty Shillings per Ton fhall be demanded, hath been fully paid and difcharged; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. N° V. N° V. CLAUSES of an Act, fecundo An ACT for the better fupplying the Cities ermen. 1. WHEREAS the better fupplying the Preamble. Cities of London and Weftminfter with Fish, and encouraging Fishermen and others to employ themfelves in Fithing on the Sea-Coafts, and in the Navigable Rivers of Great Britain, will tend to reduce the prefent exorbitant Price of Fish; May it therefore please your Majefty, That it may be enacted by the King's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and General Lis after the paffing this Act, it fhall be lawful for any Perfon, although not brought (1) cence to any Perfon, tho' not a Fin monger, to up buy, at any Coast, or Ri and fizeable; Market, Sea- up in the Trade of a Fishmonger, to buy ver, &c. any (fubject to, and under the Reftrictions Fish in Seafon, herein after contained), at any Market, Sea-Coast, Creek, Port, Haven, Bank of any River or Place in Great Britain, any Fish in Season, which shall not be unfize able, or under the Dimenfions the fame refpectively, by the Laws now in Force, are allowed to be fent to the City of Lonpaying the ac- don; paying the ufual and accustomed Dues at the Dues at the Places where any fuch Fish Place of Pur fhall be fo purchased; and afterwards to fell the fame fell again all fuch Fish in publick or again, paying fifhed Shops, Stalls, or Houfes, in any Market Dues. other Market in Great Britain, where Fish cuftomed chafe; and to the ufual Such Fish not by the firft Purchafer, before the fame thall be brought to or Flesh are or ufually have been fold, in Manner by this Act prefcribed, paying only the ufual Stallage or Market-dues paid at every fuch Market, without incurring any Penalty or Forfeiture; any Law, Statute, Cuftom, or Ufage, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. 3. And be it further enacted by the to be refold Authority aforefaid, That no Fifh allowed to be bought as aforefaid fhall be fold again by the first Purchaser thereof, or any of his or her Agents or Servants, before fuch Fifh fhall have been conveyed by or to where Land-carriage, or otherwife, to the Cities of London or Westminster, or fuch other Places in Great Britain as the Proprietor London or Westminster configned, or or Proprietors thereof shall think fit, from Time to Time, to confign the fame to, un- under Penalty der Pain, that every one who fhall offend of 201. in the Premiffes fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds, to be recovered and applied in manner herein after mentioned. conveyed to § 4. AND be it further enacted, by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Fith, and to he allowed to be purchased as aforefaid, fhall the Places be permitted to be, from Time to Time, configned. fent and conveyed to the Place or Places to which the Proprietor or Proprietors thereof fhall think fit to confign the fame, without being fubject or liable to be stopped, in any City, Market Town or Place, in order to be fold or expofed to Sale there, under Pretence of any Custom or Ufage whatsoever. made for Fifh, iters, are va 13. AND be it likewise enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Contracts All Contracts made by or with any Perfon or Perfons except for Salfor any Fish, except Salmon and Lobsters, non and Lobfrom and after the First Day of May, One cated after ift thousand seven hundred and fixty-two, May-1762; fhall be, and are hereby declared to be, void, fo far as the fame fhall relate to, or be intended to take effect at any Time fubfequent to the faid Firft Day of May, One thousand feven hundred and fixtytwo; and the Party and Parties to every fuch Contract and Contracts is and are hereby (12) 督 |