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A. D. in6u Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 15. 603 •p 'ay ife Ac- as 'is herein before directed ; and the Party or Parties hereby directed to put up fuch Account and coui,t,betore they arc ex- Accounts as aforefaid, ftiall take care that every fuch Account and Accounts fhall continue up, pofeo to Sale; and the where the fame fhall have been firft placed, until all the Fifh fpecified therein ihall be fold, or the ""^i >^ccounts are to he Market of the Day {liall be over or ended, without being defaced or obliterated; upon pain that every ^,^!;'j^;j;.|;]i^^'"j[J' "j^ one who (ball negledt to put up any fuch Account, or fhall not continue up fuch Account as hereby ,1,^ Market be over-' is direded during the Time luch Account ought to continue up, and fhall be convidcd in manner ' herein afte'r prefcribed of any fuch Offence, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sunion Penaitvof 5I. of five Pounds to be levied, recovered, and applied, in the Manner herein after mendoned ; and that or if any V^rfon before t to the Intent of this A6i, ought to continue up, fliall for every fuch laft-mentioned Offence, forfeit and pay be done, he forfeits 40s. the Sum of forty Shillings, to be levied, recovered, and applied, in manner herein after-mentioned. XXI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Fiflierman, Mariner, or Ko Fifherman, .tc. after other Perfon, who fhall be employed on Board any Fifhing Ship, Sloop, Smack, Veffcl,. or Boat the Arrival of his Venii fhall after her Arrival from Fifhing, wilfully dellroy, or throw or caft away any Fifli, which any^™*" Fiih ng, may de- fuch'FifhingShip, Sloop, Smack, Veffel, or Boat, Iliall have broi|ght from Sea, or caught in any Si^n," o'Sun! navigable River, that is not iniwholefome, penflied, or unmarketable, except Sprats, v/hich fliall whokfume', peri/hcd, or remain unfold when the Market, to which the fame Ihall be fent for Sale, fhall be ended ; and if any unmarketable, remaining fuch Fifherman, Mariner, or other Perfon, fliall offend iji the Premiffes, and be therefore convidted "'°* a^"^" Maiket is in manner herein after prefcribed, every fuch I^lherman, Mariner, or other Perfon, who fliall be ^ol7^L^,,,^^,■,,,,,^. convia-ed, fhall be committed to the Houfe of Corredion ot the County, City, or Place, in which m,tted, and kept to hard ■ any fuch Offender fliall be conviited or apprehended, there to remain and be kept to hard Labour for Labour forany Time not anv Time not exceeding two Months, nor lefs than one Week, as the Juftice or Juflices, before whom "^"'^'"S^^^c'iths, nor any fuch Offender fhall be convicted, fhall order. ^ 'han i Week. XXII. And be it alfo enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the palTing of this^,jp„^^^^^^^^,,^^,^,^^^^ Aa, all and every the Perfon and Perfons within the four Degrees or Delcriptions herein after fpe-^he four foJioving Dc- cified, who fliall be employed in the Fifheries of thefe Kingdoms, fhall be freed and exempted from fcriptions, employed in being impreffed into the Service of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, other than and except in the the Fifheries cf thefe Cafes herein after excepted ; that is to fay, Firft, every Mafter who fhall have the Care or Condua^K'"?,^"'".'^^^,"";?^'^^ of any Fifhing Ship, Sloop, Smack, Veffel, or Boat, which fliall be employed in the Fifliery on J^Kt^'V^e^vxlf ^ any of the Sea Coafts of Great Britain, or in any of the navigable Rivers within Great Britain •,^ and liv. Matters of Fifhing who or fome Owner of which Fifliing Ship, Sloop, Smack, Veffel, or Boat, fliall have, or within Vedels, who, either fix Calendar Months before the applying for any Proteaion, as hereinafter is allowed, fhall have ^^t"'"^'^^" o"" f^^' Ow- had, one or more Apprentice or Apprentices, under the Age of fixteen Years each, bound to him, or to MrnthrbefoTeTpplying any fuch Owner as aforefaid, for a Term not lefs than five Years; and which Apprentice or Ap- for a I'rotcaion, fhall prentices, in purfuance of fuch Binding, aaually fhall be, or have been, in the Service of fuch have had, one or more Mafier or Owner, in the Bufinefs of a Fifherman : Secondly, Every fuch Apprentice, not exceed- Apprentices, under 16 ing the Number of four Apprentices to every fuch Mafter or Owner as aforefaid of any Fifliing Ship, '^"^^ °^ ^^^' ^°"'l ^'f Sloop, Smack, or Veffel, of or above the Burthen of thirty Tuns; and not exceeding the Number /^jjg^'f.^^jyffj;^". of two Apprentices to every fuch Mafl:er or Owner as aforefaid, of any I* ifhing Ship, Sloop, Smack, jdiy, All fuch Apprcn- Veffel or Boat, under the faid Burthen of thirty Tuns, during the Time every fuch refpedlive Ap-tices, not exceeding 4 to prentice as aforefaid fliall continue as or of his Reprefentatives or Afligns, '"- the refpeaive Age of twfenty Years ing Trade : Thirdly, One Mariner, . . . . _ . faid who fhall be employed to navigate or fifii, in any Fifliing Ship, Sloop, Smack, or Vefiel, ofduring the Time of their the Burthen of ten Tuns or upwards, on any Parts of the Sea Coafts of Gr^^/ Britain, ^nnngthtf^^^^^Tf^'TYtV'^^ Time fuch Mariner fliall continue and be fo aaually and truly employed in the faid Fifliing Service : f^;,, ctmrinuin? for d'e And, fourthly, any Landman v/ho fliall enter on Board any fuch Fifhing Ship, Sloop, Smack, or Time in the Bufinefs of Veflel of theBurthen of ten Tuns or upwards, and be aaually employed in navigating or fifliing therein Fi/hing only ; ^dJy, one on any Part of the Sea Coafts of Great' Britain for and during the Space of tv/o Years, to be computed Mariner, be fide? the Ma- from the Time of his firft going to Sea, employed as aforefaid in any fuch Fifliing Ship, Sloop, Smack, ^^"y^pjj^'^g'y^^",' '^ or Veffel, of the Burthen of ten Tuns or upwards, as aforefaid, and co the End of any Fifhing Voyage he 10 Tuns Bui then, or up- may then be engaged in, and if he fhall continue and be fo long really and truly employed in fuch Service, wards, employed on the Sea Conft, during his Continuance in fuch Service. 4thly, Any Landman entering, and employed on Board fuch VefTel, for 2 Years from ^'^ ^^t going to Sen, and to the End of the Voyage then engaged in, if he fo long continue in fuch Service. XXIII. And to fecure to the feveral Perfons hereinbefore defcribed, the Benefit intended f'orthem^^f^'^J^^f jj'^"^|'"^^^ refpedtively by this Aa, and to punifh the Perfonswho fhall a6t contrary to the true Intent and jaldbeforc the' Admiral- Meaning hereof. Be it further enaaed by the Authority aforefaid, That on an Affidavit fworn before ty, that the Perfons fome Juilice or Juftices of the Peace, making out that the Perfon or Perfons named and defcribed in therein named and de- fuch Affidavit come, or is or are within fbm.e or one of the Defcriptions herein before fpecified, and f'=>^^' come yithin ju«^M ^xiiiw *» 5 -o-n- ou- CI c 1 tr /r I T> ^ j .u fome or one of the above inferting therein the Tunnage of every fuch tifhing Ship, Sloop, Smack, Vefiel, or Boat, and thepg^^^iptjo^^^ (infening Port or Place to which fhe belongs, and the Name and Defcription of every fuch Mafter, and the the Tunnage of the Vcf- Aee of every fuch Apprentice, and the Term for which every fuch Apprentice fhall be bound, and 4 H 2 the