A. D. 1757' Anno tricehmo Georgii II. C. 21. 6t Sale of horned Cattle wkhin fuch County, fuch prohibition (hall be deemed and taken to extend to all Corporations within fuch County, or furrounded by or lying contiguous to fuch County, any Charter, Privilep-e or Exemption to the contrary notwithftanding ; and in cafe any fuch Magi il: rate {hall proclaim and Maglftrates Sum of one hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain, to any Perfon who (hall fue for the fame in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at JVe/Imin/ier, wherein no EfToin, Privilege, Protedion, Wager of Law, or more than one Imp^jlance fliall be allowed. XXXVII. And be it further enaded, That from and after the firft Day of J?/;?^ one thoufand feven NoBeaft orHide hundred and fifty-feven, no Juftice of the Peace, or other Magiftrate of any Corporation, orCommiffi- for°^^hith ha*'* oner of the Land Tax for fuch Corporation, or Re6tor or Vicar within any Corporation, fhall certify „oc bIenheTe- for any horned Beaft but fuch as have been kept within his Jurifdiition for the Time required by Law, gal Time, &c. nor for the Hide of any Beaft but fuch as have been flaughtered within his Jurifdiition ; any thing in any withm the jurif- former Ail to the contrary notwithftanding : And in cafe any fuch Magiftrate fli all lake upon him to ^^"^'°" o*" '^.'1= grant Certificates, otherwise than as aforefaid, fuch Magiftrate (hall forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty '""""^""S* Pounds of lawful Money oi Great Britain, for every Certificate fo granted, to any Perfon or Perfons that Magiftrate grant- fhall fue for the fame, to be recovered by A6lion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his "'|^^"l"'^ Majefty's Courts of Record at JVeJiminJler, with full Cofts of Suit, wherein no EfToin, Privilege, Protec- feit°2oi, °'^* tion, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fViall be allowed. XXXVIII. Be it further enabled by this Ait, That it (hall and may be lawful for any four or Upon Informa- more of the Juftices of the Peace, of any County within this Realm, at their General Quarter-Seilions, tion that the or any Adjournment thereof, upon Information given to them that the faid Diftemper is in any neigh- Diftemperisin bouring County, to prohibit for a certain Time, or until the Diftemper fhall ceafe in fuch County, p"ui^^^°ue'"i^ any Ox, Bull, Cow, Calf, Steer or Heifer, from being driven or removed, or any Hides, Skins, or Flefli ft°es may prohl- carried from fuch County, or from any Hundred, Lathe, Wapentake, Rape, Ward, or other Divifion bit the Removal of fuch County fo infected, into the County fo making fuch Order ; and in cafe any Perfon fhall aft con- ofCattk or Hides trary to fuch Order, fuch Perfon fhall incur the Penalties and Forfeitures enabled againft Perfons driving f""" ihence. Cattle without Certificates. XXXIX. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Adlion or Suit fhall be Perfons fued commenced againft any Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in purfuance of this A6i:, the Defendant on thii Aft, or Defendants in fuch Adlion or Suit may plead the General Iftue, and give this A(5t and the Special "jay plead the Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thtrejpon ; and that the fame was done in purfuance and by ^""^ "*' Authority of this A£l, or of fome Rule, Order or Regulation made or to be made in purfuance of this ASt ; and if it fhall appear fo to have been done, then the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defendants ; and if "the Plaintiff fhall be nonfuited, or difcontinue his Adtion after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared ; or if Judgment fhall be given upon any Verditft or Demurrer againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant and Defendants fhall and may recover treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the fame, as Treble Cofts. the Defendant or Defendants hath or have in other Cafes by Law. XL. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That this Aft {hall contin.ue and be in Continuance of Force until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- fcven, and from ^^^^ ^a. thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Pailiament. C A P. XXL .{An A(5l for the more effedlual Prefervation and Improvement of the Spawn and Fry of of Fifh in the River of ^hamsSy and Waters of Medway, and for (he better regulating the Fifhery thereof. ' Wl H E R E A S by an Aft of Parliament made and pafTed in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late 9 Anna, c. a6.
- y y Majefty Queen Anne, intituled. An A£i for ,the. better Prefervation and Improvement of the FiJJjery
' within the RivcrofTh^rACs ; and for regidat'ing arid governing Hjs Company of Fijhermen of the faid River ; • It was enafted. That from and atter the tenth Day oi' June one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, it • fhould and might be lawful to and for the Court of AfEftants of the faid Company, for the '^ilme be- ^ ing, or the major Part of ^them prefent, to make fuch By-laws and Ordinances for the good Rule and '* Government of the faid Company, as they fhould think fit, fo as the fame fh.ouId be always firft ap- ' proved of, or from time to time altered and amended by the Court of the Mayor and Aldermen of the
- City of London, and likewife idlowed and confirmed according to the Form of the Statute in that Be-
half made and provided i and that from and after the faid tenth Day of y«»^ there fhould be yearly
