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212 C. 22. Anno quarto Ann^ Regmae. A. D. 1705, Owners of Mea- IV. And be it further cnafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Salmon or Salmon-kind fhall dow Grounds to go i^to any of the Dykes, Cuts, or Water Carriages, that then all Owners and Occupiers of Meadow iiito'thTDykes Cjrounds in and upon the Barrks of any Waters or Rivers in the faid Counties within the Time limited pafsintothema'in and reftrained by the faid A61, fhall permit the faid Fifh to pafs or go out of the faid Cuts, or Dykes, or Rivers again. Streams, into the main Rivers'again, and' not by any wilful Means tO:deftroy them for Sale, or other- wife, under the like Pains, Penalties, Forfeitures and Imprifonment, as afore-mentioned. Owners of Mills V. And be it enafted by the Authority afoi-efaid. That all Owners and Occupiers of Corn, Fulling and to keepopen one Paper Mills, and other Mills, upon any the Waters or Rivers in the faid Counties, fhall conftantly keep ?^^""'« '" ^^^ open one Scuttle or fmall Hatch of a Foot Square in the Wafte-hatch or Water-courfe in the direft the Salmon to ^f^^™? wherein no Water-wheel flandeth, fufficient for the Salmon to pafs and repafs freely up and pafs andrepais, do^"^ ^^^ ^^'"^ Rivers in the faid Counties, from the eleventh Day of November to the one and thirtieth &c. ' Day of May in every Year, during which Seafon, the old Salmon and the young Fry of the preceding Year retire to the Sea, and the breeding Salmon come from the Sea to fpawn, and fhall not make Ufe of And not ufe any Nets, Pots, Racks, Hawks, Gins, or other Devices whatfoever to be placed in the faid Scuttle or Nets, ac. fmall Hatch of a Foot Square in the faid 'Wafte-hatch, in or about the faid Mill? refpedlively, during the faid Term, to kill or deftroy, or take any Salmon or Salmon-kind, upon the lilce Pains, Penalties, For- Eel Pots to have feitures, and Imprifonment, as aforefaid ; and in cafe they fhall lay any Pots or Nets to catch Eels, after Racks before ^j^g fjjfl- jj^y of January, to the tenth Day of March in every Year (which they may do) they fhall fet Hem. Racks before them, to keep out of the faid Pots or Nets the old Salmon or Kippers, which, during that Seafon, are out of Kind, and returning to the Sea ; and after the ttnth. Tis-Y o{ March, to the one and thirtieth Day of May in every Year, they fhall lay no Pot, Net, or Engine, but what fhall be wide enough to let the Fry of Salfiion pafs through to the Sea, or fhall take, or keep, or offer to Sale any of the young Fry, that, during the Seafons aforefaid, are returning from the faid Rivers to the Seaj upon the Pains- Penalties, Forfeitures, and Imprifonments, as aforefaid. ■ , : . :. * . ^ ' . ' NoSeaTioutsto VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That.no Bouges, otherwife called Sea be taken in the Trouts, fhall be taken in any of the faid Rivers, Creeks, or Arms of the Sea in the Counties before-men- Rivers, tioned, after the thirtieth Day of yune, to the eleventh Day of November every Year, upon the like Pains, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Imprifonments, as aforefaid. . ; None to keep ' VII. And whereas divers diforderly, idle, and mean Perfons, have and keep Nets, Angles, Leaps-, ^an'fh'a'ttreal- ' P'^ches, and Other Engines for the taking and killing of Fifh out of the Ponds, Waters,, Rivers,- and lowedbvA&c" ' Fifheries in the faid Counties, to the Damage of the Owners thereof;' Be it therefore enafled.by W,, &m! c. 2j. the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall have or keep any Net^ Angle, Leap, 3&4W,&M. Pitch, or other Engine for taking of Fifh, other than as is provided for and allowed of by an aS made in c. 10. the fecond Year of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, Jn Ac} for the more eafy Difcmery and TMfftakTi'ntbr* ConviBion offuch as jhall dejiroy the Game of this Kingdom, and the fubfequent Ads made in the third, fourth. Roll, ther'ebeing ^id fifth Years of the faid King William and Qiieen Mary, for the more eafy Conviftion of fuch as no fuch Statute as fhall deftroy the Game of this Kingdom ; none of which A£ls, or any Part or Matter therein contained, is here referred to, or in any Other Aft relating to the Prefervation of the Game of this Kingdom, is hereby intended or ina-w. &M. deemed to be repealed. ■< r '••■': ^ , w. & M.* ^ ^ III- And be it enaaed. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall fell or e3(pofe to Sale any Salmon or Sal>,. Penakiesoiifel- iTiof^-kind in the faid Counties, from the thirtieth Day oijune to the eleventh Day oi Not'ember in every ling Salmon, &c. Year, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall for every Salmon or Salmon-kind fo fold or expofed to Sale, be.fub^ iGeo. i.c, 18. J^"-^ ^° ^^^ Pains, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Imprifonments, as aforefaid. ^. 11! '- ' * IX. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Forfeitures and Penalties arifing- Torfeitures of by Convidtlon of any Offenderor Offenders againft this A<St, fhall beWied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offenders to be Offenders Goods, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Juftice before whom the Offender or G£- levied by Diftrefs -fenders fhall be convifted, rendring the Overplus, if any be, and for want of Diftrefs, the Offender r&r and Sale, &c. Offenders fhall be committed to the Houfe or Houfes of CorreiSlion in thp,faid Counties, as aforefaid. > Extent of the X. Provided always. That this Aft, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued Aft. ■ to extend to any County or Place in this Kingdom, fave only to the faid County oi Southampton, and the Farther Frm!- Southern Parts of Wilt/hire ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. JioKi for the Fre- i fervadm mAl>r.fnmmem of thiliper^, g ./Aifl. *.;»6. I (?n. I. &^^^ c. iS. - 5 Gm.I. f. I^. a.3 Ci^iii. 9. c> 2,6. §. 7^ 26 C,». 2. '• 9-30 G«. i, ^, aj, ■■■^/ ■ "i-c A P. xxii... /'■..■■■:/:■':'. ./I ;:,;;.;;;:;. An Aft to impower the Lord High T"reafurer, or Commiflioners of the Treafury) to iflue oiit of the Monies arifing by the Coinage-duty, any Sum not exceeding five hundred Poiindi, over and above the Sum of three thoufand Pounds yearly, for the Ufes of the Mint. ■■-.'• i '• . >* ■['T7 HERE AS in and by, one Aft of Parliament made in the. eighteenth Year of the Reign of his 'i8Car.2.c.5.' ' yy Ma)efty King CHAJitfis the Second, intituled. An ASl for encouraging of Coinage ; it-is, amongft 25 Car.z.c.S. ' Other Things, enaitedj That there fhould not be iffued out of the Exchequer, of; the Monies accruing ~ 2. c. 7. ' by the faid Aft in any one Year, for the Fees and Salaries of the Officers of the Mint or Mints, and W.&M.'- towards the providing, maintaining, and repairing of the Houfes, Offices, and Buildings, and other N6- ^^ ' ceffaries, for Affaying, Melting-down,- and Coining, above the Sum of three thoufand Pounds Sterling, id, ^ ,'*' ' 'w^'ch faid Aft hath been continued, and is ftill in Force : And whereas the faid three thoufand Pounds • ^ has been by Experience found not to be fufficient, and the Refidue of the Monies arifing by the faid ' Coinage ijac. 4^5 iz