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 5o6 C. 26. Anno ttonb Ann -ffi Reginsei A. D. lyio^ or Mark of Dlftin£lion iiall not be changed, altered, or defaced, to- the end, that from time to time, and at all Times hereafter, every fuch Perfon and Perfons, Apprentice, and' Servant, as {hall ofFend, contrary Every Perfon to the Meaning of this Adt, may the better be dete<Eted, and that her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, , fummoned, &c, may the better be enabled to know what Number of able-bodied Seamen the faid Company can furnifli for- andrefufingto publick Service ; and that every Perfon and Perfons being duly fummoned by the Diredion of the faid , fern on board the ^ourt of Afliftants, to be and appear before them, in order to be entred and ferve on board her Majeftyfs. Fleet, anddif- Navy, who (hall, without lawful Caufe, refufe or negleiSl to appear, according to the Tenor of fuch Sum- abled from fiih- mons, {hall be fent on board her Majefty.'s Navy, and be difabled from {iihing on the faid River of Thamts jng for 2 Years, for the Space of two Years. . No Spawn, &c. II, And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever {hall, from and- to be killed, &c. after the faid tenth Day of June, wilfully kill, or expofe to Sale, any Spawn, Fry, or Brood of Fifh, or Spatt of Oyfters, or amr unfizable, fmall, or unwholfome Fifh, or catch, kill, or de{lroy any Fi{h out of Seafon, or expofe fuch Fifh to Sale, or wilfully or knowingly buy, harbour, receive, or ufe as Food for,- »orFi(li caught Hogs, or otherwife, any fuch Spawn, Fry, Brood of Fifh, or Spatt of Oyfters, unfizable, fmall, or ua- out of Seafon. wholfome Fifhj or any Fifh caught out of Seafon, on Pain of being puniflied as herein after is men- No Salmon to be tioned ; and that Salmon Fffh, which are become very fcarce by deftroying great Quantities of Salmon, taken between and Salmon-kind Fifli, betwixt the twenty-fourth Day oi Augitjl and the eleventh Day oi November in 04 Aug. and ij every Year, when they, are out of Seafon, or fpawning, may become very plentiful and common in the faid Fifhery, as they were formerly, no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever (hall prefume to fifh for, or take and wil- fully kill, hurt, or deffroy any Salmon, or Salmon-kind Fifli within the faid Limits, at any Time or Times, betwixt the fald'twenty-fourth Day of Augujl and the faid eleventh T)2.y oi November in any Year, from The Lore r>([ay- and after the faid tenth Day oijune; and that it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Lord Mayor, upon- 'a' t'^"|™^5' '"■- Application to him by the faid Court of AfTiftants, to order and diredl any Number of Stakes to be driven- fixed in t^he'Ri- ^""^ f^^e.6 in any Place within the faid River, betwixt the London Mark Stone above Stains Bridge and Lonr ver, topreferve ^"''^ Bridge, as by him and them {hall bethought mofl convenient for preferving the Fry, Spawn, and Brood- the Fry, of Fifh, fo as the fame be no ways prejudicial to the Navigation of the faid River i and that no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever {hall prefume, without lawful Authority, to remove, loofen, or pluck up the fame, on •Pain of being punifhed as herein after is mentioned. III. And to the Intent the Publick may be ferved with Fifh cheap, and at the fTrfl Hand, and for a more fpeedy Way to punifh Offenders, who daily regrate great Quantities of unfizable and unfeafonable, as alfo ket, &c. and than free Fifhmongers, in their Houfes and Shops, tituate and being within the Diftance of the faid one none to fell Fifli hundred and fifty Yards of the faid Dock, and not in the Market of Billing/gate aforefaid, and other thah- in the faid Mar- Fifhermen, or the firfl Importers of, or Perfons bringing up fuch Fifh to the faid Market, their Wives^ Kftmon^tt"^^ Apprentices, Factors, or Servants, for the time being, a(Sually hired for that Purpofe„ prefume to fell, or Kflawmenj'^&c. expofe to Sale, any RIanner of Fifh whatfoever m or at the faid Market, or within one hundred and fiftir Yards of the faid Dock, after the faid tenth Day of jNine, on Pain of being punifhed as herein after is mentioned, f TheCoonof Af- IV, And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Court of Affiftants {hall yearly and every fiftants to pay Year, by even and equal Portions, on the Feaft Days of Eajler and Michaelmas., pay or caufe to be paid toxheVfltet' ""^° ^^'^ ^^'"^ Water BailifF, or his AfTigns, the Sum of thirty Pounds, free from all Taxes and other In- Bailiff. cumbrances, in Lieu and Satisfaflion of fuch ancient Fees as were due to him, and which will be dimi- liifhed or taken away, by virtue of this A£t, except the granting Licences for taking Fifh in their feveral Seafons, according to Cuftom, the Benefit whereof is hereby intended to be continued and faved unto- the faid Water Bailiff for the time being, over and above the faid Sum of thirty Pounds per Annum. nd'^'"' h" f% ^' ^"'i for the further preventing foreftalling, regrating, and engrofling Fifli, at unfeafonable Hours, in Mark"' &c!'be. ''^^ Market of BilUng/gaie ; Be it further enacfled by the Authority aforefaid, That no Fifh whatfoever fhall fore % in the be fold Or exgofed to Sale-, on board or on fhore, (within- the Limits of the faid Market-, or within one jiVtorning from hundred and fifty Yards of the faid Dock, as aforefaid) by any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever^ before the Lady Day to Hours of Three a Clock in the Morning f^om. Lady Day to Michaelmas, and before the Hours of Five a '^'froCT Mkhae"^- ^'°'-"'^ '" ^^^ Morning from Michaelmas- to Lady Day, and fo annually ; and that the proper Oihcer do ring wiasT^lady ^ the Bell appointed for that Purpofe, at the Time and Place aforefaid, under the Penalties to be inflided Pay. by this Aft. The Lw,d May- ^'^■'■* ■^"'^ ^^ '' further enacfbed by the Authorky aforefaid. That th-e Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the OT, &c. flisU City of ZiffWti«, or any one of then>, for all Offences committed within the JurifditSb'on of the faid Lord Jiave Power to Mayor, as Confervator of the faid River of Thames, atid the Juftices of th-e Peace of the refpeftive Coun- determine Com- ties, or any one of them, for all Offences- committed in the faid Limits, and out of the Juri'SHiftion of the plaints, £^y Confervator, {hall have full Power, upon View, or upon Complaint made to them,, or -any one of them, to examine, tear and determine, by the Oath of any Perfon, or h-y Confeflion of the Party offends andimpofea. jng^ all Complaints- and Ofi'cnces committed againfl the Intent of this Act, and upon Conviction of fuch Vine on Often- Offender, to impofe a. Fine upon him or her, proportionable to the Offence fo committed, not exceeding jol! norjefs '^^^ Sum of ten Pounds, nor lefs than the Sum of five Shillings, to be levied by Diflrefs, or otherwife, on ihan 5 s. to be fuch Offender's Goods and Chattels, at the D.ifcretion of the faid Lord Mayor, Aldermen, or Juftices, or Jevied by Dif-. any one of them, unlefs fuchOftender fhall immediately pay fuch Fine, or give good and ftiiEcient Secu- trefs.unlefspaid ^Jty to fuch Magiftrate OF MagiftratES before whom he or flie fhall be fo convicSed, to fland to and abide tBatwJthe Or- '^^ aforefaid, upon fiich C'onviftion as {hall be made by the faid Lord Mayor and Aldermen, or any one of <j6t «f the faii them, or St the General Qiunter-SeiTionsj by the .Juftices of the Peace holding the iame, upon any fiich Conyidioa
 * ^™/t'" Iven" luch Order as fhall be made by the Court of Confervancy, held by the faid Lord Mayor, as Confervator*