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 6o2 C. 14. Anno vicefimo odlavo Georgii II. A. D. 1755. Forfeiture for VI. And be it further enacEled by the Authority aforcfaid, That the faid Society fhall not be deemed Builes not arri- liable to forfeit or incur a Forfeiture of the faid Bounty of thirty Shillings per Ton, fo given and intended vingatthePlacesj, jj^g j-^id A(St herein firft recited, to Vellels employed in the faid Fiflieries, in refpect of fuch BufTes as of Rendezvous ^^_^jj ^^^ arrive at one of the Places in and by the faid Aits or either of them appointed, for the Rendezvous tlkeTaS^ ^^'of the Buries or Veffels to be employed in the faid Fiflieries, by or on the refpective Days in and by the provided they faid herein recited A(ft of the twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefi:y appointed for the Ren- lookfheirDcpar- dezvous of fuch Bufltls or Vefibls, provided that fuch Buifes or Vefl(?ls did really and bona fide take their ture sPaysbefore Departure for fuch refpeftive Places of Rendezvous, or one of them, at leaft fic Days before the the Times limi- j-gfpedive Days in and by the faid laft-mentioned A6t named and appointed for the Veffels employed anVthIt th^fbe in the faid Fiflieries to be at fuch refpetStive Places of Rendezvous, and that fuch Bufles or Veflels fitted mt as the be fitted out in all Refpefts conformable to the Direftions and Regulations in the faid two feveral recited Aflsdirea. Ac^ls. The Oath to be VII. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforcfaid. That in all Cafes where it fhall happen that taken by Mailers (i^g Bufles orVeffels to be employed in the faid Fifheries fhall, by virtue of the Liberty and Power in and at theirReturn to j^y this prefent ASt given and allowed for that Purpofe, quit and leave the refpeftive Stations at Sea, from formaMe tVtTe' whence the faid Fifhery is in and by the faid firft herein recited Aft appointed to be carried on, in order particular Cir- for the Fifhing at other Stations; and alfo in all Cafes where the refpeftive Buffes employed in the faid cumftances of the Fifheries, and taking their Departure for fuch refpective Places of Rendezvous at the refpeftive Times Veffel, with re- j-jgrein before mentioned, fhall not arrive at the faid refpedive Stations at Brajpy Sound or Campbell Town, ffe( tyj^j^. or ztKh-hvall, or one of them, on or before the refpeiSiveDays in and by the faid Aft of the twenty-fixth at'"r quftdng"* Year of the Reign of his faid Majefty direfted and appointed ; the Oath by the faid herein firft recited Aft their Stations, required to be made by the refpeftive Mafters of fuch Buffes or Veffels at their Return into Port for their Difcharge, with refpeft to fo much of fuch Oath as relates to their having arrived at fuch refpeftive Places of Rendezvous, or one of them, on fuch Days as is for that Purpofe mentioned and appointed in and by the faid Afts, or either of them, and to their having remained fiftiing according to the Direftions of the faid feveral Afts, may and fhall from henceforth be varied and made conformable to the particular Cir- cum-ftances attending fuch refpeftive Buffes or Veffels fo quitting the. refpeftive Stations at Sea, from whence the faid Fiflieries are, in and by the faid herein firft recited Aft, direfted to be carried on, or either of them, or to their not arriving at either of the faid refpeftive Stations of BraJJiy Sound or Campbell Towrry or Kirkwall, on or before the refpeftive Days in and by the faid Aft of the twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty appointed for the Rendezvous of fuch Buffes or Veffels ; and that fuch Oath fhall be made and taken by theMafter or other Chief Officer of fuch Bufs or Veffel fo returning into Port for a Difcharge. In a Court of 4 Yj^j_ ys^^d whereas by his Majefty's faid Charter of the eleventh Day of OSloher one thoufand feven GovernoT'^Prefi- ' hundred and fifty, the Court of the Council of the faid Society is to confift at leaft of feven Members of denrTndVice" ' the faid Council, whereof the Governor,- Prefident or Vice Prefident, is always to be one i And whereas Prcfidcnt is ab- ' it may frequently happen, that the Bufinefs of the faid Society may be obftrufted or delayed by the Non- fent, an cccafio- <■ attendance in Council of the Governor, Prefident or Vice Prefident of the faid Society ;' Be it therefore tT'f''°""° enafted by the Authority aforcfaid. That in the Abfence of the Governor, Prefident and Vice Prefident,. bci-soenj ^^^^ ^^^ Meeting cf the Court of the Council of the faid Society, it fliall and may be Liwful for the Members of the faid Council then prefent, being at the leaft feven in Number, to eleft and choofe one of their Members then prefent to prefide for that Time in fuch Court of Council ; and that all Afts done by fuch Court of the Council of the faid Society, fhall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be as good anci valid, to all Intents and Purpofes, as the fame would have been in cafe the Governor, Prefident or Vice Prefident of the faid Society, or one of them, had been prefent at fuch Court of Council. ' IX. And whereas divers wicked and malicious Perfons have wilfully damnified, fpoiled and deftroyed, ' fundry Nets, Sails, Cordage, Stores and other Materials, of and belonging to the faid Society, to the great '. Prejudice and Lofs of the Society :' Therefore for preventing fuch Violences and Outrages for the future, Penalty of treble and for bringing all Oftenders in the Premiffes to more fpeedy and exemplary Juftice, Be it further enafted VaU.efoideftroy- ^y jj^g Authority aforcfaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons ftiall hereafter wilfully damnify, fpoil or deftroy, thrNett^^o'SM '^^''^hout theCohfent of the faid Society, any of the Nets, Sails, Cordage, Stores or other Materials, of or orthe Society, belonging to the faid Society, every fuch Offender, being thereof lawfully convifted upon the Oath or Oaths of two or more credible Witnefs or Witnefles, before any one or more Juftices of the Peace for the. County, City, Town or Place, where fuch Offence fhall be committed, upon any Information exhibited, or Profccution, within fix Calendar Months after the Offence committed (which Oaths the faid Juftices are hereby impowered and required to adminifter) fliall forfeit and pay to the faid Society treble the Value of fuch Nets, Sails, Cordage, Stores or other Materials, fo damnified, fpoiled or deftroyed, to be levied w be levied by by Diftrefs and Sale of the Ofteaders Goods and Chattels, by Warrant or Warrants under the Hands and. Dittrcfs and Sale. Seals of any one or more Juftices of the Peace within their refpeftive Jurifdiftions ; and for want of fuffi- ForvvantofDif- cient Diftrefs, fuch Juftices fliall commit the Party or Parties offending to the Houfe of Correftion, there trefs iKe Offender to remain, and be kept to hard Labour, for any Time not exceeding three Months,, or until Sutisfaftion to be committed. lY^-aW be made to the faid Society for the faid Oftencc. Commifliioners of X. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for preventing any Difficulties about the Cuaoras to afcertaining, getting in, and receiving all fuch Suins of Money as fhall for the future become due and llecei've'r oV'hc P^-y^i'le by Law, as a Duty of fix Pence />t>r Month frojn all Seamen who are or fhall be employed in the Duties forGrJn. Service ot the Britifl) White Herring Filhery, for the Support of the Royal Hofpital at Greemvichy the wich Hofpitai, Cominillioners for the Time being of his Majefty's Cuftoms lliull, and they are hereby required, from. T.vme