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 io6 C. 30. Anno tricefimo Georgii II. A. D. 1757, ' their Form and Depth, to be very inconvenient and unfit for the faid Fifheries j and it. may tend greatly ' to the Support of the faid Fifheries, if the Veflels employed therein were permitted, during the Inter- Therefore be it enacfed and declared, and it is hereby enacted and declared by the King's moft Excellent Majcfty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in The former' this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid Bounty of thirty Wtmty to ceafe. Shillings /fr Ton by the faid two feveral A6ts granted and continued for the refpeiStive Terms of Years therein refpcdively mentioned, fhall from henceforth ceafe, determine and be at an End; and that in and in lifo there- lieu thereof, a Bounty of fifty Shillings per Ton on the Vefiels employed in the faid Fifheries, fhall be of, 50f.perTon paid and payable for inch Term and Terms of Years to the faid Society, and fuch other Perfons as would f-jse'm->o"d^a^^ ^'^'"'^ iiititlcd to the faid Bounty of thirty Shillings per l^on by virtue of or under the faid two fever.il the Fifhery. ' ^<^^ herein before recited, or either of them, in cafe this Act had not been made ; and that fuch Bounty of fifty Shillings per Ton fhall be paid and payable at fuch Times, in fuch Manner, and by fuch Perfon and Perfons, and out of fuch Monies as the faid Bounty of thirty Shillings ^^r Ton is by the faid two fe- veral Acts, or either of them, dire(5ted to be paid. Liber'y gWen to II. And be it further enaiSted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for life I'uch Nets as the faid Society, and to and for all other Perfon and Perfons employed in the faid Fifheries, in lieu of the are bt^ft adapted ]sjg^g ^y j^e faid firft-mcntioncd Act directed to be employed in the faid Fiflieries, to make Ufe of fuch to t e 1 cries j j^t^^^ j^^ ^j^^ White Herring Fiflieries as they fliall find beft adapted to the faid P'iflieries. foas the like ^ Provided always. That each Bufs or Veflel do carry to Sea the like Quantity of Netting in the m^^on Card"" ^^'^^^^ '^^ ^"^h Bufs or Vellcl is now bound to carry by the faid firlt-mentioncd Ad. caclvBtifs. Certificates given ^ I And it is further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes where it fhall happen that b> the Infpeaof s, the Nets to be employed in the faid Fifheries fliall, by virtue of the Liberty and Power in and by this prefent Ad given and allowed for that Purpole, vary from the Size and Form of the Nets in and by the faid hrft-mentioned Ad direded to be employed in the faid Fifheries, that fo much of the Certificate in and by the faid firft-mentioned Ad direded to be given by the Officer or Officers who fliall be apointed to examine the Bufles or V^efTels to be employed in the faid White Herring Fiflieries, as r^jlates to the Fi- and the Oath fhing Nets on board each Bufs or Veflel ; and alfo fo much of the Oath by the faid Ad direded to be made by the made by the Owner or Owners, or Agent appointed by them, or of a proper Officer or Agent of the laid .nTMlfte^^rJe Society, and of the Mafter or Chief Officer of fuch VefTel, as relates to the Nets on board fuch Veffe! ; io be varied con- ni^y 3nd fhall from henceforth be varied and made conformable to fuch Alterations as may be'made in formabie to the fuch Ncts fo employed in the faid Fifheries, by Virtue of the Liberty and Power herein before for that Size and Form of Purpofe givcn. the Nets made - ' . V. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That after the two Fiflieries called The Shei- ewipioy fh/vef- ^'^"^ ^"'^ Yarmouth Ftjveries fnall be over in every 'ear, it fhall and' may be lawful to and for the faid So- fels in the In- cicty, in the mean Time, and until the Commencement of the next enfuing Fifhing Seafon, to ufe and terva's of the cmploy in any other Buhnefs not prohibited by Law, fuch of their Bufles or Veilels, and no others, as FUherks. fhall have been really and //^/w y?^/<r employed in the faid two Fifheries then lafl preceding, during the whole Time of fuch two Fifheries ; any Thing in the faid firfl mentioned Ad, or in the Charter of the faid Society to the contrary notwithftanding. VI. And v/hcreas by an Ad made in the twenty-ninth Year of his faid Majefl:y, intituled, An Aui for agCeo. 2.C.33. encouraging the Fifheries in that Part ^"Great Britain called Scotland, it is amongft other Things enadted. That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of June one thoufand {even hundred and fifty-eight, the Staves of all Barrels in which White Herrings and wet White Fifh, in that Part of Great Britain cMcd Scot/and fhall be packed or put up, fliall be at leaft one Half-part of an Inch in thickncfs throughout, under luch Penalty as in the faid Ad is mentioned: And whereas the faid Society, and other Perfons following the f;iid Fifheries, have at a very great Expence provided a large Q^iantity of barrels for the Packing their Fifh, and no Inconvenience hath arifen from the Make of fuch Barrels ; Be it therefore enaded and de- Regulation of clared by the Authority aforefaid. That fo much of the faid Ad of the twenty-ninth Year of his faid Ma- tiic thicknefa ofjefty, as relates to the Thicknefs of the Barrels to be ufed in the Packing and putting up of White Her- Barrel Staves not j-jj^g^ apj ^^j White Fifh, fliall not extend, or be deemed or conflirued to extend, to Barrels made ufe of Trli"'fe"i in'^the" '^'^ ^^ be rnadc ufe of by the faid Society, or by any other Perfon or Perfons following the faid White Htrruig Filhci).^^'-,'"?.^'^^^^? ^Y virtue of or under the faid A6t of the twenty-third Year of his faid prefent Majerty ; any Thing in the faid Act of the twenty-ninth Year of his faid Majcfty to the contrary thereof m any wife noiwichflunding. VII. And
 * nued for the further Term of three Years, to be computed immediately from and after the Expiration
 * of the faid refpective Terms, in Manner in the faid Adl of the twenty-eighth Year of his faid prefent
 * .Majeiiy mentioned : And whereas the Bounty of thirty Shillings /)t'r Tan hath not been found a fuffici-
 * ent Bounty on the Tonnage of the Vellels employed in the laid Fiiheries, and the Nets by the faid firll
 * mentioned Act direded to be employed in the faid Fiiheries, have been found by Experience, both i|i
 * vals of the tv/o Fifhing Seafons called The Shetland and Yarmouth F'ljherles^ to be otherwife employed j*