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 A. D. 1759* Anno tricefimo terlio Georgii 11. C. 27.' 475 X. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty- No Salefman may b.iy fourth Day of Jwu, no Perfon who fhall fell, or be concerned in the Sale of any Frefti Fi(h by ^if In wSch'h °* CommifTion, fhall diredlly or indiredly buy or be concerned in the buying of any Frefli Fifti to bflny wa^s imereVeV" fell again for his or her own feparate Account, or for the joint Account of him or herfelf and any * other rerfon or Perfons whatfoever : And if any Perfon ftiall oftend in the Premifles, and be thereof convided either on his or her own Confeflion, or by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or WitnelTes, by any fuch Juftice or Juftices as aforefaid, every fuch Offender fhall forfeit and pay for on Forfeiture of 50 r. every fuch Offence the Sum of fifty Pounds. ' XI. And whereas by an A(ft of Parliament pafTed in the flrfl Year of the Reign of his late Ma- Claufe in Aft x Geo, x. ' jefly King George the Firfl, intituled, An A£l for the better preventing Frejh Fijh taken by Fo-  *^* ' from the Eyes to the utmofl Extent of the Tail ; or any Brill or Pearl, which fhould not be four-r ' And whereas Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, are often taken in the Sea with an Hook, under the ' it is uncertain whether fuch thereof as have fwallowed the Hook, will afterwards live or not ;' Be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Bret, Turbot, Brill or Day of June, Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, although under the refpedtive Dimenfions mentioned earl, may be brought to in the faid Claufe of the faid laft recited Aift, may be expofed to Sale in England; any Thing con- ^^^i^^ '^°"6h under tained in the faid laft recited AcSt to the contrary notwithftanding, fo as the lame be not by any Per- inchesTe uir^d b^ tht fon or Perfons, at any Time after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June, fold by Retail, at a Price recited Claufe, fo^as ^he or Rate exceeding fix Pence a Pound for every Pound any fuch Bret or Turbot under the faid Di- fame be not fold by Re- menfion of fixteen Inches from the Eyes thereof to the utmofl Extent of the Tail thereof, or any '»'! a^^ove 6d. per lb. fuch Bill or Pearl under the Dimenfion of fourteen Inches from the Eyes thereof to the utmofl Ex- tent of the Tail thereof, fhall weigh, and after that Proportion for any leffer Weight than a Pound : And if any Perfon fhall afk, demand, or take, for any fuch Bret, Turbot, Brill or Pearl, under If any greater Price /hall the refpc(5tive Dimenfions as aforefaid, any higher or greater Price than at and after the Rate of "^^ '^^'"^"'^^'^ o*" taJ^s". fix Pence the Pound, and fo in Proportion for any lefTer Weight thereof than a Pound, which any fuch Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, fhall weigh ; or fhall refufe or negleft to weigh and meafure or fuch Fifli /hall not be any fuch Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, which fhall be expofed to or for Sale when required ; every weighed or meafured, if fuch Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, fhall be forfeited: And it fhall be lawful for any Perfon to ^V'^^' ^^^^^^^'^^Y feize any fuch Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, and deliver the fame into the Hands of a Conftable, togeth" wUh thVSf * and to charge fuch Conftable with the Party who afked, demanded, or took any greater or higher before a juftice/ ^^ ^' Price than as aforefaid for the fame • and every fuch Conftable is hereby required to carry the Party fo charged, and alfo the Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl which fliall be fo feized and delivered to him, with all convenient Speed before feme Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, within whofe Jurif- diAion any higher Price than as aforefaid was alked, demanded or taken, for any fuch Bret or Tur- bot, Brill or Pearl which fnall have been fo feized : And if the Perfon who fhall be charged with and the Offender, upon any fuch Offence fliall be convi6ted thereof, either on his or her Confeffion, or by the Oath of ^°''^'"^'°"> »s to for- onc or more credible Witnefs or WitnefTes, by any fuch Juftice or Juftices as aforefaid, every fuch ^^'^ ^°^' Oiiender fliall forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Shillings for every fuch Offence, and the Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl which fliall have been fo feized as aforefaid, fhall by Order of fuch juftice or Juftices be given to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall profecute to Convidtion any fuch Offender or Offenders ; and the Money paid for any fuch Bret or Turbot, Brill or Pearl, fliall be returned to and the Money paid for the Party or Parties who paid the fame the fame to be returned. XII. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty- No Fre/Ti Fifh mav be fourth Day of June no Perfon fhall fell, or expofe to or for Sale, at the Firft Hand, at any Fifli fold at the Firft Hand, Market within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, or within one hundred and fiftv Yards at the Market, or within of any fuch Fifh Market, and during the Market Hours of any fuch Fifh Market, any Freff-i Sal- %«;""> Diftancethere- mon, Salmon Trout, Turbot, Large Frefti Cod Fifli, or Half Frefh Cod Fifti, Haddock, Scate SeTpSiL a"- fifli, Frefh Ling, Loblters, Soles, or Whitings, before he or flie fliall have firft: placed up, or count of the Quantity of caufed to be placed up, in fome confpicuous Manner, on or over the Form, Bench, Stall or Place the feveral Sorts of Fi/h at which he c- fhe fhall offer or expofe to or for Sale, any fuch Frefh Salmon, Salmon IVout, Tur- ^^ P'^'^^'^ "" the Stall bot,_ Large Frefli Cod, or Half Frefti Cod, Haddock, Scate Fifti, Frefti Ling, Lobfters, Soles or °;/tJf" nd  ^'"^ Whitings, a true Account, and in a large, fair, and legible Charadter, and either wrote or printed, ^'^^ ° ^ '°' ' of all Frefti Salmon, Salmon Trout, Turbot, and Large Frefti Cod, and Half Frefh Cod Fifh, Haddock, Scate Fifti, Frefti Ling, Lobfters, Soles, or Whitings!, which any fuch Perfon fhall then have, or have been intrufted with to fell ; diftinguifhing in every fuch Account, the feveral Sorts of all fuch Frefh Salmon, Salmon Trout, Large Frefli Cod, and Half Frefli Cod Fifli, Haddock, Scate Fifh, Frefli Ling, Lobfters, Soles, or Whitings as aforef^iid, and the Quantity of every Sort thereof rcfpedively, which any fuch Perfon fhall then have, or is then intrufted with to fell : And if ''"•'^ *" ^""^^ °ther Fifii at any Time of the Morning or Day, in which any fuch Account fliall have been fo placed up, f .'^'i' ,'"' ''T^nJ ^f Jjnd before the Fifli Market of that Day fliall be ended or over, any other Frefti Salmon, or Sal- f/o^er ,%' tolc alS moa Trout, Large Frefli Cod Fifli, or Half Frefli Cod Fifli, Haddock, Scate Fifli, Frefli Ling, to the Account, P p p 2 Lobfters,
 * reigners imported into this Kingdom ; and for the Prefervation of the Fry of Ft/h j and for the giving
 * Leave to i7nport Lobjiers and Turbots in Foreign Bottoms ; and for the better Prefervation of Salmon
 * %vithin the Jeveral Rivers of that Part of this Kingdom called England; it is amongfl other Things
 * enacted. That after the Time in the faid A£t mentioned, no Perfon fhould bring to Shore in that
 * Part of Great Britain called England, or fell, offer or expofe to Sale, or exchange for any Goods,
 * Matter or Thing, any Bret or Turbot which fhould not be of the Length or Size of fixteen Inches
 * teen Inches'from the Eyes to the utmofl Extent of the Tail, under the Penalties therein mentioned :
 * feveral Dimenfions in the faid lafl in Part recited A61 mentioned, and if thrown again into the Sea,