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 A.D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 15. 599 CAP. XV. An Aft for the better fupplying the Cities oi London and Wejlmlnjler with Fifh, and toFor fon,wi.a-wi cowm- reduce the prefent exorbitant Price thereof; and to proted and encourage FiHier- ^['^^^7?''" '/-^VV if/" 5' men. fa.c.<,. -^juc.i.c. 12. 30 Car. 2. c. g, lo&f II W. 3. f. 24 ©"25. 4y^/;«. c, 15. §. 12. 4©" ^Aw. c 21. 9 ^''«. c. 26. i<;c(j, I. f. iS. 2 Gi3. 2. c. 19. 9 Cto. 2. f. 33. a3G«. z. c. 24, 26 Cto. 2. f. 9. 29 C7t-o. 2. f. 23 © 39. 30 Geo. 2. c. 21 iSf 30. 33 Geo. z, c. z-j. ' XT 7 H E R E A S the better fupplying the Cities of London and Wcjiyninfter uith FiHi, and en- Preamble. VV couiagingFifhermen and others to employ themfelves in fiftiing on the SeaCoafts, and in ' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that it may be enadtcd ;' And be it enadted by the King's moft Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and<^eneral Licence to any Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and ^'■'°> ^'^°' "°^ ^ ^''^* after the pafllng of this Ad, it fhall be lawful for any Perfon, although not brought up in the TrarJe "^^^'^^ t^Qoll^lv of a Fifhmonger, to buy (fubje6l to and under the Reltriitions herein after contained) at any Market, River, &c. SeaCoalt, Creek, Port, Haven, Bank of any River, or Place, in Great Britain.^ any Fifli in Seafon,ar.y tifh in Seafon, and which fliall not be unfizeable, or under the Dimenfions the fame refpedtively, by the Laws now in ''^^^'^'e 5 force, are allowed to be fc nt to tl.e City of London, paying the ufual and accuftomed Dues at the {'jj'JeTat'thrFhfeTf ** Places where any fuch Fifh fhall be fo purchafed ; and afterwards to fell again all fuch Fifh in pub- PurcVafe ; '^and^ to fell lick or fixed Shops, Stalf, or Houfcs in any other Market in Great Britain.^ where Fifh or Flelh are the fjme again '" any or ufually have been fold, in manner by this A6t prefcribed, paying only the ufual Stallage or Market t^'^. orFidh Market, Dues paid at every fuch Market, without incurring any Penalty or Forfeiture j any Law, Statute, ^y^"f ^'^^ "^"*^^"^' Cuflom, or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithflanding. ""'' II. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That nothing herein CoventGsrden Market, before contained fliall extend, or be conflrued or taken to extend, to permit, impower, or authorize ^"'^ 'he Prccinds theie- any Perfon or Perfons to fell, or expofe to or for Sale, any Fifh in Co'vetit Garden Market, or in any of ""?''• the Precinfts thereof, in the County of Middle/ex. III. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Fifh allowed to be bought as SuchFi/li not to be re- aforefaid, fliall be fold again by the firfl: Purchafer thereof, or any of his or her Agents or Servants, fold by the fitft Pur- before fuch Fifh fhall have been conveyed by Land Carriage, or otherwife, to the Cities of London or c-^-"'^'. before th» fame Wejiminjler^ or fuch other Places in Great Britain^ as the Proprietor or Proprietors thereof fhall J'"'  ^T^'^'n^ ^'°"" thmk ht, from limetoTnne, to confign the fame to j under paia that every one who fhall ofiend c„ where coniigncd, in the Premiiles (hall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Pounds, to be reco- under PenaJty of 20 1. vered and applied in manner herein after mentioned. IV. And be it further enadlcd by the Authority aforefaid. That all fuch Fifh, allowed to be pur- and to be conveyed to the chafed as aforefaid, fhall be permitted to be, from Time to Time, fent and conveyed to the Place or Pi'c-s configned, with- Places to which the Proprietor or Proprietors thereof fhall think fit to confign the fame, without being ^"' .^eT^nj'M ofed'to fubje£l or liable to be flopped in any City, Market Town or Place, in order to be fold or expofed to Safe'on'th" wfy,^ Sale there, under pretence of any Cuflom or Ufage whatfoever. V. And, for the more expeditious Conveyance of Fifh by Land Carriage, be it ahb enabled by the ^^^""s" employed in Authority aforefaid. That every Carriage which fhall be ufed for tlie Conv(-yance of fuch Fifh as pi^/jj'^^"°"">^ aforefaid, fhall only carry Fifh, allowed to be bought as aforwfaid, therein, with the neceffary Package " and Im.plements which fha'I belong to fuch Carriage ; and fhall be niarked on the Outfide F.Jh Machine and to be marked on tht Old)' 3 and fhall have the Name or Names, and Place or Places of Abode, of the rcfpt 'ive Owner or ^""^'■'e. rijh Machine Owners thereof, entered at the Office of the Commiffioners for litenimg Hackney Cotches ; and for [^^'^.^j'^^"'! "^q^^^Y"' every fuch Entry, only one Shilling fnall be paid to the Clerk there ; and the faid Coi.iiriflioners are ixenfing Hackney hereby required to receive every fuch refpeftive Entry, and to caufe the fame to be regiiie.ed in the Coaches, paying is. for f.ad Office 3 and afterwards the refpedtive Number of ev ry fuch refpe6tive Carriage ihall be marked ^^^ icgiftering ; Oil' fome confpicuous Part of the Outfide thereof, in large Figures, painteJ, or elfe fh iJi be put qh ""'"^ """^^'■*^<^> on Pe. Lead or other Metal, and fhall be fixed in the I'^ront, or on one of the Shafts, or fome other con-"''-'*' '^°^' fpicuous Part of every fuch lefpe^tive Carriage j and that no Fifh Carriage fliall be deemed or taken and are noc liab)e to be to be a Common Stage Wacgon, Wain, or Cart : And if any one iliall negled: to comply wi.h and ^^'"^'^ Common Stag,? pe form what is herein before directed, touching the marking, regiifering, numbeiing, and keeping ^S^*^"^' **' direiled VI. And be it further enacSted by the Authority aforefaid, That every fuch Fifh Carriage num- Thry /Rail be permitted b^red and marked as aforefaid fhall be permitted to travel, pafs, or be drawn on any Turnpike Road, ^° "■^^^' ^'^i? 4 Horfes by any Number of Horfes in Pairs not exceeding four, or by any fingle Horfe, or by any Number cf '"^ u^r'^^-'^L/'^t?' Horfes at Length not exceeding three, although the Fellies of theV/heels of any fuch Fifh. Carriage thov:t'h Harrow Wheels- fhall not be of the Breadth or Gauge of nine Inches from Side to Side; and that every fuch.Filh and fi,.iii only pay the ' Carriage fhall only pay the like Toll, at every Turnpike-gate or Bar through which every fuch Fifh like Toll a. PoitChalfcjj Carriage fhall pafs, as Pofl Chaifes, or other Chaifes, drawn by a like Number of Horfes, or by a t"" ''/^""'.^' ^'^^ fingle Horfe, by the Laws now in force, are fubje^ and liable tg pay there. ^""'''" *' "°'^'* ' YIL 4.
 * the navigable Rivers, oi Great Britain^ will tend to reduce the prefent exorbitant Price of Fifh :