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 A. D. I757* Anno tricefimo Georgii II. C. 21. 63 thirty Days after the fame fliall be allowed and approved of as aforefaid, be print:d and made publick in r.,lh Mnnner as the faid Court fhaU think proper, and from I'ime to I'ime order. twen'ty-fitth Da'y of 7«;.v and twenty-ninth Day oi September in every Year, order to be fummoned be- an<i examine fore them fuch and Vo miiny Perfons who (hali fifh in the faid River o^Tbaines^ or Waters o'i Mcdvjuy^ them touching within the Jurifdiction aforefaid, as common Fifliermen or Drudgcrmen (not exceeding twelve in Num- theFi/lieryotthe ber! as to the faid Court fhall fcem meet to be examined upon Oath (if the faid Court ftall fo think fit) 77""^"'^ tbuchin^- the Fifh and Fifnery of the faid River and Waters; and if any fuch common Fifherman or '^'^^^yj- Drud'crman beine- ncrfonally fummoned by Writing to attend the faid Court of Mayor and Aldermen FiHiem-en tefu- for tht> PuJnofes aforefaid, by the Space of fourteen Days at the leaO, (hall negled or refufe fo to do, or ''"? ^« attend or 101 I Ilk- rinpuits iiiui v,i.iivj, •',.,, r, ., r ^, c c • • i- „ to be examined in cafe of Attendance fliall ictuie to be examined upon Oath as aforefaid, not having or making appear ^^^^^j^ before the faid Court fomc juft or lawful Excufe for fuch Ncgltit or Rcfufal ; then, and in every luch Cafe he or they fo oFicnding fhall, on due Proof made by Oath in fuch Court of the due Service ot the Summons in Manner aforefaid, forfeit and lofe the Sum of forty Shillings, to be levied by Diflrefs and tobe Irvied bv Sale of his or their (joods and Chattels, by Warrant imder the Fiand and Seal of the f.iid Mayor, or the Diraefsand£..Ie, Recorder of the faid City, or any one Alderman of the faid City, directed to any Affiflant of the f.iid Water Bailiff, or any Conftable, Headborough or Peace Officer, impowering him, them or any of them, to makke the faid Dillrcfs for the faid forty Shillings, and caufe the fame to be aopraifed and fold after the Expiration of five Days from the making fuch DifUefs, rendering the Overplus, if any, to the faid and paid to Offender- which faid penal Sum fhall, as foon as received, be paid to the Treafurer oi Greenwich Hofpi- C'feenwich Kof- tal for the Benefit of the fame Hofpital. P'^'^- V. And be it further ena6led by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better Prefervation of the faid Water Bailiff, Fifliery of the faid Pviver o^ Tba?nes, and Waters q{ Medvoay^ within the JurifdiiSlion aforefaid, and for J''? Affiftants, preventi to and for called TT/i? _ _^,, and appointed to be his Afliftant and A{f)flnnts, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Mayor of the faid City for the Time being, and likewife for all and every other Perfon or Perfons who fhall for that Purpofe be fpecially authorized by any Warrant or Warrants under the Hand and Seal of the faid Mayor, from Time to Time, and at all Times, to enter into any Boat, Vefiel or Craft, of any Fifherman or 'T.^ ^"f^'' '"'" . Drudgerman, or other Perfon or Perfons fifliing or taking Fifh, or endeavouring to take Fifh, upon the B|jatT"anTr {■c^^Y'xwf'x oi Thames^ or upon the faid Waters oi Mcclway^ within the Jurifdidion aforefaid, and there anyoh"bitej^° fearch for, take and feize all Spawn, Fry, Brood of Fifh, Spatt of Oyfters, and unfizeable, unwholfome Fi(h, Nets, &c. or unfeafonable Fifh, and alfo all unlawful Nets, Engines and Inftruments, for taking ordeflroying Fifh, onboard, as fliall then be in any fuch Boat or Boats, Vefiel or Craft, in or upon the faid River or Waters ; and to 3^^ (-y^.^ ^^ ^^n take and feize en the Shore or Shores adjoining to the laid River, or Waters of Medway, within the Ju- be found on the rifdiflion aforefaid, all fuch Spav/n, Fry, Brood of Fifh, Spatt of Oyflers, unfizable, unwholfome, or Shore; unfeafonable Fifii, is fhall be there found; and fuch Deputy and Affiitants, or other Perfons, who fhall be fo authorized as aforefaid, fhall from Time to Time, with all convenient Speed, after the feizing or taking of any fuch unlawful Nets, Engines or Jnflruments, or any Spav/n, Fry, Brood of p'ifh, or Spatt of Oyflers, or unfizable, unwholefome or unfeafonable Fifh, bring or caufe the fame to be brought, be- fore the Mayor of the iV.id City for the Time being, or the Recorder of the faid City, or one of the Al- and bring th?ni dermen of the faid City, if feized within the Limits of the faid City oi London, and Liberties thereof, J^^oj^^p-^P^"^. either upon the faid River or on Shore, or before the Mayor of the faid City for the Time being, or the "^^Siftr^iej Recorder of the faid City, or one of the Aldermen of the faid City, or one ofhis M-ajedy's Juflices of the peace of the County in which fuch Seizure fhall be made, if made upon the faid Pviver or Waters, out of the Limits of the faid City, or the Liberties thereof, but within the Jurifdidion of the faid Mayor as Conferv. - tor as: aforefaid, or before one of his Majefty's Juflices of the Peace of the County in which the fam.e fhall be feized on Shore, who fhall refpedtively caufe fuch Nets, Engines or Liftruments, or Spawn, Fry, Brood of Fifh, Spatt of Oyflers, unfizeable, unwholfome or imfeafonable Fifh, fo feized to be examined; and and the Tame be- if the fame fhall, upon Viev/ and Examination thereof, or on Proof on Oath before him or them made ing found, to be (which Oath he and they is and are hereby impowered to adminifler) appear to be unfizeable, unvvhol- contrary toihe,^ fome or unfeafonable Fifh, cr unlawful Nets, Engines or Inftruments for taking unfizeable Fifn, or de- R"'es, ' ■ ftroying of Fifh or Spawn of Fifh, contrary to fuch Rules, Orders or Ordinances, as fhall be made by the faid Court of the faid Mayor and Aldermen, and allowed and approved of as aforefaid, and the Intent and Meaning of this A5t, and that the f.:nie were fo feized as aforefaid, the f^iid Mayor, Rtcorder or any: Aldermen of the faid City, or Jviilice refpeclively, within their refpcdive Jurildiciions, fliall caule to be forthwith burnt or dcftroyed, as v/tll all fuch unlawful Nets, Engines or Inftruments, 'as alfo all are to be burnt, fuch Spawn, Fry or unfizeabi.;, unwholfome or unfeafonable P^ifa, as fhall be feiztd as aforefiid. VI. And be k further eiiadcd by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fiiall pbflrud Penalty of id. or hinder the faid Water Bajliff, his Ailifiaats, or any of the laid Officers, or any Conflable, Headbo- *or ohfl-rudlinj;. rough or other Peace Officer, in the Execution of any of the Powers vefted in them by t is Ad, or of p" *^'^"^ '." ^^ any Warrant or Warrants to be ifTued by the faid Mayor, Recorder or any Alderman of the faid City, or in& akXiienJer Juiticc refpedljyely, in. Bwfuance of this A6I3 ox if any Pcrfon^r Perfons whatfoevcr fhall refcue any Per- fon