246 C.. 23j 24. Anno vicefimo tertio Georgii 11. A. D- 1750. If) (7,'n. 2. c. ;. a I 6'i'o. 2. c. ■^■ aa Gso. 2. c. 46 CAP- XXIII. An k& to continue feveral Laws for preventing the Spreading of the Diftemper which now rages amongft the Horned Cattle ; and for impowering his Majefty to prohibit the Killing of Cow Calves. FartLr continued and atnended by 2^Geo. 2. c.^^. z^Geo.!. c. ^i. 26^^.2.^.34. i-j Geo. " ' •-• z. c. 14. ExpJa'wcd and £T}:endcd by s6 G?.o.. 1. c. 9. iird farther by 28 Gio.i.. c, 14, Refer to 13 Ed, j.Jint. I. c. 47, I Geo. I. c, iS. 5 Geo. I. c. 18. a Geo. 2> f. 19. o Geo. a. c. 33. aa Geo. a. t:. 49 His Majefty m- powered to grant CAP. XXIV. An Ad for the Encouragement of the Britijh White Herring Filhery. HEREAS the carrying on, and Improvement of, the Britijh White Herring Fifheries, are of great Importance to thefe Kingdoms, as they may be of great Advantage to the Trade and Navi- ' gation thereof, and may be a Means of employing and providing for great Numbers of induftrious Poor, ' provided the fame could be carried on with a fuf&cient Stock, under proper Regulations, and that reafon.- ' able Encouragements be given to fuch Perfons as are willing to carry on the faid Fifheries :' Therefore for the Encouragement of fuch Perfons as are willing to carry on the faid Fifheries, and for the better Regulation of the faid Trade, and for preventing Frauds and Impofitions in the Management thereof, Be it enabled by the King's mofl: Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That it fliall and may be lawful for his Majefl:y, his Heirs and SuccelTors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal LeitfrsPatratto of Great Britain, to incorporate the Right Honourable Sir Samuel Pennant Lord Mayor of the City of Lon- incorpcrate the ^/^^. ^'ir James Lovjther Baronet, Sir Nathaniel Ctirzon Baronet, Sir Boiuhier Wrey Baronet, Sir Walter Peifons herein 2Hacket Baronet, Sir Ciril Wich Baronet, Sir Richard Lloyd Knight, Edward Vernon Efquire, William Whit- ipenuone , aker, Stephen Theodore JanJJen and Sling/by Bethel, Efquires, Aldermen of the City of London ; Lieutenant General Roger Handajyd, Lieutenant (^enera] Richard Onflow, Liieutenant General jfames Oglethorpe, TIjo-- mas Fonnereau Efquire, Velters Corneivall Efquire, William Willy Efquire, George Doddington Efquire, Wil- Ham No7-they Ei'quire, Charles Giry Efqmre, William Davis Efquire, Ediuard Steven/on Ei'qu'ire, Paul Hum- Jrey Efquire, John Edivards Efquire, Francis Crajteyne Efquire, Meffieurs Neufville and Schuman, Andrew I)>y.m7hond kkmne, Cz^^taxn George Stevens, Robert CrammondE{cxixe, Jeffcry French E(cixe, Mafler A/;- chael Miller of BriJloL, Mafter Robert Mackay, Mafler Jonathan Perry, Mafter Richard Baker, Mafter JFil- liatn Boiuden, John Bance Efquire, Mafter Peter Sym?nond, Theodore Cock Efquire, George Du-aharE{cire, Taylor White Efquire, Mafter John Patten, Mafter ^ _ Clark of the Old Jeivry,_ Michael Wilkins Conivay Efquire, Archibald Stuart Efquire, John Spooner Efquire, Arthur Beardfiy Efquire, Mafter Roger Hogg of Bqfinghall Street, Mafter William Crammond, Mafter Hutchmjon Muir, Mafter Robert Scott, Mafter George Spence, Mafter Robert Cady, Richard Taunton Efquire, William Belchier Efquire, William Tliornton Efqiiire, Francis Gwyn Efquire, Peter Deltne Efquire, Jonathan Watfon Efquire, Thomas Saluftmry Efquire, Richard Gildart Efquire, John Hardman Efquire, Laiurence Dundas Efquire, Thomas Curtis Efquire, iWj- chacl BeecherEiqviire, Jofeph Percival Efquire, Edioard IronJideEfquire, Alderman of the City of London; George Walker Efquire ; and all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, who, in their ov/n Right, or as Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeffors or AfEgns, derived or to be derived from, bv, or under, the original Proprietors, at any Time or Times hereafter, fhall have, and be intitlcd to, any Part, Share or Intereft of or in the Capital Sufn of five hundred thoufand Pounds herein after-mentioned, fo long as they refpeclively Ihall have any fuch Part, Share or Intereft therein, to be one Body Politick and Corpo- rate, in Deed and in Name, by the Name of The Society of the Free Britifli Fijljery ; and by that Name to have a Succeflion to continue for the Term of twenty-one Years, and to have a common Seal, with Power, from time to time, to chufe their Governor, Prefident, Vice Prefident, Council and other Officers, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Qualifications, with regard to the Electors and Elected, as fiiall be directed in fuch Letters Patent ; the firft Governor, Prefident, Vice Prefident and Council, being qualified in the like Manner as all fubfequent Governors, Prefidqnts, Vice Prefidents and Council, fliall, by the faid Letters Patent be direited to "be qualified, and to continue in their rcfpe£tive Offices for the Space of three Yeaii-, from the Date of the faid Letters Patent. II. And be it further ena6ted by the Authority aforef^jjl. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for his Majefty, his Heirs and Succefibrs, by the faid Letfsrs^tent of Incorporation, to impower the faid So- ciety to make By-laws from time to time, for the Regulation and Government of the faid Society ; and for the Regulation and Management of the laid Trade and Commerce which fliall be_ carried on by them ; and for the curing forting and packiiig their White Herrings in fuch Manner, as eftedtually to fecure the Credit of the faid Commodities in Foreign Markets ; and for the Government of the Servants, and others employed bv the faid Society in the faid Fifheries. III. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it {hall be lawful for the faid Society, from time to time, to dire£t what Seals or Marks they fliall think proper to be put on all or every Barrel or Calk of their Fifii ; and that if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall counterfeit fuch Seal or Mark, or fhall knowingly afHx fuch Seal or Mark, fo counterfeited, to any Barrel or Cafic of Filli not belonging to tlie faid Society, fuch Perfons fliall forfeit and pay the Sum of five hundred Pounds for each Offence, to be re- covered by A£tion, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at We/lmin/hr, or in the Court of SefTion in that Part of Great Britain called Scot/and ; the one Moiety to be paid to the faid So- ciety, and the other Moiety to be paid to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall fue for the fame. IV. And be it further ena£ted. That it fhall and may be lawful for h'^s Majefty, his Heirs and Succeilqrs, by his faid Letters Patent, to impower the faid Society, by a voluntary Subfcrmtion, to raife the Sum of live hundred thoufand Pounds ; which faid Sum, when fo raifed, fliall he the Capital Stock of the faid So- ciety ; and to dired how the Property of the Perfons fubfcribiiig may be afcertained, transferred and alie- nated,. ^^ . , V. And Jby the Name of the Society of the Free Britifti Fiftery; for a I Years. Society impow ered to make By-laws J and toi'ireft what Seals or t/Iarks fliall be put on every Barrel of Fiih. Penalty of coun' tcrfelting the iame. The Society im- powered to raife z Capital of 500,000!.
