474 C' 9* Anno vicefimo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1753. The Society not UJ. y^nd be it further enafted, and it is further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That intitled to the ^Yie faid Society (hall not be intitlcd to have and rec -ive the Bouny of thirty Shillings pr?- Ton by the faid peTxon iherc Ad given or allowed to Vcfiels employed in the faid FiOicries, in refpeft of fuch Veifels as fhall return thcVcffei rctiiins into Port at the End of the faid Filhery with a lefs Number of Hands than fuch VefTcl is require<i by the with fewei Hands faid Act to have on board at the Rendezvous of the faid Society's Veff:Is, unlefs it fiiall be made appear than flic is le- ^Yizt fuch Number haih been reduced by Death, or that fuch Reduction is occaficned by Sicknefs or De- orboar,)' fertion, without any Default, Fraud or Collufion on the Pait of the faid Society ; and alfo that it (hall and Beuveen'thein- maybe lawful for the faid Bufies or Vcfiels, between the Intervals of the iaid S.'.'etlarJ and T rm:uth tevvals of the Fifheries, to put ijito any Port o{ Great Britain or Inland for the Purpofe of changin,< Nets, and otherwife Fiftcries the preparini? for fuch YarmouthYiihzry ; any Thing in the faid Aft contained to the contrarv thereof in any Veffcis may put j^^ notWithftanding. Into Port, ^ Second Fleet of IV. And it is further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it fiiall and maybe lawful Nets may be of for the faid fecond Fleet of Nets by the faid A<St r. quired to be on board a Jagger or Tender, or to be left any Depth not q^ fliore for the Ule of the faid Fiihery as aforefaid, to be of any Depth not under five Fathoms ; and that "'■"" 5^ ^'"'"^'•'- the Certificate and Oath by the faid recited A&. required to be made and taken, touching the Dtpih of the filhing Nets to be ufed in the faid Fifliery, may and fhall be varied and made conformable to the Altera- tions by this prefent A<St permitted to be made in refpefl: to the Depth of fuch fecond Fk-et of Nets ; any Thing in the fjjd A£i contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. jGto. I, C.18. ' V. And whereas by an AiSt made in the filth Year of_ the Reign of his late Iiaje(t:y King George the ' Firft, (intituled. An Aci for reeoveriiig the Credit of theBi'iuih Fijhery in f reign Parts^ and for better fecuring ' the Duties on Salt) after direfting that all Foreign or Britifi:/ Salt to be ufed in the Curing of Fifh for Ex- ' portation fhall, on being landed, and during the Intervals of the filliing Seafons, be lodged in a Ware- ' houfe under the Lock and Key of an Officer for the Duties on Salt, as well as of the Proprietor of fuch
- Salt, it is enacted, That fuch Officers fliall, on fuch Proprietor's complying with certain Conditons in
' the faid Aft mentioned, deliver into the fole Cuftody of fuch Proprietor, or his Agent, all the faid Salt ' for the Curing of Fifh taken during the faid filhing Seafon ; and that at the End of every fifhing Seafon ' fuch Officer Ihall take a particular Account of the Quantities of Foreign and Britijh Salt refpeftively '^, remaining in Hand, which is to be immediately locked up in fuch joint Cuftody as aforefaid; and the ' Proprietors of fuch Salt, or their Agents, ufing fuch Salt as aforefaid, are by the faid Aft direfted, as ' foon as poffible after the End of every fifhing Seafon, to deliver an Account in Writing into th; Office ' for the Duty on Salt in the faid Aft mentioned, containing the Qiiantity of Filli exported, or entered ' and fhipped to be exported, on which the faid Salt taken away after its Deliveiy into the fole Cuftody of ' fuch Proprietors, or their Agents, hath been ufed or confumed, together with Certificates by the proper ' Officers of the feveral Ports where the faid Fifh were fhipped for Exportation, verifj'ing the faid A^ccount; ' and by the faid Aft a Penalty of tv/enty Shillings is laid on fuch Proprietors of Salt, or their Agents, ' for every Buftiel of Salt fo taken out, which fhall not be accounted for in the M. nner therein before, or ' otherwife, as in the faid Aft mentioned, or which fhall not be returned, or found remaining at the End ' of every fifliing Seafon in the Cellars orW^arehoufes, as in the laid Aft mentioned ; And by another Aft S Geo. r. c. 4. ' made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, (iiuituled. An Aii fcr taking off the Duty ' upon all Salt ujcd in the Curing Red H rrings, and laying a prcpoi tionable Duty upon all Red Herrings confumed ' at home only; and for afceriainingthe Citftoms and Excife payable for the Si<g r-hoifes in Scotland; and for ' making an Allowanc : for Salt loji in any Harbour or River of this Realm ; and for the better fecuring the Duties ' on Salt delivered in Scotland) a Penalty of ten Shillings per Bufliel is laid upon all Perfons who flrall have ' received into their fole Cuftody any (^i'^ntity of Foreign or Britijh Salt, Jiuty free, for curing of Fiih ' for foreign Markets, that fliall not deliver to the proper Officers yearly, within three Months after the ' Expiration of each refpe6tive Year, I'uch Accounts of the Sa't received as aforeiaid, and of the Fifh ' cured therewith and exported, as the laid Aft of the fifth of his faid late Majefty direfts, tosjether with 2Cco, s. c. 12. ' fm;h Certificate as aforefaid, verifying the faid Account : And by another Aft- made in the eighth Year ' of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, (intituled, An Ail for granting and continuing th: Duties upjn Salt, ' and upon Red and IP^hite Herrings, for the fu;th;r Term of four Years ; and for giving further Time for the ' Fayjaent of Duties omitted to be paid for the Lidenturcs and Contrasts of Clerks and ApprLntiees) after reciting ' the faid two feveral Afts of the tifth and eighth Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, it is amonglt ' other Things enafted. That after the twenty-fourth Day oJnne one thoufand feven hundred and thirty- ' five, no foreign Salt ihall be delivered over from fuch joint Cuftody into inch fole Cuftody as aforefaid, ' for curing Filh for Exportation, except fuch Proprietor, or his Agent, do give Security as in the faid ' Adt direfted, to account for fuch foreign Salt in the Terms of, and according to the true Intent and
- > Meaning of the faid Afis of the fifth and eighth Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, or to anfwcr
' the feveral Penalties in the faid Afts direfted to be recovered from the Proprietors ofi-'ending againft the ' faid Afts, or cither of them : And whereas the Society of the free Britifli Fiihery have uied gieat Qiian-
- titles of foreign Salt in the curing of White Herrings, great Part of which iiatii been exported, or lent to,
' and fold at foreign Markets ; and the faid Society, as Proprietors of fuch Salt, or their Agents, have, ' from Time to Time, on delivering over ilich Salt from luch joint Cuftody as aforefaid, nito the fole ' Cuftody of fuch Agents, given fuch Security as by the ilfid Aci ot the eighth Year of his prclent Majefty ' is directed, totiching the accounting for iuch foreign Salt; but in regard that a coniiderable Part of fuch ' Fiih hath been iliipped oft immediately from Sea, from on board the reipcftive Vcilels employed in
- taking and curing the fame, without being firfl: brought into Port, in order to fecure a better Sale at
' foreign Markets, before the Arrival of the like Commodities from other NationSj the faid Society, or ' tbeir
