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rules, viz. from fourteen days' to two months' imprisonment, and 

 fines up to 300 florins, whether separately or in cumulation. 



FISHERMEN'S DUTIES DURING THEIR VOYAGES OUT AND HOME. 



20. All steersmen of herring-ships shall be obliged to carry the 

 herring caught by them into this Kingdom, on pain of one 

 month's imprisonment and a fine of 50 florins. 



21. All herring fishermen, having left their port or place of equip- 

 ment, shall be bound, time and weather serving, to sail straight 

 to their fishing water, and likewise to sail straight home thence 



22. They shall not, unless in case of urgent necessity, enter any 

 foreign port, or port belonging to another province than where 

 the vessel was equipped. 



23. All fishermen are prohibited, on pain of one month's imprison- 

 ment and a fine of 100 florins, from selling, bartering, ex- 

 changing, or giving away at sea, any herring caught by them. 



24. They are prohibited, under the same penalties, from buying 

 herring either abroad or at sea, for the purpose of bringing such 

 herring into this Kingdom. 



25. Any shipowner convicted of having, after the close of the 

 fishery, given his vessel another destination besides the usual 

 and lawful one, i.e. destined her to buy herring at sea or abroad, 

 or sell his own in a foreign country, shall be fined 50 florins per 

 barrel of foreign herring brought home, and 300 florins if he 

 shall have sold his own abroad. 



LIMITS OF THE HERRING-FISHING SEASON. 



26. No inhabitant of this Kingdom shall be allowed to shoot nets 

 for herring fishery in the open sea earlier than June 24th, at 

 night, or later than December 3ist. Any steersman contra- 

 vening this enactment shall be imprisoned for one month, and 

 fined 50 florins. The vessel's owner shall be fined 1000 florins, 

 if privy to the transgressions. 



27. The aforesaid prohibition is not applicable to vessels mentioned 

 in Article 9, sailing for cod-fish and having some herring nets on 

 board. Dispositions relative to such vessels shall be enacted 

 by the Provincial States. 



28. Muster-rolls shall be made out, and signed by the steersman 

 and crew of each herring-fishing vessel ; the forms for such 

 muster-rolls shall be determined by the Provincial States. 



29. The Provincial States shall be entitled to determine the date 



