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with the name or escutcheon of the province where it was 



landed. 

 40. No province-brands shall be apposed to barrels unless 



previously marked with the peculiar signs to be determined by 



provincial -regulations. 

 41. Any brander who shall have apposed the provincial or local 



brand to barrels known by him to contain foreign herring, or 



herring from another province, shall be liable to imprisonment 



for one year. 

 42. All barrels, great or small, used in salting herring, shall be 



previously tested by sworn assayers. 

 43. The assayers, both of herring and barrels, and the branders, 



both of local and provincial marks, shall be appointed and 



sworn by the municipal magistrates. 

 44. The Provincial States shall draw up the assayers' and branders' 



instructions, and determine the peculiar marks to be apposed 



to barrels in order to certify the year when the herring was 



caught, its quality and sort. 

 45. Any person selling or expediting herring in this Kingdom, 



whether to a home or foreign destination, shall be liable to a 



fine of 20 florins for each barrel, great or small, not provided with 



the prescribed brands. 



ADDITIONAL CLAUSES. 



46. The premiums proffered for herring-fishery shall be regulated 



by the King in a fair proportion, in consideration of the 



expenses of the several kinds of equipment. 

 47. All provincial and municipal statutes not in contradiction to 



the terms of the present law shall remain in force till ulteriorly 



provided for by the Provincial States. 

 The which We order and command to be inserted into the Statute- 



Book (Staatsblad), and that all ministerial departments and 



authorities, colleges and officers whatsoever shall see to the 



strict execution of the same. 

 Given at the Hague, on March I2th of the year 1818, the Fifth of 



Our Reign. 



(Signed} WILLIAM, 



By the King's Order, 

 (Signed) A. R. FALCK. 



