INLAND FISHERIES. 5 



be kept sweet and well preserved for a market, and so kept a com- 

 modit}' : 



It is further ordered, That all such mackrel taken b}- saynes or nets 

 at the Cape shall be there salted up in good sufficient cask, and not 

 in lumber, neither on shoar nor on board of any boat, barque or 

 other vessel, on penalty of forfeiting to the Colonie's use the one- 

 half of what is so salted in lumber and not in tight casks. 



And forasmuch as the lands where such benefit is made by fishing 

 with saynes or nets hath been purchased by the Colony and are truely 

 theirs : 



It is also ordered, That no stranger, or such as are no inhabitants 

 of this government, shall make use of our lands or shoar for sayning 

 or hailing of fish, but such as this court give license to, on penalty of 

 forfeiting all the fish of any kinde so taken by any without leave. 



And all strangers that shall be allowed there to fish as abovesaid, 

 whether taken in as partners with any of ours or otherwise, shall pay 

 unto our water baily, or such as the court shall appoint to receive it, 

 for the use of this Colony, two shillings for every barrel or quantity 

 of a barrel of mackrel there caught in such away ; and such of our 

 own inhabitants as do so fish there, shall pay one shilling a barrel ; 

 and all such payments, whether by our own or strangers, shall be 

 made in money to the said baily, or who is appointed. 



And that peace and good order may be kept by all that fish there, 

 and that the Colony may not be defrauded of their due by any : 



It is further ordered, That the master of any vessel that shall come 

 there to fish, or some known person of their company, shall presently 

 upon their arrival there, before they take any fish, give under his hand 

 to the baily, or his deputy, for their peaceable carriage there, and 

 their due observance of the orders of the court concerning their fishing, 

 who shall thereupon give them a ticket under his hand for their 

 improving the season as abovesaid. 



And if any man do refuse so to do, he or they shall be discharged 

 from making use of our land on shoar there, at their peril ; and if an}' 

 prove troublesome, or disturb their peace, sell liquor to the Indians, 

 prophane the Sabbath, or be otherwise disorderl}^ the baily or his 

 deput}^ is hereby impowered to carry such before the next magistrate, 

 who may issue the case, send the offenders to prison, or take bond 

 for their appearance at court, as he shall see cause, and the whole 

 charge thereof be born by him or them that do so ofl[end. 



And that the water baily be under oath, as other publick officers, 

 as for the faithful discharge of his trust, so for his due and seasonable 

 ordering, and giving an account to the treasurer, for what is the 

 Colonie's upon fishing account, within one month after the said voyage 

 is ended, or sooner if it may be. 



