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13 Edward I. c. 4-7. 

 A penalty for taking salmons at certain times of the 

 year. — " It is provided that the waters of Humber, &c. 

 and all other waters wherein salmon be taken, shall be 

 in defence for taking salmons, from the Nativity of our 

 Lady * unto Saint Martin's Day ; and that, likewise, 

 young salmons shall not be taken, nor destroyed by nets, 

 nor by other engines at mill pools, from the midst of 

 April until the Nativity of Saint John Baptist ; and in 

 places where such rivers be there shall be assigned over- 

 seers of this statute, which being sworn shall oftentimes 

 see and enquire of the offenders ; and for the first tres- 

 pass they shall be punished by burning their nets and 

 engines ; and for the second time they shall have impri- 

 sonment for a quarter of a year ; and the third trespass 

 they shall be imprisoned a whole year ; and as their 

 trespass encrease so shall the punishment." 



45 Ed. III. c'i. 

 Confirms the great charter, that is, the 9 Hen. III., in 

 all points. 



13 Rich. II. c. 19. 

 A confirmation of the stat. Ed. I. c. 4-7., touching 

 the taking of salmon. — " Item, whereas after reciting and 

 " confirming the above statute, it enjoyned that young sal- 

 " mon should not be taken during the same time at mill 

 " dams, nor in other places, upon the same pain; prohi- 

 " biting the use of nets called stackers, nor any other en- 

 " gine destructive of the breed of salmons. ' And in parts 

 a c where suck rivers be, there shall be assigned and sxvom 



* That is, according to Sergeant Hawkins, that no salmon 

 bhall be taken between the 8th of September and the lltU 

 of November. 



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