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burgomafters of the town from whence he fails. 

 That he fhall make oath that he is properly fur- 

 nifhed, according to the fize of his verTel, with 

 tackle, feamen, barrels, fait, and all other ne- 

 cdfaries wanted or tiled in the herring rifhery. 

 That he will not ail a herring net into the fea, 

 or catch herrings before the 24th of June, nor af- 

 ter the 3 1 ft of December.* 



3* He rnuft make oath that he will feparate the her- 

 rings taken in one night, from thofe taken in 

 another night, and that he fhall notify in the lift 

 of the marked barrels, on what night each were 

 taken, on forfeiture of fhip and cargo, and degra- 

 dation of the matter. Farther, he fhall not fill 

 up the herring barrels more than once with prefled 

 herrings, taking care that the herrings be laid 

 even in their lays, from the bottom to the top ; 

 that the fame be not -cart with bafkets or buckets 

 into the barrel,, mixed, wrong laid, or adulterated ; 

 and that as little of the bloody pickle thereof be 

 fpilt as poffible. 



4. He mull make oath that he will not fell, give in 

 prefents at fea, or cure orv fhore any herrings, 

 under a penalty of 24 guilders for each barrel, 

 and confifcation of the fhip. Nor fhall any maf- 

 ter traffic for herrings with any fhips or yawgers 

 but thofe authorifed by the chief magiilrate where 



, the herring trade is eftablifhed in Holland and 

 Weft Friefland, and who iliall produce the pro- 

 per voucher of confent, having on the top, the 

 reprefentation of a. herring bufs, being the feal of 

 the great fifhery, flamped thereon, and figned by 

 the fecretary of the, city from whence he comes : 

 to which refpective fhips he fhall be impowered to 

 deliver over his herrings taken between June 24 



By aplacart of 1682, the time limited for fifliing was not to 

 cxread beyond November 20*. The above-mentioned period is in 

 virtue of a placart of 1749. 



and 



