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said matters, the admirals of the respective harbours where such 

 differences shall arise, or any two of them shall proportion the place 

 to the several ships, in the several harbours they fish in, according 

 to the number of boats which each of the said ships shall keep. 

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XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 the admirals of and in every port and harbour in Newfoundland for 

 the time being, be and are hereby authorized and required (in order 

 to preserve peace and good government amongst the seamen and 

 fishermen, as well in their respective harbours, as on the shore) to 

 see the rules and orders in this present act contained, concerning 

 the regulation of the fishery there, duly put in execution; and that 

 each of the said admirals do yearly keep a journal of the number of 

 all ships, boats, stages and train-fats, and of all the seamen belong- 

 ing to and employed in each of their respective harbours, and shall 

 also (at their return to England) deliver a true copy thereof, under 

 their hands, to his Majesty's most honourable privy council. 



XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 in case any difference or controversy shall arise in Newfoundland, or 

 the islands thereunto adjoining, between the masters of fishing ships 

 and the inhabitants there, or any by-boat keeper, for or concerning 

 the right and property of fishing rooms, stages, flakes, or any other 

 building or conveniency for fishing or curing of fish, in the several 

 harbours or coves, the said differences, disputes, and controversies, 

 shall be judged and determined by the fishing admirals, in the sev- 

 eral harbours and coves; and in case of any of the said masters of 

 fishing ships by-boat keepers or inhabitants, shall think themselves 

 aggrieved by such judgment or determination, and shall appeal to 

 the commanders of any of his Majesty's ships of war, appointed as 

 convoys for Newfoundland, the said commander is hereby author- 

 ized and impowered to determine the same, pursuant to the regula- 

 tion in this art. 



X\ 1. And to the end that the inhabitants, fishermen, seamen, and 

 all and every other person and persons residing or being at New 

 foundland, or any of the said islands, or other places, may with all 

 devotion join in their solemn prayers and addresses to Almighty 

 God, for the obtaining of his blessing upon their persons and 

 endeavors; be it hereby enacted, That all and every the inhabitants 

 of Newfoundland, or the said islands or places adjacent near thereto, 

 shall strictly and decently observe every Lord's day, commonly 

 called Sunday; and that none of the said inhabitants (who keep any 

 tavern, alehouse, or other public, house for entertainment) shall enter- 

 tain or sell, vend, utter or dispose of to any fishermen, seamen or 

 other person whatsoever, upon any Lord's day or Sunday, any wine, 

 beer, ale, cyder, strong waters or tobacco, or any other liquor or 

 liquors whatsoever. 



