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ported again within the said Space of twelve Calendar Months, the 

 Bonds which shall have been given for the said Duties thereon, shall 

 be cancelled and discharged; and in case the full Duties payable to 

 the Customs for such Salt shall have been paid at or before the Ex- 

 piration of the said twelve Calendar Months, and such Salt shall be 

 afterwards exported into Foreign Parts within the Time allowed by 

 Law, a Drawback of all the said Duties which were so paid shall 

 be allowed in the same Manner as the former Drawback of the Cus- 

 toms upon the Exportation of Salt, was, could, or might be paid; 

 and such Salt shall be subject and liable to the same Rules, Regula- 

 tions, Restrictions, Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures (except 

 where any Alteration is made by this Act), as such Salt was subject 

 and liable to by any Act or Acts of Parliament in force before the 

 making of this Act. 



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

 shall not be lawful to or for any person or persons concerned or em- 

 ployed in carrying on the said fishery, or for any seaman or fisher- 

 man hired for the purpose of carrying on the said fishery, to use, 

 or cause to be made use of, on the shores of the said Island of New- 

 foundland, any seine or net of any kind or description whatsoever, 

 for the purpose of catching cod fish by hauling such seine or net on 

 shore, or tucking such seine or net into any boat or boats, the scale 

 or mesh of which said seine or net shall be less in dimension than 

 four inches, under the penalty of forfeiting the sum of one hundred 

 pounds for every such offence; which offence may be heard and de- 

 termined, and the penalty hereby incurred shall and may be re- 

 covered in the Court of Session of the said island, provided that such 

 offence be complained of within the space of three calendar months 

 after the commission of the same. 



"XII. And whereas it is essential to the naval strength of Great 

 Britain, that the desertion of seamen and fishermen employed in the 

 fishery of Newfoundland, and the parts adjacent, should be prevented : 

 And whereas, by reason of their superior skill as seamen and fisher- 

 men, and as artificers of the implements and utensils necessary to 

 the carrying on of such fisheries, they are, by great temptations, 

 exposed to be seduced into the service and employ of the subjects of 

 foreign States : And whereas the regulations and provisions made in 

 and by an Act, passed in the fifteenth year of His present Majesty's 

 reign, herein before mentioned, are not sufficient to prevent the deser- 

 tion of such seamen and fishermen to the service of the subjects of 

 foreign States;" be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That if any seaman or fisherman, hired or employed in the carrying 

 on of the said fishery, shall desert from the said Island of Newfound- 

 land, or from the said fishery, with intent to enter into the service of 

 any foreign State, or of the subjects of any foreign State, or shall 

 have in any wise agreed so to absent himself, or desert with such 

 intent, or shall have actually entered into such service as aforesaid, 

 it shall and may be lawful to and for the governor of Newfoundland, 

 or his surrogates, or for the judge of the Vice Admiralty Court for 

 the time being, or for any justice of the peace in Newfoundland 

 respectively, to issue his or their warrant or warrants to apprehend 

 such person so deserting, or having agreed to desert as aforesaid, and 

 on the oath or oaths of one or more credible witness or witnesses, to 

 commit him to prison, there to remain until the next court of session 



