958 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



VII. And be it enacted, That no Person or Persons whatsoever 

 shall employ or cause to be employed at Newfoundland, or any of the 

 Dependencies thereof, for the Purpose of carrying on the Fishery 

 there, any Seamen or Fishermen going as Passengers, or any Seamen 

 or Fishermen, hired there, without first entering into an Agreement 

 or Contract with every such Seaman or Fisherman declaring what 

 Wages or Shares such Seaman or Fisherman is to have, and the Time 

 for which he shall serve, and in what Manner such Wages or Shares 

 are to be paid or allowed; and every such Agreement or Contract 

 shall be made in Writing, and shall be signed by all the Parties 

 thereto. 



VIII. And be it further enacted, That no Hirer or Employer of 

 any such Seaman or Fisherman shall pay or advance, or cause to be 

 paid or advanced to such Seaman or Fisherman in Money or Goods, 

 during the Time he shall be in the Service of such Hirer or Employer, 

 more than to the Amount of Three fourths of the Wages or Shares 

 which by the said Contract or Agreement shall be agreed to be paid 

 or allowed to such Seaman or Fisherman ; but such Hirer or Employer 

 shall and is hereby required and directed immediately at or upon the 

 Expiration of every such Seaman or Fisherman's covenanted Time 

 of Service, to pay either in Money or Goods (according as may be 

 agreed upon as aforesaid in such Contract or Agreement in Writing), 

 to every such Seaman or Fisherman, the full Balance of One fourth 

 Part of his stipulated Wages or Shares aforesaid; and it shall 



not be lawful for any such Hirer or Employer to turn away 

 569 or discharge any such Seaman or Fisherman, except for wilful 



Neglect of Duty or other sufficient Cause, before the Expiration 

 of his stipulated Time of Service ; and in case the Hirer or Employer 

 of any such Seaman or Fisherman shall refuse or neglect to comply 

 with any of the Terms hereinbefore mentioned, or shall otherwise 

 offend against this Act, every such Person so offending shall forfeit 

 for every such Offence any Sum not less than Five Pounds, nor more 

 than Fifty Pounds Sterling Money, to the Use of such Person or 

 Persons as shall inform or sue for the same, to be recovered in the 

 Supreme Court of Newfoundland, or by Bill, Plaint or Information 

 in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster: Provided 

 always, that every such Suit or Prosecution, if the same be commenced 

 in Newfoundland, shall be commenced within One Year ; and if com- 

 menced in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, 

 within Two 1 ears from the Time of the Commission of such Offence. 



IX. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases where Disputes 

 shall arise concerning the Wages of any such Seaman or Fisherman, 

 the Hirer or Employer shall be obliged to produce the Contract or 

 Agreement in Writing hereinbefore directed to be entered into with 

 every such Seaman or Fisherman, and also to give a Copy thereof to 

 every such Seaman or Fisherman, if so required. 



X. And be it further enacted. That all the Fish and Oil which 

 shall be taken and made by the Person or Persons who shall hire or 

 employ such Seaman or Fisherman, shall be subject and liable in 

 the first Place to the Pa} T ment of the Wages or Shares of every such 

 Seaman or Fisherman, and of the Demands of such Person or Per- 

 sons as shall bond -fide supply Bait to such Seaman or Fisherman for 

 the Use and Benefit of the Hirer or Employer of such Seaman or 

 Fisherman. 



