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fish shall be forfeit, and seized for the relief of the poor in this juris- 

 diction. 



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It is ordered, that no person or persons, shall entertain or employ 

 any man whom he knows to be engaged in service to another (except 

 the first release him) upon penalty of paying double damages that do 

 arise thereby. 



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It is ordered, that no fisherman, or company of fishermen shall pay 

 or deliver fish unto any other but to their suppliers, or their order, 

 until he or they have first paid for boat-hire, provisions, salt, and 

 craft, and what else he is engaged to dp (except he or they have other- 

 wise contracted) upon penalty of paying double damages unto his or 

 their suppliers. 



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It is further ordered, that all those that have licences, shall renew 

 them once every year. 



By the governor the first of March in the seventeenth year of His 

 Majesty's reign. 



No. 431759: Statute of Nova Scotia, 33 Geo. II, Cap. 2. 

 An Act for Regulating and Maintaining a Light-House on Sambro Island. 



WHEREAS l>y an Act of the General Assembly of this province, 

 entitled, An Act for erecting a Light-House at the entrance of the 

 harbour of Halifax, made and passed at their Session begun and 

 holden at Halifax, the second day of October, 1758, the sum of One 

 Thousand Pounds out of the monies then in the treasury of the 

 Province, collected from the duties on spirituous liquors, was appro- 

 priated for the erecting a Light-house on the island commonly called 

 and known by the name of Sambro Outer Island, at the entrance of 

 the harbour of Halifax; and it was enacted, that until such Light- 

 House should be erected, the commissioners appointed for carrying 

 the said Act into execution should cause a beacon and light to be 

 placed on the said Island for the benefit of vessels coming into the 

 said harbour: 



Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor, Council, and Assem- 

 bly, and by the authority of the same it is hereby enacted, That from 

 and after the first day of September next, there shall be paid by the 

 master of every merchant vessel coming into or going out of the har- 

 bour of Halifax, at her going out of the said harbour, (other than 

 coasters and fishing vessels, and such transport or other vessels em- 

 ployed in His Majesty's service, as shall, by their charter party, be 

 exempted from paying port charges) a duty of six pence per ton cur- 

 rency, for so many tons as shall appear to the satisfaction of the 

 receiver, or by the oath of the master, (which oath the said receiver, 

 is hereby authorized to administer) to be the real burthen thereof. 



II. Provided, That all ships or vessels wholly belonging to any 

 person, that is a freeholder and inhabitant in this province, shall 

 only pay four-pence per ton : the said duty to be paid before clearing 

 the said vessel, to such person or persons as shall hereafter be ap- 



