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trates, constables, customs and other officers, and all others whom it 

 doth or may concern, are hereby required to take notice thereof and 

 govern themselves accordingly. 



Given under mv Hand and Seal, at the Government House, in St. 

 John's this 14th day of April, A. D. 1905. 

 By His Excellency's Command, 



R. BOND, 

 Colonial Secretary. 



770 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCLUDING COLONIAL AND STATE 



LAWS. 



No. 147. 1688: The General Laws and Liberties of the Massachu- 

 setts Colony: Revised and Re-printed 1672. 



FISH FISHERMEN. 



It is Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof, that no 

 man shall henceforth kill any Cod-fish, Hake. Haddock or Polluck. 

 to be dried for sale in the Month of December or January; because 

 of their spawning time, nor any mackerel to barrel up in the Month 

 of May or June, under penalty of paying five shillings for each 

 Quintal of Fish, and five shillings for each barrel of mackerel ; nor 

 shall any Fisherman cast the Garbage of the Fish the catch over- 

 board at or near the Ledges or Grounds where they take the Fish; 

 nor shall any of the boats crew refuse or neglect to obey the Order 

 of the Master of the Vessel to which they belong, for the times and 

 seasons of fishing,; nor shall they take or drink any more Strong 

 Liquors than the Master thinks meet to permit them : the breach of 

 these three last being under the penalty of twenty shillings for the 

 first offence; for the second forty shillings; for the third three 

 months imprisonment, one third part of the aforesaid fines to the 

 Informer proving the same. [1668.] 



This Court being informed, that the taking of mackerel at unsea- 

 sonable times do greatly diminish their increase, and will in the issue 

 tend to the spoil of the trade thereof; 



Do Order and Enact, that henceiorth no mackerel shall be caught, 

 except for spending whilst fresh, before the first of July annually, 

 on penalty of the loss of the same; the one half to the Intormer, and 

 the other half to the use of the Country. And any Magistrate or 

 County Court is impowered to act herein to all intents and purposes, 

 for the execution of this Law. 



No. 148. 1668, June S: Acts and Orders of the General Court of the 

 Colony of New Plymouth. 



Whereas great Complaint is made of great abuse by reason of 

 fishermen that are strangers who fishing on some of the fishing 



