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ground on our Coast in Catches dressing and splitting their fish 

 aboard throw their Garbage overboard to the great annoyance of 

 fish which hath and may prove greatly detrimental to the Country; 

 It is ordered by the Court that something be directed from this 

 Court to the Court of the Massachusetts to request them to take 

 some effectual course for the restrain + of such abuse as much as 



may be; 



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No. 149. 1670, June 8: Acts and Orders of the General Court of the 

 Colony of New Plymouth. 



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Whereas the Providence of God hath made Cape Cod commodious 

 for us for fishing with seines ; and some careless persons have annoyed 

 the same by casting their ballast near the shore where such c'on- 

 veniency is; or by leaving the garbage of fish or dead fish to lie there 

 rotting whereby such annoyance is; This Court does therefore order 

 that whosoever shall trespass in any of the said kinds of annoyance 

 shall pay the sum of forty shillings to the Colony's use for every 

 such default unto the person that the Court doth appoint to look 

 after the same ; also this Court doth further order that whosoever of 

 our inhabitants that draw mackerel on shore there shall pay to the 

 Colony's use sixpence per barrel for every barrel so taken or the 

 quantity that may amount to a barrel; and for every barrel or the 

 quantity thereof so taken by any foreigners in the aforesaid place 

 shall be payed one shilling and sixpence to the Colony's use by the 

 person or persons that so fish there and at the beginning or any 

 voyage attempted there; the person or persons so doing shall at the 

 entrance on the voyage put in sufficient security unto the person 

 appointed by the Court under this trust for the payment of the 

 aforesaid sum or sums; 



771 No. 150. 1672, October 29: Acts and Orders of the General 

 Court of the Colony of New Plymouth. 



An Order directed to Thomas Paine, the Water Bayley. 



This Court being informed that few or none of ours are like to 

 fish at the Cape by seine, and that divers strangers desire liberty 

 there to fish, these are therefore to empower you, in the behalf of the 

 Court, to give liberty to such strangers as shall desire there to fish, 

 carrying orderly and paying such dues as by Court order is provided ; 

 and\his shall be your warrant therein for this present season. 



No. 151. 1677, July 13: Acts and Orders of the General Court of 



the Colony of New Plymouth. 

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The country have set and to farm let their privileges and profits 

 of 'fishing at the Cape unto the Treasurer, Mr. Huckens, Mr. Gray, 



