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That the said clause above-recited shall be and is hereby revived 

 and re-enacted, and that henceforth no person or persons whatsoever 

 shall presume to catch or cause to be caught any mackerel, (except 

 for spending whilst fresh,) before the first of July annually, on 

 penalty of forfeiting all the mackerel so caught contrary to the true 

 intent and meaning of this act, and twenty shillings per barrel over 

 and above for each barrel of the same ; the one half of the said for- 

 feiture to be to her majesty for and towards the support of this her 

 government, and the other half to him or them that shall inform and 

 sue for the same in any of her majesty's courts of record within this 

 province. [Passed November 11; signed by the Governor and pub- 

 lished November 21. 



No. 157. 1715, July %3: Act of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 



1715-1716, Cap. 4. 



An Act for Building and Maintaining a Lighthouse upon the Great Brewster 

 (called Beacon Island) at the entrance of the Harbour of Boston. 



Whereas the want of a lighthouse at the entrance of the harbour 

 of Boston hath been a great discouragement to navigation by the loss 

 of the lives and estates of several of his majesty's subjects; for pre- 

 vention whereof, 



Be it enacted l>y His Excellency the Governor, Council and Rep- 

 resentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the 

 same, 



[SECT. 1.] That there be a lighthouse erected at the charge of the 

 province, on the southermost part of the Great Brewster, called 

 Beacon Island, to be kept lighted from sun-setting to sun-rising. 



[SECT. 2.] That from and after the building of the said lighthouse, 

 and kindling a light in it, useful for shipping coming into or going 

 out of the harbor of Boston, or any other harbor within the Massa- 

 chusetts Bay, there shall be paid to the receiver of impost, by the 

 master of all ships and vessels, except coasters, the duty of one penny 

 per ton, inwards, and also one penny per ton, outwards, and no more, 

 for every ton of the burthen of the said vessel, before they load or 

 unload the goods therein. 



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[SECT. 4.] That none shall be accounted coasters by this act, but 

 such who import only provisions, tar, pitch, turpentine or lumber, 

 whose owners belong to this province, or the provinces or colonies of 

 Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Jerseys, Pensylvania, Mary- 

 land, Virginia, North Carolina and Nova Scotia, and that are bona 

 fide bound to some of the f orementioned governments ; all such coast- 

 ers to pay only two shillings each time they clear out. 



SECT. 5.] That all fishing vessels, wood-sloops, &c., employed in 

 bringing of fish, wood, stones, sand, lime or lumber, from any of the 

 parts within this province, coming into said harbor of Boston, &c., 

 pay five shillings at their first coming in or going out, and no further 

 payment to be demanded of them by the space of one year next fol- 

 lowing. 



