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the ship or ve^e!, with the master, shall stand charged with the duty 

 thereof till paid to the commissioner of impost. 



And be it further enacted, 



[SECT. 4.] That the person appointed by this court to keep the said 

 lighthouse, or houses, shall be under the same rules and directions 

 with respect to his duty, and also under the same penalty for neglect- 

 ing the same, and the fines shall be recovered in the same way and 

 manner, as in and by the aforerecited act is provided. 



And be it further enacted, 



[SECT. 5.] That a committee of this court be appointed to build 

 the said lighthouse, or houses, of such dimensions, and in such man- 

 ner, as they may be directed by the said court. [Passed and published 

 April 26, 1771. 



No. 160. 177^, March 24: Colonial Law of New York, Cap. 1556. 

 An Act to prevent the Destruction of Fish in the County of Suffolk. 



Passed the 24th March, 1772. 



"Whereas the fish in the Bays, Rivers, and Creeks in the County of 

 Suffolk, are greatly diminished, and are likely in a very short time 

 to be entirely destroyed, by reason of the Inhabitants fishing with 

 long Seines or Nets, in their Winter Quarters, to the great Damage 

 of the Inhabitants of said County and the Public in general: To 

 prevent the same for the future, 



I. Be It Enacted by his Excellency the Governor, the Council, and 

 the General Assembly, and it in Jiereby enacted by the Authority of 

 the same, that if any person or persons, after the publication of this 

 Act, shall draw any seine or net of any length whatsoever, or set any 

 seine or net of more than six fathoms in length, with Meshes not less 

 than three Inches square, from the fifteenth day of November, to the- 

 fifteenth Day of April, in any Year during the continuance of this 

 Act, in any of the Bays, Rivers or Creeks in said County, such Person 

 or Persons shall for each Offence, forfeit the Sum of One Hundred 

 Pounds, with Costs of Suit; to be recovered in any Court of Record 

 within this Colony, by any Person or Persons that will sue for the 

 same ; the one half of the Forfeiture, when recovered, shall belong to 

 the prosecutor or prosecutors; and the other half to be paid to the 

 Treasurer of the said County, to be disposed of by the Supervisors, 

 towards defraying the Public Expense of the said County. 



II. Be It Further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any 

 person or persons shall be discovered to have any Quantity of Fish, 

 or to have sold any Quantity of Fish, from the fifteenth day of 

 November, to the. fifteenth day of April, such person or persons shall 

 be deemed guilty, and shall suffer the same penalty as aforesaid, to be 

 recovered and applied as above directed by this Act, unless he can 

 make it appear that he has caught them otherwise than by such Seines 

 or Nets prohibited by this Act. 



III. And Be It Further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 if any Person or Persons shall be seen to carry any Seines or Nets, in 

 any fishing Craft in any of the Bays Rivers or Creeks in the said 



