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rectlj inconsistent with the original Constitution and 

 frame of the Government in Schuylkill, more especially 

 the Fishing there; for remedy whereof and the better sup- 

 port of our Navy J Be it enacted, by the Honorable 

 Thomas Stretch, Esq. Governor in chief of the said col- 

 ony, by and with the advice and consent of the Freemen 

 of the said Colony, in General Assembly met, and by the 

 authority of the same, in manner following, that is to say, 



1st — That every member of the Fishing Company in 

 the said colony, shall pay into the hands of the treasurer 

 of the colony, or such other persons as shall be appointed 

 by the Governor, on demand, an equal part of all charges 

 incident to the said Navy in Schuylkill, to be rated and 

 assessed by the members of the assembly, from time to 

 time. 



2d — That every member who shall dine with the com- 

 pany on a fishing day, shall appear above the rock called 

 the middle or Tilbury^s rock, before eight o^clock in the 

 forenoon of such day, or satisfy the company that he was 

 in their service actually, before the aforesaid hour; in de- 

 fault whereof, he shall pay to the treasurer or appointed 

 officer, one shilling and six pence. 



3d — That if any member shall introduce a person who 

 is not a member, or if by means or privity of any member, 

 any person shall come to the Fishery who is not a mem- 

 ber, such member shall pay for every such person so in- 

 troduced or coming by his means, one shilling over and 

 above the club or reckoning of himself and such person. 



