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Note ; It is not said who shall have the fish ; 

 so that it seemeth that they are forfeited to the 

 king. 



And no salmon out of the said rivers shall be 

 sent to London, under six pounds weight; on 

 pain that the sender, buyer, or seller, on the 

 like conviction, shall forfeit 5. and the fish ; 

 half to the informer, and half to the poor, by 

 distress ; for want of sufficient distress, to be 

 committed to the house of correction or goal, to 

 be kept to hard labour for three months, if not 

 paid in the mean time. Id. s. 15. 



And persons aggrieved may appeal to the 

 next sessions. Id. s. 17. 



2. No salmon shall be taken in the Humber, 

 Ouze, Trent, Don, Aire, Darwent, Wharf, Nid, 

 Eure, Swale, Tees, Tine, Eden, or any other 

 water wherein salmon are taken, between Sept. 

 8 and Nov. 11. Nor shall any young salmon be 

 taken at mill-pools (nor in other places, 13 R. 2. 

 st. 1. c. 19.) from Midapril or Midsummer ; on 

 pain of having the nets and engines burnt for 

 the first offence; for the second, imprisonment 

 for a quarter of a year; for the third, a whole 

 year ; and as the trespass increaseth, so shall 

 the punishment. And overseers shall be as- 

 signed to inquire hereof. 13 Ed. 1. st. 1. c. 47. 

 That is, under the great seal, and by authority 

 of parliament, 2 Inst. 477. 



