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fishes ; to build houses and little cottages, and other 

 things necessary for the use of the said fishery trade in 

 whatsoever places shall be convenient, upon the pay- 

 ment of the allowance under- written, unto the lord or 

 master of the ground or otherwise ; to sell, use, and dis- 

 pose upon the said herrings and other fishes to the in- 

 habitants, or to keep and conserve the same in their 

 ships and boats, and so make and prepare them therein ; 

 and to carry and transport the same to foreign parts be- 

 yond seas in ships and other vessels belonging to them 

 or his Majestie's other subjects, and to sell, use, and 

 dispose thereupon to such who shall be in friendship 

 and amity with his Majesty and his successors ; with 

 power also to the said companies and societies respec- 

 tive to elect and make choice of such of their own num- 

 ber as they shall think fit for making and framing of 

 laws, statutes, and rules, for the right regulating, manag- 

 ing, and carrying on of the same trade of fishing, the 

 said laws being always aproven and allowed by the 

 Council of Trade, and to punish transgressors accordingly, 

 and that they be Scotsmen or naturalised strangers, and 

 residents within the said kingdom, and to the which 

 Council so to be nominated, constitute the said companies 

 respective shall submit, and to all their acts, statutes, 

 and rules especially, but prejudice of the generality 

 foresaid, to the particular rules under- written. To wit. 

 First, That none after the erecting and setling of the 

 said companie or society may enter or come in but by 

 consent of the company or council thereof, after the said 

 day of next, except they be 



appointed or enrolled and taken by the Council of Trade, 

 to whom any person, in case of exclusion, may make his 

 address. Secondly, That the return from foreign places 



