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ing the time and season of fishing, they being actually 

 serving therein allenarly. And further, that none who 

 shall be upon council or any of the sureties of trade 

 foresaid, shall be liable to less stents or taxation, for 

 what stock they have entered, or shall enter in the said 

 companies or societies respective, or for the benefit or 

 profit arising thereby in time coming. And it is hereby 

 declared, that it shall be licent to any of the council or 

 societies of said trade of fishing respective, for the good 

 thereof, to dwell and reside in any part or place of his 

 said kingdom, albeit they be burgesses in any burgh 

 royal, and not thereby loss their freedom, notwithstand- 

 ing of any act or acts in the contrare. And in like 

 manner it is hereby declared, that no person nor persons 

 shall have liberty to export herrings or fish, nor shall 

 use and have priviledges, liberties, immunities, above 

 written, but those that shall enter themselves and be 

 free in one or other of the said companies and societies. 

 And finally, it is hereby statute and ordained, that those 

 in the several shires and burghs of this kingdom, who 

 shall enter in the said companies and societies, conform 

 to the tenour of this present Act, shall give an account 

 thereof to the parliament, or his Majesties council of 

 trade for the time within after the erection 



thereof, that the same may be recorded, adfuturum Eei 

 memoriam." * 



On the 17th November 1663, at a meeting of the privy 

 council, the Duke of York being present. Sir Eichard 

 Chaterton, Sir William Batten, and Sir William Eyder, 

 were appointed by his Eoyal Highness as the council to 

 meet and draw up proposals for the formation of the 



* 1st Pari. King Charles II., 1st January 1C61, sect. 39. 



