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they shall have their fees and dues paid from the fines 

 and restitutions resultant, according to the decision there- 

 on which shall be given by the Grand-Master. 



'17. The portion of the inhabitants in the fishery shall 

 be alloted, by auction in the Audience Hall or usual place 

 in which pleadings are held, by the Judges of the localities, 

 in presence of the Attorney of the office and of the Syndic 

 of the parish, to the highest offer and last bidder, without 

 expense or fees, after publication at the sermon of paro- 

 chial morning masses on the two preceding Sundays and 

 at two public markets, and the proceeds of the sale shall 

 be devoted to the repair of the church, and other repairs 

 for which the inhabitants may be bound, or more pressing 

 necessities of the community. 



' 18. We forbid to all private inhabitants, other than the 

 auction purchasers, who cannot be more than two in each 

 parish, to fish in any way, even with line, hand, or basket, 

 in waters, rivers, fishpools, and ditches, marshes, and com- 

 munal fisheries, notwithstanding all customs and possessions 

 to the contrary, under pain of a fine of thirty livres and a 

 month's imprisonment for the first offence, and a fine of a 

 hundred livres, with banishment from the parish, on 

 repetition. 



'19. All partitions between seigneurs and communities 

 shall be made by the Grand-Master, in knowledge of the 

 case, based on the titles presented, with the advice and 

 report of experts, and they shall be paid the expenses by 

 the seigneurs and by the inhabitants in the proportions to 

 the rights which they respectively have in the thing 

 divided. 



'20. The Grand-Masters and Officers of the Maitrise 

 shall instruct and summarily dispose of differences which 

 may ensue in the execution of partitions of woods, meadows, 

 wild pastures, and communal waters between the seigneurs' 

 officers, syndics, deputies, and private inhabitants, without 

 the ordinary Judges of the places having power to take 

 cognisance of them. 



'21. All fines and confiscations which may be imposed 



