4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That (according to the ancient custom there used) every such fishing ship from _England_, _Wales_, or _Berwick_, or such fisherman as shall, from and after the said twenty-fifth day of _March_, first enter any harbour or creek in _Newfoundland_, in behalf of his ship, shall be admiral of the said harbour or creek during that fishing season, and for that time shall reserve to himself only so much beech or flakes, or both, as are needful for the number of such boats as he shall there use, with an overplus only for the use of one boat more than he needs, as a privilege for his first coming thither; and that the master of every such second fishing ship, as shall enter any such harbour or creek, shall be vice admiral of such harbour or creek during that fishing season; and that the master of every such fishing ship next coming, as shall enter any such harbour or creek, shall be rear admiral of such harbour or creek during that fishing season; and that the master of every fishing ship there shall content himself with such beech or flakes, as he shall have necessary use for, without keeping or detaining any more beech or flakes, to the prejudice of any such other ship or vessel as shall arrive there; and that such person or persons, as are possessed of several places in several harbours or creeks there, shall make his or their election of such place as he or they shall chuse to abide in; and shall also, within eight and forty hours after any after-comer or after-comers into such place or places shall demand such his or their resolution touching such his or their election (if the weather will so soon permit, or so soon after as the weather will permit) give or send his or their resolution to such after-comer or after-comers, touching such his or their election of such place as he or they shall so chuse to abide in for the fishing season, to the end that such after-comer or after-comers may likewise chuse his or their place or places of his or their abode there; and in case any difference shall arise touching the said matters, the admirals of the respective harbours where such differences shall arise, or any two of them, shall proportion the place to the several ships in the several harbours they fish in, according to the number of boats which each of the said ships shall keep. [Sidenote: Persons who, since 1685, have detained any stage, cook-room, _etc._ shall relinquish the same, to the publick use of fishing ships, _etc._]