History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fisheryReeves, John
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History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery
Reeves, John
Fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Newfoundland, Island of; Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.) -- Politics and government
11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person
or persons whatsoever shall at any time, after the said twenty-fifth day
of _March_, obliterate, expunge, cut out, deface, or any wise alter or
change the mark or marks of any boat or boats, train-fat, or train-fats,
belonging to any other person or persons, whereby to defraud or prejudice
the right owner or owners thereof, nor convert to his or their own use
any boat or boats, train-fat or train-fats, belonging to any other person
or persons, without his or their consent and approbation, nor remove
nor take away any such boat or train-fat from the place or places where
they shall be left by the owner or owners thereof, except in case of
necessity, and also upon giving notice thereof to the admiral of the
harbour or place where such boat or train-fat shall be left by the owner
or owners, to the end that the right owners thereof may know what is
become of them.
[Sidenote: Standing trees not to be rinded, nor woods fired. Necessary
fuel excepted, _etc._ Sayns not to be annoyed, nor nets, baits, _etc._
stolen.]
12. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person or
persons whatsoever shall, at any time after the said twenty-fifth day
of _March_, rind any of the trees there standing or growing upon any
occasion whatsoever, nor shall by any ways or means whatsoever set on
fire any of the woods of the said country, or do, or cause to be done,
any damage, detriment, or destruction to the same, for any use or uses
whatsoever, except only for necessary fuel for the ships and inhabitants,
and for the building and necessary repairs of houses, ships, boats, and
train-fats, and of the stages, cook-rooms, beeches, and other places,
for taking bait and fishing, and for drying, curing, and husbanding
fish there; and also that no person or persons whatsoever shall, at any
time after the said twenty-fifth day of _March_, cast anchor, or do any
other matter or thing, to the annoyance or hindring of the haling of
sayns in the accustomary baiting places, or shoot his or their sayn or
sayns within or upon the sayn or sayns of any other person or persons
whatsoever; and also that no person or persons whatsoever shall, at any
time after the said twenty-fifth day of _March_, steal, purloin, or take
out of the net or nets of any other person or persons whatsoever, lying
adrift, or drover for bait by night, nor steal, purloin, or take away
any bait out of any fishing boat or boats, or any net or nets belonging
to any other person or persons.
[Sidenote: Robberies, _etc._ in _Newfoundland_ may be tried in any county
in _England_, by commission of _oyer_ and _terminer_.]
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