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Destruction of their Fishery; Be it therefore Enacted by the
Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and
Consent of Her Majesty's President, Council, and Assembly
of this Province, and the Authority of the same, That no Per-
son whatsoever shall hereafter strike or shoot any Fish within
the Precincts aforesaid, with Gigs, Arrows, or any other strik-
ing Instruments, nor shall presume to go out upon the Water
in Canoes, Boats, or other Vessels fit for that Purpose, in the
Night time, provided with Lights, or other Utensils for Strik-
ing, upon the Penalties hereafter mentioned (that is to say)
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For every Night that any Person shall go out upon the Water
in such Vessel, as aforesaid, provided as aforesaid, such Per-
son shall be fined the sum of Two hundred Pounds of Tobacco ;
and also every Person, that shall Strike any Fish, as aforesaid,
whether by Day or Night, the Sum of One hundred Pounds
of Tobacco for every Fish so struck; One Half of each of
which said Fines to be paid to the Informer, and the other
Half to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs or Suc-
cessors, to be employed by the Justices of the County, where
the Offender lives, towards the Defraying the Charge of such
County; such Fact or Facts to be proved by the Oath of One
sufficient Witness, besides the Informer, before One or more
Justice or Justices of the Peace, who upon Complaint thereof
made, shall issue out his Warrant to the Constable of the
Hundred, or to such other Person or Persons, as such Justice
or Justices shall think fit, to bring before him or them the
Person or Persons against whom such Complaint shall be
made, and the Witness or Witnesses, which the Complainant
shall name; which Justice or Justices shall have full Authority,
by Virtue of this Act, to hear and determine the Matter; and
upon such Proof the Justice or Justices shall issue his or their
Warrant to the Sheriff of such County, to levy the same Fines
by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Person
or Persons having so offended; and in Default of Goods or
Chattels, to be shewn by such Offender or Offenders to such
Sheriff, that then such Sheriff shall be, and is hereby impow-
ered to levy the same upon the Body or Bodies of him or
them, and shall, on Receipt of such Fines, forthwith pay One
Half of such Fine to the Informer, and render an Account of
the other Half to the Justices of such County, at the Time of
the Laying the then next Levy for such County, to be applied
towards the Defraying the same County Charge, as aforesaid.
Provided nevertheless, That in case any Servant, or Slave,
shall be accused of any Fact prohibited by this Law, and that
it shall appear to the Justice or Justices, before whom such
Accusation shall be made or examined, that such Servant, or
Slave, is Guilty of the Fact, whereof he or she shall be so
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