A.D. 1749* Anno vicefimo fecunJo Georgii II. C. 49. 191 TV. And be it further enafleJ by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon, fo to be outlawed for High Peirons being Tieafon as aforefaid, fliall, at the Time of fuch Outlawry pronounced, be Refiant or Inhabitant out of the "u: of the King- Limits of this Kingdom of Great Britain, and fuch Perfon fhall, within one Year after fuch Outlawry pro- dom.anJ r=turn- nounced, yield himfelf or herfelf to the Lord Juftice General, Juflice Clerk or any of the Commiffioners of 'y^^""^!^'^, ^^^_ Jufticiary in Scotland, he or fhe (hall be at Liberty to traverfe the Indidment on which fuch Outlawry fliall verfe'the in- " be pronounced, and take his or her Trial thereupon; and in cafe he or iLe, on fuch Trial, fliall be found diament. J Not Guilty, by Verdi£): of the Jury, he or (he fhall be clearly acquitted and difcharged of the faid Out- lawry, and all Penalties and Forfeitures for the fame, in as large and ample a Manner and Form, as though no fuch Outlawry had been made. CAP. XLIX. An Aft for making a Free Market for the Sale of Fifh in the City ov JVeftminfter ; and for pre- venting the Foreftalling and Monopolizing of Fifh ; and for allowing the Sale of Fifh, under the Dimenfions mentioned in a Claufe contained in an Adl of the firft Year of his late Ma- jefty's Reign, in cale the fame are taken with a Hook. ' X7 HE RE AS a free and open Market for Fifh in the City of TVe/?min/ler would greatly tend to in- ilfiJ°z}c.^T. ■■* VV creafe the Number of Fifhermen, and improve and encourage the Filhery of this Kingdom ;' May i Geo. i. c. i3. It pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enafted ; and be it enaded by the King's moft Ex- 5 G". i-^. i8. cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, * ^"^- ^- '^- '?• in this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the twenty- ^ f,"^ MaAct' fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, there {hall be a free and open Market held torFift tabe in the City of /^£/?w;«/?«' for all Sorts of Fifh whatfoever ; and that it fhall and may be lawful for any held in Weft. Perfon or Perfons to buy or fell any Sort of Fifh in the faid Market, without any Difturbance or Molefta- rainier, tion whatfoever ; neverthelefs yielding and paying fuch Sums as are herein after-mentioned. '?/ "^f "/*" •' rf u . J cj plained and amended by 29 Geo, 2. tr, 39. luhich is b: Part repealed by 33 Gei, a. c. 27. IL And to the end the faid intended Market may be ere£led, eftablifhed and maintained, under fuch Truftees Names, Rules and Regulations as are by this Aft herein after directed and prefcribed ; Be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaid. That Lieutenant General James Oglethorpe, the Right Honourable Granville Levefon Gaw«- Efquire, commonly called Lord SxfzoMntTrentham; the Right Honourable George DoddingtonEf- quire, Sir Peter Warren Knight of the Bath,^ Sir Bouchier Wrey Baronet, Sir Robert Grofvenor Baronet, Sir ■ John Crojfe Baronet, Sir Richard Lloyd Knight, John Lnroche Efquire, George Harrifon Efquire, Thomas Fonnereau Efquire, Reverend Dodor Scawen Kenrick, JVilliam Lowndes Efquire, Captain Phillip Durelly Thomas Wyndham Efquire, Thomas Smith Efquire, Harman Vereljl Efquire, George Payne Efquire, Henry Cheere Efquire, Daniel Gell, Efquire, Francis Hutchinfon Efquire, TVilUam Pearce Efquire, the Reverend TVilfon D. D. one of the Prebendaries of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, IVejhninjhr; Richard Combes ^(qaire, Francis Giuyn Efquire, Edward Vernon Efquhe, fliall, from and immediately after the paffing of this Aft, be, and are hereby appointed Truftees for putting this Acft in Execution ; and they, or the Survivors of them, or any five or more of them, are hereby invefted with all and every the Powers and Authorities given and granted by this Ad. ' in. And whereas a Sum of Money will be necefTary for preparing a proper Place for the faid Market,
- and in maintaining and keeping the fame in Repair, and other incidental Charges attending the fame;' Be
it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid tv/enty-fourth Day of June one Duties tobepaii thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, there fhall be paid to the faid Truflees, or fuch other Perfon or J' '^"'"'■'"'"' Perfons as the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them, fliall, from time to time, appoint to receive the fame, the following Sums by every Fifnerman, or other Perfon or Perfons, felling any Sort of Fifh in the faid Market, for coming with his Boat or Veffel to, or landing, ftanding, being or felling in or at the faid Market ; that is to fay, ' For each VefTel laden with Salt Fifh, for Groundage, the Sum of eight Pence for each Day, and twenty th D ' i ' Pence for each Voyage. " * ' ' For each Lobfter-boat, Dogger-boat, Smack or other VefTel, laden with frefli Sea Fifli, the Sum of ' two Pence for each Day for Groundage, and thirteen Pence each Voyage. ' For every Oyfter-vefl'el or Cock two Pence each Day for Groundage, one Halfpenny for each Bufhel for ' Metage, and thirteen Pence each Voyage.' Which faid feveral Sums fhall, and they are hereby declared to be vefied in the faid Truftees and their Sue- Dufitsvefled in cefTors ; and the fame, and every Part thereof, fliall be paid, applied and difpofed of, and aiTigned to and the Truftees- for the feveral Ufes, Intents and Purpofes, and in fuch Manner as is herein after-mentioned and direded; and it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them, or fuch Perfon or Perfons as they, or any five or more of them, under their Hands and Seals, fhall, at a General Meeting, nominate and appoint, to demand and take the Sums hereby granted and made payable; and to levy the and may be le- fame upon any Perfon or Perfons v/ho fliall, after Demand thereof made, negled or refufe to pay fuch vied by DiftreS Sums as aforefaid, by Diftrefs of any Boat or Boats, or the Tackle or Furniture thereto belonging, or there and Sale, found, and belonging to the Perfon or Perfons, who by this Ad are made liable to the Payment of the fame; and to detain and keep fuch Goods and Chatties fo diftrained, until fuch Sums, with the reafonable Charges of fuch diftraining and keeping, fhall be paid ; and fuch Perfon and Perfons fo diftraining, after tlie Space of thtee Days after fuch Diftrefs made and taken, fhall and may fell the Goods fo difirained, re- turning:
