Isleworth-church, from the the 10th of March until Holyrood day be past.

Item, That no fisherman, or other, shall at any time use any flue, trammel, double-walled net, or hooped net what

soever.

Item, That no fisherman, or other, shall lay any weels, called kills, in any place of the river, from the 10th of March till the 10th of May yearly; for that all roaches do then shed their spawn.

Item, that no fisherman, or other, shall use any weel or lomb, or a mill-pot, or any other engine with the head thereof against the stream; nor that no man shall occupy any net called purse-nets, otherwise casting nets, upon the said river.

Item, That no fisherman, or other, shall rugg for flounders, either by ebb or by flood, at any time of the year between London-bridge and Westminster, but only two casts at low water, and two casts at high water, and no flounder shall be taken under the assize of six inches; and that no fisherman, or other, shall floot with any bloy-net upon the benches, from Whitehall to the Temple stairs upon high waters, from Whitsuntide to Bartholomew tide.

Item, That no fisherman, or other, shall fish with any kind of net, or use any angle-rod with more than two hooks upon a line or saw, or scratch for barbel within the limits of London-bridge, or shall use any other engine nearer unto the bridge than St. Botolph-wharf, and

the Bridge-house wharf on the east side, nor nearer on the west side than St. Mary Overy's stairs and the Old Swan.

At a Court of Aldermen, the 10th of July, 1673.

This court considering the great decay of the fishing-trade in the River of Thames, and conceiving that drawing the shores is the chief ground thereof, as tending to the great prejudice and utter destruction of the brood and fry of all sorts of fish, did therefore this day strictly order and enjoin, that no person do hereafter presume to draw the shores in the river of Thames upon any pretence whatsoever, at any time or season of the year, with lawful or unlawful

nets.

Abstract of the last Act of Parliament for the Regulation of the Watermen, Wherrymen, &c. on the River of Thames.

34th Geo. III. cap. lxv. An Act for better regulating and governing the Watermen, Wherrymen, and Lightermen, upon the River of Thames between Gravesend and Windsor. [23d May, 1794.]

By the first section of the Act, so much of the 2d and 3d of Philip and Mary, cap. 16, as subjects persons taking more than their fare to a penalty of

40s., or half a year's imprisonment, is repealed. (§ 1.)

The Court of Mayor and Aldermen of London are empowered to make rules for regulating the conduct and demeanour of watermen, wherrymen, and lightermen upon the river Thames, which rules are to be approved and allowed by one or more of the judges, who may allow or alter the same.-(2.)

Copy of intended alterations and new rules to be sent to the Watermen's Company thirty days before allowed by the judges; and in case the rulers, auditors, and assistants shall not be satisfied with the determination of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen in the premises, on such objection respectively, then they may submit their said objections to the consideration of the Judges of the King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, or any one or more of them before such intended alterations or such new or other rulers, orders, and constitutions, are allowed.-(§ 3.)

Provided that such rules, orders, and constitutions, so to be from time to time made, altered, or amended, by the said Court of Mayor and Aldermen, shall, within thirty days after the same, be allowed and approved of as aforesaid, be printed and sent to the several public offices, lately established by authority of Parliament for the administration of justice in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey; and also to the several clerks of the peace of the said counties and places adjoining to the river Thames, to

be published in such manner as the Court of Quarter Sessions in those counties shall direct, and also be made public in such other manner as the said Court of Mayor and Aldermen shall think proper, and from time to time order and direct.-(4.)

Power vested in the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Justices, to summon and apprehend watermen, wherrymen, lightermen, and others, for offences against the statutes and rules in force, and may examine witnesses upon oath, and punish offenders by fine and imprisonment.($ 5.)

Provided also that no constable or other officer shall, by virtue of any warrant, apprehend or take any waterman, wherryman, or lighterman, out of any boat or craft which they respectively may happen to be on board of, rowing, or navigating, until such boat or craft shall be safely moored, unless there shall be sufficient hands on board to row, or navigate, or take care thereof; and notice of this provision shall be inserted in every such warrant for the information of the constable, or other officer, who may have the execution thereof.—(§ 6.)

Power to summon persons on refusal of payment of fares, and apprehend them on non-appearance, and examine witnesses on oath, and order payment; and if the persons so offending shall not pay such sum or sums of money, and make reasonable satisfaction, it shall be lawful for the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, or Justices respectively, to com

mit the persons so refusing to some prison within the city of London, there to remain for any space of time not exceeding one calendar month, unless the sum or sums of money, so ordered and awarded as aforesaid, shall be sooner paid.(87.)

Persons refusing to pay fares, or to give their names and residence, or giving fictitious names or places of abode, may be punished by a penalty of not exceeding £5, with reasonable satisfaction for costs and loss of time by watermen.-(8.)

Overseers or rulers of the Waterman's Company to hear and determine complaints between waterman and waterman; and offenders not paying the penalty imposed upon then, may be committed for any time not exceeding one calendar month.-(§ 9.)

Authority hereby given to the overseers or rulers shall not extend to the conviction of any offender who shall not be a waterman, wherryman, or lighterman, or the apprentice or servant of a waterman, wherryman, or lighterman, or duly authorized by law to act as such; nor to any case in which the person sustaining damage, injury, or ill treatment, by such offence or misbehaviour, or the person complaining thereof, shall not be a waterman, wherryman, or lighterman, or the apprentice or servant of a waterman, wherryman, or lighterman, or so duly authorized as last mentioned.($10.)