Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act 1808
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1808 c. 110 |
(48 Geo. 3) C A P. CX.
[25th June 1808]
'WHEREAS the Improvement of theBritish White Herring Fisheries is an Object of most essential Importance to the Wealth and commercial Prosperity, as well as to the Naval Strength of this Kingdom, for the Attainment of which it is expedient, that more effectual Regulations should be made, in order to the insuring a due and proper Attention to the curing, sorting, and packing of White Herrings, that the Credit of the British Fisheries in our Colonies and in Foreign Parts may be maintained;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the FirstDay ofJune One thousand eight hundred and nine, a Bounty of Three Pounds per Ton shall be paid annually in the Manner herein-after prescribed, to the Owner or Owners of any whole decked Buss or Vessel of not less than Sixty Tons Burthen, being British -built, owned in Great Britain , and manned, navigated, and registered according to Law, which shall be fitted out for and be actually employed in the Deep Sea British White Herring Fishery on the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland , in the Manner and under the Regulations prescribed by this Act; provided, that such Bounty shall not, in respect of any Buss or Vessel, be computed or paid on any greater Number of Tons than One hundred, although such Buss or Vessel shall be of greater Burthen: Provided always, that if any Buss or Vessel properly fitted for the Deep Sea White Herring Fishery in the Manner required by this Act, shall be hired for carrying on the said Fishery, the Person or Persons hiring the same shall be entitled to the Bounty on the Tonnage thereof, in the same Manner as if such Person or Persons was or were Owner or Owners of such Buss or Vessel.
II What Vessels shall be deemed employed in the Deep Sea Fishery.
II. And be it further enacted, That no Vessel shall be deemed or considered to be employed in the Deep Sea Herring Fishery, unless the Nets shall be attached to the Vessel while they are set, and shall be shot directly from and hauled into the same without the Intervention or Use of a small Boat for that Service, the Vessel not being at Anchor while the Crew are shooting the Nets, nor during the Time they are set, nor while the Crew are hauling or taking them in, nor unless the Herrings caught or taken in the Manner aforesaid, shall receive their First Cure on board such Vessels in Barrels and not in Bulk.
III Bounty of 2 s. per Barrel on White Herrings landed, and cured. \(See ∥ 36, &c.)
III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said First Day ofJune One thousand eight hundred and nine, there shall be paid for every Barrel containing Thirty-two Gallons of White Herrings, caught in the British Fisheries and landed in Great Britain, and which shall be cured and packed according to the Directions of this Act, a Bounty of Two Shillings.
IV G. 1. c. 26. ∥ 18. and c. 30. ∥ 2. for appointing Twenty-one Trustees of Linen and Hemp Manufactures in Scotland.
IV. 'And whereas by Two several Acts passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the First, it was amongst other Things provided, that it should be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept in Scotland in place of the Great Seal thereof, to nominate and appoint any Number of Persons resident in Scotland, not exceeding the Number of Twenty-one, to be Trustees for overseeing, directing, and better improving the Linen and Hempen Manufactures within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, with Power to the said Trustees, or any Number of them, by the said Letters Patent to be determined, to assemble at such Place or Places, and to make such Rules and Orders for the Improvement of the said Manufactures, and for preventing Abuses therein, as they shall think expedient, consistent with the true Intent and Meaning of that Act, and with the Laws and Statutes of the Realm; and also to appoint the same Number of Persons to be Trustees and Commissioners for managing and directing the Application of the Sums in the last-mentioned of the said Acts, according to the Plan and Method that should be settled and established as therein mentioned, and for executing the several Powers and Authorities which by the said Letters Patent shall to them be committed by HisMajesty, His Heirs or Successors: And whereas it is expedient that the Number of Trustees or Commissioners by the said Acts so limited, should, for the Purposes of this Act, be increased:' be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept inScotland in place of the Great Seal thereof, to increase the Number of the said Trustees to Twenty-eight.
V His Majesty may appoint Seven of the said Trustees to be Commissioners for the White Herring Fishery.
V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept inScotland in place of the Great Seal thereof, to nominate and appoint any Number of such Trustees or Commissioners as aforesaid, not exceeding Seven, to be Commissioners specially for overseeing, directing, and better improving the White Herring Fishery, with Power to them or any Number of them by the said Letters Patent to be determined, to execute or cause to be executed the Provisions of this Act in the Manner herein mentioned, and for that Purpose to appoint a Secretary, and such Clerks and other Officers under them (the Number of such Clerks and other Officers being first approved of by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury or any Three of them) as they the said Commissioners to be appointed for the Herring Fishery shall think fit; and also that it shall be lawful for the said Lord, Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, to direct such Salaries or Allowances, and all such other Expences as shall be incurred in the Execution of this Act, to be paid to such Secretary, Clerks, and other Officers, as the said Lords Commissioners of the Treasury shall approve of; provided always, that no Person shall act as a Commissioner under the Authority of this Act, who shall be concerned directly or indirectly in the White Herring Fishery.
VI Oath of such Commissioners for the Herring Fishery.
VI. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners for the Herring Fishery, to be appointed by virtue of this Act, before they proceed in the Execution of the Powers and Authorities vested in them by this Act (save only the Power of administering the Oath herein-after mentioned) shall severally take and subscribe the following Oath; that is to say,
'I.A. B. do swear, That I will faithfully and honestly, according to the best of my Skill and Judgment, execute the several Powers and Trusts reposed in me, by an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act [here insert the Title of this Act ] according to the Terms and Purport of the said Act; and that I am not, directly or indirectly, concerned as an Adventurer in the White Herring Fishery or as a Curer of Herrings, nor will I, so long as I shall continue to act as a Commissioner under the said Act, be concerned, either directly or indirectly, as an Adventurer in the said Fishery or as a Curer of Herrings. So help me GOD.'
Which Oath any One of the said Commissioners may administer to the other or others of them.
VII Said Commissioners shall made annual Reports to the General Board of Trustees and to Parliament.
VII. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners for the Herring Fishery, appointed by virtue of this Act shall, and they are hereby required to deliver in annually, on the First Day ofJune in every Year, to the Board of Trustees or Commissioners for Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland , appointed in pursuance of the above recited Acts, a full and accurate Report of their Proceedings for the Year preceding, and shall also cause to be laid before each House of Parliament, within Fourteen Days after the Commencement of every Session, a Copy of the said Report, signed by the said Commissioners of the Herring Fishery.
VIII Admiralty shall appoint a Naval Officer to be Superintendant of the said Deep Sea British White Herring Fishery.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to appoint a Commissioned Officer in His Majesty's Navy as Superintendant of the Fishery described in this Act as the Deep Sea Fishery, for the Purpose of causing the same to be carried on according to the Regulations of this Act...
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