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Herrings brought to any Port not fit for Food, &c. forfeited.
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XLI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall bring into any Port, Haven or Creek in Ireland, any Herrings which shall not be good and fit for Man's Food, or which shall not be packed in Barrels or in Bulk regularly and in Layers, and not heaped together, unless the same shall be landed for the express purpose of smoaking, where Houses are built expressly for that Purpose in the manner of Yarmouth, commonly called Red Herrings, and shall offer the same to be sold, then all and every the Owners thereof, being convicted of such Offence before the Inspector of the Fisheries, or such other Officer as the said Commissioners shall for that Purpose appoint, or Collector of any Port, Haven or Creek, shall lose and forfeit the same; and such Part of said Fish that is not good as aforesaid shall be destroyed, and the rest shall be forfeited for the Use of the Poor.
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