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Lord Lieutenant to appoint Officers of the Fishery at Ports of Exportation, &c.
Qualification of Persons to be so appointed.
Officers to obey Orders of Commissioners of Fishery.
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XLVII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, to appoint Persons at the respective Places on the Coast of Ireland, where Herrings or other Fish are caught or cured, and at the Ports or Places where Vessels are usually fitted out for the Irish Herring Fishery, and where Vessels employed in the said Fishery usually discharge their Cargoes, and also at the Ports of Exportation, to be Inspectors and Officers of the said Fisheries, and to overlook the curing of all Herrings and other Fish caught, to take an Account of and clear out all Salt, Nets, Barrels and other Stores, shipped or put on board any Buss, Vessel or Boat for the said Fishery, and to inspect and take account of all Herrings and other Fish landed or exported, and to certify whether the Fish are properly pined, cured and packed, so as to be entitled to the Bounty by this Act granted, or are fit to be exported: Provided always, that no Person shall be appointed an Officer for the Performance of any of those Duties, unless such Person shall be skilful in the Trade of a Cooper, and in the curing and packing of Herrings and Fish, and fully qualified to execute the Duties which will be required of him under the Provisions of this Act; Certificates of which Qualification shall be transmitted to the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, or his or their Chief Secretary; and every such Officer so to be appointed shall obey such Instructions, Orders or Directions, as he shall from time to time receive from the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries, to be appointed by virtue of this Act, signified under their Hands, or under the Hand of their Secretary.
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