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Commissioners may ascertain Measures for Herrings, &c.
Using Measures not marked by order of Commissioners.
Penalty, &c.
Provisions of this Act against fraudulent branding extended to this Provision.
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XLIX. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries shall be and they are hereby empowered to fix and determine, by Rules or Regulations to be made by them for that Purpose, the Content or Capacity of every Measure by which Herrings or other Fish taken in the Irish Fishery shall be bought and sold, also the Form or Dimensions thereof, the Sort or Sorts of Wood of which it shall be made, the Thickness of every Part thereof, the Number, Dimensions of the Hoops with which it shall be bound, and whether the Whole or what Part of such Hoops shall be of Iron; and also to determine and direct what Marks or Characters shall be set, and upon what Part or Parts of every such Measure; and also to appoint a fit Person or Persons at such Place or Places as they shall think proper to examine the same; and upon finding any such Measure to be conformable in all respects to the Rules or Regulations to be made by the said Commissioners as aforesaid, to cause such Marks or Characters as aforesaid, to be branded thereon with a hot Iron in his presence, according to the Rules and Regulations aforesaid; and if at any time after the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty, any Measure not so marked or branded as aforesaid, shall be made use of in the buying or receiving, selling or delivering of Herrings or other Fish in the Irish Fishery, or on any Part of the Coasts or Shores of Ireland, every Person so making use thereof, shall forfeit the said Measure, and also the Sum of Ten Pounds, and the said Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries shall cause the said Measure to be destroyed; and that the Provisions made by this Act against the fraudulent branding of Barrels of Herrings with any Mark or Character by this Act appointed to be branded thereon, by order and in presence of an Officer of the Fisheries, shall extend and be construed to extend to the Subject of this Provision, and to be put in execution against any Person or Persons fraudulently branding any Measure with such Marks or Characters as shall be appointed by the said Commissioners, or with any Marks or Characters counterfeiting the same.
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