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STROUDWATER
CANAL NAVIGATION:
BYE LAWS
Made at the General Meeting 9th of April, 1778,
For the better ascertaining the Tonnage of Coals which
shall be Navigated or carried up the Stroudwater
Navigation.
I. WE DO HEREBY RESOLVE, that any Barge-Masters
or other Persons, selling, or causing to be sold, any
Coals from Barges, while their Cargo is discharging,
or until the account of such Cargo of Coals is taken
and the Tonnage paid for the same, shall for every
offence forfeit a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, nor
less than Twenty Shillings, at the discretion of the
Committee for the time being.
AND that no Shafts shod with Iron shall be used
on any part of the Canal, under the penalty of Ten
Shillings for every offence.
