Bye Laws Booklet, 1845

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1845

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Bricks, Corn, Sand, Slate, Pantiles, Stone, and
Merchandize of every description, direct and point
out to the Masters, Owners, or Mangers of every
Boat, Keel, or other Vessel, and to every other Person
or Persons who shall bring any Goods, Stone, Timber,
or other Merchandize into or upon the said Wharfs
of the said Company of Proprietors, where and upon
What part of such Wharfs the same shall be landed
and placed: And in case any such Master, Owner, or
Manager of any Boat, Keel, or other Vessel, or any
such other Person or Persons whatsoever, shall refuse
or neglect to obey the direction of such Agents or
Wharfingers in that respect, or shall place and lay the
same on any other place on the said Wharfs than as
so directed and pointed out by such Agents or Whar-
fingers, every such Master, Owner, or Manager, or
such other Person or Persons as aforesaid, so refusing
or neglecting or otherwise offending as aforesaid, shall
for every such offence forfeit and pay to the said
Company of Proprietors the sum of Five Pounds, to
be levied by distress and Sale of the offenders Goods
and Chattels, returning the overplus, if any, after
deducting the charges of such distress and Sale, to
the Owner or Owners of such Goods and Chattels,

BYE LAW
Made at a General Meeting of the Proprietors of the
Stroudwater Navigation, held at the GEORGE Inn,
STROUD, on Wednesday, the 24th Day of April, 1822.
Imposing a Fine of £5, on all Masters, &c., of Vessels
coming from or entering into the Gloucester and Berk-
eley Canal, who shall neglect to give an Account of their
Cargoes to the Company's Clerk at Framilode.

X. ORDERED AND ENACTED as a Bye Law, for the
good and orderly using the said Navigation, That the
Masters, Owners, and Managers of every Boat, Keel,
and other Vessel, which shall enter the Stroudwater

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