Tue 10 Aug 1813
Meeting at Brimscombe Port
The following bye-laws made and passed at a General assembly meeting on 2nd October 1810 to be revoked and repealed. Clause 2, 5 and 10.
The following rules and regulations be made in lieu thereof :
‘That any bargeman, waterman, boatman or other person navigating any boat or vessel on this canal who shall carry any rope or line wrapped or twisted round the shaft or pole to turn or stop any boat or vessel shall forfeit twenty shillings.’
‘That in order to prevent the great injuries and obstructions done to the navigation of the canal by boats and other vessels being overloaded it is hereby ordered that in future no boat, barge or other vessel shall be suffered to pass on this canal loaded to a greater depth than shall be allowed from time to time by the company’s agent at Brimscombe and Siddington respectively. And at no time shall any boat be permitted to pass on any part of this canal so loaded that any part thereof shall draw a greater depth than three feet six inches. Forfeit five pounds.’
‘That no boat or barge whether loaded or unloaded shall be suffered to stop or remain in any part of the canal without lawful and reasonable cause. Forfeit ten shillings for every hour the boat is stopped.’
‘That any bargeman, waterman boatman or other person drawing up or letting down the paddle or paddles of any lock a handlass shall forfeit twenty shillings.’
‘That if any bargeman, waterman, boatman or other person mooring or fastening any rope or line belonging to any vessel to the handrail of a lock gate shall forfeit twenty shillings.’
‘That if any bargeman, waterman, boatman take into or discharge out of any boat the whole or any part of the loading upon the bank of any aqueduct or other work on the canal without permission of the company’s agent at Brimscombe or Siddington shall be liable to pay the same wharfage as on the regular wharfs of the canal. Forfeit forty shillings.’
From and after the 29th September, the wharfage upon coal shall be advanced one penny per ton.
