An Act to regulate the Sale of Fish at the First Hand in the Fish Markets in London and Wesminster;

Act of Parliament

Published by HMSO, 1760

About this Item

An Act to repeat so much of an Act passed in the Twenty ninth Year of His Present Majesty's Reign, concerning a free Market for Fish at Westminster, as requires Fishermen to enter their fishing vessels at the Office of the Searcher of the Customs at Gravesend; and to regulate the Sale of Fish at the First Hand in the Fish Markets in London and Wesminster; and to prevent Salesmen of Fish buying Fish to sell again on their own account; and to allow Bret and Turbot, Brill and Pearl, although under the respective Dimensions mentioned in a former Act, to be imported and sold; and to punish persons who shall take or sell any Spawn, Brood or Fry of Fish, unsizeable Fish, or Fish out of season, or smelts under the size of five inches; and for other purposes. - This is an original act printed in 1760 (20 pages in total + titlepage). Disbound but held loosely by the orginal strings and with the traces of the original leather on spine area. Page size is 30cm x 19cm. Very minor light darkening to some pages but all very clean and sound.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Act to regulate the Sale of Fish at the First Hand in the Fish Markets in London and Wesminster
• Publisher: HMSO
• Publication Date: 1760
• Binding: Original Loose Act
• Condition: Good
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  • Acts of Parliament