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Penalty on Persons stealing Ropes and Cables, &c.
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XXVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall wilfully and maliciously hurt, cut, damage, or destroy any Ship, Wherry, Boat, or other Vessel, lying within the present Harbour of Dunmore, or upon the Piers, Quays, Roads, or Way leading to or belonging to the said Harbour, or either or any of them, any Rope, Cable, Anchor, Oar, Spear, or any Tackling, Necessary, or Material, belonging to any such Ship, Wherry, Boat, or other Vessel, or any of the Furniture, Cargo, or Property belonging to or on board such Ships or Vessels, or any Goods or Property of any Person or Persons whatsoever, which may be lying at, upon, or along such Piers, Quays, Roads, or Ways, or any of them, or any of the Tools, Implements, Materials, or other Goods, Chattels, or Property used or intended to be used in the said Harbour, or the Works connected therewith or belonging thereto, or to the said Commissioners, or to any other Person, for the Use of the said Works, that then and in such Case the Person or Persons so offending shall upon Conviction forfeit and pay any Sum not less than Two Pounds, or more than Ten Pounds, in the Discretion of the Justice, before whom such Offender shall be convicted of such Offence.
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