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Collector to give blank Journals to Masters of Fishing Vessels.
Who are to make entries therein.
Penalty.
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XII. And for the more regular keeping the Journals of the Proceedings of such Fishing Vessels, be it further enacted, That at the time any Vessel is entered for the said Fisheries, the Collector of the Port or other Officer appointed for that Purpose, under the Provisions of this Act, shall deliver to the Master or Chief Officer of said Vessel a blank Journal Book, in such Form as the said Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries shall direct or appoint, signed by the said Collector or such other Officer, and ruled under distinct Heads; in which said Master or some one of the Crew above the Age of Fourteen Years, shall enter an Account of the Proceedings of said Vessel, the Soundings upon the Coast and Fishing Banks, the Quantity of Fish taken by said Vessel, and the Quantity bought, and the times when respectively; and in default of so doing, such Vessel shall forfeit such Part of the Bounty as she might otherwise have been entitled to, as the said Commissioners of Fisheries shall think fit.
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