Every fifth man a green-man.
10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every master or owner of any fishing ship going to Newfoundland (after the said twenty-fifth day of March), shall have in his ship’s company every fifth man a green-man (that is to say) not a seaman, or having been ever at sea before.
Marks of boats or train-fats not to be obliterated, etc. without consent of owner.
11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person or persons whatsoever shall at any time, after the said twenty-fifth day of March, obliterate, expunge, cut out, deface, or any wise alter or change the mark or marks of any boat or boats, train-fat, or train-fats, belonging to any other person or persons, whereby to defraud or prejudice the right owner or owners thereof, nor convert to his or their own use any boat or boats, train-fat or train-fats, belonging to any other person or persons, without his or their consent and approbation, nor remove nor take away any such boat or train-fat from the place or places where they shall be left by the owner or owners thereof, except in case of necessity, and also upon giving notice thereof to the admiral of the harbour or place where such boat or train-fat shall be left by the owner or owners, to the end that the right owners thereof may know what is become of them.
Standing trees not to be rinded, nor woods fired. Necessary fuel excepted, etc. Sayns not to be annoyed, nor nets, baits, etc. stolen.
12. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person or persons whatsoever shall, at any time after the said twenty-fifth day of March, rind any of the trees there standing or growing upon any occasion whatsoever, nor shall by any ways or means whatsoever set on fire any of the woods of the said country, or do, or cause to be done, any damage, detriment, or destruction to the same, for any use or uses whatsoever, except only for necessary fuel for the ships and inhabitants, and for the building and necessary repairs of houses, ships, boats, and train-fats, and of the stages, cook-rooms, beeches, and other places, for taking bait and fishing, and for drying, curing, and husbanding fish there; and also that no person or persons whatsoever shall, at any time after the said twenty-fifth day of March, cast anchor, or do any other matter or thing, to the annoyance or hindring of the haling of sayns in the accustomary baiting places, or shoot his or their sayn or sayns within or upon the sayn or sayns of any other person or persons whatsoever; and also that no person or persons whatsoever shall, at any time after the said twenty-fifth day of March, steal, purloin, or take out of the net or nets of any other person or persons whatsoever, lying adrift, or drover for bait by night, nor steal, purloin, or take away any bait out of any fishing boat or boats, or any net or nets belonging to any other person or persons.
Robberies, etc. in Newfoundland may be tried in any county in England, by commission of oyer and terminer.
13. And whereas several persons that have been guilty of thefts, robberies, murders, and other felonies, upon the land in Newfoundland, and the islands thereunto adjacent, have many times escaped unpunished, because the trial of such offenders hath heretofore been ordered and adjudged in no other court of justice, but before the Lord High Constable and Earl Marshal of England; for reformation thereof, and for the more speedy and effectual punishment of such offences for the time to come, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all robberies, murders, and felonies, and all other capital crimes whatsoever, which, at any time or times after the said twenty-fifth day of March, shall be done and committed in or upon the land in Newfoundland, or in any of the Islands thereunto belonging, shall and may be inquired of, tried, heard, determined, and adjudged in any shire or county of this kingdom of England, by virtue of the King’s commission or commissions of oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery, or any of them, according to the laws of this land used for the punishment of such robberies, murders, felonies, and other capital crimes done and committed within this realm.
Admirals in Newfoundland to see the rules, etc. in this act executed, keep a journal, etc. and deliver a copy thereof to the Privy Council.