Rochester Oyster Fishery Act 1865
WHEREAS from Time out of Mind there has been an Oyster Fishery (in this Act called the Fishery) in the River Medway in the County of Kent, and in many of the Creeks and Branches thereof within the Jurisdiction of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Rochester (in this Act called the Corporation), and the Fishery has been free and common to all Oystermen and Dredgers (in this Act called the Dredgers), after having served Seven Years Apprenticeship to a Dredger; And whereas an Act o...