The wardens who are to be elected
and chosen for the awarding of herring to the community shall be given
their oath every year on Michaelmas [September
29] or the day after at the latest. They shall honestly
and impartially award and assign to the community
its share of all fresh herring
that is brought to the quay by any fisherman, regardless who may be his
host, except [in cases
where] the fishermen are townsmen or are being hosted by
[one of] the bailiffs. No herring are to be awarded,
neither for bribe nor through favouritism, to any man who resides
outside of the town, only to the community that is, every man
dwelling in the town, according to his status, be it last, half-last,
one thousand, or half a thousand. They may take for their labour, 4d.
from every last, 2d. from every half-last, 1d. from every thousand, and
a half-penny from every half thousand, as per an old ordinance made in
the past. The wardens shall honestly collect and levy the money for
the herring that they award to the community and shall deliver it, or
have it delivered, to the hosts, so that the fishermen are not ill-served
through default in payment. If any warden acts contrarily to any aspect
of this ordinance, he shall pay 10s. fine for each proven fault, without
any remission.