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426 C. 8. Anno tricefimo tertio Georgu II. A. D. 1759. appoint (which Orders fhall be made without Fee or Reward); Regard being always had to the Seafon of the Year, and the Length and Condition of the Roads through which fuch Carriages are to travel. XXVIII. And in cafe the faid publick Stock of the County or Riding be not fufficient (over and above the other Purpofes for which it was raifed) to fatisfy the extraordinary Charge" The McDcy for thofe of Carriages before mentioned ; It is hereby further enacted. That the faid Juftices of the Peace in Purpofes how to be jj^g General Qiiarter-Seflions (ball have Power from time to time to raife Monies upon the refpec- "■^ ' tive Counties or Ridings in fuch Manner as they now raife Monies for building or repairing County Gaols and Bridges, to fatisfy the faid extraordinary Charge of Carriages. No Waggon, &c. to car- XXIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted. That no Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Car- ry above 20 hundred liage, impreffed by the Authority of this A<St, fhall be liable or obliged, by virtue of this "^'c'S^t. _/t, to carry above twenty hundred Weight ; any thing in this A61 contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Carriages in Scotland XXX. And be it further enadled, That the Carriages for the Service of the Marine Forces quar- how to be provided. tered or marching in Scotland, {hall be provided in like Manner, and at the Rates, and the Furniflier of fuch Carriages fhall be paid, as was dire»£led by the Law in Force in Scotland at the Time of the Union, with regard to the furnifhing Carriages for Land Forces. Marines Wives, &c. not XXXI. And be it ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Officer, Military or Civil, to be quartered without by this Aft authorized to quarter Marines in any Houfes hereby appointed for that Purpofe, fhall ^°" • at any Time, during the Continuance of this AcSt, quarter any of the Wives, Children, Men ot Maid-fervants of any Officer or Marine in any fuch Houfes, againft the Confent of the Owners j Pgjjgjjy^ the Party offending, if an Officer of the A4arine fhall, upon Complaint and Proof thereof made to the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, or Judge Advocate, be ipfo fa^o cafhiered ; and if a Conftable, Tythingman, or other Civil Officer, he fhall forfeit to the Party aggrieved twenty Shillings, upon Complaint and Proof thereof made to the next Juftice of the Peace, to be levied by Warrant of fuch Juftice, by Diftrefs and Sale of his Goods, rendering the Overplus to the Party, after deducing reafonable Charges in taking the fame. Penalty on Officers or XXXII. And for the better Prcfervation of the Game, in or near fuch Place where any Of- Marines deftroying the licers or Soldiers fhall at any Time be quartered ; Be it enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That G<>me. if, from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, any Officer or Marine fhall, without Leave of the Lord of the Manor, under his Hand and Seal firft had and obtained, take, kill or deflroy any Hare, Coney, Pheafant Partridge, Pigeon, or any other Sort of Fowls, Poultry or Fifh, or his Majefly's Game, within the Kingdom oi Great Britain; and upon Complaint thereof fliall be, upon Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or WitnelTes, con- vidled before any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, who is and are hereby impowered and authorized to hear and determine the fame ; (that is to fay) every Officer fo offending fhall for every fuch Of- fence forfeit the Sum of five Pounds, to be diftributed among the Poor of the Place where fuch Of- fence fliall be committed ; and every Officer commanding in Chief upon the Place, for every fuch OfFeice committed by any Marine under his Command, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be paid and diftributed in Manner aforefaid : And if, upon Conviction made by the Juftices of the Peace, and Demand thereof alfo made by the Conftable or Overfeers of the Poor, fuch Officer fhall refufe or negleiSl, and not v/ithin two Days pay the faid refpecSfive Penalties, fuch Officer fo refufing or neglecting fhall forfeit, and is hereby declared to have forfeited his Commiflion, and his Com- miffion is hereby declared to be null and void. ' XXXIil. And whereas feveral Marines, who being duly entered, may afterwards defert, and

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Conftable! may appre- hereby further ena£ted. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Conftable, Headborough, or here Defeneis, and car- Tythingman of the Town or Place where any Perfon, who may be reafonably fufpedted to be fuch ry them betoie a Juftice. ^ ^gferter, fhall be found, to apprehend, or caufe him to be apprehended, and to caufe fuch Per- fon to be brought before any Juftice of the Peace living in or near fuch Town or Place, who is hereby impowered and reqiiircd to examine fuch fufpeCted Perfon ; and if by his Confeffion, or the Teftimony of one or more Witnefs or WitnefTes, upon Oath, or by the Knowledge of fuch Juftice of the Peace, it fhall appear or be found, that fuch fufpeCted Perfon is a Marine duly entered, and Juftice to commit them, ought to be with the Company to which he belongs ; fuch Juftice of the Peace fl-iall forthwith caufe him to be conveyed to the Gaol of the County or Place where he fhall be found ; or to the Houfe of Correftion, or ot'-^r puhlick Prifon, in fuch Town or Place where fuch Deferter fhall be appre- hended ; or :'> the Savoy, in cafe fuch Deferter fhall be apprehended within the Cities o^ London or and tranfmit an Account V/eJiminficr, r T Places adjacent ; and tranfmit an Account thereof to the Secretary of the Admiralty to the Secretary of the foj- the Time being, to the End fuch Perfon may be proceed' d againft according to Law : And the Call Uc'e^tr to receive K:ecptr of fuch Gaol, Houfc of Corrcdion, or P.ifon, Hiall receive the full Subfiftence of every the'subnaeLe of De-' ^"^h Deferter, during the Time he fhall continue in his Cuftody, for the Maintenance of fuch De- jtiters. ft-rtcr ; but fhall not be entitled to any Fee or Reward, vu account of the Imprifonment of any fuch Def.rtcf; any Law, Ufagc or Cuftom to the contrary not. ithftanding. XXXlV. And for the better Encouragement of any Perfon or Perfons to fecure or apprehend P.'wa-d for talcing up fuch D' fcners ; fJe it further enndted by the Authorii) aforefaid, That fuch Juftice of the Peace ^'f«»"»' ih-iU alfo iffue his Warrant in vVriring to the Collector or CoUcitors of the Lmd Tax Money of the Parifh or Townftiip where fuch Deferter fhall be apprehended, for paying out of the Land Tax Money ariftn or to ariie in the Year one thoufand fcvcn hundred and lixty, into the Hands o( fuch Perfon