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64 ^t if they pay more than their proportiont to have a remedy against the rest. 7. Penalty on tinnen diggingt or bounders or lords su£&ring shafts to be dug ia the highway. LAWS OF THE STANNARIES or otherwise shall be behind and unpaid, the party and parties to whom any money shall be due for goods or wages, shall only sue the person or persons, who bought or contracted for the said goods, or hired or contracted with the labourers to work in the s^d work, and not any other adventurer. But in case the said person or persons that bought the said goods, or hired the said labourers, be not in arrears of his part of the costs and charges about the said adventure, the other adventurers who are in arrears shall make him satisfaction- for whatever shall be reco- vered against him by such suit with his own costs and damages. And in case the person ^ so sued shall be sued for more than his own costs in arrear shall amount unto, he shall have the like remedy to recover what he shall be so forced to pay over and above the arrears of his own costs incurred due at the time of such suit brought against him ; and the like remedy to be had for the pursers and captains of any work ; and in case the party or parties that shall be in arrear of their costs after such account their tin and tin stuff shall be sequestred and remain as se- curity until the matter shall be tried. 7. Item. We do declare our ancient cus- tom to be, and do hereby order, constitute, and ordain that no shafts or bits for the dig- ging for tin shall be made or wrought in any highway to the prejudice of the same, or endangering the sisifety or lives of any of his Majesty's subjects in their travelling, the said way ; and if any person shall presume so to do, or the owners of the bounds, or lord of the