A. D. 1562. Anno qtiinto Rcginac El i 2 | ■<* any Quarry orQnarries ml bring within their laid Parifh or Limll , in [> iouml in any fuehQaarry or Quarries, it (lull and may be lawful to every I , for the Life afore&i ■!, in the i feveral Grounds of any Perfon 01 Perl whcic they fha!l be Supervifors, and nigh a Ijoining I • the V9 11 01 W be thought neceflary to be made, and wherein Gravel, Sandoi Cinders in be digged for Gravel, Sand or Cindcn,, and likewife to g within the Parifh, and meet to he tiled for fuch Service and Purpofi , much as by the Discretion of the laid Supervifors fhall be thought neceflary to bi • , of the ("aid Highways. IV. Provided always, That it Hull not be lawful to any fiich "Supervifor or Supervifor ' . V of this Adt, to caufe any Rubbifh to be digged out of any Quarry 01 Quarries, bul ot to fuch Rubbifh as lhall be found there ready digged bv the Ownei or Owners of tl or Quanics or othcrwife by his or their Licence and Commandment i (l) nor lhall not extend or* 1 '*' give Authority to any Supervifor or Supervifors to dig or caufe to be digged an I I in the Houfe, Garden, Orchard or Meadow of any I'erfon orPejrfons j (() nor I Adt to any fuch Supervifor or Supervifors, to caufe any more Pits to be digged for (/ravel in any fev :ral and enclofed Ground than one only •, and that the fame Pit ot Hole fo digged tor Gravri as ia ai >rei i I fli JJ wherein any fuch Pit lhall be made and digged, for every Default five Marks, to be recovered by Adtion ot Debt, as in other like Cafes of Debt hath been accuftomed. ' V. And forafmuch as the Highways in fundry Places of this Realm be full of continual Springs and ' Water-courfes, by continual Increafe and Sinking whereof into the Ground, the (aid Ways are not only
- very deep and dangerous, but alfo for the mod part impoffible to be amended and repaired in any good
1 and fufricient Manner, without fomc further Remedy provided for the fame :' VI. Be it therefore by the Authority aforefaid further enadted, That from henceforth every fuch Super- Ton vifor and Supervifors, as is aforefaid, mail by Force of this Adt, within the Parifh or Limits Where he or Wj ' rf they fhall be Supervifors, have full Power and Authority to turn any fuch Water-courfe or Spring of Water, ~ tn ' being in any of the laid Highways, into any Ditch or Ditches of the feveral Ground or Soil of any I'erfon or Perfons whatfhever next adjoining to the laid Ways, in fuch Manner and Form as by the Difcretions of the faid Supervifors lhall be thought nieeteft and mod convenient. VII. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Hcyes, Fences, Dikes or Hedges F-n^« mJ next adjoining on either Side to any high or common fairing Way, fliall from Time to Time be diked, Ditch™ near rhe fcoured, repaired and kept low, and all Trees and Bufhes growing in the Highways, cut down by the Wj " *' Owner or Owners of the Ground or Soil which lhall be inclofed with the laid Heyes, Fences, Dikes OT t ],eWoo Hedges aforefaid, whereby the laid Ways may be open, and the People have more ready and eafy Pallagc.-: in the fame : (?J And whereas in the laid Statute made in the (aid fecond and third Years of the Reign of the laid King Philip and Queen Maty, there arc but four Days yearly appointed for the Rcparatirns and Amendment of the laid Highways: (3) Be it further by this prefent Parliament enacted, That from hence- si* D--- forth there fliall be yearly fix Days, during the Time and Force of this Eftatute, obferved, tiled and em- pointed ployed in Reparation and Amendment of the faid Highways, in like Manner and Form as the faid four Days ? T: were limited and appointed to be obferved and kept by the faid Eftatute made in the faid fecond and third *,*pi[*" 4 u Years of King Philip and Queen Mary. c ,g. VIII. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That from henceforth all and every fuch Su- Thi S pervifor and Supervifors for the Time being, within one Month next after Default or Offence made, done ft or committed by any Pcifon or Perfons, contrary to the Provifion, Purport and true Meaning of the faid Ella- e . v ~ tute made in the fecond and third Years of King Philip and Queen Mary, or contrary to the Provifion, "" Purport and true Meaning of this prefent Adt, lhall prefent every fuch Default or Offence to the next Jul- c erl :$ 0JIe f tice of Peace for the Time being ; (2) upon Pain to forfeit for every fuch Default or Offence, in fuch Sort every offence not by them prefented, forty Shillings : (3) And that every fuch Juftice of Peace, to whom any fuch De- prrfenti fault or Offence fhall be prefented as is aforefaid, lhall certify the fame Prefentment i'o to him made, at the naltSeffi next General Seffions within the faid County then next after to be holden ; (4) upon Pain to forfeit lor not certifying of every fuch Prefentment of every fuch Default or Offence, as is aft) refold, live Pounds : (5) And that the Jufticcs of Peace of every County where the faid Defaults or Offences (hall be committed, thill immediately have Authority to enquire of any fuch Default or Offence committed within the Limits of their Commiffion, at every their Quarter-Seffions, and to aflefs fuch Fines for the fame, as they or two of them, whereof one to be of the Quorum^ fliall think meet. IX. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Juftice ofPer.ce fhall have Autl ; - rityby this Statute, upon his own proper Knowledge, in the open General Seffions, to make Pielentr.ient. .^■" [i ^,^ i ^ e ' of any Highway not well and fufliciently repaired and amended, or of any other Default or Offence com- ar: ., ;,, own mittedand done within the County and Limits of his Commiffion, contrary to the Provihon and Intent or k- this Statute, or the faid Statute made in the fecond and third Years of King Philip and Queen Mary : (2] J And that every fuch Prefentment made by any fuch Juftice of Peace upon his own Knowledge, as is afore-™** ^ 3 * W " faid, fliall be as good, and of the fame Force, Strength and Effedr in the Law, as if the fame had been pre-^ ,^ fented, found and adjudged by the Oath of twelve Men : ( >) And- that fox every Juch Default fo prefented, Affi as is aforefaid, the Juftices of the Peace of the faid County lhall immeaiiudv, at the (aid Geftei , Fines fof De- j B 2, h 3« '-'■'■
