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2.oo C. i2. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. A. D. 1718. p]ices in two Months after the fame fhall have been committed, fo as his Accomplice or Accomplices in fuch collufive quitted ' 3C " Seizure be convicted thereof, the Offender fo difcovering fhall be clearly acquitted and difcharged of fuch qv " L ' his Offence. R hc,'dT fm an/ XXV -I- An ^ be !t further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon, other than the Of- ln three Month? ^ cer °*' trie R evsnue making fuch collufive Seizure, or the Importer and Owner of the Goods fo feized fhall within three Months after fuch Seizure, difcover to the CommilTioners of the Cuftoms in England or Scotland reflectively, any Perfon or Perfons who fhall have been guilty of fuch Fraud, fo as fuch Perfon or Perfons be convicted thereof, the Perfon fo difcovering fhall receive to his 'own Ufe one Half Part of his Majefty's Share of what fhall be recovered on the Conviction of fuch Offender or Offenders. DifWbutionof XXVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes, touching which no uifeitmes. fpecial Diftribution is provided by this Act, one Moiety of the feveral Penalties and Forfeitures in this Farther Prc-vi/i- Act mentioned fhall be to the Ufe of his Majelly, his Heirs and Succeifors, and the other Moiety to fuch ' onsconcermr.g Perfon or Perfons as fhall fue for and profecute the fame by Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Ma- Cufiom, 6 Geo. jetty's Courts of Record at JVeJlmlnJler or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, (except where it is in 1. c. ii. 7 Geo. thi s Act otherwife directed) wherein no Eflbin, Protection or Wager of Lav/ fhall be allowed. I. fl. I. C. 21. ° , • '• c% *5> i?, £? 31. 9 Geo. x. c. 21. n Geo. I. c. 7 £? 3c. is Ceo. 1. c. 2S. 1 Geo. 2. ft. 2. e. 17. 9 Geo. 2.. c. 35. 15 Geo. 2. c. 31. jS Cen.z. c. 2S. jy Geo. z. c. 34. ziGeo. 2. c. 2. 28 Geo. 2. c. 21. 30 Geo. 2. e. iSfeJ'29. 32 Geo. 2. e. 10. CAP. XII. An Act for making more effectual the feveral Acts paft for repairing and amending the High- ways of this Kingdom. 13 EW. 1. ft. 2. * I. "YTT WHEREAS divers Acts of Parliament have been made for the better repairing and amending the c. 5; 14SP15 ' VV Highways within this Kingdom, and for the preventing Carriers and Waggoners from carrying f; g' "• 6 ' 2 2 6 ' exceffive Burdens, which have hitherto proved wholly ineffectual, and the great Roads have from Time &-^p!sJm. 2 c . ' t0 Time become more ruinous, (notwithftanding the Expence Travellers are put to at the feveral Turn- 8. 5 El. c. 13.* pikes) to the great Decay of the Trade and Commerce of this Realm :' For Remedy whereof, Be it i%El. c. 10. enacted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Content of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the four and twentithDay of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred After June 24, and nineteen no Waggon travelling for Hire fhall go or be drawn with more than fix Horfes, either at 1715, no Wag- Length, or in Pairs or Sideways ; and that from and after the faid four and twentieth Day of June no f° n H™ T fll'li B h ^ art trave "' n S f° r Hire fhall go or be drawn with more than three Horfes, under the Pains, Penalties and drawrTwith " Forfeitures herein after-mentioned, (that is to fay) That if any travelling W.ggon for Hire fhall, from mme than fix and after the faid four and twentieth Day of June, go or be drawn with more than fix Horfes, that the Horfes, norCartOwner or Driver of fuch Waggon for Hire fhall forfeit and lofe all the Horfes above fix in a Waggon, with more than w ith all Geers, Bridles, Ffalters and Accoutrements, to the fole Ufe and' Benefit of any Perfon or Perfons of forfeltf em ^o fhah feize or diftrain the fame ; and if any Cart travelling pr carrying for Hire fhall, at any Time the s'eizo'r'dl ° f rom and after the faid four and twentieth Day of June, go, travel or be drawn with more than three theHovfcs above Horfes, that the Owner or Driver of fuch Cart fo travelling for Hire fhall forfeit and lofe all the Horfes that Number, above three, with all Geers, Bridles, Halters and Accoutrements, to fole Ufe and Benefit of any Perfon or with ail Geers, p er f ons wno ft^]] fe j ze or diftrain the fame. br.dles, &c. Altered 16 Geo. 2. c. 29. 26 Geo. 2. c. 30. Perfons feizing II. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That. whatever Perfon or Perfons fhall make fhall deliver the any Seizure or Diftrefs for any of the Penalties hereby incurred, fuch Perfon or Perfons fnall deliver the Horfes, &c. to Horfe or Horfes, or other Things fo feized or diftrained, into the Cuftody of the Conftable or fome other ftable fX &c° n " Parifh-officer of the fame, next or adjacent Town or Parifh where fuch fuch Diftrefs or Seizure is made, (who are hereby required to receive into their Cuftody and fafely to keep the fame) till the Perfon or Perfons who made fuch Diftrefs or Seizure, {hall make Proof upon Oath before fome Juftice of the Peace of the Offence coTimitted ; and the faid Juftice or Juftices, before whom fuch Proof is made, are hereby re- o a Precept to faid juftice or Juftices ihaii allow and direct the Con (table, &c. to ddiverthe Horfes, &c. to the Seizor. ' III. And whereas one other great Decay of the publick Highways or Roads of the Kingdom is great- ' ly occafioned -by the very narrow Streaks or Tire of late ufed for binding the Wheels of travelling Wag- After Sept. so, c g ons f or Hire, and fetting on the fame with rofe-headed Nails :' For preventing of which, Be it enacted, Was?on"nJvine That from and after the nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand {even hundred and nineteen, theWh'-eis no fuch travelling Waggon for Hire, having the Wheels bound with Streaks or Tire of a Jefs Breadth than bound with two inches and aJEUlf, when worn, or being fetor frftned on with rofe-headed Nails, fhall go or be drawn 2 with