6io C. i8, 19. Anno vicefimo o£lavo Georgti II. A. D. 1755. forftlt 10 1 5I. Surt of ten Pounds ; five Pounds thereof to be paid to the Informer, and the remaining five Pounds to be to the Informer, |ai j out in amending the Roads, in fuch manner as the Commiflioners and Truftees for fuch refpective ft , Turnpikes fliall think fit. lio'krorNc-leds XVIII, Provided, That no fuch Surveyor, or other Pcrfon, {h;d!_ be liable to the faid Penalty for any committejVeL'e fuch wilful Neglcct Committed before the faid twenty-fomth Day oxjune one thoufand fcven hundred an'd S4 June 1755. fifty-five. C'tarniTig Hightvuys Jee further 30 Geo. z, c. 28. 31 Geo. 2. c. 34. CAP. XVIII. An Afl: to continue feveral Laws relating to the Diflemper now raging among the Horned Cattle in this Kingdom. The feveral Laws made to prevent the fpreading of the Diftemper amongfi: the Horned Cattle, further continued to i Sept. 1755, ^<.". Furtbc7- continued hy 29 Geo. 2. c. 28. §. 2. CAP. XIX. An A<51 for making perpetual an Ad paffed in the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of his pre- fent Majefty, for the better preventing Thefts and Robberies, and for regulating Places of publick Entertainment, and punifhing Perfons keeping diforderly Houfes ; for the further punifliing Perfons felling Ale or other Liquors without Licence ; for the preventing the burning or deftroying of Gofs, Furze or Feme, in Forefts or Chaces ; for giving further Time for the Payment of Duties omitted to be paid for the Indentures orContrads of Clerks and Apprentices, and for the filing of Affidavits of thcE.xecution of Contrafls of Clerks to Attornies and Sollicitors. Aft ..5 Geo. 2. i YKT H E RE A S an Aft paffed in the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, pnua'l,'" ^"' ' » » ^" ^^ /?'■ '^••' ^^^^ preventing Thefts and Robberies, and for regulating Places of publick Entertain- ' vient, and punijhing Perfons keeping diforderly Hotifcs, which was to continue in force until the Expiration ' of three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seilion of Parliament, has by Experience ' been found ufeful and beneficial, and is near expiring :' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that it may be ena£ted ; and be it enacted by the King's nioft Excellent Majefly, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid ASt fhall be, and the fame is hereby made perpetual. s5Ceo.2.c.3i. 'II. And whereas Doubts have arifen upon theConftrudtionof an Aft of Parliament paffed in the twenty- ' fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Jot for regulating the Manner of Ucenfmg Ale- ' houfes, in that Part of Qrcat Britain called England ; and for the more eafy conviSling Perfons felling Ale and ' other Liquors without Licence, whether a Perfon having been convifted of three feveral Offences in felling ' Ale, Beer or other Liquors, without a Licence from two Juftices of the Peace, as by the faid Act is ' direfted, is liable to any Punifhment for any fuch Offence, of which he may be guilty after fuch Third ' Conviction ;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon fo felling without a ^^^"^'^"'. 5,'^' Licence as aforefaid, after fuch third Convi6i:ion, fhall, for every fuch Offence, fo often as it fiiall happen, to'forrdr6J."i'oi'"°f'^^ '^^^ ^"" ^^ ^^ Pounds, to be levied and difpofed of in like manner as_ the Forfeitures on the firft, every Oflenc'e, fecond and third Conviction are directed to be, in and by the faid Act; and in cafe no fufficicnt Diflrefs fhall be found, whereon to levy the faid feveral Forfeitures, then the Juftice of the Peace who fhall have fe'w, 2'T l convicted fuch Offender, fliall and may commit him or her fo conviCted to the common Gaol, or other Pri- fon or Houfe of Correction within his JurifdiCtion, without Bail or Mainprize, until fuch Offender fhall be difcharged by Order of the Court of General or Quarter Seffions. ' III. Whereas the burning and deftroylng of Gofs, Furze and Fern, in and upon Forefts and Chaces, ' as it is frequently done by divers diforderly and diffolute Perfons, doth not only dcrtroy the Cover necef-
- ■ fary for the Prefervation of the Deer and Game thcie, but hath alfo been the Occafion of burning,
' damaging and deftroying of great Qiiantitles of Timber, young Springs of Wood and Underwood and ' Fences, within the faid Forefts and Chaces, and Places thereunto adjacent, to the great Damage and ' Prejudice of the Owners and Proprietors thereof; and the Laws now in Being are not fufficient to prevent ^a^rf""^'fi"- ' '■^^ fame;' Be it therefore enaCled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons not having a to Gofs Furze •'^'g^*^ °^' ^S^l Licence to do the fame, fhall at any Time after the firft Day of AugufI one thoufand ['tcn Hf.ith or Fern,' hundred and fifty-five fet fire to, burn or deftroy, or fliall abet, aid or affift in, or at the burning or deftroy- in Chaces or Fo- ing of any Gofs, Furze or Fern, growing or being in or upon any Foreft or Chace, within that Part o£ "^'^' Great Britain caWtd England, without the Licence or Confcnt of the Owner or Proprietor, or the Perfoa chiefly intrufted with the Care, Overfight, and Cuflody of fuch Foreft or Chace, or fome Part thereof, and' being brought befoie one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for the County, Riding, Divifion or Place, where fuch Foreft or Chace fhall lie, and fliall be thereof conviCted by ConfelBon, or upon the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs orWitncfl'es (which Oath fuch Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby impowered to adminifter) or upon the 'iew of fuch Juftice or Juftices, every fuch Perfon or Perfons being to forfeit notlefsfo conviCted, Ihall for every fuch Oftence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding five Pounds, nor lefs thaa mor'e than 7 ^'^^'-Y Shillings, one Moiety thereof to the Informer, and the other Moiety to the LTfe of the Poor of the Parifh where the Offence mail be committed j which Penalty, in cafe the lame be not forthwith paid, fn.iH and
