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3o8 C. 42. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament The Reconpente to be afllmblcd, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the firft Day oi Augiijl one thou- ir.ade under the recited {^.nA feven hundred and fifty-eight, every Recompcnce to be made by virtue of the faid A6f, fhall be Rights of Crmmon of ^"^^^ ^^ ^'^^ Perfon or Perfons interefted in the faid Right of Common, in Proportion to their refpec- Pajiurein Grounds to ^'.^6 Inteteft or Interefts therein j and not to be paid to the Oveifeer or Overieers of the Poor, as is be indcied for pbn-ing direded by the faid A61. Trees, is to be paid to the Perfons refpedlivcly interefied therein, and not to the Overfeers of the Poor. Tenants fcr Life, or for Terms of Years deter- minable thereupon, may execute th" Powe s gi- ven by the recited and this h€(, ("uring 'heir refpedtive Inierefts. £ut no Aft of theirs is ' II. And whereas Doubts may arife whether Tenants for Life, of for Terms of Years, dcter- ' minable upon one or more Life or Lives, be Owners, within the Meaning of this A6t, and that of ' the twenty-ninth of his prefent Majefty,s Reign j' Bo it enacted by the Authoiity aforefaid. That the Powers given to fuch Owners by this Aft, and the faid KQi of the twenty-ninth of his pre- fent Majefly's Reign, may be executed by fuch Tenants for Life, or Years, during their rcfpe<Slive Interefts. III. Provided always. That nothing done by fuch Tenants for Life, or Terms of Years, by vir- Det^e'^nna^^'^^' ff"h^ ^"^ of this Ad, or by the Aft: of the twenty-ninth Year of his prefent Majefly's Reign, fhall have thdr Eflau'.°" *' " Effed or Continuance after the Determination of the Eftate of fuch Tenants for Life, or Terms of Years. CAP. XLII. An A(5b for making perpetual feveral A6ls therein mentioned, for preventing Theft and Rapine on the Northern Borders oi England; for the more effedlual punifliing- wicked and evil difpofed Perfons going armed in Difguife, and doing Injuries and Vi- olences to the Perfons and Properties of his Majefty's Subjefls, and for the more fpeedy bringing the Offenders to Juftice; and alfo two Claufes to prevent the cutting or breaking down the Bank of any River or Sea Bank and to prevent the malicious cutting of Hop Binds for the more effedual Punifhment of Perfons malicioudy fetting on Fire any Mine, Pit or Delph of Coal, or Canal Coal ; and of Perfons unlawfully' hunting or taking any Red or Fallow Deer in Forefts or Chafes ; or beating or wound- ing the Keepers or other Officers in Forefts, Chafes or Parks ; and alfo fo much of an Acl as relates to the Power of appealing to the Circuit Courts in Civil Cafes, in Scotland. "* preamble. Aft 13 tc 14 Car. 2. C. 22. and feveral Claufes and )^owers in the A£t uf 6 Geo. 2. c. 37. relating theicto; and which were conti- nued by feveral fubfe- fjuent Ads, ate made perpetual. 17 Geo. 2. c. 40. z^Cto, 2. c. 57. Aft 9 Gfo. T. c. 21. and which was continoed by feveral fuklctjuent Acts, i'l made perpetual. 12 Ceo. 1. <•. TO. 6 Cro. 2. e. 37. 10 Cto. 2. c. 32. ijCfO. 2. c. 4c. 24 Cm. 2. c. 57.

  • "IT 7 H E RE AS the Laws herein after mentioned, which have by Experience been found ufe-

' VV f^il and beneficial, are near expiring:' May it therefore pleafe your mod Excellent Majefty, that it may be enadled ; and be it enabled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ment aflemblcd, and by the Authority of the fame. That an A3, made in the thirteCiUh and four- teenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, Jn A^ for preventhig Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders £/" England ; which by feveral Adls hath from Time to Time been continued; and by an Aft made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty (for making perpetual feveral A6ls, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned) was further continued until the firft Day oi September one thoufand fevcn hundred and forty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of Parliament; and alfo feveral Claufes, Powers and Authorities, in the afore- mentioned Adl made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for the more efFedlual preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders oi England; and which by the faid Aft were to continue in Force until the firft Day oi September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next SeJTion of Parliament ; and v/hich faid AcSf, together with the faid feveral Claufes, Powers and Authorities, were by feveral fubfequent Afts made in the fcventccjith and twenty-fourth Years of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, further continued until the firft Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- fevcn, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; are temporary and near expiring, fliall be, and are hereby made perpetual. II. And be it further ena£^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That an Aft: made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled. An A^ for the ?nore effectual tun ifl)- ing wicked and evil difpofed Perfons going armed in Difgufe, and doing Injuries and Violences to the Ferfons and Properties of his Alajeflys Subjc£is., and for the more fpeedy bringing the Offenders to Juflice; which by feveral fubfequent Adls, one made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, and the others made in the fixth, tenth, fcventcenth and twenty-fourth Years of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further continued until the firft Day of Septejuber one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; is temporary and near expiring, fhall be, and is hereby made perpetual. III. And