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 A. D. i696« Anno feptimo &odavo GuLiELMi III. C. 30. 621 rployed in or about Hufbandry or Manuring of Lands, and in the carrying of Hay, Straw, Corn unthreflied. Coal, Chalk, Timber, Materials for Building, Stones of all Sorts, or luch Ammunition or Artillery as Ihall be for His Majefty's Service) (hall at any one time travel or be drawn, or go in any common or pub- lick Highway, with above eight Horfes, and not with above eight Oxen and one Horfe, or fix Oxfen and two Horfes, or two Oxen and fix Horfes, or four Oxen and four Horfes ; which faid Horfes, or Horfes and ^°« or Orec Oxen, {hall draw in Pairs with a Pole between the Wheel Horfes, or in double Shafts, and the other Hor^s '"''"*'"*'*■"• to draw in a Line with the Wheel Horfes or Oxen, in the fame Manner as they ufually draw in Coaches, upon Pain that every Owner of fuch Waggon, Wain, Cart, Carriage, Horfe or Oxen, fhall forfeit for Penalty to be every fuch Offence the Sum of forty Shillings, two third Parts whereof fhall be to the Ufe of the High- ^"'"^ by Di- ways, and the other third Part to the Informer, to be levied by Diftrefs of any one of the faid Horfes or J^f^' Oxen, by the Conftable, Tythingman, Headborough, Surveyor of the Highways, or' Overfeer of the Poor 6 Anns c. zo. ' of the Parifh or Place where the faid Offence is or fhall be committed, or any of them ; and in cafe the 9 Ann^^ c! ig' Penalty be not paid within three Days aftei- fuch Diftrefs, that then it fhall and may be lawful for the Per- i Geo. i. flat.*, fon fo diftraining to fell the fame, relforing the Overplus to the Owner thereof, the Charges of diftraining, "^^ ■"■ ^ 5 Geo. felling and keeping being firft deducted ; any thing in this or any other Law to the contrary in any wife c^'j ^^' '* notwithftanding. _ J5Geo.a.t?a. IV. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Innfhip, Liberty, Pre- 16 Geo. 2.0.29-. cinfl, or Vill, that ufes to repair their own Highways, fhall have levied the Rate of fix Pence in the •'^"y lnn*ip. Pound, and employed the fame toward the Repair of the Highways, and yet the faid Highways are notfuf- ^^';ot having iiciently repaired, that then and in fuch Cafes it fhall and may be lawful for the Juftices of the Peace, at pai/theirHl'T- their Special Seffions to be held every four Months for the Confideration of the Highways, to otder the ways, thoPaiii whole Parifii to contribute to the repairing thereof. to contribute. V. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That any Perfon that fhall have in his or her 50I. per Ann. Occupation, Wood-land, or ether Land, to the Value of Mty Founds per Jnnmn, {hall be adjudged and Land, deeir.ed deemed to have a Plough-land, as to all or any of the Purpofes within any of the Statutes heretofore made ^q^^*' '" » of or concerning the Highways ; any thing in them, or any Ufage or Cufl:om, to the contrary in any wife P'o"E''.land. notwith{landing. ' VI. And whereas it hath been found nece{rary to fecure Horfe- caufways, or Caufways for Horfes, and ' Foot-caufways, to travel upon in publick Highways, by Poffs, Blocks, or great Stones fixed in the ' Ground, or by Banks of Earth caft up, or otherwife, from being broken up and fpoiled with Waggons, ' Wains or Carts : And forafmuch as feveral evil difpofed Perfons do frequently pull up, cut down, and re- ' move the faid Pofls, Blocks and great Stones, fo fixed as aforefaid, and alfo dig and ca{l down the faid after the faid four and twentieth Day of ^zw^, every Perfon who fhall pull up, cut down, or remove any moving Pofls, Po{l, Block, great Stone, Bank of Earth or other Security, which was fet up, placed and made, for fecu- Stones, &c. fet Iting the faid Horfe and Foot Caufways from Waggons, Wains, and Carts, fhall (upon Complaint thereof "P ^^f '^"""s made to any Juftice of the Peace of the Place or Divifion, where fuch Offence (hall be proved to be done ^°'^'^ ^"^ ^'"" by the Oath of any one credible Witnefs, which Oath fuch Juflice is hereby impowered to adminiffer, or *" ™*^^* upon View of the Ju{Iice himfelf) forfeit for every of the faid Offences the Sum of twenty Shillings, one Moiety thereof to the Surveyors of the Highways of the Parifh, Town or Divifion where any of the faid Offences fhall be committed, to be employed in the Repairs of the faid Highways, and the other Moiety thereof to him that {hall difcover the fame, to be levied in Manner as aforefaid. VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe any General Surveyor, or De- Penalty on Sur- puty Surveyor, or Supervifor of His Maje{ly's own private Roads, or other Perfon or Perfons, fhall make veyorscom- any Compofition, or demand, take or receive any Sum or Sums of Money, or other Reward whatfoever, ptiunding with of any Carrier, Waggoner, or other Perfon or Perfons, upon the Account of drawing with any Number of ^^ssoners, &c. Horfes or Oxen, otherwife than as is appointed by this Aif, or for any other Offence in Relation to the ^"rtter^Prom- Highways, that every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending fhall forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum oi H-'h't'l"^ "^ forty Pounds ; one Moiety whereof fhall be applied to the Repair of the faid Highways, and the other jj^Cra.T.'r, 28. Moiety to the Ufe of fuch Perfon who fhall fue for the fame, to be recovered by Adion of Debt, Bill, z.Ceo'.z'.c!^-^' Plaint or Information, wherein no Effoin, ProteiSlion, Privilege or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, nor »6 '^'^°' *• f> aS^. any more than one Imparlance J any Law, Statute or Ufage, to the contrary notwith{ianding. ®'3°- 28 Geo. Geo. 2. c, 28. and ^ Geo, 2, c, 34, CAP, XXX. An Aft for laying feveral Duties upon Low Wines or Spirits of the firft Extradion, and for preventing tlie Frauds and Abufes of Brewers, Diftillers, and other Perfons chargeable with the Duties of Excife. TT'^OR the Supplying Your Maje{l:y's extraordinary Occafions, and the better Support of Icj^r Govern- 12W. t c ir Ij mmt; be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefly, by and with the Advice and Confent of the §. 6. ' 3 & 4 ' Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prelent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority -Ann. 0,4, of the fame. That from and after the five and twentieth Day oi Anarch in the Year of our Lord one thou- ■f">^- '-ss^j {and fix hundred ninety-fix, until the five and twentieth Day o{ March, which fliall he in the Year of our 3?^" Lord one thoufand feven hundred and one, there fliall be paid, by way of Excife, unto His Majeffy, His ExcifeonLow^' Heirs, and Succeffors, for all Low V'"ines or Spirits of the fiifr Extraction, drawn by any Difliller or other Wines. Perfon making or drav/ing Spirits or Strong Vv'aters for Sale or Exportation, v/ithin this Kingdom of 'liiefe Duties 3 ^nglanck^'^'^s'^^i-'
 * Banks, which are the Securities and Defences of the faid Caufways, whereby the Caufways are often
 * ruined and deflroyed :' For Remedy whereof, be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and penajt- forre*