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 7^6 C. 33 — 3^' Anno nono & decimo G u L I E L M I III. A. D. 1698 • Further DJrabi- tion, enjoy or poffefs any OfEce, Place or Employment, fuch OfEce, Place or Employment fliall be void litiep If a fccond and is hereby declared void : And if fuch Perfon or Perfons fliall be a fecond time lawfully convifted as time conviaed aforefaid, of all or any the aforefaid Crimeor Crimes, that then he or they 'fhall from thenceforth be dif- thereof. abled to fue, profecute, plead or ufe any Aftion or Information in any Court of Law or Equity, or to be Guardian of any Child, or Executor or Adminiftrator of any Perfon, or capable of any Legacy or Deed of Gift, or to bear any OfEce, Civil or Military, or Benefice Ecclefiaftical for ever within this Realm and fhall alfo fufFer Imprifonment for the Space of three Years, without Bail or Mainprize, from the Time of fuch Conviction. . . :, NoProfecution U. Provided always, and be it enacSed by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon fliall be profecuted by unlefs informa- virtue of this Aft, for any Words fpoken, unlefs the Information of fuch Words Ihall be given upon Oath tion be given in before One or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, within four Days after fuch Words "fpoken, and the mrds^fpoke" Profecution of fuch Offence be within three Months after fuch Information. &c. ' in. Provided alfo, and be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That any Perfon or Perfons, convided Perfon for the of all or any of the aforefaid Crime or Crirnes, in Manner aforefaid, fliall for the firft Offence (upon his firfl: Offence, her, or their Acknowledgment and Renunciation of fuch Offence or erroneous Opinions, in the fame Court (on renouncing where fuch Perfon or Perfons was or were convided", as aforefaid, within the Space of four Months after coni^aion)niall any thing in this A6t contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithflanding. * be difcharged from Penalty, CAP. XXXIII. &c. £ X P. -^n ^^ ^° ^°P the coining Farthings and Halfpence for one Year. CAP. XXXIV. r&6W. &M. An Aft for the better and more orderly Payment of the Lottery Tickets now payable out of certain c, 7. ' additional Duties of Exciffe, and of other Annuities lately payable out of the Tunnage Duties. Duties 5&6W. &M, of Excife granted by 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 7. to be applied to Payment of the Arrears of the Annuities «• H- to z<^ March i6g6. Growing Produce applied to the Annuities. Lottery Tickets to be paid. Addi- 5&6W.&M. tional Duties of Excife appropriated to the Annuities. EXP. .20. C A p. XXXV. 6 W. 3. c. 6. An KSt for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the charging, collefting, and paying the Duties upon Mar- 8w!3."c.'2o. riages. Births, Burials, Batchelors, and Widowers. Yrom 2^ June 1699. Juftices of Peace to be Com- 7W. 3. c. 35. miffioners for this Aft. Ecclefiaftical Perfon to fet down the Degrees, feV. of every Perfon chriftened, 9.&10W. 3. fjff. and in cafe of Burials, of the Heir, i^c. Of Birth, the Father's and Mother's Name, fa'c. And of c. 10. Marriage, the Place of Abode of the Hufband, &c. Under Penalty. Perfon who ought to pay the f jq"°^'^* '*■ Duty, to give an Account of the Degree of the Perfon buried, ^c. The Words Ecclefiajlical Perfons to . ' comprehend Bifhops, where Marriages, i^c. are celebrated by them. Perfon removing before Duty paid, Commiffioners may certify fuch Default, is'c. and for Non-payment diftrain. For want of Diftrefs Of- fender to be committed to Prifon. Cpmmiffioners to njeet once in three Months, and warn Afleflbrs, CoUeftors, i^c. to appear before them and bring in their Affeffments. Commiffioners may examine the faid Affeffments, bfc. and caufe Perfons omitted, &c. to be taxed. Duplicates of the gtofs Sums to be tranfmitted to the Exchequer. CoUeftors to render their Accounts on Oath. CoUeftors to have an ad- ditional Allowance of •^d. per YounA. And Commiffioners, Clerks id.perYoxxnA. Perfon not paying Duty in twenty Days after due, to pay double. The ten Days allowed for Appeal to begin from the Demand of the Duty. EXP. CAP. XXXVI. P R« An Aft for the Increafe and Prefervation of Timber in the Neiv-Forefi in the County of Southampton. Two hundred Acres, Part of the Nezv Forejl in Hampjhlre, to be inclofed for the Growth of Timber, £?<.•. and fet out by Commiffioners, £5V. Inclofures to be made. Two hundred Acres more to be inclofed yearly for zo Years, feV. And to remain in Poffeffion of the Crown for ever, as a Nurfery for Wood only, f Decayed Trees to be fet out for making the Inclofures. When the Woods growing in the Inclofures are pafi- Danger of browfing of Deer, i^c. fo that the fame may be laid open, the King may inclofe the like Qtiantity of Acres for fo much laid open, is'c. free from all Common, dft-. Wood not to be felled with- out Allowance, ^f. Nor Coppice Woods cut, fs";:. Inclofures not to be plowed or fowed, {3V. Penalty on Forefter, Keeper, isc. browfing or lopping any Oak or Beech Tree in the Foreft. Charcoal not to be rnade in the Foreft within 1000 Paces of any liiclofure, Wc. Coal Hearths to be fenced with Heath, ^c, Perfons breaking down any of the Inclofures, i^c. may be fined, and committed to Gaol, isc. This Aft not to alter the Foreft Laws, iSc. Right of Common of Pafture, i^c. in the Foreft preferved. After ,_,, .;. ; Michaelmas 1716. and not before. Right of Common of Pafture continued in the wafte Ground. Saving -jbio.anotiKd) -j^ight of Fuel to the adjacent Inhabitants, provided they do not fell the fame, b°f. Grant of any the -ii;05'iUM-r. '- faid Inclofures, Trees, i^c. void. Notice to be given when any Sale of Wood fhall be made in the Foreft, i^c. Officers to value the Wood before Sale. Beft Bidder to be the Purchafer. No Fee, l£c.
 * "M°nt"hs°after '^'^' ^^' ° '^^^''^ Conviftion j be difcharged from all Penalties and Difabilities incurred by fuch Conviftion •
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to be taken for felling of Trees, b'f. GAP.