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 A. D. iyiC' Anno pritno Georgii Regis. Stat 2; C. 48. 8 faid Offender to Prifbn, there to remain for any Tims not exceeding fix Months, without Bail or Main- prize and alfo to itand in the Pillory for the Space of one Hour, in fon.c Market- town next adjoining to l J i the Place where the Offence was committed, in open Market there, or in the Market- town itfelf where A (rand in ihe the faid Offence was committed. II Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no fuch Action (hall be brought P*'"™ ,a or Profecution carried on by virtue of this A6t, unlefs the fame be commenced within fix Months after the " x Kom s * Offence committed. , „ . ri^-in j i c i ■ i i n r ' III. And whereas to carry on the Service of the faid Pretender, and for other wicked l'urpoies, many 4 when thereunto required, being fo allowed to do by the Pope, and their other fpiiitual Superiors, the 4 better to difguife and conceal their Defigns, do inlill themfelvcs in his Majcfty's Troops, whereby the Authority aforefaid, That any Perfon or Perfons having profeiied the Popifh Religion, who fince the firft' Punif!l .,. Day o£ February one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, have been inlifted in his Majcfty's Troops, and Papii - I who mail not, after the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fixtecn, in Great Britain 6r th. em < Ireland, or in the Iflcs of Gucrnjiy or 'ferfy, produce a Teftimonial of his haying publickly renounced the g" ^, e ' fame, or fhall not, at the Time of his inlitting, declare to the Officer or Soldier v/ho (o inlifteth him, that s '7$cL. >. he hath been, or at prefent is of the Popifh Religion,, fhall in fuch Cafe be liable to, and receive fuch cor- c . i. v&crt the poral Punifhmcnt, not extending to Lois of Life, as a Court Martial fhall inflict for the fame, who are Pmatfia agai^l hereby impowered fo to do. t£d& "»■■* farther 9 Geo. z. c. 30. 22 Geo. z. c. 44. 28 Geo. 2. c. 1. 33 Ceo. 2. c. 6, 8 £f 18. Likciv'Ji the ar.m/al Mmir.j A-'i. CAP. XL VIII. An Act to encourage the Planting of Timber-Trees, Fruit-Trees, and other Trees, for Or- nament, Shelter, or Profit ; and for the better Prefervation of the fame; and for the pre- venting the Burning of Woods. o c I. TT 7HEREAS the Raifing and Planting of Timber-trees, Fruit-trees and other Trees is of very This AO is be* W great Profit and Advantage to the Kingdom of Great Britain : And whereas divers lewd and P 1 *" 1 ^ and ' diforderly Perfons, and others, have riotoufly, and fometimes in a clandeftine and malicious Manner, g'g"", / ■ l ^ i ' great Difcouragement of the Planters and Owners thereof, and the Parties whofe Trees are fo deftroyed Perfons to raife, plant and preferve Timber-trees, Fruit-trees, and other Trees, in Fields, Hedgerows, Gardens and Walks, and elfewhere, either for Ornament, Shelter, or Profit, and for the preventing the malicious deftroying or fpoiling the fame, and to give Remedy to fuch Perfons for making them Satisfaction Timber Tree:,' for all Damages to be occafioned by fuch breaking down, cutting up, fpoiling, or otherwife deftroying fuch &c malicioufly Trees ; Be it enacted by the King's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the broke " °° v "}x Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Autho- & £' ^ n ^J rity of the fame, That if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June g0 od the D,x- in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, fhall malicioufly break down, cut up, mage to the pluck up, throw down, bark, or otherwife deftroy, deface, or fpoil any Timber-tree, or Trees, Fruit- Owner. tree or Trees, or any other Tree or Trees, the Perfon or Perfons, Body Politick or Corporate, that is, are, fhall or may be damaged by the fame, fhall receive fuch Satisfaction and Recommence of and from the Inhabitants of the Parifh, Town, Hamlet, Vill or Place, where fuch Tree or Trees fhall be fo mali- Howthe £**'- cioufly broken down, cut up, pluckt up, thrown down, barked, deftroyed, defaced or fpoiled, and to b e ma S« ""'.' bo viewed, and Damages and Cofts to be recoverable and recovered againft fuch Parifh, Town, Hamlet, Vill England. or Place, by the Perfon or Perfons, whofe Tree or Trees fhall be fo malicioufly broke down, cut up, 13 Ed. i.Stat." pluckt up, thrown down, barked, deftroyed, defaced or fpoiled, in the fame Manner and Form as Hedges '• c - 4 6 - and Dikes overthrown by Perfons in the Night, in and by an Ac~l of Parliament made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Edward the Firft, intituled, Lords may approve againft their Neighbours : Ujurpati- ons of Commons during the Eftate of particular Tenants, are to be levied, and Damages yielded ; and where fuch How in Scos^ Offence or Offences fliall be committed in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, to be recoverable and landi recovered by way of fummar Action, and in the fame Manner and Form as Damages in other Cafes of Riot are to be. recovered by the Laws there, unlefs the Party or Parties fo offending fliall by fuch Parifh, Tpwiiyj Hamlet, Vill, cr Place, be convicted of fuch Offence, within the Space of fix Months from the commit-- ting fuch Offence or Offences ; any Lav/ or Conftruction to -the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. ■ II. And be it further enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful'Two Joflfces-'or to and for any two or more juftices of the Peace of the County, Riding, Divifion, Stewartry, Regality, Quaner-Seflions: City, Town, Borough, or Corporation, wherein any fuch- Offence or Offences fhall be committed, or fil) . all y '? deKr - the juftices in open Sefiions, upon Complaint to them made by- any Inhabitant of the aforefaid Parifh, -f^"^. C " Hamlet, Vill, or Place, or of the Owner of fuch Tree or Trees, or of any other, to caufe fuch Offender offenders Con- or Offenders to be apprehended for the Trefpaffes and Offences aforefaid, or any of them, and to hear and v iOcd to be rent finally determine and adjudge all and every the Offence and Offences aforefaid ; . and if fuch Jufiices fhall w the Houfe>oS* convict-
 * Papifts pretending thetnfelves Proteftants, and taking the Oath of Abjuration, and fubferibing the Teff,
 * greateft Danger may arife to thefe Kingdoms, if not timely prevented :' Be it therefore enacted by the
 * broke down, cut up, or otherwife deftroyed fuch Timber-trees,- Fruit-trees, and other Trees, to the
 * are remedilefs, for lack of knowing the Parties fo offending :' Therefore for the better encouraging of ;