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 S6 Correction for three Months, or to the Gaol jfo'r 4 Months, nnd to be whipt And before dif- -chargcd fhall find Sureties for good Behaviour for two YearSi ^Setting any Vued, &c. on Fire, Felony. 15 Car. 2. c. 2. 2.Z Sc 23 Car, %. .€. 7. Offenders in Scotland to be £>uni(hed as ■wilful Fire- Raifers by the Aft 7 Ann, c,2i. C. 49, 50. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. A. D. 1715. convict any PeiTon or Perfons of all or any the Trefpaffes or Offences aforefaid, then fuch Juflices, imme- diately after fuch Conviction, fhall commit fuch Offender and Offenders to the Houfe of Correction, there to continue and be kept to hard Labour for the Space of three Months, without Bail or Mainprize; and where there are no Houfes of Correction in any County, Riding, Divifion, Stewartry, Regality, City, Town or Borou-gh where fuch Offender or Offenders fliall be convicted, the faid Juftices ihall commit fuch Offender or Offenders to fuch Prifon as is appointed for other Criminals, there to continue for the Space of four Months; and fhall alio order and adjudge taat fuch Offender and Offenders fliall be publick- Jy whipt by the Matter of fuch Houfe of Correction, once every Month, during fuch three Months, in fuch Borough or Corporation, if the Offence be committed therein, and not otherwife ; or in the Market- Town where fuch Houfe of Correction ftands, or in the next Market-Town next adjacent to fuch Houfe .of Correction, and in the County where iuch Offence ihall be committed, on the Market-day of fuch Town, between the Hours of eleven and two of the Clock ; and in fuch Places where there is no Houfe of Correction, the faid Juftices fliall order and adjudge that fuch Offender or Offenders ihall bepublickly whipt by the Hand of the common Hangman or Executioner once every Month, duri ig fuch four Months, on the Market-day of any Borough or Corporation where fuch Offender fliall be committed, or on the Mar- ket-day of fome Town, between the Hours of eleven and two of the Clock. III. And it is hereby further enacted, That before any fuch Offender or Offenders fhall be difcharged, he, fhe, and they fliall find fufficient Sureties for his, her, or their good Behaviour for the Space of two Years thence next enfuing ; any Law, Cuftom or Conftruction to the contrary notwithstanding. ' TV, And whereas divers Woods, Underwoods and Coppices have been heretofore, and lately fet on ' Fire, or burnt, to the great Difcouragement of Planting :' Be it therefore enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, malicioufly fet on Fire, or burn, or caufe to be burnt, any Wood, Underwood, or Coppice, or any Part thereof, fuch malicious fetting on Fire, burning or caufing to be burnt, fliall be and is hereby declared and made Felony, and the Offender and Offenders fliall fuffer, and be liable to all the Penalties and Forfeitures, as other Felons by the Law now are ; and where fuch Offences are committed in that Part of Great Britain called S.otland, fuch Offender and Offenders fliall fuffer and be liable as wilful Fire-raifers, according to an Act paffed in the feventh Year of her late Maje- fty Queen Anne, intituled, An Aif for improving the Union of the tivo Kingdoms ; any Thing in this Act contained, or in any other Law or Statute to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. See 29 Geo, 2, e. 36. and 31 Geo. 2. e, 41, •Continued by 5 Geo. 1. c.io, JVbich enlarges the 'Time to 25 '/"ears. CAP. XLIX. An Act to revive and continue an Act of the eighth and ninth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King TVilliam, for Repair of the Piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the Eq/l-Riding of the County of York. '" The Act 8 & 9 W. 3. c. 29. revived and continued to June 24, 1730. " the fame Powers as the Truftees in the laid Act. P R." Truftees appointed, and to have See 4. Geo. I.e.! and i 3 Geo. 1. G. &3* CAP. L. An Act for appointing Commiffioners to enquire of the Eftates of certain Traitors, and of Popifh Recu- fants, and of Inflates giv. n to fuperftitious Ufes, in order to raife Money out of them feverally for the UfeofthePublick. EXP. ic All Catties, Honours, Lordfhips, Manors, Lands, &c. of Perfons fince 29 June 17 15. attainted, or " before 24 June 1718. to be attainted of High Treafon committed before 1 June 1716. mail be forfeited " fioners named. General Meeting of Commiffioners to be by 3 July 1716. May agree upon Rules, " travel into any Parts where forfeited Eftates lie. In cafe of Difpute the King to make Orders. Com- " ing to Thirds thereof by. 24 Nov. 1716. into the Exchequer, difcharged of the intire L-tbts. All " by Perfons convicted, after 1 Aug. IJ14.. fraudulent. Commiffioners to give an Account in Writing to "•much die two Third Parts amount to, and whether regiftered. Eftates given to fuperftitious Ufes, 4C fuch Eftates, and to fend for Truftees, and for Deeds, &c. Truftees difcovering fuch Eftates before " Salaries for Clerks and incident Charges to be paid by die Exchequer. All die Monies ariling by this " Act appropriated to the Ufe of the Publick; E X P." 4. aXXI*
 * ' to his Majefty, for the Ufe of the Publick. Eftates Tail verted in the Crown in Fee fimple. Commif-
 * ' &c. May fubdivide fo as fix refide in Scotland, and feven in England. May appoint a Commiffioner to
 * ' miffioners may appoint a Regifter and other Officers. Who are to be fworn. Commiffioners to proceed
 * ' in a fummary Way, &c. and to keep a Regifter, &c. Perfons difcovering concealed Debts, and pay-
 * ' Claims to be entred before 24 June ijij. All Claims to be entred in a Book. All Conveyances nade
 * ' the King and both Houfes. Commiffioners to enquire of die Eitates of Popifh Recufants, and how
 * ' vefted in the Crown, for the Ufe of the Publick. Commiffioners in a fummary Way to enquire of all
 * ' 24 Nov. 1716. to have one Fourth Part. Each Commiffioner to have a Salary of 1000/. per Annum.