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 A. D. 1 718. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. C. 16 — 18. 203 ' V. And whereas divers Keepers of Forefts, Cbafcs and Parks, in Breach of the Truft rcpofed in Keeper or other them* have been in Confederacy with Deer-ftealers, whereby they have been greatly encouraged :' Be Officer of any jpon the ram statute ior Kining in, without the Confentofthe Owner or Perfons chiefly intruited with the Cuftody of fuch Foreft, Chafe, Content, Dull Purlieu, Paddock, Wood, Park or Place where fuch Deer fhall be killed or taken away, That then fuch for, ]; it 5°}- ( ° r Keeper or Keepers, or other Officer, being fo convicted, fhall forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds for each^"^'^" Deer fo killed or taken away, to be levied by way of Diftrefs upon his or their Goods and Chattels, to be n rc r 3 - diftributed us the Forfeitures in the faid Statute arc to be diftributed; and for want of fuch Diftrefs, that and for want then he or they fhall fuffer Imprifonment for three Years without Bail or Mainprize, and be fet in thef ncreof lo b - Pillory for two Hours on fome Market-day in the next adjoining Town to the Place where the Offence ™pn<°ned *hwe- was committed, by the Chief Officer or Officers of fuch Market-town, or by his or their Under-officer or the pajory. Under-officers. 4 VI. And whereas by the faid Statute of the third and fourth Years of King IVilliam and Queen Mary 3 & 4 W.&M. 4 fuch Perfons are only to be punifhed with three Months Imprifonment, who do in the Night-time pull c - I0 - 4 down or deftroy the Pales or Walls of any Park, Foreft or other Ground where Deer arc kept, which 4 hath been found ineffectual to prevent Mifchiefs of that Nature :' Be it therefore enac-ted by the Authori- Perfons convift- tv aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall at any Time pull down or deftroy, or caufe to be pul- ed of pulling led down or deftroyed, the Pale or Pales or Walls of any Park, Foreft, Chafe, Purlieu, Paddock, Wood or ^ a J^l B p^ other Ground inclofed, where any red or fallow Deer fhall be then kept, without the Confent of the Own- &c _" fl, 3!i tl, ,-^ b ' er or the Perfon chiefly intrufted with the Cuftody thereof, that fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and jett to the Pe- being convicted thereof by Confeffion or by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witnefies, be- nicies of 3 &- 4 tore one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the fame County wherein the Offence fhall be com- ^ ' t^J" c " IO * mi t ted, fhall be fubjecf unto the Forfeitures and Penalties by the faid Statute inflicted for the killing of ° r e p ee '" 8 J " y any one Deer, in the fame Manner as if he or they had been thereof convi&ed according to the faid Sta- rtjre Farther Prcvijhnt relating hereto, fee 5 Geo. I. c. 28. S Geo. 1. r. 19. 9 Geo. 1, r. 22. 10 Geo. 2. c, 32. 26 Ga. 2. c. 2. 28 Geo. 2. e. 12. CAP. XVI. An Act for laying a Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one fixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Pint PR - of Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Dunbar, for improving and preferving the Harbour, and repairing the Town-houfe, and building a School, and other publick Buildings there; and for fupplying the faid Town with frefh Water. [Continued by 10 Gto. 2. c. 4. J CAP. XVII. An Aft for laying a Duty of two Pennies Setts, or one fixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Pint of PR. Ale or Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Invemefs, and Privileges thereof, for pay- ing the Debts of the faid Town, and for building a Church, and making a Harbour there. [Continued by 11 Geo. 2. c 16.] CAP. XVIII. An Act for recovering the Credit of the Britijh Fiffiery in foreign Parts; and better fecuring the Duties on Salt. ' I. 7 HERE AS it is found by Experience, that the Allowances given by .the feveral Acts of Par- ConeefmSg Sale- ' W liament relating to the Duties on Salt upon the Exportation of Fifh do much exceed the Duty •D*<<«, refer in 4 of Salt ufed in curing the fame, which is fo far from being an Encouragement to a fair Trade, that it 5 ^*H^' c -?■ ' is rather an Inducement to the Curers and Exporters of Fifh to commit feveral Frauds, by curing the? i^L 4 faid Fifh in fo deficient a Manner, that it will but juft ferve the Examination upon fhipping it off, and -. V. I a? 44. 4 not keep good to foreign Markets, to the great Difparagement of the Br'.tijh Fifhery, as well as Dimi- io&uW. 3. '' nution of his Majefty's faid Duties :' Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by c - "• i^*»». and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in .-this prefent-^, 2- c '"' a Parliament aflembledj and by the Authority of the fame, That the prefent Allowances given by the Laws, ^.^'"'/j 14 ' relating to the Duties upon Salt upon the Exportation of Fifh fhall not be paid for any Fifh that fhall be 5 Am. 5, 29. - "exported from and after the four and twentieth Day oij'une one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen; but 6 -4™. e. 12. that the Curers of Fifh fhall from thenceforth be allowed to import foreign Salt, or take from any Salt- 9 Arr - <"• 2 3- works or Salt-pits, any fuch Quantity of Britijh Salt, where the fame is allowed by Lav/, for the curing* V'"" ~' 'of Fifh for Exportation, as they fhall think proper for curing Fifh for foreign Markets, without paying. The prefent AI- any Duty to his Majefty for the fame, except the Cuftoms payable upon the importation thereof, fuch fo- Wances given reign Salt being landed, or fuch Britijh Salt being taken from the faid Salt-pits or Salt-works and weighed " Sa!t <]"" no ~ in the Prefence of an Officer for the Duties on Salt; and fuch foreign or Britijh Salt being lodged in sa^ 3 ^ T<tll* Warehoufe under the Lock and Key of the faid Officer, as well as the Proprietor of the faid Salt : Which a fre/s4°7anE foreign or Britijh Salt fo lodged as aforefaid fhall remain in the Cuftody of the faid Officer jointly with the i7ig7 J D d 2 faid