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 A. D. 1740. Anno decimo tertioGEORGii II. C. 20. 307 Hambkton aforefaid, or for any Plate, Prize, Sum of Money, or other Thing of left Value than fifty on Penalty of Pounds, every fuch Perfon or Perfons (hall forfeit and lofe the Sum of two hundred Pounds. 2Co1, VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Penalties and Forfeitures incurred OneKsif:cihe by any Perfon or Perfons for any Offence againft this Act mail be fued for and recovered by any Action, V^ oi ,he '"" Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majclty's Courts of Record at IVcfitmnficr, or at the Afl17.es, the™ther '£? tbc and (hall be difpofed of, one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of fuch Perfon or Perfons as (hall fo fue for Poor of the the fame, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of the Poor of fuch Pari(h or Place where the Of- I ' ar ' ,h > fence (hall be committed ; except liich one Moiety of fuch Penalties and Forfeitures as (hall be incurred but in '■omerfet- I by, and recovered of any Perfon or Perfons within the County of Somerfct ; which faid one Moiety mail "'":■ <,nc Ha " go and be applied to and for the Ufe and Benefit of the poor Perfons admitted into the Hofpital or Infir- « Bath!° P ^ J mary lately erected in the City of Bath, for the Benefit of poor Perfons rclbrting to the faid City for the Benefit of the Mineral Waters there. VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Entrance Mo- Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty, all and every Sum or Sums of Money to be paid "^he Second for entering of any Horfe, Mare or Gelding to (tart or run for any Plate, Prize, Sum ot Money, or beft-Horfe. other Thing, fhall go and be paid to the Second beft Horfe, Mare or Gelding, which (hall flare or run for fuch Plate, Prize or Sum of Money, as aforefaid. VIII. Provided always, That nothing herein contained (hall extend, cr be conftrued to extend to pre- Gift£ left for vent the ft. rting or running any Horfe, Mare, or Gelding for any Plate, Prize, or other Thing or n o" u [0 'bea^r- Things now ifluing out of or paid for or by the Rents, Iifues, and Profits of any Lands, Tenements ed. or Hereditaments, or of or by the Intereft of any Sum or Sums of Money now chargeable with the fame, or appropriated for that Purpofe. ' IX. And whereas a good and wholefome Law was made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his A&asatoftex- ' prefent Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An AH for the more effectual preventing of excef, 2 Geo. j.'c!"^'. ' five and dectitful Gaiming ; but contrary to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, feme fraudulent and ' deceitful Games have been invented, and a certain Game called Pafj'age is now daily practifed and car- ' ried on, to the Ruin and Impoverishment of msny of his Majefty's Subjects ;' It is therefore hereby enacted and declared, That the faid Game of Paflage, and all and every other Game and Games in- ^ a, IT ' eo !i P c °*~ vented or to be invented with one or more Die or Dice, or with any other Inftrument, Engine, or De- Games witfi ° vice in the Natue of Dice, having one or more Figures or Numbers thereon (Backgammon and the other Dice, prohit.it- Games now played with the Backgammon Tables only excepted) are and (hall be deemed to be Games |^ e art u e - or Lotteries by Dice, within the Intent and Meaning of the faid in Part recited Act; and all and every 29 G«. 2. e.a, Perfon and Perfons who fhall fet up, maintain, or keep any Office, Table, or Place (fave an.l except as in the faid in Part recited Act is provided and declared) for the faid Game of Paflage, or for any other fuch Game or Games, as aforefaid (Backgammon and the other Games now played with the Backgam- mon Tables only excepted) fhall feverally forfe't, be fubjecT, and liable to, all and every the Penalties I and Forfeitures in and by the faid in Part recited Act inflicted upon any Perfon or Perfons who fhall erect, fet up, continue, or keep any of the Games or Lotteries in the faid in Part recited Act: mentioned ; and. ! all and every Perfon or Perfons who fhall play, fet at, ftake, or adventure at the faid Game, of Paflage, ! or at any other fuch Game, as aforefaid (Backgammon and the other Games now played with theBack- ' gammon Tables only excepted) fave and except as in the faid in Part recited Act is provided and de- clared, he and they respectively (hall feveraKy forfeit, be fubject, and liable to all and every the Penal- ties and Forfeitures in and by the faid in Part recited Act inflicted upon any Perfon or Perfons who fhall' play, fet at, ftake, or adventure at any of the faid Games in the faid in Part recited Act mentioned ;, and all and every fuch Offenders reflectively (hall be profecuted and convicted, and the feveral Penalties i and Forfeitures fhall be fued for, and recovered and difpofed of in like Manner, and to fuch Ufes, as the feveral Penalties and Foifeiturcs in either of fuch Cafes are by the faid in Part recited Act directed to be fued for, and recovered, and difpofed of. X. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Infor- mation to be brought or commenced by virtue of this Act, no Eifoin, Protection, Wager of Law, ■ or more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed; and that over and above the Penalties and Forfeitures noobisCoffe to be recovered by virtue of this Act, the Plaintiff or Informer fhall recover his or her double Cofts. CAP. XX. 1 An Aft for the more efFeftually preventing fraudulent Qualifications of Perfons to vote as Freeholders in the Election of Members to ferve in Parliament, for fuch Cities and Towns as are Counties of themfejves, in that Part of Great Britain called England. ' WT ^ P P- E A S bv an Act made in the tenth Year of the Reign of Queen AfcNE,_ intituled, An Preamble, re* c VV Ail for the more iffeclual preventing .fraudulent Conveyances, in order to multiply Votes'-for ekMing citing the X c - 2 * J ' made to anv Perfon or Perfons in any fraudulent or colluiive Manner, on purpofe ro qua i-fy him or j ' them to give his- or their Vote or Votes at fuch Elections of Knights of the Shire, fnbjecf neverthe- ' lefs to Conditions or Agreements to defeat or determine fuch Eftate, or to re-convey the fame, (hall ' be deemed and taken againft tliofe Perfons who executed' the fame as free and abfolute, and be hokle'n 1 and enjoyed by all and every fuch Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Conveyance (hull be made as afore- 1 faid', fieely and abfolutely acquitted, exonerated,, and di charged, of and from all Manner of Trufts, ' Conditions-.