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 8 C. 8. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. anfwer the Charge and Expcnce of providing the fame, whereby the faid Conflablcs may be fre- quently at great Charges, over and above what is received by them of the faid Officers, to the great ty to repay the Con fKib'e's extraordinary Charges, The Money For thofe Purpofes how to be i-aiiid. No Waggon, &c. to carry above 20 hundred Weight. Carriages in Scotland how to be provided. Burthen of the Townihip of which they are refpeftively .Conflablcs, or elfe the Perfons furnifll ' ing fuch Carriages may be grievoufly opprefTed ;' To prevent which, and that ftich Overpl us Charge may be borne by each County or Riding, at the general Charge of fuch County or Riding; Be it Treaferers of the Conn- further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Treafurer-or Treafurers of each refpe&ive County or Riding {hall, without fee or Reward, pay unto fuch Conftable all and every fuch rea- fonable Sum or Sums of Money, fo by him paid or laid out for fuch Carriages, over and above what_ was or ought to have been paid by the Marine Officer requiring fuch Carriages, out of the publick Stock of fuch County or Riding, according to fuch Rates, Orders, R.ules and Directions, as the faid, Juflices of the Peace, in their Quarter Seffions afTembled, within their refpeftive Jurifdiftions fhall, from Time to Time, during the Continuance of this Aft, make, direct and appoint (which Orders fhall be made without Fee or Reward) Regard being always had to the Seafon of the Year, and the Length and Condition of the Roads through which fuch Carriages are to travel. XXVII. And in cafe the faid publick Stock of the County or Riding be not fufficient (over and above the other Purpofes for which it was railed) to fatisfy the extraordinary Charge of Carriages before-mentioned; It is hereby further enafted, That the faid Juflices of the Peace in the General Quarter Seffions ihall have Power, from Time to Time, to raife Monies upon the refpeftive Counties oi~Ridings in fuch manner as they now raife Monies for building or repairing County Gaols and Bridge :, to fatisfy the laid extraordinary Charge of Carriages, XXVIII. Provided always, and be it further enafted, That no Waggon, Wain, Cart or Car- riagej impreffed by Authority of this Act, fhall be liable or obliged, by virtue of this Aft, to carry above twenty hundred Weight ; any Thing in this Aft contained to the contrary notwith- ftanding. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That the Carriages for the Service of the Marine Forces quar- tered or marching in Scotland, fhall be provided in like Manner, and at the Rates, and theFurnifher of fuch Carriages fhall be paid, as was direfted by the Law in force in Scotland at the Time of the Union, with regard to the furnifhing Carriages for Land Forces. Marines Wives, &c. not XXX. And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Officer, Military or Civil, by to be quartered without {.j,^ ^q. authorized to quarter Marines in any Houfes hereby appointed for thatPurpofe, fhall at any e ° nfen1. Time during the Continuance of this Aft, quarter any of the Wives, Children, Men or Maid Ser- vants of any Officer or Marine in any fuch Houfes, againft the Confent of the Owners ; the Party offending, if an Officer of the Marines, fhall, upon Complaint and Proof thereof made to the Com- miffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, or Judge Advocate, be ipfo failo cafhiered ; and if a Conftable, Tythingman, or other Civil Officer, he fhall forfeit to the Party Penalty. aggrieved twenty Shillings, upon Complaint and Proof thereof made to the next Juflices of the Peace, to be levied by Warrant of fuch Juftice, by Diftrefs and Sale of his Goods, rendering the Overplus to the Party, after deducting reafonable Charges, in taking the fame. XXXI. And for the better Preservation of the Game, in or near fuch Place, where any Officers or Soldiers fhall at any Time be quartered ; Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if, from Penalty on Officers and and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, any Officer Marines deibroying the or j/[ ar ine fhall, without Leave of the Lord of the Manor, under his Hand and Seal, firft had and CaS)e ' - obtained, take, kill, or deftroy any Hare, Coney, Pheafant, Partridge, Pigeon, or any other Sort of Fowls, Poultry, or Fifh, or his Majefty's Game, within the Kingdom of Great Britain; and upon Complaint thereof fhall be, upon Oath of one or more credible Witnefs orWitnefles, convifted before any Juftice or Juflices of the Peace, who is and are hereby impowered and authorized to hear and determine the fame; (that is to fay) Every Officer fo offending fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of five Pounds, to be diftributed among the Poor of the Place where fuch Offence fhall be committed ; and every Officer commanding in Chief upon the Place, for every fuch Offence committed by any Marine under his Command, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be j paid and diftributed in manner aforefaid : And if, upon Conviftion made by the Juflices of the Peace, and Demand thereof alfo made by the Conftable or Overfeers of the Poor, fuch Officer fhall refufe or negleft, and not within two Days pay the faid refpeftive Penalties, fuch Officer fo refufing or negleft- ing fhall forfeit, and is hereby declared to have forfeited, his Commifhon, and his Commiffion is hereby declared to be null and void. ' XXXII. And whereas feveral Marines who being duly entered may afterwards defert, and be ' found wandering, or otherwife abfenting themfelves illegally from his Majefty's Service;' It is Confhbles may nppre- hereby further enafted, r That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Conftable, Headborough, or hend Deferters, and Tythincman of the Town or Place, where any Perfon, who may be reafonably fufpefted to be fuch a Deferter, fhall be found, to apprehend, or caufe him to be apprehended, and to caufe fuch Perfon to be brought before any Juftice of the Peace, living in or near fuch Town or Place, who is hereby impowered and required to examine fuch fufpefted Perfon; and if by his Confeffion, or the Tefti- mony of one or more Witnefs orWitnefles upon Oath, or by the Knowledge of fuch Juftice of the Peace, it fhall appear or be found, that fuch fufpefted Perfon is a Marine duly entered, and ought to Juftices to commit therrij be with the Company to which he belongs; fuch Juftice of the Peace fhall forthwith caufe him to be conveyed to the Gaol of the County or Place where he fhall be found ; or to the Houfe of Correction, or other publick Prifon in fuch Town or Place where f uc h Deferter fhall be apprehended j or to the Savoy, cany them before Juftice: