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province by Action of Debt bill plaint or Information wherein
no Essoine protection or Wager of Law to be Allowed.

C. P.

And fforasmuch as Diverse Complaints are made of the
Abuses Committed by such persons that have Obtained Com-
missions from the Governr to range the woods and forests
after wild neat Cattle and horses it is prayed that itt may be
Enacted,

And be itt Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
afd that itt shall not be Lawfull for any person after the End
of this present Sessions of Assembly to make Application to the
Governour for the time being to grant a Commission to range
as afd Except such person produce a Certificate from under
the hands of the Justices of the County Courts where the said
person is to range Setting forth that he is of good fame.
And be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd by and with
the Advice and Const afd that no person Commissionated as
afd shall Depute any person as a Deputy to Range the woods
and fforests after wild neat Cattle or horses as afd Except
such person be likewise Approved of by the Justices of the
County in which he is to range as a Deputy.
And fforasmuch as itt is necessary to Declare att what age
horses mares and Cattle shall be Deemed wild —

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Be itt Enacted by the Authority afd by and with the Advice
and Consent afd that itt shall not be Lawfull for any Ranger
within this province to take up and Mark or Otherwise Dis-
pose of any Unmark't horse Mare bull or Cow which shall
not Exceed the Age of three years Under penalty of Suffering
as any other person ought that hath not such Comission Any
Law Usage or Custome to the Contrary notwithstanding.

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd by and
with the Advice and Consent afd that the Justices in Each
respective County within this province shall yearly and Every
year att their County Courts in the Months of November and
March dureing the Continuance of this Act Cause itt to be
read in open Court and Likewise give itt in Charge to the
Grand Jury's to Enquire of any breaches thereof Comitted by
wood ranger in that County.
And be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd by and
with the Advice and Consent afd that no person whatsoever
shall presume to range in the woods or fforests after wild
neat Cattle or horses without a License from the Governr in
Chiefe for the time being Under the penalty of five thousand
pounds of Tob^o for Every such before mentioned wild Creature
that Every such Unlicensed Ranger shall kill take or Convey

p. 146

away alive or Dead one halfe to his Majesty his heirs and
Successors for the Support of Governmt of this province the

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