296 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P.

other halfe to the Informer or him or them that shall sue for
the same by Action of Debt bill plaint or Information in Any
Court of Record in this province wherein no Essoyne pro-
tection or wager of Law to be Allowed.

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd that if Any
Ranger or his Deputy shall presume to Range take up or kill
any wild neat Cattle horse or Mare in Any Island or Islands
pasture or other Inclosed Ground belonging to any the In-
habitants of this province without the Leave of the Owner
of the Same he shall fforfeit for Every beast soe taken up or
killed as afd the sume of five thousand pounds of Tob^o the one
halfe to his Sacred Majesty his heirs and Successors towards
the Defraying the County Charge where the said Offence or
Offences is Comitted the other part to the party grieved or to
him her or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered
as afd.
And whereas the Extravagant Multitude of Useless horses
Mares & Colts that run in the woods are found Very per-
nitious and burthensome to the Inhabitants of this province
Itt is thought necessary that some Suitable remedy be pro-
vided in that behalfe and Therefore

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Be itt Enacted by the Authority afd by and with the Advice
and Consent afd that from and after the end of this present
Sessions of Assembly all Stoned horses shall be kept within
good and Sufficient Inclosures and in Case any Stoned horse
or horses that have been taken up and broke fitt for use shall
happen to be found loose and out of Such Inclosures itt shall
and may be Lawfull for any person or persons whatsoever to
take up and Impound Or Cause to be taken up and Impounded
in some open pound and there to Detaine him on the risque
of the Owner thereof or Cause him to be Soe Detained
untill the Owner or Owners of Such horse having Speedy
and Convenient notice of such Impounding shall Satisfie Unto
the person soe Impounding or Causeing such horse to be
Impounded the sume of five Shillings or Sixty pounds of Tob^o.
And that in Case any Stoned Colt above Eighteen months
old or Stoned horse Unbroke shall att any time after the end
of this present Sessions of Assembly be found Loose in the
woods or out of such Inclosure itt shall and may be Lawfull
for any person whatsoever to Shoote or Otherwise kill &
Destroy such horse or Colt without being Accountable or
Answerable to the Owner or Owners of such horse or Colt
or any other person or persons whatsoever in Any Accon or
Suite whatsoever and in Case any person or psons shall att
any time be sued for any such Shooting killing or Destroying

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as afd itt shall and may be Lawfull for such person to give