394 ^' ^ — 9* Anno trlcefimo Carol i II, A.D. 1677^ 5 Geo. I. c, 12. 34 Geo. 2,0.42. I^ Geo. 2. c. 2. t6 Geo. I.e. 29, J7 Car. 2. c. &c. 13. 22 & 23 Car. 8. 2, c. 10. 18 Car. 2. c 6. 1 Jac, i. c. '7- jMbd. 113. S Jac. 2. c. 17. gon, Wain, Caft or Carriage, wherein any Burthens, Goods or Wares, are or (hall be drawn for Hire (otherwife than is therein excepted) {hall at any Time travel, be drawn, or go in any publick Highways or Roads with above feven Horle-Beafts, whereof fix fliall draw in Pairs, and not with above eight Oxen or fix Oxen and two Horfe-Beafts ; (2) nor fhall at any Time carry above twenty hundred Weight be- tween the firft of OSinber and the firft o( May, nor above thirty hundred Weight from the firflrof May to the firft oi OSfoher; (0 nor above five Quarters of Wheat, Meal, Meflin, Rye, Peafe, Beans and Tares,, nor above eight Quarters of Barley, Malt or Oats, and after that Proportion, under fuch Penalties as by the faid ASt is exprefled ; (4) which Aft, by reafon of thefe Words For Hire, hath not that good EfFefV which was expefted ; many pretending that they carry not for Hire, but the Goods and Wares they carry are their own, and many Aftions have been brought by Colour thereof againft fuch Perfons as have en- deavoured to put the faid Law in Execution, and others difcouraged from doing their Duty therein :' II. For Remedy whereof, Be it enaiSted by the Ring's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice- and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembledi^ and by the Authority of the fame, Tiiat thefe Words For Hire in the faid hSc expreffed, fhail from hence- forth ftand void and be repealed to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. CAP. VI. An Kd: for Reviving a former Aft, intituled. An A£l fcr avoiding mmscejfary Suiti and Belays:,, and for Continuance of one other A61, intituled, An^ A£i for the better Settling of Inteftater EJlates: HEREAS one A61: of this prefent Parliament, Intituled, An ASi for avoiding unnscejfary Suits ani' Delays, and alfo one other A£l:, intituled. An A£i for the. better Settling of Inteftates E/iates, have ' been found to be very beneficial ;' (2) Be it enaded by the King's moft ExcellentMajefty, by and with- the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aiiembled, and by Authority of the fame, That the faid A<51:s of Parliament fliall be in Force from the firitDay. of this prefent Seffton of Parliament, and fo to continue for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. c A P. vn. An A<9- to- enable Creditors to Fecover their Debts of the Exeeittors atid Adminiftrators of Exe- cutors in their own Wrong. WHEREAS, the Executors and Adminiftrators of fuch Perfons who have pG/Tefled themfelves o£' confiderable perfonal Eftates of other dead Perfons, and converted the fame to their own Ufe, have no Remedy by the Rules of the Common Law, as it now ftands, to pay the Debts of thofe Perfons whofe Eftate hath been fo converted by their Teftator or Inteftate, which hath been found very mifchievous, and- many Creditors- defeated of tlieir juft Debts> although their Debtors left behind them fufficient to fatisfy the lame, with a great Overplus :' II. For Remedy whereof, Be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and. with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority thereof. That all and every the Executors and Adminiftrators of any Perfon or Per- fons, who as Executor or Executors m his or their own Wrong, or Adminiftrators, fhall from and after the firft Day of Auguft next enfuing wafte or convert any Goods, Chattels, Eftate or AiTets of any Perfon deceafed, to their own Ufe, fhall be liable and chargeable in the fame Manner as their Teftator or Inteftate would have been if they had been living, (z) This Act to continue in Force for three Years, and- from; thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. [Made perpetual- and. enlarged hy- . 4&.5 W.&M. c.24. §. 12.J CAP. vm. An kSt for the Admeafurement of Keels and Boats carrying Coals. Commiflioners fhall be appointed for ineafuring and marking Boats and Wains, ufed far Carriage of Coals. Farther provided for by 6 cif 7 J'P". 3. c. 10. The Content of a Wain, of a Cart, of a Chalder. Keels and Boats, how and by whom to be marked. And when. The Penalty. Oaths by whom to be adminiftred to Officers. The Penalty- CAP. for removing or altering the Marks. IX. 1 Eliz '7' An kS. for Prcfcrvation of Fifhing in the River of Severn. The Penalty for deftroying the Spawn or Fry of Fifh. Confervators of the River. Unlawful Inftruments, how to be deftroyed. The faid Offences,, how to be paniflied. The Forfeitures, how to be difpofed.. The Jurifdidtion of Lords of Leefs anife Franchifes faved. A Saving of the King's Rights. Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Anglian, Scotia?, Francias & Hiberni% tricefimo. ' /V T the Parliament begun at Wejiminjler the eighth Day o^ May, Anno Dom. ' A drcd fixty-one, in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lo: one thoufand fix hun- ui ^u ii.%.i.y-iyji^. 111 i.11-^ iiuiLtcwLn 1 cuj ui lilt ivtigii ui <jui uvju-icign Loid Chartes, bj' the Grace
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^ve U thrthir- * ^^' Prorogations and Adjournments there continued to the twenty-firft of O^oier * in the thirtieth Year ticthDayofNo-- of his Majefty's Reign.,' 4 •ember,* S T AT.
