A. D. 1691. Anno tertio Gulielmi & Mari^. C. 11. 475 V. And to the end all Owners of Deer in any iiiclofed Ground may be indemnified in the juft Defence Perfons inving of fuch their Right, be it enaftcd, That any Owner of fucli Deer, or any Perfon or Perfons ading by, l^"' '"'"^'of- from, and under him, fliali and may oppofe and refsft fuch Oifendcrs in the fame Manner, and be equal- ^ Ground ly indemnified for fo doing, as if fuch bail had been committed within any ancient Chafe or Park what- oftaXs foever. , , . . ' VI. And whereas divers OfFciiders duiy convidled, do commonly procure Writs of Certiorari to re- ^^oCcitior^!; 'ihall before the Allowance of fuch Certiorari, become bounden to thePerfon or Perfons profecutin"-, in the iS^lk. 37^,380. i'i tn nf fiftv P ^ ■'" '"••" /"..a:,.:^.,!. c. .-„,:„„ „„ ,u„ t..a: — t..(l; _r^i__ n.. 1 _ /• 1 Fnfnrr<>.i .-.n.i ifuch Offender Month after fuc . ^ „ . ^ , - - certained upun their Oaths ; and that in Derault thereof ic fiiall be lawful for the faid Juftice and Juluces, and others, to proceed to the due Execution of fuch Lonviction, in fuch Manner as if no Certiorari had jeeri awarded. .VII. Provided that where any Offender fhall be punifhed by force of this Aft, that he fliall not be pro- ='■'""3 pimi(h- fecuted, nor incur the Penalty of any other Law or' Statute, tor the fame Offence. '" ^V}' ^^' VIII. Provided always. That if any Pcrfon or Perfons v/hatfoever ihall be fued or prbfecuted'for or bynti^c^ Wsy."" jreafon of any Matter or Thing^which he or they fhall do in purfuance of this Act, it fhall and may be perfons fuc'd for jiawful to and for the Perfon or Perfons lb fued or profecuteJ to plead the general Iffuc, and give the fpe-^ny Tiiinj; done tial Matter in Evidence. by vin-u.-of th-s I IX. Provided alfo, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhaH in g^.^/JlX'ef L^e Night-time pull down and defti'oy, or caufe to be pulled dovn and deftroyed, the Pales or Walls of '■my Park, Foreft, Chafe, Purlieu, Paddock, Wood, or other Ground inclofed, where any Red or Fal-'J^'|'^™'^"j;i,'^ llpw Deer fhall be then kept, that fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending, being thereof convifted by the Oath lor "ulimg dowa jf one or more credible Witnefs or Witnefles, before one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace .of the the Pales of any fame County wherein the Offence fhall be committed, fhall, by Warrant from fuch Juftice or Juftices as P^rk, imprifon- iifoftfaid, fuffer Imprifonment for three Months, without Bail or Mainprize. cd for three - ' ' r Months. 1 By 5 Geo, i. c. 15. §. 6. fuch Offenders are fribjefl to the Penalty infli(!;T:ed by this A€t for killing one Deer. By 5 Geo. i. c, 2S. Dee Stealers are to be Iranfported. farther Frcyv:Jiofis relating heretOj j{.& 5 fF, ^ M, c, 2j. 5 ^/;«. ^,'14. 9 ^^/itr, i 25. 3 Cfa. i. f, ii, 3 Gc:o, i. c. 15, lo. GeS* 2. c, 32, aitd zi Geo^ 2. c, I2-. CAP. XL
Aft for the better Explanation and fupplying the Defeats of the former Lav/s, for the Set-
tlement of the Poor. WHEREAS one Aft of Parliament made in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of his late Ma- j^ ,<r.i^Car. i. jefty, K. g Charles the. Second, intituled. An A SI for the better Reliif of the Poor of this King- a:!.. ^ ■ dom (except v/hat relates to the Corpo:ation therein mentioned and confli uted thereby) was revived and ■ continued with fome Alterations, by one other Aft made in the firft Year of the late King James ■ the Second, and have been found by E,xperience to be good and wholefome Lav/s, but may mortly ■ expire :.' II. Be it therefore enafted by the King's and Queen's moft Excellent Majefties, by and with the A..dvic£i3'^-'i4Car. j. md Confent of the Lords Spiritual and I'emporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled,'^- '^' '■^ ' J="^' nd by Authority of the fame. That the faid Afts, as to what relates to the Settlements of the Poor, "' '^■'^' '"^"^^' iill be in Force from the firft Day of March one thoufand fix hundred ninety-one. III. But forafmuch as the faid Afts are fomewhat defeftive and doubtful ;' f^or fupplying and explain- The Note o£ ^ . .-■- . r. - , .ej^iftred jr her Abode, and the Number of his or her Familv, if he or fne have any, to the Churchwarden or in the Poors .)vcrfeer of the Poor, vv'hich faid Notice in Writing the faid Churchv/arden or Overfeer of the Poor is or Book, lie hereby required to read, or caufe to be read publiclcly, immediately after Divine Service, in the Church '^ ^^' '^' >r Chapel cf the faid Parilh or Town, on the next Lord's Day when there fhall be divine Service in the^],'^^ jr j.^^j, -line ; and the faid Churchwarden or Overfeer of the Poor is or are hereby required to regiftcr, or caufe to ' ' x' regiftered, the faid Notice in Writing in the Book kept for the Poors Accounts. IV. Provided always, and be it enadted. That no Soldier, Seam^an, Shipwright, or other Artificer or l"" Soldier, Workman employed in their A^ajefties Service, ftial! have any_ Settlement in any Parifh, Port Town, or'j:^. to have '•-her Town, by Delivery and Publication of a Notice in Writing as aforefaid, unlefs the fame be after ,,^,"^"15™ c Difmiffion of fuch Perfon out of their Majefties Service. mi.Tion. y. And be it further enafted. That if any Churchwarden or Overfeer of the Poor fhall refufe or ncgleftPejwlty upon. 10 read or caufe to be read,- fuch Notice in Writing as aforelaid, in fuch Manner, Place, and Time as '^'j:'-;'^'^™''^" brefaidj he or they for eVery fach Offence (upon Proof thereof by two credible Witneffes upon Oath,;^'"J';|Jj.°'^^^^^ ■ 3 P 2 before
