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The 9th of Anne, c. 25, prevents the appointment 

 of more than one game-keeper to one manor, though, 

 prior to this period, the number was unlimited. The 

 act also enjoins that the name of the person appoint- 

 ed shall be registered with the clerk of the peace of 

 the county, and a certificate granted on the payment 

 of one shilling, and to the neglect of such registers 

 a penalty of five pounds is attached. This, again, is 

 rendered null by 25 George III. c. 5, s. 2, which 

 enacts, that the deputation of a game-keeper shall 

 be registered with the clerk of the peace, and a cer- 

 tificate obtained of such registry, under a penalty of 

 twenty pounds. Game-keepers of the royal family 

 are exempt from this, and the royal family them- 

 selves procure no certificate. The following is the 

 form of a game-keeper's deputation : 



* Know all men by these presents, that 1, A. B. of 



, in the county of , lord of the manor of 



-, in the same county, have nominated, deputed, 



authorised, and appointed, and by these presents do 



nominate, depute, authorise, and appoint , of 



, to be game-keeper of and within my said 



manor of , with full power, licence, and autho- 

 rity, to pursue, take, and kill any hare, pheasant, 

 partridge, or other game whatsoever, in and upon 



my said manor of , for my sole and immediate 



use and benefit : and also to take and seize all such 

 guns, bows, greyhounds, setting-dogs, lurchers, or 

 other dogs, ferrets, trammels, low- bells, hays, or 

 other nets, hare- pipes, snares, or other engines, for 

 the pursuing, taking, or killing, of hares, rabbits, 

 pheasants, partridges, or other game, as shall be used 

 within the precincts of my said manor, by any person 

 or persons who by law are prohibited to keep or use 

 the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set 

 my hand and seal, this — day of 



' (Seal.) 



* Sealed and delivered in the presence of — — , of 

 — : — aforesaid.' 



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