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On the appointment of a new game-keeper, a new 

 certificate need not be taken out ; but the name and 

 place of abode of the new keeper must be endorsed 

 on the old certificate, by the clerk to the commis- 

 sioners of the district, or the penalties of the statute 

 will be incurred. 



With respect to the appointment of a game-keeper, 

 it appears from 23 Charles U, c. 25. s. 2, that lords 

 of manors, or other royalties, 7iot under the degree 

 of an e.squire, may appoint game-keepers; from 

 which it is manifest, that persons under that degree 

 have no legal right to depute or appoint, and that 

 game-keepers so appointed are liable to the penalties 

 before mentioned. 



Certificate. 



By the act of 25 George III. c. 20, every person 

 (except the royal family) in Great Britain, who shall 

 use any dog, gun, net, or other engine for the taking 

 or destroying of game (not being a game-keeper,) 

 shall annually procure a certificate from the clerk of 

 the county, charged with a stamp-duty of two 

 guineas. This stamp-duty was afterwards raised to 

 three guineas; and, in the 48 George III. c. 55, the 

 statute underwent a sort of revision; and the sports- 

 man is now to apply to the collector of the taxes, 

 who will receive the money for the certificate (which 

 is> three guineas and a half), and give a receipt for 

 the same, for which receipt he is legally authorised 

 to demand one shilling. The receipt thus obtained 

 is to be delivered to the clerk of the commissioners 

 acting for the district, who will, in return, give the 

 requisite certificate, without any additional expense. 

 A game-keeper's certificate must be obtained in the 

 same way, the expense of which is twenty-five shil- 

 lings, if he be an assessed servant ; and, if not an 

 assessed servant, three guineas and a half 



The act of 48 George II. also added several birds 

 (namely, the woodcock, snipe, and land-rail) to the 



