the fame fliall be collected by fuch perfons, and allowed in fuch manner as the juftices by their 

 order at fellions (hall direct.; and the money raifed (hall be employed and accounted for ac 

 cording to the direction of the juftices ; but no fuch alTeffment, in one year, (hall exceed fix- 

 pence in the pound, of the yearly value of the lands, 13 Geo. III. c. 78. f. 30. 



Alfo if upon application of the furveyor of the highways for any parifli, to the juftices for the 

 limit wherein fuch parifli lieth., at their general or quarter fcffions, or at fome fpecial fefllons 

 for the highways, the faid juftices fhall be fatisfied, by oath, that the duty, and the money 

 authorised to be collected has been performed, applied, and expended according to this act, 

 or fliall be fatisfied that the-common highways, bridges, caufeways, ftreets, or pavements, be 

 longing to fuch parifla, are fo far out of order that they cannot be fufficiently amended, paved, 

 cleanfed, and fupported, by the means before prefcribed (notice being firft given of fuch in 

 tended application, at the church r chapel on fome Sunday preceding fuch quarter or fpecial 

 feffions ; or if the place be extraparochial, notice in writing being firft given of fuch intended 

 application to fome of the principal inhabitants refiding in fuch extraparochial place, a week at 

 leaft before fuch fefllons ;) an equal afTdlment upon all occupiers of lands, &c. within fuch 

 parifh, (hall be made and collected by fuch perfons, and allowed in fuch manner, asthejuftices 

 by their order #t fuch fefilons fliall direct ; and the money thereby raifed fliall be employed 

 and accounted for, according to the orders of the faid juftices, towards amending, paving 

 cleanfing, and fupporting fuch highways, caufeways, ftreets, pavements and bridges, f. 45. 



But the ailelfment laft authorized, and the afieffment before authorized, for buying materials, 

 making fatisfaftion for damages, erecting guide-ports, and paying the furveyor s lalary, fhali 

 not together, in one year, exceed nine-pence in the pound, f. 46. 



And if any perfon fliall refufe or neglect to pay the fums afleiled upon him, within ten days 

 after demand, the fame may be levied, by the furveyor or perfons authorized, by warrant under 

 the hand and feal of one juftice, by diftrefs and fale ; and in default of diftrefs, it fliall be law 

 ful for fuch juftice to commit the perfon refuting, to the common goal, there to remain until 

 he ihall have paid the fura arTefTed, and the cofts, f 67, 



CHAP. VI[. 



Of Wrongs in respect to the Rights of Landlords. 



WHATEVER does alafting damage to the freehold or inheritance iswafte ; and, in treating 

 thereof, it is to be fliown that it may be committed ; FIRST, in refpect of houies ; SECONDLY, 

 in refpect of gardens, orchards, and the like; THIRDLY, in refpect of land; FOURTHLY, in 

 refpect of timber and other trees. 



FIRST, as to houfes; it is clear, from the ftat. Marib. 23, and ftat. Glo. 5, that wafte may be 

 done in houfes : thus if the tenant pull down the houfes demifed, it will be waftc ; fo if he 

 fuffers a houfe to be uncovered, whereby the timber decays, though the timber be not thereby 

 thrown down : fo if the houfe was uncovered at the commencement of the Icafe, yet it will be 



