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1696 8 & 9 William III, c. 30. Made provision for the 

 granting of certificates of acknowledgment of settle- 

 ment, provided with which a labourer could roam the 

 country in search of work 103 



1722 9 George I, c. 7. Authorized parishes to combine to 

 build workhouses. 



1782 22 George III, c. 83 (Gilbert's Act). Made further 

 provision for voluntary combination of parishes into 

 unions : also contained provisions which made possible 

 the system of grants in aid of wages established at 

 Speenhamland in 1795. 



J 795 3 6 George III, c. 23. Limited the removal of persons 



from one parish to another to those in actual want ... 128 



1834 4 & 5 William IV, c. 76. The Poor Law Amend- 

 ment Act referred to in the text. It should be observed 

 that the statute provides that certain of its provisions 

 should be gradually adopted 148 



1846 A series of statutes passed in these years transferred 

 to the chargeability for the poor from the parishes to the 



1865 unions, and provided that a residence of one year 

 should be the one and only way of obtaining a 

 settlement 149, 152 



VI. THE GAME LAWS 



1389 13 Richard II, c. 13. The act quoted in the text: 



the first game law 72 



1670 22 & 23 Carol us II, c. 25. Enacted that no one 

 might kill game unless he had a freehold estate worth 

 ;ioo a year, or a leasehold of 99 years or over worth 

 ^150 a year : authorized lords of manors to appoint 

 gamekeepers, to whom were given wide powers to 

 seize guns, dogs, etc., and even to search houses of 

 suspected poachers 102 



1769 10 George III, c. 19. Provided new punishments 

 or for poachers, and forbade any one under heavy penalties 



1770 to kill game at night or on Sundays 130 



1800 39 & 40 George III, c. 50. Directed that persons 



found on land with guns, nets, or other appliances 

 might be seized by keepers, and, on conviction, 



