GAME LAWS. 401 



Be careful, therefore, to receive your next certi- 

 ficate before you recommence killing game ; in order 

 to defy all pettifogging informers. 



GAMEKEEPERS 



ARE subject to the full penalties of unqualified and unlicensed 

 persons, as well as to actions of trespass, if they outstep the 

 bounds of the manor, for -which they are appointed. 

 Only one can be appointed to each manor. 



DEPUTATION OF A GAMEKEEPER. 



The deputation granted to a gamekeeper must be registered 

 with the clerk of the peace, within twenty days after it is granted, 

 and a certificate taken of the same, under penalty of 20/. The 

 deputation for one keeper holds good till another is appointed. If 

 a new gamekeeper is appointed within the year, the game cer- 

 tificate of the former keeper may be transferred to him for the 

 remainder of the year; and this must be done, free of all expense, 

 by the clerk to the commissioners of the district. 



FORM OF A GAMEKEEPER'S DEPUTATION. 



(To be written on a I/. 15*. stamp.') 



Know all men, by these presents, that I , of 



, in the county of , esq. lord 



of the manor of , in the same county, have 



nominated, deputed, and appointed, and by these presents do 



nominate, depute, and appoint , of 



of taxes were compelled to fine him in the penalty of twenty 

 pounds, although it appeared he had regularly applied for a 

 licence, and had been in the habit of sporting w<th a licence for 

 some years previous. The inference to be drawn from this con- 

 viction, therefore, is, that no man, qualified or unqualified, can, 

 as the law now stands, use a gun, upon his own estate or else- 

 where, between the 5th of April and the 20th of July (the 

 earliest day, as it appears, 011 which licences are issued), without 

 subjecting himself to a similar penalty. Star newspaper. 



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