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their own houses, such game having been procured from a licensed 

 person, but not otherv/ise. 



Dealers are liable to a penalty if game be found in their possession 

 ten days after the expiration of the season for killing the same, and 

 other persons after forty days. 



A Gamekeeper. — By the 23rd of Charles II., c. 22, s. 2, lords of 

 manors or other royalties, not under the degree of an esquire, are au- 

 thorized to appoint gamekeepers, and to take and seize all guns, dogs, 

 &c., which are used for the destruction of game. This act, however, 

 merely empowers gamekeepers to use means to prevent the illegal de- 

 struction of game; but the 5th of Anne, c. 14, s. 4, enables these 

 gamekeepers to kill game upon tlie manors, for which they are 

 licensed, for the use of their master. No gamekeeper can sell game 

 ■with a certificate on which less than three guineas and a half are paid, 

 except on authority of his master; and any gamekeeper so disposing 

 of game without a written authority, may be proceeded against as 

 if he had no licence at all. 



By 9th Anne, c. 28, only one gamekeeper can be appointed to one 

 manor. By 25th Geo. III., c. 5, s. 2, the clerk of the peace shall 

 register and grant certificates of the deputation of every gamekeeper, 

 under a penalty of twenty pounds. The royal family and their game- 

 keepers require no certificate. The following is the form of a game- 

 keeper's deputation : — 



" Know all men by these presents, that I, A. B., of , in the 



county of , lord of the manor of , in the same county, ha-ve 



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



do nominate, depute, authorize, and appoint , of , to be 



gamekeeper of and within my said manor of , with full power, 



licence, and authority, to pursue, take, and kill any hare, pheasant, 

 partridge, or other game whatsoever, in and upon my said manor ot 



, 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, liare- 

 snares, or other engines, for the pursuing, taking, or killing of hares, 

 rabbits, pheasants, or any other game, as shall be used within the pre- 

 cincts 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 here- 

 unto set my hand and seal, this day of 



. (Seal) 



' Sealed and delivered in the presence of , of aforesaid." 



A gamekeeper must carry his deputation as well as his certificate 

 constantly with him, as without them he cannot legally demand the 

 name or certificate of any other person ; and with them his authority 

 ceases whenever he is out of the precincts of his own manor. 



