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The same act ordains, " That no persons break 

 down or fill up any ditch, hedge, or dyke, by which 

 ground is enclosed, or leap, or suffer their horse, colt 

 or sheep, to go over any ditch, hedge, or dyke, 

 under the penalty often pounds Scots, toties quoties, 

 whereof half to the heritor, and the other half for 

 mending and repairing bridges and highways within 

 the parish, at the sight of the sheriff, steward, or jus- 

 tice of the peace, before whom the contraveners 

 shall be pursued." 



The act 1G98, cap. lG, ordains, " That tenants 

 and cottars, (cottagers) preserve growing wood and 

 planting upon the ground they possess j and that 

 none of it be cut, broken, or pulled up by the roots, 

 or the bark peeled, under the penalty of L.10 Scots, 

 for each tree under ten years old, and L.20 Scots, 

 for each tree above that age, to be exacted by the 

 masters allenarly." 



By statute 1st Geo. I. sess. 2, c. 18, it is enacted, 

 " That if any one shall mischievously break down, 

 cut up, bark, destroy, or spoil any timber tree, fruit 

 tree, or other tree, the person damaged shall receive 

 satisfaction and recompence from the inhabitants of 

 the parish, town, hamlet, villa, or place, to be re- 

 covered by way of summary action for damages, as 

 in other cases of riots ; unless the party offending 

 shall be convicted by such parish, &c. within six 

 months. Upon complaint made by the parish, ham- 

 let, villa, or place, or by the owner of the trees, or 

 by any other, to two or more justices of the peace, 

 the offender is, when convicted, to suffer imprison- 

 ment, and whipping, and is not to be discharged till 

 he find, securities for his good behaviour for two 

 years." And by the same act, " If any person ma- 



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