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killing game. This act merely empowers gamekeepers 

 to use means to prevent the illegal destruction of game; 

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

 keepers to kill game upon the manors for which they 

 are deputed, for the use of their master. No certi- 

 ficate on which less than three guineas and a half is 

 chargeable can authorize a gamekeeper to sell game, 

 except on authority of his master ; and any gamekeeper 

 so selling game without a written authority may be 

 proceeded against as if he had no certificate at all. 



The 9th of Anne, c. 25, prevents the appointment 

 of more than one gamekeeper to one manor, though, 

 prior to this period, the number was unlimited. The 

 act also enjoins that the name of the person appointed 

 shall be registered with the clerk of the peace of the 

 county, and a certificate granted on the payment of 

 one shilling ; and to the neglect of such registers a 

 penalty of five pounds is attached. This, again, is 

 rendered null by 25 George III. c. 5, s. 2, which 

 enacts that the deputation of a gamekeeper shall 

 be registered with the clerk of the peace, and a cer- 

 tificate obtained of such registry, under a penalty 

 of twenty pounds. Gamekeepers of the royal family 

 .are exempt from this, and the royal family themselves 

 procure no certificate. The following is the form of a 

 gamekeeper'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, have 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 



