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quit his master or mistress before the expiration of the season for 

 which his certificate has been obtained, the same certificate will 

 be sufficient for the successor of such gamekeeper, provided the 

 name of such newly appointed person is indorsed upon it, which 

 the clerk to the commissioners is to do, upon application for that 

 purpose, free of expense. Also, land-holders, legally authorised 

 to appoint gamekeepers, may grant deputations to the servants 

 of other persons for that purpose, whose certificates may be re- 

 newed in the same way. 



Further, by this act, s. 10. the sportsman, when using dog, 

 gun, &c. must produce his certificate, if demanded, to the asses- 

 sor, collector, commissioner, or gamekeeper, inspector, or sur- 

 veyor, or other person assessed as aforesaid ; or the owner, land- 

 lord, lessee, or occupier of the land upon which he may be found 

 sporting ; and must allow the persons so demanding the same, 

 not only to read, but to take a copy of, his certificate, if they 

 think proper. But in case the sportsman has not his certificate 

 about him, he must declare to the person demanding, his chris- 

 tian and surname, and place of abode ; as also the parish or 

 place where the certificate has been issued. A refusal or eva- 

 sion, by fictitious name or otherwise, subjects the offending 

 party to the penalty of twenty pounds. 



By this act too (s. 12.) a person sporting without a certifi- 

 cate, is liable to pay the duty for the year, and forfeit the sum of 

 twenty pounds over and above, which is to be assessed by way 

 of surcharge, in the district where the offence shall be committed. 

 And finally, (s. 11) the commissioners are to cause the names 

 and residences of the persons taking out certificates to be pub- 

 lished annually in the newspapers circulated in each county. 



N. B. The royal family are exempt from the provisions of 

 this act. 



