430 THE GAME PRESERVER'S GUIDE. 



any dog, gun, net, or other engine or instrument for the purpose of killing 

 or taking game, except within the limits included in his appointment as 

 gamekeeper ; hut that in any case where such gamekeeper shall kill or 

 take any game, or use any dog, gun, net, or' other engine or instrument 

 for the purpose of killing or taking game, heyond such limits as afore- 

 said, he may he proceeded against under this act, or otherwise, in the 

 same manner to all intents and purposes as if he had no game certificate 

 whatsoever. 



VII. Under existing leases the landlord shall have the game, except in 

 certain cases. And be it enacted, that in all cases where any person 

 shall occupy any land under any lease or agreement made previously to 

 the passing of this act, except in the cases hereinafter next excepted, the 

 lessor or landlord shall have the right of entering upon such land, or of 

 authorizing any other person or persons who shall have obtained an 

 annual game certificate to enter upon such land, for the purpose of killing 

 or taking the game thereon ; and no person occupying any land under 

 any lease or agreement, either for life or for years, made previously to 

 the passing of this act, shall have the right to kill or take the game on 

 such land, except where the right of killing the game upon such land has 

 been expressly granted or allowed to such person by such lease or agree- 

 ment, or except where upon the original granting or renewal of such 

 lease or agreement a fine or fines shall have been taken, or except where 

 in the case of a term for years such lease or agreement shall have been 

 made for a term exceeding twenty-one years. 



VIII. This act not to affect any existing or future agreements re- 

 specting game, nor any rights of manor, forest, chase, or warren. 

 Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this act contained 

 shall authorize any person seised or possessed of or holding any land to 

 kill or take the game, or to permit any other person to kill or take the 

 game upon such land, in any case where, by any deed, grant, or lease, or 

 any written or parol demise or contract, a right of entry upon such land 

 for the purpose of killing or taking the game hath been or hereafter shall 

 be reserved or retained by or given or allowed to any grantor, lessor, land- 

 lord, or other person whatsoever; nor shall anything in this act con- 

 tained defeat or diminish any reservation, exception, covenant, or agreement 

 already contained in any private act of Parliament, deed, or other writing 

 relating to the game upon any land, nor in any manner prejudice the 

 rights of any lord or owner of any forest, chase, or warren, or of any lord 

 of any manor, lordship, or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, 

 or of any steward of the Crown of any manor, lordship or royalty apper- 

 taining to his Majesty. 



IX. This act not to affect any of his Majesty's forest rights, &c. 

 Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this act contained shall 

 in any way alter or affect the prerogative, rights, or privileges of his 

 Majesty, his heirs or successors, nor the powers or authorities now vested 

 in the Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Kevenues, 

 in or relating to any of his Majesty's forests or the boundaries thereof, nor 

 in or relating to the appointment of any stewards, gamekeepers, or other 

 officers of any of his Majesty's forests, parks, or chases, or of any hundred, 

 honor, manor, or lordship, being part of the possessions and land revenues 



