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the peace, forfeit and pa} 7 for such pursuit such sum of money not ex- 

 ceeding two pounds, and for every head of game so killed or taken such 

 sum of money not exceeding one pound, as to the convicting justices shall 

 seem meet, together with the costs of the conviction. 



XIII. Lords of manors may appoint gamekeepers Powers of game- 

 keepers in manors. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any 

 lord of a manor, lordship, or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or 

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

 appertaining to his Majesty, by writing under hand and seal, or in case 

 of a body corporate, then under the seal of such body corporate, to ap- 

 point one or more person or persons as a gamekeeper or gamekeepers to 

 preserve or kill the game within the limits of such manor, lordship, or 

 royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, for the use of such lord or 

 steward thereof, and to authorize such gamekeeper or gamekeepers 

 within the said limits to seize arid take for the use of such lord or steward, 

 all such dogs, nets, and other engines and instruments for the killing or 

 taking of game as shall be used within the said limits by any person not 

 authorized to kill game for want of a game certificate. 



XIV. Lords of manors may grant deputations. And be it enacted, 

 that it shall be lawful for any lord of a manor, lordship, or royalty, or 

 reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, or any steward of the Crown of any 

 manor, lordship, or royalty, appertaining to his Majesty, to appoint and 

 depute any person whatever, whether acting as a gamekeeper to any other 

 person or not, or whether retained and paid for as the male servant of any 

 other person or not, to be a gamekeeper for any such manor, lordship, or 

 royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, or for such division or 

 district of such manor, lordship, or royalty, as such lord or steward of the 

 Crown shall think fit, and to authorize such person, as gamekeeper, to kill 

 game within the same for his own use or for the use of any other person 

 or persons who may be specified in such appointment or deputation, and 

 also to give to such person all such powers and authorities as may by 

 virtue of this act be given to any gamekeeper of a manor ; and no person 

 so appointed gamekeeper, and empowered to kill game for his own use or 

 for the use of any other person so specified as aforesaid, and not killing 

 any game for the use of the lord or steward of the Crown of the manor, 

 lordship, or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, for which 

 such deputation or appointment shall be given, shall be deemed to be or 

 shall be entered or paid for as the gamekeeper or male servant of the 

 lord or steward making such appointment or deputation, anything in any 

 act or acts contained to the contrary notwithstanding.* 



XV. Regulations respecting appointment of gamekeepers in Wales. 

 And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for every person who shall be 

 entitled to kill the game upon any lands in Wales of the clear annual 

 value of five hundred pounds, whereof he shall be seised in fee or as of 

 freehold, or to which he shall otherwise be beneficially entitled in his own 

 right, if such lands shall not be within the bounds of any manor, lordship, 

 or royalty, or if, being within the same, they shall have been enfranchised 



* Gamekeeper's certificates vary according to circumstances. See 

 52 George 111. cap. 93. 



