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or alienated therefrom, to appoint, by writing under his hand and seal, a 

 gamekeeper or gamekeepers to preserve or kill the game over and upon 

 such his lands, and also over and upon the lands in Wales of any other 

 person, who, being entitled to kill the game upon such last-mentioned 

 lands, shall by licence in writing authorize him to appoint a gamekeeper 

 or gamekeepers to preserve or kill the game thereupon, such last- 

 mentioned lands not being within the bounds of any manor, lordship, or 

 royalty, or having been enfranchised or alienated therefrom ; and it shall 

 be lawful for the person so appointing a gamekeeper or gamekeepers to 

 authorize him or them to seize and take, for the use of the person so ap- 

 pointing, upon the lands of which he or they shall be appointed game- 

 keeper or gamekeepers, all such dogs, nets, and other engines and instru- 

 ments for the killing or taking of game as shall be used upon the said 

 lands by any person not authorized to kill game for want of a game 

 certificate. 



XVI. All appointments of gamekeepers to be registered with the clerk 

 of the peace. Provided always, and be it enacted, that no appointment 

 or deputation of any person as a gamekeeper by virtue of this act shall 

 be valid unless and until it shall be registered with the clerk of the peace 

 for the county, riding, division, liberty, franchise, city, or town wherein 

 the manor, lordship, or royalty, or reputed manor, lordship, or royalty, or 

 the lands, shall be situate, for or in respect of which such person shall 

 Lave been appointed gamekeeper ; and in case the appointment of any 

 person as gamekeeper shall expire or be revoked, by dismissal or other- 

 wise, all powers and authorities given to him by virtue of this act shall 

 immediately cease and determine. 



XVII. Certificated persons may sell game to licensed dealers. Proviso 

 as to gamekeepers. And be it enacted, that every person who shall have 

 obtained an annual game certificate shall have power to sell game to any 

 person licensed to deal in game, according to the provisions hereinafter 

 mentioned : provided always, that no game certificate on which a less 

 duty than three pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence is chargeable 

 under the acts relating to game certificates shall authorize any game- 

 keeper to sell any game, except on the account and with the written 

 authority of the master whose gamekeeper he is ; but that any such game- 

 keeper selling any game not on the account and with the written autho- 

 rity of such master may be proceeded against under this act in the same 

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

 whatsoever. 



XVIII. Justices to hold a special session yearly for granting licences 

 to persons to deal in game. Dealers in game to put up a board. And 

 be it enacted, that the justices of the peace of every county, riding, divi- 

 sion, liberty, franchise, city, or town shall hold a special session in the 

 division or district for which they usually act, in the present year, be- 

 tween the fifteenth and the thirtieth days of October, and in every suc- 

 ceeding year in the month of July, for the purpose of granting licences to 

 deal in game, of the holding of which session seven days' notice shall be 

 given to each of the justices acting for such division or district, and the 

 majority of the justices assembled at such session, or at some adjourn- 

 ment thereof, not being less than two, are hereby authorized (if they 



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