OF THE GKAND-MASTERS. 



CHAPTER III. Grand-Masters. 



' Art. 1. They shall take cognisance in first instance, 

 and subject to appeal, of all actions brought before them 

 in regard to inspections, sales, and reformations of waters 

 and forests, between whatsoever persons, and in whatever 

 circumstances, and relative to whatever matter they 

 may be. 



' 2. To them shall it pertain by privilege and special 

 prerogative before all other officials of the waters and 

 forests, to execute all our letters patent, orders, and man- 

 dements in matters relative to waters and forests, be it in 

 regard to sale of wood, belonging to us or to ecclesiastics, 

 or to communities, and that for whatsoever cause the sale 

 may be. 



' 3. They shall have a deliberative voice in the Council 

 Chambers, and in the Audiences of the Judges in Final 

 Appeal, and their seat shall be on the left hand, next to 

 that of the Dean of the Chamber. 



' 4. They can, in making tours of visitation, make refor- 

 mations of every kind, and judge all misdemeanours, 

 abuses, and malversations which they may find to have 

 been committed in their Department, be it by officers 

 or by private persons, and pronounce sentence on the 

 culprits. 



' 5. They shall proceed against officers whom they find 

 faulty, by informations, decreets, seizures, and arrests of 

 their persons and effects, and of their wages; they shall 

 institute proceedings, or delegate power to do so, and carry 

 on the process, notwithstanding opposition or appeals of 

 any kind, against the pronouncing of sentence inclusive, if 

 it seem to them good, saving only execution in case of 

 appeal; in any such case they shall carry or send to the 

 Registrar of the Marble Table a statement of the case ; they 

 shall also cause the accused to be taken to jail, if he be a 

 prisoner, in order to his being judged by them or their 

 Lieutenants, following rigorously the ordinances; and inter- 



