166 THE FORESTS OF FRANCE. 



'31. We will that our Officers of Waters and Forests, 

 and the Captains of the Chase should take cognisance 

 concurrently and by previous arrangement between them- 

 selves, of what relates to the capture of delinquents, to the 

 seizure of arms, batons, dogs, nets, and forbidden imple- 

 ments, in contravention of the present ordinance, and to 

 informations in first instance alone ; and when, as to charge 

 and judgment, the cases pertain to the Lieutenant of the 

 Long Robe, it must be at the prosecution and diligence of 

 our Attorneys, without, however, their having power to 

 exclude the Captains and Lieutenants of the Chase from 

 assisting in the one or other, if it seem to them good, or 

 from their having a seat and a deliberative vote namely, 

 the Captain before the Master, and the Lieutenant of the 

 Captain before that of the Maitrise, in the case specified 

 above only, 



' 32. We except in that always the Captains of the 

 Chase of our mansions of St. Germain en Laye, Fcntain- 

 bleau, Chambort, Bois de Boulogne, Varenne du Louvre, 

 and Livry, whom we maintain, and, in so far as it may be 

 needful, confirm in their title to charge and judge at the 

 instance of our Attorneys in these Capitaineries all civil 

 and criminal processes in matters relating to the chase, 

 calling in with them the Lieutenants of ihe Long Robe, 

 and other Judges and Advocates for counsel. 



' 33. We except also the Captains of the Chase of our 

 royal mansions of Vincennes and Compeigne, and those of 

 which a list has been sent by us to the Court Des Aydes 

 since the revocation of them, to whom we assign like 

 jurisdiction as to those of St. Germain en Laye, Fontain- 

 bleau, Chambort, and Varenne du Louvre. 



' 34. If any private person, a borderer on our forests, or 

 others of what rank soever, give trouble to the Officers of 

 our Chases in the discharge of their functions, or do to 

 them violence to maintain themselves in a right of chase 

 which they may have usurped, we will that they be con- 

 demned for the first offence to a fine of three thousand 

 livres, and, in case of repetition, be deprived of all rights 



