82 THE GAME LAWS. 



I., A. B., do authorize C. D. to kill bares oii ["my 

 lands/' or " the lands occupied by me/' as 

 the case may be] within the of [here 



insert name of the parish or other place, as 

 the case may be] . Dated this day 



of [here insert the day, month, and year] . 

 (Witness,) A. B. 



Section the third enacts that persons so autho- 

 rized to kill hares shall not be liable to any duties 

 of assessed taxes as gauie-keepers, unless other- 

 wise chargeable. 



By section four the privilege of killing hares 

 without a certificate is extended to coursing them 

 with greyhounds, or huntiDg them with beagles 

 or other hounds. This exemption reaching to all 

 persons joining in the pursuit of them by these 

 means. 



Section the fifth protects hares from tbe lay- 

 ing of poison for their destruction, and from the 

 use of fire-arms or gun of any description by 

 night. 



Section six — " the weak place '^ in the Act — 

 suffers this privilege to be got over by private 

 agreement between landlord and tenant, who may 

 so, " now and hereafter,^' bind, and be l)0und ; 

 any agreement not to take, kill, or destroy any game 

 upon any lands, debarring the tenant from either 



