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main, under pain of a charge of exaction and four-fold 

 restitution, and it shall pertain to us to see this attended 



to. 



' 28. "We enjoin Provosts-General, Provincial Magistrates, 

 Lieutenants of the Short Robe, Vice-Bailiffs, their Lieu- 

 tenants, Bailiffs, and Bowmen, and all other Officers of 

 Justice, to lend a strong hand in the execution of the 

 decrees, orders, and judgments of the Grand-Masters and 

 Officers of Mattrises, under allowance by the Grand-Masters 

 for their expenses and extra salary, to be paid from fine- 

 money, confiscation, and restitutions, when on our business, 

 or from that of parties when on the business of others. 



Chapter IV. — Of " Maitres Particuleires " or Forest-Masters. 



' Art. 1. The Forest Masters, or their Lieutenants, take 

 cognisance in first instance subject to appeal by parties or 

 by request of our Attorney, as well in civil as in criminal 

 cases of all matters pertaining to waters and forests, and 

 their surroundings and dependencies, following the restric- 

 tioiis and limitations contained in articles of the present 

 ordinance. 



' 2. When they are not graduates, the Lieutenants shall 

 at the Court make the statement and the report in all 

 cases, civil and criminal, and the Masters shall have a 

 deliberative voice and pronounce sentence ; but when they 

 are graduates the Lieutenants shall only have to report 

 and vote ; the instruction, the judgment, and the sentence 

 following the plurality of votes remain with the Master, 

 both in the Audience-Hall, and in the Council Chamber. 



' 3. The Forest-Master shall hold an Audience once a 

 week at least, in the usual place ; and the cases remitted 

 from the preceding Audience shall be called first if there 

 be any such ; and they shall be judged summarily, so far 

 as this can be done, along with the other cases or busi- 

 ness, especially the minutes of the Gardes-Marteau, 

 Gruyers, and Sergeants, and the fines imposed without 

 being referred, the roll of which shall be signed by them, 



