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the removal of articles which may be of 
advantage to the enemy, or ufeful to the 
public fervice, as before mentioned. § 8. 
If the commancing officer of any vo- 
Junteers in Great Britain fhall make a 
falfe return, or of any yeomanry in. Ire- 
land fhall make a falfe return or certifi- 
cate, he thall forfeit 200]. § 9. 
Tt fhall be lawful for his Majeity, or 
for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in Ire- 
Jand, to authorize any general officer or 
other perfons to mark out any ‘piece of 
ground wanted for the public fervice, and’ 
to agree with the owners, or. any perfons 
having any intereft therein, for the ufe 
thereof during fuch time as the exigence 
of the fervice fhall require ; and in cafe 
the owners or perlons having any interett 
therein, fhall refufe to enter into {uch con- 
traét, or fhall be unable fo to do by rea- 
fon of infancy, coverture, or other difa- 
bility; the perfons fo authorized by his 
Majefty, or by fuch Lord Lieutenant, may 
require two Jultices ofthe Peace, to put 
his Majefty’s officers into immediate pof- 
feffion of fuch piece of ground, which fuch 
Juftices, or Deputy Lieutenants, or De- 
puty Governors fhall accordingly do, and 
fha}l for that purpofe iffue their warrant, 
under their hands and feals, eominanding. 
poffeffion to be fo delivered, and fhall alfo 
iffue their warrants to the fheriff to fum- 
mon a jury, to appear on a day, and at a 
piace in fuch warrant mentioned, to 
afcertain the compenfation which ought 
to be made, the verdiét of which jury 
hall be certified by fuch Juftices or De- 
puty Lieutenants to the Receiver-general - 
of the Land-tax,in England, or to the Col- 
eétor of the Land-tax, in Scotland, or to 
the Colle&tor of his Majefty’s Revenues for 
diftri€ts in Ireland ; which Receiver-gene- 
ral or Colleétor fhall out of any money in 
his hands, pay fuch compenfation to fuch 
perfons: provided always, that no fuch 
piece of ground {hall be fo taken for the 
public fervice without the confent of the 
owners thereof, unlefs the neceflity for the 
"fame fhall be firft certified by the Lord 
Lieutenant, or two of the Deputy Lieu- 
tenants, or by one Governor, or two De- 
puty Governors, or unlefs the enemy fhall 
have actually invaded. § ro. 
When it fhall have been found neceffary 
to take for the public fervice, remove, or 
deftroy any waggons, carts, cars, or other 
carriages, horfes, cattle, fheep, hay, ftraw, 
corn, meal, flour, or other provifions, or 
any other articles whatloever, or to deftroy 
or injure any houfe, mill, bridge, or other 
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building, or any matter of value, under 
the directions aforefaid, the Commiffioners 
of the. Treafury in Great Britain, or the 
Lord Lieutenant of Treland, fhall appoint 
perfons to afcertain the vahie of fuch.ar- 
ticles, and the compentfation which ought 
to be made for the fame by way of purchale 
or hire, or reeompence for damage, or 
otherwife, according to the nature of the 
cafe; and if the own:rs, or perfons inter- 
efted, fhall be willing to accept the com- 
peafation, the fame fhall be paid by the 
~Conimiffioners of the Treafury,or by fuch 
perfons as fhall be appointed by them, in 
purfuance of acertificate under the hands 
of the perfons fo employed to afcertain the 
fame ; and if the owners, or perfons inter- 
efted, fhall-not be willing to accept fuch 
compenfation, his Majeity, or fuch Lord 
.Licutenant, may order two Juftices cf the 
Peace to afcertain the compenfation which 
ought to be made, which juftices fhi]l af- 
certain the fame accordingly, and fhall 
grant a certificate thereof to the Gommi({- 
fioners of the Treafury, who fhall order 
the fame to be paid to the perfons entitled 
thereto out of any money g granted for the 
fupply of the year. § 11. 
The officers of the (iociunees fhall pro- 
cure returns and all other matters to be 
done touching the tinners of Devon and 
Cornwall. Sues 
The Lieutenancy, Lord Mayor, &c. of 
London, the Confiable of the Tower, &c. 
the Warden of the Cingue Ports, &c. 
Juftices, &c. to have the like powers as 
they have refpecting the militia laws. § 13 
Clerks of the meetings, conftables, and 
other officers, to receive fuch compenfa- 
tions as the Deputy Lieutenants or De- 
puty Governors fhall judge them to have 
delerved, and direét to be paid by the Re- 
ceiver-general in England, or the Colle¢tor 
of the Land-tax in Scotland, or by the Col- 
leCtor of Revenue in Ireland. § 16. 
In cafe any conftabie, headborough, ty- 
thingman, or other inferior officer or other 
perfon, fhall difobey any orders iffued. in 
purfuance of this Aét, or fhall obftru& 
the execution thereof, fuch perfon, upon 
conviction before any Juftice of the Peace, 
fhall forfeit not lefs than five and not ex- 
ceeding cne hundred pounds, and in de- 
fault of immediate payinent thereof, then 
fuch juftice is to commit fuch offender to 
the comnion goal for not exceeding three 
months, and the monies arifing by fuch 
penalty fhall be paid to the Treafurer of the 
County, to be applied as part of the ftock 
of fuch ey § 17. 
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