Limiting the Weight which Carriages im pressed in Ire land shall be obliged to carry. Notice to be given to Lord Mayor of Dublin, before March of Troops out of that City, to provide Carriages. One Third of Rate to be paid before Car riages proceed on March. on such Wheel Carriage, the Sum of One Halfpenny for every Mile or reputed Mile he or they shall therewith march, or according to such Rate as shall be fixed and ordered by the Justices of the Peace for any County or District, the said Justice having regard to the Price of Hay and Oats at the Time of fixing such additional Rates; and that the said Sums respectively shall be paid to such Owner or Owners respectively, or to their Carmen or Draymen respectively; and that every such Payment shall, if required, be made in the Presence of a Justice of the Peace, Constable or Petty Constable. LXXX. And be it further enacted, That no Car impressed by Authority of this Act in Ireland shall be liable or obliged to carry above Six Hundredweight, and that no Dray so impressed shall be liable or obliged to carry more than Twelve Hundredweight, and if the Owner shall consent to carry above Six Hundredweight, or Twelve Hundredweight respectively, on any Carriage, he shall be allowed and paid at the Rate aforesaid for every Hundred above the Weight of Six hundred Pounds, or Twelve hundred Pounds, put on his Carriage, according to the Nature and Description thereof; and the Owner or Owners of such Carriage or Carriages shall not be compelled or obliged to proceed with such Carriage or Carriages, under the Sum of Three Pence for each Mile or reputed Mile for each Car, or Sixpence a Mile for each Dray, at the least, in case he or they shall be required to carry a less Weight on such Carriage or Carriages than the Weights hereinbefore appointed for the same respectively. LXXXI. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Troops or Companies of Soldiers shall receive Orders to march from Dublin, and that it shall be necessary to impress Carriages for that Purpose, Notice shall be given to the Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin at least Twenty four Hours before the March of such Troops or Companies of Soldiers out of the said City, or, in case of Emergency, as long before such March as the Nature of the Case shall permit, of the Number of Troops, Companies or Soldiers appointed to march; whereupon the Lord Mayor for the Time being shall summon a proportionable Number of Cars or Drays, or either of them, at his Discretion, out of the Licensed Cars, Drays and other Cars and Drays within the County of the said City, and so from time to time the said Cars and Drays are by Turns to be employed in carrying the Baggage of such Troops or Companies, at the Prices and under the Regulations hereinbefore mentioned; and it is hereby directed, that no Country Cars, Drays or other Carriages coming to any of the Markets in Ireland, shall be detained or employed against the Will of the Owners, in carrying the Baggage of the Army, on any Pretence whatsoever. LXXXIII. And be it further enacted, That the Officer commanding the Party for whose Use any such Carriage or Horse shall be impressed in Ireland is hereby required, before the Owner of any Carriage or Horse in Ireland shall be compelled to take any Loading, or be forced to proceed on the March with his Carriage, to pay or cause to be paid down in Hand to the Owner of such Carriage or Horse, or to his Servant, One third Part of the full Sum to which the Owner of such Carriage or Horse would be entitled for the March in the said Warrant directed to be made, according according to the Rate so fixed for the same as aforesaid; and every such Payment shall be made, if required, in the Presence of a Justice of the Peace, Constable or Petty Constable. LXXXVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it No Officer, &c. shall not be lawful to quarter or billet, in any Part of the United to be quartered Kingdom, any Officer or Soldier upon or in the House or Resi- upon any Foreign Consul. dence of any Foreign Consul duly accredited as such; any Thing in this Act, or in any Act or Acts of Parliament, or Law or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. LXXXIX. And be it further enacted, That the Carriages for the Service of the Forces from time to time quartered or marching in Scotland shall be provided in like Manner and at the Rates, and the Furnisher of such Carriages shall be paid, as was directed by the Law in force in Scotland at the Time of its Union with England: Provided always, that a Cart with One or more Horses, for which the Furnisher shall demand and receive the Sum of Nine Pence per Mile, shall be required to carry Fifteen Hundredweight at the least. . Carriages in Scotland how to be provided." Officers or Soldiers destroying Game or Fish. XCI. And for the better Preservation of Game and Fish in or near such Places where any Officers shall at any Time be quartered;' Be it further enacted, That if, from and after the said Twenty fourth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, any Officer shall, without Leave first had and obtained in Writing from the Person or Persons entitled to grant such Leave, take, kill or destroy any Hare, Pheasant, Partridge or any other Sort of Game, or any Fish, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and upon Complaint thereof shall be, upon Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, convicted before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, who is and are hereby authorized to hear and determine the same, every Officer so offending shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds, to Penalty. be distributed among the Poor of the Place where such Offence shall be committed. Enlistment of a Militia Man into the Regulars, or into Forces of the E. I. C. void. XCIX. And be it further enacted, That if any Officer, Serjeant, Soldier or other Person shall at any Time wilfully and knowingly enlist any Man to serve in His Majesty's Regular Forces, or in the Forces of the East India Company, who at the Time of such enlisting shall be enrolled or engaged to serve in the Militia, every such enlisting shall be deemed null and void; and every Officer, Serjeant, Soldier or other Person to whom any Person shall offer himself to enlist in His Majesty's Regular Forces, or in the Forces of the East India Company, shall ask such Person whether he does or does not belong to the Militia; and every Justice of the Peace or Persons offerMagistrate, before whom any Person shall be taken for the Purpose ing to enlist to of being attested under the Provisions of this Act, shall, before he be asked whether they belong shall attest or swear the Recruit, read or cause to be read to him to the Militia. the Notice contained in the Schedule to this Act annexed marked (DD), and shall examine him as to whether he does or does not belong to the Militia, and shall require the Recruit to sign a Declaration in the Form in the said Schedule; and in case any Militia Man, at the Time of offering to enlist as aforesaid, shall deny to the Officer, Serjeant or other Person recruiting for Men to enlist and serve in His Majesty's Regular Forces, or in the Forces of the East India Company, that he is, at the Time of his offering so to enlist, Before Recruits are attested, Justice shall read the Notice contained in Schedule (DD) and examine them as herein mentioned. Militia Man Penalty. enlist, a Militia Man then actually enrolled and engaged to serve, or in case any Militia Man shall deny to the Justice of the Peace or Magistrate by or before whom he shall be taken to be sworn and attested, that he belongs to the Militia, every Militia Man so denying that he offending shall, on Conviction thereof before any One Justice of belongs to the Peace of the County where the Offence was committed, or Militia. elsewhere in the United Kingdom, either upon Oath of One Witness or upon his own Confession, or upon the Production of the Attestation and the before mentioned Declaration of such Person, certified by the Secretary at War or Deputy Secretary at War, be committed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, there to. remain without Bail or Mainprize for and during any Time not exceeding Six Months, over and above any Penalty or Punishment to which such Person so offending is or shall be otherwise liable; and every Person so offending shall from the Day on which his Engagement to serve in the Militia shall end, and not sooner, belong as a Soldier to the Corps of His Majesty's Regular Forces, or of the East India Company's Forces, into which he shall have so enlisted Provided always, that every such Person shall be liable to serve within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Regiment, Battalion or Corps of His Majesty's Regular Forces in which he has so enlisted, during all the Time the Militia to which he shall belong shall remain disembodied, or shall not be called out for Training or Exercise, and shall during all such Time be subject to all the Provisions of this Act, and liable to be apprehended and dealt with and punished as a Deserter from the Corps in which he shall have so enlisted, if he shall neglect or refuse to join and serve in such Corps as aforesaid. Such Militia Man to serve in Regular Forces in U.K. during Time Militia is dis. embodied. SCHEDULE (DD). NOTICE. ANY Man who is enrolled in the Militia, and who, upon offering to enlist into the Army, denies that he belongs to the Militia, is liable upon Conviction before a Magistrate to be committed to Prison for Six Months, over and above any other Penalty or Punishment which he may thereby incur for obtaining money on false Pretences. I DECLARATION OF THE RECRUIT. do hereby acknowledge that the above Notice has been read over to me, and that I was strictly questioned by whether I did or did not belong to the Militia, and that I answered that I did not. I also hereby declare, that I did not then and do not now belong to the Militia. Signed in my Presence S Signature of Justice of the Peace. This Blank to be filled up by the Name of the Noncommissioned Officer or Man who actually enlisted the Recruit. [See Cap. 24. post.] CAP. CA P. XI. An Act for the Regulating of His Majesty's Royal Marine [This Act is the same and the Schedules are also the same as 6 G. 4. c. 6. except as to Dates and the Sections that are XL. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That it No Officer, &c. shall not be lawful to quarter or billet, in any Part of the United to be quartered Kingdom, any Officer or Marine upon or in the House or Resi- on any Foreign dence of any Foreign Consul duly accredited as such; any Thing in this Act, or in any Act or Acts of Parliament, or Law or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Consul. mentioned. And Commissioners of Excise are required to grant Li XLII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Justices may Two Justices of the Peace, or any Two Magistrates, within their grant or transrespective Jurisdictions, to grant or transfer any Licence for sell- fer Licences ing Ale by retail, or Cider or Perry, to be drank or consumed for selling Ale, in any House or Houses or Premises where more Houses or Pre- &c. as herein mises than One shall be held together by the same Person or Persons as a Canteen, or any Licence to sell Spirituous Liquors or Strong Waters, or Wine or Liquor, by retail, to any Person or Persons applying for the same, who shall hold any Canteen under any Lease thereof, or any Agreement or other Authority from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or from the Paymasters and Inspectors General of all His Majesty's Royal Marine Forces, without regard to the Time of Year or any Notices or Certificates specified or required in relation to the applying for or granting any such Licences; any Thing in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding; and it shall also be lawful for His Majesty's Commissioners of Excise in England, Ireland and Scotland respectively, or any Person appointed or employed by the said Commissioners in England or Ireland respectively in that behalf, or for any Collector or Supervisors of Excise within their respective Districts, and they are hereby required to grant Licences for selling Beer or Ale by retail, or Cider or Perry, to be drank or consumed in the Houses or Premises occupied as a Canteen of the Person or Persons applying for such Licence, or any Licence to sell Spirituous Liquors or Strong Waters, or Wine or Liquors, by retail, to any such Person or Persons who shall hold any such Canteen under any such Licence or Transfer of any such Licence of any Justice or Magistrate as aforesaid; and it shall also be lawful for any Person or Persons holding any such Canteen under any such Lease, Agreement or Authority as aforesaid, and having such Licences as aforesaid, to keep such Canteen, and to utter and sell therein, and in the Premises thereto belonging, and not elsewhere, Victuals and all such exciseable Liquors as he and they shall be licensed and empowered to sell under the Authority and Permission of any such Excise Licence as aforesaid, without being subject to any Penalty or Forfeiture; any Thing in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding. XLVI. And Whereas great Inconvenience often arises from there being no Justice of the Peace or Magistrate residing near to Places specified in Routes at which Royal Marines are to halt ⚫ and cences to such Persons. For providing Carriages at Places distant from Residence of Justice of Peace. Lists to be made out of Persons liable to furnish Carriages, and all Orders to be made therefrom in Rotation. Carriages in to be provided. Carts to carry Weight as herein mentioned. Officers de &c. ⚫ and be billetted and quartered on the March, to issue Warrants for providing of Carriages;' For Remedy whereof be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable, Tithingman or Headbo rough, duly authorized for that Purpose by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any Justice or Justices of the Peace residing nearest to such Place or Places, to make and give Orders for the providing of Carriages for the Baggage of Royal Marines on March, and to appoint Persons having Carriages within their respective Liberties or Jurisdictions to provide and furnish such Carriages, without having any special or particular Warrant for that Purpose; and all such Orders and Appointments shall be and be deemed to be as valid and effectual in all Respects and to all Intents and Purposes as if the same had been made and given by the Justice or Justices of the Peace having such Authority: Provided always, that every such Justice of the Peace shall, at the Time of giving such Warrant and Authority, and thereafter once in each Year, or oftener if necessary, cause a List or Lists to be made out of all Persons liable to furnish such Carriages under such Warrant, and of the Number and Description of Carriages belonging respectively to the Persons so liable to be required to furnish Carriages for Baggage or for Troops on the March; and such Lists shall, at all seasonable Hours, be open to the Inspection of all Persons whose Names shall be inserted therein; and all Orders and Appointments for such Carriages shall be made and taken from such Lists in regular Rotation as far as the same can be done, so as that the providing such Carriages shall be equally distributed among the several Persons liable to furnish the same under the Provisions of this Act. LII. And be it further enacted, That the Carriages for the Service of the Royal Marine Forces quartered or marched in Scotland shall be provided in like Manner and at the Rates, and the Furnisher of such Carriages shall be paid as was directed by the Laws in force in Scotland at the Time of the Union, with regard to furnishing Carriages for Land Forces: Provided always, that a Cart with One or more Horses, for which the Furnisher shall demand or receive Nine Pence per Mile, shall be required to carry Fifteen Hundredweight at the least. LV. And for the better Preservation of the Game and Fish in or near such Place where any Officers shall at any Time be quartered,' Be it enacted, That if from and after the said Twenty stroying Game, fourth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, any Officer shall, without Leave first had and obtained from the Person or Persons entitled to grant such Leave, take, kill or destroy any Hare, Pheasant, Partridge or any other Sort of Game, or any Fish, within the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and upon Complaint thereof shall be, upon Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, convicted before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, who is and are hereby empowered and authorized to hear and determine the same; (that is to say,) every Officer so offending shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds, to be distributed among the Poor of the Place where such Offence shall be committed. Penalty. CAP. |