554 C. 13. Anno quinto Reginas Eliz AEEt urn. A. D. 156^ None rtmli buy VII. Provided always, and bs it farther enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfort or Perfon s Com to fell again fljall or may by Authority of any fuch Licence above-meiitioned buy any Corn or Grain out of open Fair without fpecial or Market to fell again, unlefs fuch Perfon and Perfons fhall be thereunto licenced, andfhali have fpecial Licence. aj]( j ex p re f s Words contained in fuch Licence or Licence's, that he or they rhay fo do ; upon Pain to-forfeit Who fh;0l have for every fuch Time that any fuch Pcvfon or Perfons fhall do to the contrary, five Pounds : (3) The Moiety the Forfeitures, of which Forfeitures afore rehearfed, fhall be to the Queen bur Sovereign Lady, her Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to him or them that will fue fotf the fame in any of the Queen's Courts of Record, by Bill, Plaint, Action of Debt or Information, in the which- Bill, Plaint, Action or Information, no Wager of Law, Eiloin or Protection fhall be admitted, indices of Peace VIII. Be it alfo enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Juftices of Peace in every County within m their Seflions this Realm or Wales, at the Quarter-Seflions, fhall have full Power and Authority by Virtue of this Aft, fliall enquire of, t0 en q u i re ^ hear and determine all and every the Defaults and Offences perpetrated, committed or done con- theft Offices. trar y t0 th's Aft* within the County where any fuch Seflions fliall be kept, by Inquifition, Prefentment, Bill or Information before them exhibited, and by Examination of two lawful WitnefF.s,. or by any of the fame Ways or Means, by the Discretion of the faid Juftices, and to make Procefs thereupon, as though they were indicted before them by Inquifition, or by Verdict of twelve Men or more: (2) And upon the Conviction of the Offender, by Information or Suit of any other than the Queen, to make Extracts of the Moiety of the Forfeitures to be levied to the Queen's Ufe, as they ufe to do of other Fines and Amercia- ments grown in the- Seflions of Peace, and to award Execution of the other Moiety for the Complainant or only. A city, &c. IX. Provided always, That this Act, or any any Thing therein contained, fhall not in any wife extend' may appoint to the Prejudice of the Liberty of any City or Town Corporate, but that they and every of them fhall and P h u ," e p Crs -r° r ma y lawfully afiign and licence Purveyors for the Provifion of the fame City or Town Corporate, in fuch rovi mn. Manner and Form as they might lawfully have done before the making of this Aft. To the Inhabi- X. Provided further, That this Aft, nor arty Thing therein contained, fhall be in any- wife hurtful or tants of which prejudicial unto any the Inhabitants within the Counties of Wejlmorland, Cumberland, Lancajler, Chefter Counties this an( j York, or any of them, but that they may do as heretofore they have lawfully ufed to do ; any Thing extend! d ° thn0t m th * s P ref " ent A & t0 the contrary notwithftrnding. 13 Eliz. c. 25. C A P. XIII. An Ad For the Continuance of the Statute made 2 & 3 P. & M. for the Amendment of Highways. tj, . i.jtat.2.1 __ TfjjTRjr j n t h e Parliament holden at Weftminjier in the fecond and third Years of the Reigns of the Explained and ' VV late Princes King Philip and Queen Mary, amongft other good Afts then had and made, one necef- farther provided ' fary Statute was provided and eftablifhed for the Amendment and Reparation of the Highways within this for by is El. t R ea i m ; w hich Aft was made to endure and continue for feven Years, and after the Expiration of the faid TheStatute of ' f gven " Years, till the End of the Parliament then next enfuing, as by the fame Statute more plainly appear- a&iPh.&M. ' etn j which feven Years, forafmuch as they be now expired and ended, and the faid Aft is very beneficial, €. 8. touching ' and moft neceffary to be continued for the Eafe and Commonweal of the People of this Land ;' (2) Be it amending of therefore -enafted by the Queen's moft excellent Majefty, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Corn- Highways, con- monS5 ; n this Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority thereof, That the faid Aft made in the faid fecond Authorities of an d third Years of the Reign of King- Philip and Queen Mary, touching. and concerning the Reparation and Eopervifors of Amendment of the Highways, and every Article and Branch of the fame, fhall from henceforth be, ftand Highways en- and continue in full Force, EfFeftand Strength, for and during the Term of twenty Years next following ' a, , 6ed .p. i ,» from and after the Beginning of this prefent Parliament, and after the Expiration of the faid twenty Years,
- _ g 3 ' 'to the End of the Parliament then next after the End of the faid twenty Years to be holden and kept.
i Bain P. C. zoo. ' II- And forafmuch as the faid Statute made in the fecond and third Years of King Philip and Queen Bum, V. 1. 536. ' Mary, in divers Parts of this Realm ferveth not to fo g'ood Purpofe and EfFeft as it may be made, for that ' fuch Subftance and Matter as is moft fit and convenient for the Reparations of the faid Ways, cannot be
- ■ lawfully had, fetched and taken out of the feveral Grounds and Soil thereunto nigh or adjoining, being no
' great Lofs ox Detriment to the Owners of the fame feveral Grounds and Soil, whereby the Amendment of ' the faid Ways is little increafed, or e(e of very fmall and {lender Continuance, to the great and continual ' Charge and Trouble of the poor People inhabiting thereabouts :' The Supervifors III. For Reformation whereof, and that the Reparations of the faid Highways may hereafter in good due may take Rub- Manner well and fufficiently be made ; (2) be it further by the Authority of this prefent Parliament enafted, ii(h in other That from henceforth it fliall and may be lawful to all and every Supervifor and Supervifors, and Orderers of fort'ne^ending trie Works for the Time being, for the Amendment of the faid Highways, thereunto elefted and appointed ct Ways, ' according to the Statute made in the fecond and third Years of King Philip and Queen Mary, for the better Reparation and Amendment of the Ways within their feveral Panfb.es and Limits where they fhall be fo made Supervifors (if it fhall be fo to them thought neceffary) to take or carry away of the Rubbifh or fmalleft broken Stones of any Quarry or Quarries lying and being within the Parifh where they fhall be Supervifors, without Licence, Ccntrolment or Impeachment of the Owner or Owners, fo much as by their Difcretions Hull be deemed and adjudged neceffary for the Amendment of the faid Ways : ' (3) And that for Default of any
