The Statutes at Large Volume 27; From the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761 [Continued to 1807] (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1767 Excerpt: ... CAP. XXXVL An aB for encouraging Ibe cultivation, . and for the better preservation, os trees, roots, slants, and shrubs. WHEREAS divers persons have, if late years, wilfully and maliciously cut dnvn, barked, or otherwise destroyed, timber trees, and tretsjlanding for, and likely to become, timber, growing as well in the several forests, chafes, end other open grounds, as in the woods, and plantations, and inclosed grounds, within this kingdom; to the great detriment of the owners of Juch trees, and to the discouragement of planting in general, so beneficial to Great Britain: dnd whereas the disposition of nursery men to improvements in planting and gardening, through Great Britain; / also of great use to the fubl'uk; and many nursery men, gardeners, dnd others, have cells tied and cultivated, at great expence, roots, shrubs, and plants, of every country, and imported, cultivated, and exported, great quantifies thereof, and do thereby support themselves and many others of his Majesty's fubjecls: and whereas many tvil-difpofed persons, well knowing toe value of such roots, shrubs, and plants, have, of late years, frequently entered into nurseries, gardens, and ether inclosed grounds in general, and of the nursery men and gardeners in particular, and have dug up, taken, -r carried away, out if Juch nurseries, gar" dens, and grounds, roots, Jhrubs, and plants, and likewise destroyed OtheTs en the spot, to a very considerable value: be it therefore enacted by the King's rhbst excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authoPenalty on rity of the same, That from and after the second day of June, cutting down, one thousand seven hundred and sixty six, ...