Game Certificate Required. 1825.

GAME CERTIFICATE DUTY
THE COMMISSIONERS OF STAMPS hereby give Notice, that by the Act of 55th Geo.111. cap 100, it is enacted,
That any person shall have, keep, or use, any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine, for the taking or destruction of Game, without having a Game Certificate, or Certificate of having registered a Deputation whereby such person is appointed a Game-keeper, he shall forfeit Twenty Pounds British.
It is further enacted that it shall be lawful for the Occupier, Owner, Proprietor of the land, where any Person shall be found so using any Dog, Gun & c., or for any Person having a Certificate then in force, and producing the same, to demand of such Person the production of his Certificate; and if he shall refuse to produce it, or to declare his name and place of residence, on being required, or give false or fictitious name or place of residence, he shall forfeit Forty Pounds British.
And the Commissioners will use the most vigilant and active measures to discover Offenders; and they will award a Moiety of every Penalty recovered to the Informer.
Persons requiring information as to the mode of prosecuting Offenders, are requested to apply at this Office, or at the Office of the Distributer of the District in which the offence shall have been committed, where Lists of Names and Residences of Persons who have obtained Certificates will be delivered. By Order of the Board, CHARLES PRESSLY, Secretary.
Stamp Office, Dublin.
20th August, 1825.

The Weekly Freeman's Journal 27th August 1825.

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