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Section XVII Duty for Servants in Husbandry to be paid by the Master, &c.

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And whereas Batchelors and Widdowers that are Servants in Husbandry by their frequent Removals are returned as Fugitives and escape the Payment of the Duties to which they are liable by the said Act Be it further enacted That the Duty or Duties wherewith such Servant or Servants shall be charged shall from time to time be paid by the Master or Mistresse of such Servant and be deducted out of his her or their Wages Any thing in the said Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.