Section XXXVII

Committing Waste on the said forfeited Estates since 10th May 1695; Penalty.

And whereas since the Tenth Day of May, One thousand six hundred ninety five the Owners or Occupiers of severall of the said forfeited or forfeitable Estates or Interests, or other the Premisses, have presumed to committ great Spoile Wast and Destruction upon the same Estates, by cutting downe great Quantities of Timber-Trees, and other Trees, Woods, Groves and Coppices, and otherwise; Bee it further enacted That every such Owner and Occupier, and all and every other Person and Persons who since the said Tenth Day of May, have committed or att any time before the Sale or Sales of such Premisses, shall committ any such Spoile, Wast or Destruction, upon the said Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments hereby vested in the said Trustees, every such Offender shall pay Treble Damages for the same, to be ascertained by the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them; And for the speedy levying thereof, the said Trustees or any Seaven or more of them, shall under their Hands and Seales, make Certificates of the Damages soe by them ascertained into His Majesties Court of Exchequer in Ireland, for Recovery whereof, the like Execution shall issue forth as in case of a Debt due to the Kings Majestie