Section XXXIII XXXIII. Where Lands, &c. unoccupied, and no Distress found, Wood may be cut and sold; Timber Trees excepted.X1

Buyers may cut and carry away.

Provided always and be it X2further enacted That where any Woodlands shall be assessed and no Distress can be had that in such Case it shall and may be lawful to and for any Collector Constable Headborough or Tythingman by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of Three or more of the Commissioners of that Hundred or Division at seasonable Times of the Year to cut and sell to any Person or Persons so much of the Wood growing in the Woodlands so assessed (Timber Trees excepted) as will pay the Assessment or Assessments so behind and unpaid and the Charge incident thereunto And that it shall and may be lawful for the Person or Persons and his and their Assigns to whom such Wood shall be sold to fell cut down dispose and carry away the same to his own Use rendring the Overplus if any be to the Owner Any Law to the contrary notwithstanding