Boundaries Act 1721

not above 1 s. and 6 d. per perch for such wall, or 1 s. for a ditch, &c.

If fences not preserved, no remedy for involuntary trespass.

II. Provided always, That there shall not be demanded above one shilling and six pence per perch of such stone or other wall of the height and thickness aforesaid, or above one shilling per perch for such ditch, trench, drain, or other fence made and planted as aforesaid, by the person or persons, who shall make or cause the same to be made; and if it shall happen, that after such ditches and fences are made as aforesaid; the person or persons, whose lands the same lie on, and who ought to keep up the same, do not weed such quickset, and mend, preserve, and keep up such fences, or his part thereof; as they ought to do, that then and in that case the person or persons so neglecting or refusing to weed such quicksets, and to mend, preserve and keep up his part of the said fence, shall have no remedy for any involuntary trespass committed by the cattle of the proprietor, occupier, or tenant of any the neighbouring lands, for any trespass on his, her, or their lands, or occasioned by his, her, or their default in mending, preserving, or keeping up his, her, or their part of such fence or fences as aforesaid.