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Penalty proportioned to quantity burned, tho’ under 1 English statute acre.
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>V. And whereas a doubt hath arisen, whether the penalty for burning the soil or surface as aforesaid was recoverable under the said act, where the quantity of the soil or surface, so burned, was not a full English statute acre: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the penalty on the person or persons, so offending, shall be proportioned to the quantity burnt, though it be under one English statute acre.
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