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Penalty on Persons assaulting Commissioners and other engaged on the Works.
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CXXXV. And be it enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall wilfully prevent or assault any of the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, or any Engineer or other Officer, Servant or Workman acting in aid or under the Orders of any such Commissioners in the Execution of any of the Powers given by this Act, or shall wilfully destroy or injure any of the Instruments, Tools, or Implements or Materials kept or used by the said Commissioners or any of them, or by any Person or Persons employed by them or any of them, for or in the Execution, Maintenance, or Repairs, of any of the Works under this Act, any Person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence, upon Conviction thereof by the Oaths of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses before any Justice of the Peace, such Sum, not exceeding Five Pounds, as such Justice shall think fit.
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