Provided neverthelesse That in regard of the more then ordinary charge and burden [X1with] the Inhabitants of the New Forest in the County of Southampton will be liable unto by reason of the great quantities of Timber usually felled and carried thence for the use of his Majesties Navy It shall and may be lawfull for the Justices of the Peace who shall by Warrant summon the Carts and Carriages within the division of the New Forest in the County of Southampton aforesaid to have power (as to the Carriage of Timber only) to allow as aforesaid to the several Owners of such Carts and Carriages not exceeding Foure pence per mile for so many miles as any Cart or Carriage so summoned shall go empty to the place of its lading Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: which O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]