Assessed taxes, No. 2 A. Second Part, for the year ending 5th April 1826. County of...

Broadside regarding the Acts 48th Geo III, c. 55, and 52th Geo III, c. 93, that declares that a certificate tax is necessary for the use of dogs of any kind in the hunting of pheasant, partridge, rabbit, quails, snipes, grouse or any other game. The duty was made for gamekeeper and sportsmen. The Game Acts or Game laws were passed to protect game birds by establishing a close season when they could not be legally taken, and also established the need for game licences and the appointing of gamekeepers.

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