An Act for punishing such persons as shall wilfully, and maliciously pull down, or destroy turnpikes for repairing highways , or locks, or other works, erected by authority of Parliament, for making rivers navigable.

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An Act for punishing such persons as shall wilfully, and maliciously pull down, or destroy turnpikes for repairing highways , or locks, or other works, erected by authority of Parliament, for making rivers navigable.