WHereas by an Ordinance , Entituled , An Ordinance for better amending and keeping in repair the Common High-waies within this Nation , amongst other things , It is Ordained , That if any Wagons , Carts or Carriages wherein any burdens of dead commodities or wares shall at any time from and after the first daie of May then next , be drawn upon any such High-waies , Roads , or Streets , with above five Horses or Mares , or six Oxen and one Horse or Mare , in any one Cart or Wagon , That then it shall be lawfull to or for any Constable or Surveyor of High-waies , or other Inhabitant in any Parish where such Loaden Wagon , Cart or Carriage shall pass and be drawn as aforesaid , to distrain and seize all such supernumerary Horses , Mares or Oxen as he shall find in any such Wagon , Cart or Carriage over and above the number of five Horses or Mares , or six Oxen and one Horse or Mare respectively , and the same supernumerary Horses , Oxen and Mares respectively , to detein and keep until such Owner or Driver have paid and answered into the hands of the Surveyors of High-waies within the Parish where such Distress and seisure shall be made , or one of them , the summe of twenty shillings for every such supernumerary Horse , Mare or Ox ; Be it now Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England , Scotland and Ireland , &c. by and with the consent of His Council , That the said Ordinance or any Clause therein conteined , shall not extend to any Carts or Carriages at any time used in the conveying , draught or carriage of any Ordnance , Timber or Artillery , of any sort or kind whatsoever , for the use of the Army or Navy , But that such Carts , Draughts or Carriages may be drawn with any number of Horses or Oxen necessary for the Drawing thereof , without incurring any of the Penalties in the said Ordinance mentioned , or without any stop , molestation or disturbance of any Constable , Officer or other person whatsoever , any thing in the said Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding .

Provided that such persons that atten● the said Draughts , Carts or Carriages for the use of the said Army or Navy , have some Order or Pass under the hands of His Highness the Lord Protector , or the Lord President of His Council , or of the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy , or Generals of the Fleet , or other Field Offices of the Army , Commissioners of the Navy , or some Governour of a Garrison , or under the hands of some of them , signifying that such Carriages and Draughts are for the use of the said Army or Navy as is aforesaid .