Whereas, there have frequently been depredations committed on the grass, hay, trees, fruit, fowl, gardens, gates, ditches and hedges of the lands of Clontarf, and the neighbourhood thereof, and, as the evil is at this time encreasing, we, the undernamed inhabitants of said lands, do hereby resolve, promise and agree to and with each other, that we will pay an equal proportion of the expence of every prosecution that shall be carried on against any person, or persons, that shall be indicted for committing any of the above offences, or any out-door felonies (be they of what nature or kind soever) on the property of any person who is a subscriber to this association.