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 between the first-mentioned place and the Avon; and if the former portion be not done in four years after the passing of this act, the power to cease. The affairs of the company are under the direction of a committee of fifteen persons, to be called "The Committee of Management."

TONNAGE RATES.
Tolls to be paid for a full Half Mile, and for a Quarter of a Ton.

TOLLS ON THE RAILWAYS.
To pay but once a Day.

Boats under Twenty Tons not to pass Locks without leave, or without paying for that Amount of Tonnage.

There are many clauses in this act for protecting the property of individuals on the line of navigation; but which, having a local interest only, it is unnecessary further to notice than by a reference to the act of parliament. In this act are recited three others, 10th and 11th William III. 6th Anne, and 44th George III. relating to the navigation of the Tone from Bridgewater to Taunton, in which it appears that certain persons are appointed conservators of that river, and certain tolls are thereby directed to be collected, and that the surplus of such rates, after doing that which is necessary for the maintenance of the navigation, shall be employed for the benefit of the poor of Taunton, arid the parishes of Taunton St. Mary Magdalene, and Taunton St. James; and as the making of this canal will materially injure the above interests, the company are directed to purchase them, and afterwards to maintain the