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 'Piers of Great Yarmouth; and for depthening and making more navigable the several Rivers emptying themselves at the said town; and also for preserving Ships, wintering in the said Haven, from accidents by Fire;'  whereby several duties were granted for the above recited purposes, and for depthening the channel of that part of the River Yare called Braydon, and for making more navigable the Rivers Yare, Waveney and Bure, &amp;c.; but as the time to which this act limited the receipt of these duties had expired previous to 1747, another act was obtained in the 20th George II. to revive the duties granted under the 9th George I. and make them payable for two years from the above date, and from thence to the end of the session of parliament immediately following. This act is therefore entitled,  'An Act to revive, continue and amend an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, entitled, An Act for clearing, depthening, repairing, extending, maintaining and improving the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth; and for depthening and making more navigable the several Rivers emptying themselves at the said town; and also for preserving Ships, wintering in the said Haven,from accidents by Fire.'  Twelve commissioners were appointed to carry into effect the purposes of this act; three of whom were appointed by the corporation of Yarmouth, other three by the mayor, sheriff, citizens and commonalty of Norwich, and the remainder by the magistrates of Norfolk and Suffolk, assembled at quarter sessions; which said commissioners, or any seven of them, (five being of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk,) are empowered to act.

In the preamble of the act of 23rd George II. entitled,  'An Act for repairing, improving, and maintaining, the Haven and Piers of Great Yarmouth; and for depthening and making more navigable the several Rivers emptying temselves into the said Haven; and also for preserving Ships, wintering therein, from accidents by Fire,'  we learn, that the duties heretofore granted were insufficient for the maintenance of the several navigations connected with the haven of Yarmouth; the corporation of Great Yarmouth are, therefore, by this act, empowered to collect new duties for the term of twenty-one years, from the 25th March, 1750; but as these are repealed, and give place to others granted