Page:Rivers, Canals, Railways of Great Britain.djvu/647

 of Cricklade, in the county of Wilts, as relates to the Navigation of the said Rivers from the Boundary of the Jurisdiction of the city of London, near Staines, in the county of Middlesex, to the said town of Cricklade,' states that the commissioners had raised the sum of £38,900, part of £50,000 authorized by former acts to be raised, which they had expended in improving the navigation of the river, and empowers them to borrow an additional sum of £25,000 for the same purposes.

The tolls and rates collected by them to be exempted from all taxes; and all manure, dung, compost and tillage for land on the line to be free from all rates or dues.

The act of 1794, entitled, 'An Act for better regulating and governing the Watermen, Wherrymen, and Lightermen, upon the River of Thames, between Gravesend and Windsor,' authorizes the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London to regulate the fares to be taken by watermen, &amp;c. on the river between Gravesend and Windsor; and to make rules and regulations for their guidance, which are to be approved by one or more of the judges.

By the act of 1810, entitled, 'An Act for amending, altering and enlarging the Powers of Two Acts, passed in the Fourteenth and Seventeenth Years of his present Majesty, in relation to the Navigation of the River Thames, westward of London Bridge, within the liberties of the city of London; and for the further Improvement of the said Navigation,' the Corporation of London are empowered to erect four pound locks, each of which to be 150 feet in length and 20 feet in width in the chamber thereof, with three pair of gates in each lock, and to be at the following places; one near Chertsey Bridge; another near Shepperton; another near Sunbury; and the other near Teddington. The act also authorizes the corporation to borrow a further sum of £40,000 to carry on the work, by mortgage of the tolls, or by annuities; in the last case, the rate to be paid on lives from forty-five to sixty, is ten per cent, per annum; and on those above sixty, twelve per cent, per annum.

It also repeals the tolls formerly granted, and in lieu thereof empowers the collection of the following tonnage rates.