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 414 C. 21, 22. Anno primo Jacobi IT. A, D. 1685. ' cefTors, that were or fliould be Lords of Manors, or have Right of Common in the Commons and Waftes ' in the faid Level, or within any Town, Parifli, or Place, into which the Works or Dreining of any bf ' them did extend, to improve, fet out, and iriclofe, divide, and fever fuch Proportion or Proportions, as ' to them fhould or might feverally and refpeftively belong, or be adjudged and allotted unto them in Se- ' veralty by certain Commiffioners appointed in the faid Adt, and as they fhould adjudge and determine, as ' by the faid Claufe in the faid A(£t more fully appears : ; ' n. And whereas, fince the paffing of the faid A£t, feveral Lords of Manors, and others who had Right ' of Common in the faid Commons and Wafles, did divide and take their feveral Shares and Proportions ' thereof: ' IIL And whereas fuch taking and cutting of the faid Commons and Waftes into fmall Pieces, is fince ' found to be very prejudicial to the Owners and Country, being a great Wafte of Ground in Divifion, ' which are hard to be kept as Fences betweeen Party and Party, the Road-ways and Paffages through fuch ' Commons, as fet forth, being very low, and generally in bad Ground, not paflable, or well to be amend- ' ed, whereby fuch Divifions are of little Value : ' IV. And whereas it occafions great Diminution of Stock, and Decay of Houfes, many Perfons felling ' their Shares of Common from the Houfe it belongs unto, to a great Impoverifhment, and Increafe of the ' Poor ;' to prevent any further Inconveniences thereby ; be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Ma- - jefty, by and v/ith the Advice and Affent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this Par- liament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid Claufe in the faid Aft for fuch dividing and inclofing, {hall be and is hereby repealed and made void to all Intents and Purpofes : And that no more Divifions or Inclofures fhall be hereafter made of the faid Waftes and Commons therein mentioned, pur- fuant to the faid Aft ; any Thing therein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. V. Provided always, and it is further enafted. That all Inclofures already made and certified into the Petty-b.ig Office, purfuant to the faid Aft, fhall be held and enjoyed by the Owners thereof, as fully, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if this Aft had not been made. ' VI. And whereas feveral Perfons and Townfhips, finding the Inconveniencies of dividing and cutting VII. Be it therefore enafted. That all fuch Agreements, fo made and confirmed by the Decrees as afore- faid, fhall be, and are hereby ratified, and binding to all fuch Perfon or Perfons, who were Parties con- tenting to the fame, and all claiming by, from, or under them, or any of them, and according as in the faid Decrees are exprefiTed and contained. ' VIII. And whereas divers Perfon?, having had Decrees and Adjudications for Inclofures and Allotments ' bag Office, as by the faid Aft is direfted :' It is now further provided and enafted. That fo many of the faid Decrees and Adjudications already made and imperfeft as aforefaid, which fhall be made perfeft by being figned and fealed by the faid Commiffioners, and certified into the Petty-bag Office, in fuch Manner as by the faid Aft is appointed, before the four and twentieth Day of ^k«^, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred eighty-fix, fhall he good and valid in Law to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame had been fo perfefted at the Time of making this Aft, and all Inclofures and Allotments by
 * aforefaid, did come unto Agreements, and bound themfelves not to divide, but to feed and order the
 * faid Commons and Waftes by way of an equal Stint of Cattle In a like Proportion, to their great Advan-
 * tage and Improvement; and thofe Agreements have been confirmed by the Decrees of his MLajefty's High
 * Court of Chancery :'
 * within the faid Level already made by Commiflioners in the faid Aft appointed, purfuant to the fame Aft,
 * have neglefted to get the faid Decrees and Adjudications to be figned, fealed, and certified into the Petty-
 * virtue thereof, fhall be enjoyed by the refpsftive Perfons interefted, as if this Aft had never been made.

And all fuch of the faid Decrees, which fliall not be perfefted by the faid Time in Manner and Form afore- faid, fhall be utterly void and null to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, and all Inclofures by virtue thereof fhall be thrown open, as if fuch Decrees or Adjudications had never been made; any thing in this Aftj or in any Law, Statute, or Ufage contained to the contrary notwithftanding. CAP. XXII. P^' An Aft for erefting a new Parifh, to be called the Pairilh of <S^ James, within the Liberty oi JVeJlminfter. Here ends the Reign of King J a m e s the Second. S E S S I O