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 A. D. 1709, Anno odavo A.nn^ Reglnae. C. 8. 389 '' to be put into another Box, No Money to be received after 15 Sept. ijio. Publick Notice of the " Time of cutting the Tickets. The Manner of drawing the Tickets. Forging Tickets Felony. For- " tunate to be paid their Advantages Half-yearly. Unfortunate to be paid yearly, at the Feaft of Saint •' Michael. Money here lent. Tax-free. Half-yearly and yearly Payments to be made in courfe. Tickets ' LXIII. And for preventing the great Charges that the Officers of the Cuftoms, feizing Goods pro- Perfona to girs ' hiblted and uncuftomed, are put to, by groundlefs and vexatious Claims entred thereto in the Court Security to an- ' where fuch Goods are profecuted ;' Be it enaiSted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Perfon upon fwcrCoftsoc- Entry of any Claim in the Court, where fuch prohibited and uncuftomed Goods are profecuted, fhall jj^'^^;';,. Goods from and after the twentieth Day of Jpril one thoufand feven hundred and ten be obliged to give Se- {^zsi, oiherwife curity in the Penalty of thirty Pounds, to anfvver and pay the Cofts occafioned by fuch Claim ; and in Goods to bcre- Default of giving fuch Security within the Time limited by the Courfe of that Court for entring Claims, covered. fuch Goods (hail be recovered. " Miftake in the Orders upon $ Jnna, c. 19. re£tified." EXP. CAP. VIII. An Aft for clearing, preferving, and maintaining the Habour of Cat-Water., lying near Ply' mouthyx the County oi Devon; and for the cleanfing and keeping clean the Pool, comoionly called Sutton Pool, lying in Plymouth aforefaid. WHEREAS the ancient Borough of Plymouth in the County oi Devon, is very confiderable for the Port there, and is of great Importance, as well for advancing her Majefty's Service and Re- venue, as for promoting, and carrying on the Trade of this Kingdom ; near unto which Borough hath been Time out of Mind, and yet is a Harbour commonly called Cat-water, the which was a very com- modious and fafe Station, as well for her Majefty's Ships of War, as for other Ships employed by Mer- chants, until of late that feveral Shoals and. great Banks of Sand have been caufed there by the Tides and Violence of Storms ; which Shoals and Banks have yearly increafed, whereby the faid Harbour is not only at prefent rendered unfafe to Ships in their going into and out of the faid Harbour, but is like to be entirely ruined, unlefs a timely and effedlual Care be taken.to prevent the fame : And whereas the Pool of Water, commonly called Sutton Pool, (lying in the Bofom of the faid Town of Plymouth, and there- by of great Ufe and Advantage, as well to her Majefty's Ships for their Supply of Provilions, as to all Merchants, who have Occahon to bring up their VelTels to lade or unlade their Cargoes at the Cuftom- houfe, and other Keys lying within the faid Town) hath been of late Years, fo filled and choaked up with Oufe and Mud, as that, by Means thereof the faid Pool is likely to become wholly unferviceable for the Ufes aforefaid, if due care be not forthwith taken for preferving the fame, by deepning thereof, and cleanfing the fame ; And whereas Benjamin Joules of Plymouth aforefaid, hath made Propolals for the deepning and cleanfing, and for the keeping clean and clear the faid Harbour and Pool, at his own pro- Per Cofts and Charges, fo and in fuch Manner, as that the doing thereof will be a great Benefit to the ublick:' To the end therefore, that fo good a Work may be effefted, and that the faid Harbour and Pool may be reftored to their former Ufefulnefs, and may continue the fame, and that the faid Benjamin Joules may receive a fuitable Encouragement for fuch his Undertakings, and his Performance of the faid Work ; Be it enafted, i^c. " Benjamin Joules, &c. (hall cleanfe the Harbour of Cat-water, fo as to encreafe the Water in Depth one " Foot yearly for five Years fucceflively, to be computed fromMarch 25, 1710. and for fuch furtherTime " own Cofts, during the Continuance of this A€t. He fhall likewife carry away 2000 Tun of Ouze, &c. " and make Proof of having fo done at the End of every Year, to the Satisfaftion of the Supervifors, " Supervifors appointed. After 25 March 17 10. the faid Benjamin Joules, &ic. to have the fole Privilege " of Ballafting, fefr. for 71 Years. Mafters of Ships, &'c. to receive Ballaft from no other Perfon. He " may take the Gravel, ^c. of Cat-water for Ballaft. Rates appointed for Ballafting. He fliall employ ' " fuch a Number of Hoys, &€. for carrying Ballaft as the Supervifors fhall judge fuiEcient. Hoys, isfc. to " be gaged. He Ihall attend the Ballafting. Provifo, that the Mafter, i^c. give 24 Hours Notice, what " Ballaft he ftiall want. Lime Stones or Shindle to be furnifhed at the fame Rates as other Ballaft. No " than needful. This AiSl not to prejudice the Ri^ht, ^c. of any Perfon to the faid Water, is'c. nor to " hinder any Bargeman, ^c. from dredging, &c. If the faid Benjamin Joules, &c. do not perform, &c. " all the Orders, bfc. above fpecified, all the Grants contained in this Ad: fhall ceafe. The Supervifors " not liable to any Penalty for not receiving the Sacrament. Continuance of this A£t for 73 Years, from " 25 March 1710. Not to prejudice the Rights of the Borough of Saltajh. This Aft not to hinder the " clearing of the Harbour of Cat-water. Saving the Rights of the Queen, and of all Perfons claiming " by any Grant from the Crown, any Privilege, ^c, in the Harbours, ^c. P R. CAP.
 * ' to be paid in Arithmetical Progreffion. Overplus difpolable by Parliament, EXP."
 * ' as the Supervifors hereby appointed fhall order, till a fourth Rate Ship may go over the Shoal at half
 * ' Flood without Danger. The faid Benjamin Joules, &c. to keep the Water at the fame Depth, at his
 * ' Ballaft to be thrown into any of the Harbours, &c. No Mafter, &c. to detain the Hoys, &c. longer