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 A D. 1726. Anno decimo tertio Georgii Regis. C. 31 33. 639 thorize any Number of Perfons rcfiant in that Part of Great Brta'm called Scotland, not exceedins? th" Num. *,.:-- .1, „ ber of twenty-one, to be Truftees and Commiflioners for managing and directing the Application of ttv; hefe sxe< by faid Sums, according to the Plan or Method that fhall be fettled and eftablifhed as aforefaid, and for execu- fu "<is. ting the feveral Powers and Authorities which by the laid Letters Patents fhall to them be committed by his Majefty, his Heirs or Succclibrs. ill. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for his Receiver Gene- Majefty, 'his Hcdrs and Succeflbrs, tojppoint the Receiver General of the Crown I 1 and Casualties in «l of the Crown Scot/and to be the Cafhicr for the (aid Commiflioners and Truftees, for receiving the feveral Sums of Money R ' n  ■ I* generally and particularly above mentioned, and for paying out the fame to and by the Order of the faid Ca0 " et - C mmiflioncrs and Truftees, for the Purpofes and according to the particular Regulations that fhall be efta- bliflied by his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, in the faid Letters Patents. IV. And it is hereby further enacted, That the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Trcafury now being and Tr^fury r«cr- the Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain, and the Commiflioners of the Treafury of his Majefty, his Heirs A "' ' ■ and Succeflbrs, for the Time being, fhall, and they are refpeftively hereby impowered and required to iflue uc . for their Warrants and Orders to the proper Perfons, for making Payment of all and every the Sums of Money '/,',- particularly and generally above mentioned, due and payable, or that fhall fall due and become payable Caftier' without hereafter, for encouraging and promoting Fifhc-rtes and Manufactures in Scotland, as the fame fhall feverally Fee. become due, according to the Direct on of the Acts above mentioned, to the f>id Receiver General of the 5 Gl ">- '• c - *"• Crown Pv.ents and Cafualties in Scotland, without Fee or Reward, to be by him anfwered and iflued in like ' 2 G ' J °" '" c ' 4 ' Manner, without Fee or Reward, to and by the Order of the faid Commiflioners and Truftees, purfuant to fuch Directions as fhall be given in that Behalf by the faid Letters Patents. V. Provided always, That the faid Commiflioners and Truftees fhall, annually and each Year, at the Commiffioncrs Feaft cf the Nativity of .our Lord Chrift, make up a faithful arid exact Account of the Monies received and 'oai iflued by their Orders, together with a full and true Report of the State of the Funds committed to and cl '• ' ' a5 » &c# under their Management, and of their Proceedings in the Execution of their Truft, which they (ball, with- in the Space of thirty Days, lay before his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeflbrs; and alio fhall, within the like Space of thirty Days, lay true Copies of the faid Accounts and Report before the annual Committee of the Convention of the Royal Burroughs of Scotland, that they may perufe and examine the fame, and lay before his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, from Time to Time, fuch Obfervations as they fhall make thereon. ' VI. And whereas Experience may difcover divers Improvements fit to be made upon the Plan or Mc- ' thod to be fettled and eftablifhed by his Majefty as aforefaid;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid,- That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Commiflioners and Truftees, annually and Conuniflionen each Year, at the faid Feaft of the Nativity of our Lord Chrift, to propofe and iay before his Majefty, his yearly at Chrift- Heirs and Succeflbrs, fuch Alterations and Additions as to them fhall feem neceflary or expedient, for im- m.* 5 ' lay before proving or amending the Plan or Method for the Time being eftablifhed for encouraging the faid Fifheries J" s | Vla - ,L ', ! y Al " and Manufactures; and if the faid Alterations or Additions fhall feem neceflary or expedient to his Ma- proving the' iefty, his Heirs or Succeflbrs, it fhall and may be lawful to and for his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, Fi/hery. by Letters Patents under the Sea] aforefaid, to alter the Plan or Method for the Time being, and to fettle and eftablifli a new one, upon the Reprefentation of the Commiflioners and Truftees as above mentioned, Ste Jf r,i "' which fhall continue and endure, and be in Force, until it fhall be altered or varied by his Majefty, his Z9 Heirs and Succeflbrs, upon the Reprefentation of the faid Commiflioners and Truftees, in Manner above mentioned. CAP. XXXI. An Act for repairing the Road from Cranford Bridge in the County of Middle/ex, to that End of Maidenhead Bridge which lies in the County of Bucks. P R. The Toll took Place ljunc 1727, and is to have Continuance for 21 Years. [Continued by 17 Geo. 2. c. IQ.j . CAP. XXXII. An Act for the more effectual amending the Highways leading from Roy/ion in the County of Hertford, to JVandsford Bridge in the County of Huntingdon. P R. The Toll took Place the 24th of June 1727, and is to continue for 21 Years. [Continued by 14 Geo. 2. c. ' Amended by 13. and 24 Geo. 2. c. 59.] 7 Geo. 2. c. 25." CAP. XXXIII. An A£t for improving the Navigation of the River Ouze in the County of York. P R. ' XT 7 HER E AS the antient City of York hath been and is yet considerable for its Trade both at home ' W and abroad, and as well the faid City and County of the fame City, as the Country adjoining upon ' or near upon the River Ouze in the County of York, hath been much relieved, maintained and fupported 1 by the faid River, which of late Years in divers Places hath been filled, choaked and _ flopped up with ' Sands and other Obftructions, that Ships, Pinks, Keels, Boats, Lighters and other Veflels cannot, with- ' out great Hazard and Difficulty, come up to the faid City as in Times paft, which is not only detrimental ' to Trade and the publick Good, and prejudicial to the laid City, but to a'l Traders thereto, and to the ' and paflable :' For Remedy whereof, and to the Intent that the faid River, as well for the Good of the Publick in general, and of the Inhabitants of the faid City, as alfo of fuch as fhall trade and pafs thither •and
 * Owners and Occupiers near thereunto, and will be yet more injurious to them, if fome fpee J y Remedy
 * or Courfe be not taken and provided for repairing, amending and making the faid River more navigable