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. D. 1738. Anno undecimo Georgii II. C. 39. 327 dforefaid, the fame Jltall from time to time be ififued, paid and applied for the draining the faid Fens according to the faid Scheme or Ejtimate above-mentioned-, in fitch Manner as the Majority of the Owners of the faid Free Lands, and the Majority of the Owners of the faid Taxable Lands, according to their refpcttwe Quan- tities of Acres, who Jliall be prej'ent at fitch the faid public k Meeting to be held as aforefaid, or the Attorney or Attorneys lawfully con/lituted in that Behalf of fuch of the faid Owners, as well of the faid Free Lands as Taxable Lands, who jhall be th.n abfcnt, Jhall order and direct ; and fuch Application and Payment of the faid Money, purjuant to fuch Order or Appointment, Jhall be a full and effectual Dif charge to theTreafurer or his Deputy for the time being, his and their Heirs, Executors and Adminijlrators, for the Sums he or they jhall Jo iffue : And forafmuch asfome few of the Proprietors of the faid_ Free Lands, to the Amount of about one th'oufand Acres, cannot, by reafon of their Incapacity or other Difabililies in Law, join in this Agreement, and for that aljo the Owners of the faid Free Lands have not any Power to raife and levy the . Jaid Acre Rate fo agreed to be raifed by them as aforefaid ; it is therefore agreed, That an humble Application jhall be made to Parliament, to obtain an Acl to impower the faid Oivners of the faid Free Lands to raife the faid Acre Rate upon all their faid Lands, by fuch [Pays and Means as jhall be thereby provided ; and to carry this Agreement into Execution, and make the fame binding on all Parties to be benefited thereby, and fuch the Jaid Proprietors of the faid Free Lands as are under fuch Incapacities or Difabilities as aforefaid, all fuch Monies as fihill be advanced and paid by fuch Perfion or Perfons as aforefaid to the faid Treajurer, ' or his Deputy for the time being, for the Share and Proportion of fuch the faid Proprietors of the faid Free ■ Lands under Juch Incapacity or Difability as aforefaid, out of the yearly Profits of the Lands of fuch of the Jaid Proprietors, and not otherwife, until fuch Monies, with legal bit ere ft, Jhall be fully fat i sped and re- paid ; any thing aforefaid to the contrary thereof notwithfianding ; it being intended that fuch the Shares and Proportions of fuch Perfons under Juch Incapacities or Difabilities as aforefaid Jhall be raifed upon the
 * to reimburfe fuch P erf on or Perfons who JImII be minded to advance and pay the Shares and Proportions of
 * Credit of fuch Provifion to 'be made by the jaid Act in that Behalf, rather than a Work of fo much Confe-

quence to the Publick Jhould be delayed or J'ruflrated for want thereof. In Witnefs whereof we the Jaid Oivners and Proprietors of the faid Free and Taxable Lands have hereunto fit our Hands and Seals, with our refpeclive Quantities of Land, as well Free as Taxable, againfl our refpeclive Names, the twenty-third Day oj February one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-feven. Free Lands : 4 Eleven hundred and fifty-one Acres, Rutland ; five hundred and fifty Acres, C. Bertie ; five hundred and thirty-two Acres, Weyman Lee ; two hundred and eighty-five Acres, Sam. Home ; Jive hundred and thirty- Taxable Lands : ' Three hundred and forty Acres, Wm. Newland ; five hundred and fix Acres, C. Bertie ; two hundred and ' fifty Acres, Alex r. Wilfon ; one hundred and twenty Acres, Sam. Home ; four hundred and twenty-two Acres, r William Perry ; two hundred and feventy Acres, j'or Jacob Prefton Efquire, Sam. Home; one hundred and 1 fix Acres, White Kennett ; five hundred Acres, William Fortrey ; nine hundred Jeventy-two Acres, three 1 Roods, James Fortrey ; fixty- three Acres, Charles Bletfo ; three hundred forty-fix Acres, Fr. Whichcote ; ' two hundred and fixty-one Acres, John Hum ; three hundred and forty fix Acres, John Blackwell ; fixty 4 Acres, for my Mother Alice Figg, Will. Sharman ; forty-five and half Acres, J. Hepburn ; forty Acres y 1 Either Gates ; for a third Part of two hundred and fifty-eight Acres, with two Decoys, R.obt. Beavor j, ' Sealed and delivered by his Grace the Duke of Rutland, &cS. " The faid Agreement valid in Law. The Acre Rate to be levied on Defaulters by Diflrefs and Sale, " For want of Diftrefs Defaulters Lands to be fold. The Power of the Commiflioners of Sewers Com' " feited Lands to be raifed by the like Means as upon the other Lands, This AA not to prejudice the " Earl of Exeter, Anno
 * two Acres, for my Daughter Eva Weyman, Mary Weyman ; feventy-five Acres, Will. Sharman.'
 * thirty Acres, T. Norton ; one hundred and fix Acres, J. Raymond.
 * Lincoln, not hereby leflened. The faid Lands exempted from other Payments. The Tax on for-