Page:Ruffhead - The Statutes at Large - vol 7.djvu/212

 i68 C. 39, 4.0. Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii .II. A. D. 1749. 10 fettle the vifion or Place xvhcrc fudi Plot of Ground {hall lie, fhall, at their General Quarter-Seffions, ifTue their Value flj-" the Wairant or W^.rrants to the Sheriff of that County, to impanel and return before them, rt fuch Tim.°s and Giouwls. ■ Places as fhall be appointed in fuch Warrant or Warrants, a fufficient Jury, who upon their Oaths (wh^ch Oaths the faid Jutticcs are hereby refpedively irnpowered to adminifterj fliall enquire into the true Value of the faid Plot or Plots of Groiind, with the Ufe of convenient Roads leading thereto, fo to be appointed for Gunpowder Warehoufes as aforefaid; and all fuch Verdicts and Inquifitions fnall be kept with the Records of the f^iid Seflions refpeftively, and the Judgments and Decrees of the faid Juftices refpectively thereupon fhall be final and conclufive to all Parties; and to that End, the faid Juftices refpeclively fhall have Power to fend for any Pcrfon or Perfons interefted, and to examine any Parties or WitnelTes upon Oath, as they fhall think fit (all which Oaths the faid refpedive Juftices are hereby irnpowered to adminiflerj; and'the Sum Sum not to ex- or Sums of Money to be afTefted and adjudged as aforefaid, not exceeding thirty Years Purchafe, fhall be paid ccjJ 30 Years {0 the refpeilive Proprietors and Owners of the faid Ground, according to their refpedive Int'ercfls therein Purchafe, ^^ j,g adjudged by the faid Juftices refpeftively as aforefaid; and upon fuch Payment, or in cafe of Refufal to accept the fame, then upon leaving the fame with the refpeftive Juftices, for the Benefit of fuch Owner or Proprietor, the Inheritance of the faid Plot or Plots of Ground, and Ufe of the (aid Roads leading thereto fhall be vefled in the Purchafers thereof, and their Heirs and Affigns, for the Purpofes aforefaid, and not otherwife; and the Warehoufes which fhall be erected thereon fhall be built, from time to time in fuch Manner, as will moft effeftually render them fafe and fecure. ' No Penalty for VII. And it is hereby declared by the Authority aforefaid, That no Forfeiture or Penalty fhall be incurred WtTvtre' '^P°" account of Gunpowder kept in greater Quantities than thirty hundred Pounds Weight, within any houf« alreJy Watehoufe or Magazine already built for that Purpofe, urtlefs the Juftices of the Peace of the County or built, uniefs ihe Place wherein fuch Warehoufe is built, at their Quarter-Scflions, fhall, upon Complaint thereof made by fame fliaii be any two or more of the Inhabitants of or near that Place, adjudge the fame to be dangerous and unfsfe and deemed danger- y^til the Expiration of fix Calendar Months next after fuch Adjudication 5 and provided fuch Warehoufe ous, &c. or Magazine be not fituate in any City, or the Suburbs thereof, or in any Market Town, or within on" hundred Yards Diftance thereof, or within two Miles of any of his Majefty's Palaces or Houfes of Refi- dence, or within one Mile of any Magazine belonging to his Majefty for the keeping Gunpowder. General Iffue. VIII. And be it further enaiSled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Suit or Aftion fiiall be commen- ^ ced or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons for any thing done in purfuance of this Aci, in every fuch Cafe fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the General IfTue, and give this A6t, or the Special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in purfuance and by the Autho- rity of this Aft; and if a Verdidl fhall pals for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintift' or Plaintifts fhall become nonfuit, or difcontinue his, her or their Aftion or Aflions aft^r IfTue joined, or if upon Demurrer, or otherwife, Judgment fhall be given againft the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or De- Treble Cofts. fendants fhall and may recover Treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the fame as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in other Cafes by Law. Limitation of ^^- P^'ovided always, and be it enafted. That all Suits, Aftions and Profecutions, to be brought, com- Aiiions. menced or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons for any Thing done, or to be done, in purfuance or by the Authority of this A61, fhall be laid or tried in the Cotmty or Place where the Fad was committed and fhall be commenced or profecuted within fix Calendar Months next after the Fa£t committed and not otherwife. X. Provided always. That nothing in this Aft contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to repeal take away or alter any of the Claufes, Powers or Provifions contained in two Ads of Parliament the one This A£l not to '"g ' ^i c 6 '^^^^ ■" ^^^ fif'^ Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, JnjJ for pre- 5 ec. I, c. 2. ^^.^fj^^ the Mif chiefs which may happen hy keeping too great ^lantities of Gunpou'dsr in or near the Cities , ji Geo I c 2^ London ^WWeftminfter, or ihe Suburbs tijereof; and the otfTer made in the eleventh Year of his f^aid late Ma- Furiherp'romd i J^'^v'^ Reig"? intituled, An Aa for making more effeaual an Aa pafcd in the fifth Tear of his MajeJy'sRei-rn, forty r^Ceo.x. intittikd. An Ad for preventing the Mifchiefs which may happen hy keeping too great Quantities of Gun- (. 16. powder in or near the Cities of London or Wejinmifter, or the Suburbs thereof. CAP. XXXIX. An Ad for enlarging the Powers granted by an Ad pafTed in the fixteenth Y'ear of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the Road from Boroughbridge, in the County of Tork, to Catberick in die fame County, and from thence to Piersbridge, on the River Tecs. The Ad 16 Geo. 2. c. 7. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XL. "An Aft for enlarging and maintaining the Harbour of Rnm/g^/e, and for cleanfing, amendinc^ and preferving the Haven of Sandwich. PR. 'HEREAS frequent LofTes of the Lives and Properties of his Majefty's Subjeds happen in the Downs, for want of a Harbour between the North and South Forelands, the greateft Part of the Ships employed in the Trade of this Nation being under a Ncceflity at going out upon, as well as return- ing from their Voyages, to pafs through the Downs, and frequently by contrary Winds beino- detained there a long Time, during which they (efpecially the outward bound Ships) are expofed to violent Storms, and dangerous Gales of Wind, without having any fufRcient Harbour to lie in, or retreat into, or from whence they can receive any Afliftance : And whereas a Harbour may be made at the Town of Ramjgate, proper and convenient for the Reception of Ships, of and under three hundxed Tons Burthen, and trom whence