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 A. D. I75-3' Anno vicefimo fexto Georgii II. C. 37 — 43. 539 Monday in June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three, or at any After-meet- ing in virtue of the Powers of Adjournment in this Adf contained, to determine and choofe which of theoi-dcr of carry- Purpofes aforefaid fliall be firfl: begun and carried into Execution, and with Power to them and their Sue-in?, on ilic Pur- cefTors in virtue of this A£t, from time to time to regulate the Order of carrying on the feveral PurpofesP"'''^ ';' this Aft mentioned in this Act, or fuch of thefe Purpoies as 'they fnall find themfelves in Condition to undertalce, '° ""^ fi^tticd. during the Continuance of this Adl. XXV. And be it further enaifed by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for t^e^J'^™^'™"^ faid Commiffioners and their SuccefTors, and they are hereby authorized and required to keep a Record j-°'^f [^^^ p^"' of their Proceedings, and to caufe a diftiniS Entry to be made of the Whole Sums that are or may be con-ceedingo, and of tributed towards the Purpofes of this Act; and to nominate a Clerk and Book-keeper for that Purpofe, and'>ie Sum contri- allow them for their Trouble and Expence a yearly Salary, to be proportioned as the faid Commiffioners""^!' 5 fhall judge proper, not exceeding twenty-five Pounds, lawful Money of Great Britain^ for the Allowance ^^^pjj.^"^^"'^" to both, for themfelves and Servants employed in Writing; and the faid Commiliioners are hereby required chofen, and a before the Expiration of this Aft, to cauie their Books to be ballanced; and in cafe there fliall be any Sum.'Salary to be a!- or Sums "of Money, Buildings, Houfes, Grounds, or other Eff-'Cts undifpofed of, then and in that cafej^™'^^- the faid Commiffioners are hereby authorized and required to appoint the Purpofes to which the fame fhall^""^^ b°f 're'tfe be applied for the further Improvements of the faid City, or any other Purpofe in or about the City, they iT>:pi,ation of fhall think fit; and to make over the faid Excrefcence and Premilfes remaining v/ith them, if any then be,ihis Aft, and to the Magiftrates and Council, of the City of Edinburgh^ for theUfe of the Commanity; and the faid 'iii: Eai!ance,&c. Magiftrates and Council, and their SuccclTors in Office, are hereb/ appointed and required to em-'° ^'^"^ °'-"^'" ploy and difpofe of the PjemilTes and Sums lb con'eyed to them by the Commiffioners, in the precife man-^^j,j^' ^1^°"'^' ner, and according to the Order that the fame fhall be appointed by the faid Commiffioners, or any feven or ftiore of them, to be exprefTed in Writing under their Hands, which ihall be put upon Record in the Books of Council and Seffion, or Tov/n Court Books oi Edinlurgh, and be deemed, held, and taken by the faid Rlagiflrates and Council, as the Rule of their Procedure. XXVI. And it is hereby declared. That this Aft is a publicic Aft, and fhall be deemed and taken Notice Pu^ick Aa. of as fuch, by all Judges, Juftices, and others, in all Courts and Places, .without fpecially pleading the fame. XXVII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That this AGc fhall continue and be inContimiaiKe of Force until the third Monday in June in the Yearof our. Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-five, fo^i^ Ait. far as relates to the purchafing of Houfes, Buildings and Grounds, and no longer; but that this Afl, as to all other the Powers and Matters therein contained, fhall continue and be in Force, until the third Mojiday in June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feyenty-four, apd from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. ' .--,--..-. C A P. XXXVIL An Aft for repairing the Road leading from the Town of Pemith in the County of Cumberland, by Hutfon Hall, over Skelton and Cajilejewerhy Pajlurcs^ and Sebrahani Bridge, to Chalkbeck in :the faid County; and alfo the Road which branches and feparates from the fame Road upon Caftlefowerby Pajhire aforefaid, and leads from thence through Hejket, otherwife Hejket Nevj Market, to Caldbeck in the faid County.. P R. CAP. XXXVIII. An Act to enable the Parifliioners of the Parifh of Stone, in the County of Stafford, to rebuild the Church ofthefaidParifh. PR. CAP. XXXIX. An A (El for repairingand widening feveral Roads leading from the Town of 5?tf rZ/^j, in the County of /^r- cejhr, to the feveral Places therein mentioned in the Counties of Worcejler and Salop refpeitively, P R. C A P. XL. An A£l for repairing the Roads from the City of Carlijle to the Town of Penrith in the County g{ Cumber- land, and from the fai3 Town oi Penrith, to Emont Bridge, which divides the Counties oi Cumberland and IVeJhnoreland. PR. . . - . . CAP. XLL An Aft for continuing and making more effecSlual three Acts of Parliament paffed in the ninth and twelft'^ Years of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, and the fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Ma- jefty, for repairing the Highways hcx.wee.n Dun/lable ■s.nA Hockliffe in the County of ^.-^^ri; and alfo for repairing the Road from the Sign of the IFhite Horfe to the Sigu of the King's Arms in Hockliffe aforefaid. PR. CAP. XLIL An A61 for repairing and widening the Road from the Weft End of Seeyid Street^ in the County of JViits^ to the Horfe and Jockey in the Parifh of Box in the faid County. PR. CAP. XLIII. An Ad for enlarging the'Church-yard of the Parifli of Paddington in the County of MiddUjex, PR, Z z z 2 CAP.