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 68o C. 22. Anno vicefimo nono Georgii IL A. D. 1756. lut not to dif- cliarije tliein iranx future XXX. Provided always. That nothing in this A(ft contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to impower the faid Corporation to dilcharge the laid inverted Lands, or any Part thereof, from any Rates or Taxes, which the fame fliall hereafter be liable to be rated or afTeiied with, by irtueofilie faid A<51 of the fifteenth of King Charles the Second, or any other A<5f or Adls of Parliament what- foever, but that the faid inverted Lands Ihall be liable to be rated and aflefled in the fame Manner as they were before the making of this Acl' ; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwitl>- ftanding. XXXL Provided alfo, and be it farther enaded, That the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Conferva- tiir/Aft tobtf '^ "^''^ fna:!, out of the above-mentioned Sums of one hundred and one thoufand Pounds, for which t^e paid'by them, faid inverted Lands are hereby directed to be fold, pay one third Part of the Expences of obtaining this Aa. XXXIL And it is hereby further enafted, That if any A<5Hon, Suit or Information ftiall be com- menced or prol'ecuted againit any Pedbn or Perfons for any thing done or to be done in purfuance of this Atl, every fuch Aition or Suit Ihall be commenced within fix Months next after the Fad com- mitted, and Ihall be laid or brought in the Court of Pleas of the faid IJle of Eh^, or in the Coun-ries of Cambridge or Norfolk, and not ellewhere ; and the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Action or Suit fhaH and may plead the General Ifllie, and if in Replevin, may juftify and avow by virtue of this AiX, as Perfons acting by Autiiority of Commifhoners of Sewers are enabled to do ; and give this Ad and the Special Matter in Evidence, without fpecially pleading the fame, otherwife than as aforefaid, at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the P'ail: alledged to have been done, was done in purfuance and by the Authority of this A6f ; and if the fame (hall appear to have been fo done, or if any fuch Aifrion or Suit rtiall be brought after the Time before iimited for bringing the fame, or fhail be brought in any other County or Place than as aforefaid, then the Jury Ihall find for the Defendant or De- fendants, Avowant or Avowantsjor if the Plaintiff or Plaintitis fhall become nonfuit, or forbear Prc- fecution, or difcontinue his, her or their Suit or Suits ; or if any Verdict 'ball pafs againft him, her or them, upon a Demurrer or otherwife, then in any of the faid Cafes, the Defendant or Defendants, Avowant or Avowants, Ihall recover treble Cofts, for which he, Ihe or they fhall have like Remedy as where Cofts by Law are awarded. XXXIIL And be it further enaded and declared. That this A(5f (hall be deeined and allowed to be a publick Acft ; and all Judges, Juftices and other Perfons are hereby required to take Notice thereof as luch, without fpecially pleading the fame. One Tliird of I,imit.i*ion of Actions, General liTue. Treble Coils. Publick Aft. 'The Schedule to which the annexed AB refers ; being a Liji of fuch bordering, and other High Lands, as are to be exempted from the Taxes to be qpJJ'ed, rated or charged in purfuance of the faid AB. M E P A L L. L L the Widdons, except four Acres, Part _ _i. of the Adventure Land taken out of the lame, belonging to Daniel Dickins. W I C H A M. The Widdons, formerly called Jeggam Hall Grounds. In the Cowcrofts. Three Acres of Richard Papworth. Five Acres of John Haj.lam. Five Acres in he Occupation of William Sab- berton. One Acre of John Winter. One Acre, Part of four Acres, of Edward Hem- mings. In the Hale Fens. Thomas Johnfon's Lot, and all the Lots between that and Wolbey Hills, t-xccpt a Part of four Lots, one belonging to William Nix, two to Lord Wentworth and Miftrefs King, and one to Anthony Gregory. WOLBEY HILLS. T.hjrty Acres, Part of forty Acres, of Miftrefs King. Fifty Acres of John Leaford. 'I'cn Acres of John Cole, Five Acres, Part of ten Acres, of Maltcr Eart's Heirs. Two Acres, Part of nine Acres, of William Muf- grave. C O V E N E Y. All the Hale Fens South of Wardey Hill, from a Lot ot Jeremiah Hinkin, to a Lot of George Clay incluiive. Two Acres and an Half, Part of fix Acres, of Headley's Heirs. Two Acres, Part of fix Acres, of Headley's Heirs. Four Acres, Part of fix Acres, of James Creek, called Sampfon's Lot, In tiie New Drove Groun.^s. Six Acres of William King, Clerk. Four Acres, Part of fix Acres, of Charles Cole, Clerk. One Acre and an Half, Part of fix Acres, of Thomas Neale, Clerk. Four Acres, Part of fix Acres, of Edward Merry. Six Acres of William Cole, Efquire. Seventeen Acres, Part of twenty-feven Acres, of Miftrefs Swan. Tliree Acres, Part of fix Acres, of-j Bidweil Nix. / Six Aciies, late of Ifaac Woolafton, lin Sedge Fen. Efquire. I Six Acres of Mary Merrick, Widow, J Ten