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 112 C. 32. Anno tricefimo Georgii II. A. D. 1757, dr.nt a6^ed as a CommiiTioner, or nominated or appointed a Pcrfon to a6t as a Corrminioncr in the Exe- cution of this A6 ; and a Verdicl fhall be found againft the Defendant, unlefs he {hall prove in his De- fence, that he was, at the Time of his fo a6ting, nominating, or appointing, qualified according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act. CoTrtnKTioners IJ|. /^iij be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiflioncrs, or any five or Power to make ^nore of them arc hereby authorized, and Ihall have full Power, fro:n time to time hereafter, at their t>;^erea Engmes, ^^■"•'Is and Plcafures to alter, remove, rebuild or repair any of the Engines, Gools, or other Works al- ' ready made and erected, and to make, and caufe to be made, fuch new Banks, Cuts, Drains, Dams, Outlets, and other Works, in and through, and to make and creel:, or caufe to be made and eredted fuch Engines, Sluices, Gools, or other Works, upon the i':ud Lands and Grounds fo bounded and defcribed as aforefaid, or any of the Banks adjoining thereto, for draining and conveying the Waters from the fam.e Lands into the River Oiizf, through the Banks of that River, as fliall be thought fit, necefiary and con- ' . venient, by the faid CommilTioners, or any five or more of them, at the Meeting or Meetings of the faid Commiffioncrs herein after appointed for the Purpofes aforefaid. paying for the j provided always. That if the laid Commifhoners fhall make, or caufe to be made, any Bank, Damjjje; Cut, Drain, Dam, Outlet, or other Work, in or through any feveral Grounds, or ereii or make, or caufe to be erected or made, any Engine or Engines, or other Work thereon, they fhall pay fuch a reafonable Satisfa6tion to the Ptrrfon or Perfons having a Right to the faid feveral Grounds, in or through which fuch Bank, Cut, Drain, Dam, Outlet, or other Work fliall be made, or whereupon fuch Engine or Engines or other Work fhall be ere£ted, for the Damage done thereby, as fhali be agreed upon between the faid Commiflioners, or any five or more of them, and the Party or Parties having Right to fuch feveral and if th« Parties Grounds ; and if the faid Commiflioners, or any five or more of them, and the faid Party or Parties, can- cann«tagree, the j^Qj. gg^gg about the Value of fuch Damage ; then, as fhall be afTefied and adjudged, by the Juftices of iud^'erby the the Peace, or the major Part of them, not interefled in the faid Pai ifh of IFiggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen^ Juftices in Sef- at any General Quarter-Seflion of the Peace, or Adjournment thereof, to be held for that Divifion of the fion. faid County oi Norfolk, wherein the faid Y'diXxih oi PFiggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen lies, within twelve Months next after fuch Damages (hall be done. Time and Place V. And, for the better putting this A&. in Execution ; Be it ena£fed by the Authority aforefaid, That of irurtces jj^g ^-^^j^ Commiffioncrs herein named, or any five or more of them, (hall twice in every Year, to wit. Meeting. q^^ ^^^ ^^^ Monday in Jpril^ and on the firft Monday in OSIcber, or at any other Time or Times, as they fliall fee Caufe, or think convenient, purfuant to Notice in Writing for that Purpofe figned by fi e or more of the faid Commiflioners, and affixed upon the Bridge of IViggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen^ at leaft fix Days before every fuch other Meeting, meet at fome Publick Houfe in Wiggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen aforefaid, Kings Lynn^ or V/atUngton in the faid County, to be appointed by the faid Com- miflioners, or any five or more of them ; the firfi: Meeting to be at the Sign of the Dolphin in Wiggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen aforefaid, on J^(?Wrt;' the twentieth Day of ^ww^ one thoufand feven hundred and Comm'flionfrs fifty-feven, and may adjourn themfelves and meet again purfuant to fuch Adjournment; and, at any fuch may inaice Or- original or adjourned Meetings, fhall be and are hereby impowered to make Orders, and give Directions <jers, &c, |-Q^ altering, removing, rebuilding or repairing, any of the Engines, Gools, or other Works already ere died, and for making fuch proper new Banks, Cuts, Drains, Dams, Outlets, and other Works, through the faid Lands and Grounds, and for making and erecting fuch proper Engines and other Works, thereon and alfo for the better Government, and more orderly Management of the faid Works, and the Mainte- chcofe Officers, j-.ance thereof; and to appoint one or more Colledtor or Colle£to;s, Receiver or Receivers, or fuch other proper Oflicer or Officers, v>'ith reafonable Salaries, for the making and taking care of fuch Works, and for collecting the Rates and AiTeffinents which fhall be made or allefled for the making and Maintenance Officers may be thereof, as they the faid Commiifioncrs, or any five or more of them, fliall think proper: Which faid removed. Collector or Colled^ors, Receiver or Receivers, or other Officer or Officers, fo to be named and ap- pointed as aforefaid, fhall and may be altered and removed at the Will and Plcafure of the faid Com- miflioners, or the major Part of them, fo afTemblcd at fuch Adeeting or Meetings fo to be held as afore- faid, who fnall and may choofe and appoint another or others in the Room and Stead of the Perfon or Perfons fo altered and removed, as often as Occafion fliall require; and fuch Collector or CollcCtor^-, Receiver or Receivers, fo to be named and appointed as aforefaid, before he or they fhall aCt in the 7o give Security. Execution of ihcir feveral Offices, fhall give fuch Security to the faid Commiffioncrs for the due Exe- cution of fuch their relpective Offices, and for the executing and performing the feveral Trufls to them committed, as the faid Cornmiffioners, or the major Part of them, fliall in their Difcretion, fee fit and require. Comtriiflioners to VL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That at all and every or any of fuch A4eeting jayanequalAce- or Mtcrings, fo to bc held by the faid Comrniffioners, it fliall and may be lawful to and for the faid Com- ux, not exceed- niijrjfjiiers, or any five or more of them, to alilfs, rate, tax, ::nd charge all and every the rcfpeCtive Owner each^Vtar" °'' Owners, Occupier or Occupiers of all and fingnlar the faid Een Lands and Low Grounds, fo bounded and defcribed as aforefaid, by an equal and proportional Acre-tax, in any Rate or Sum not exceeding two Shillings per Acre in each Year, fur the making, carrying into P!xecution, and efteCting the faid Works ofDraming, and for maintaining the fame, and for other tlie Purpofes hereiji mentioned ; and to limit and appoint fuch certain Days and Places for the rcfpcdtive Payments thereof. Half-yearly, to the Col- lector or Collectors, Receiver or Receivers, for the Time being, as the faid Commifliojiers, or any five Of more of them, under their Hands fhall direCt and appoint, VII, Provitlcd