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 126 C33' Anno tricefimo GfiORGii II. A. D. 1757. account of fuch Diftri^ls refpedlively, to make fuch Allowances for the catching or deftroying of Moles ill the Banks or Lands belonging to fuch Diftritfls, as they the faid refpedive Commiflioners fhall think proper. Proceedings to XLVIII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enadcd and declared by the Authority afore- be entered in f^id, That all Orders and Proceedings of the Commiflioners for the faid refpcdtive Diftritfls fhall be en- Books J ^gj.^j j^^ ^ Book or Books to be kept for that Purpofe ; and fuch Orders, fo entered, (hall be figncd by B k ma be three or more of fuch refpedlive Commiflioners, alTembled at fuch Meetings ; and fuch Orders fc) figned vi'^o°duce'd ami f^all be deemed and taken to be Originals ; which faid refpecSlive Books, and alfo the Books hereby di- rsad ill Evidence rciSlcd to be kept for regiflring the Securities, Afllignments, and Transfers aforefaid, fliall and may be ji> Ca!es ot Ap- produced and read in Evidence in all Cafes of Suits or Adlions touching any Thing done in purfuaiice, P^^^s. aj,(j by the Authority of this A61. Quorum of Com- XLIX. And be it further en ailed by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Powers and Authorities ni:ilion:rsot the herein before contained for afligning the Taxes or AiTeirments for Money borrowed in the flrft Di- feveraiDiiiiifts. f^xxiXt fiiall and may be executed by any nine or more of the Commiflioners for fuch Diftri£l j and in the fecond and third Diftridts, fhall and may be executed by any feven or more of the Com- miflioners for fuch refpedtive Diftricls ; and that all other Powers and Authorities by this A61 granted to the Commiflioners refpectivcly for fuch Diffridts, fliall and may, in all Cafes where no particular Quorum or Number is appointed by this A£t, be executed by any five or more of fuch refpedlive Commiflioners, in all Matters relating to fuch Diftridts ; and that any five or more of the Commiflioners for the fourth, fifth and fixth Diftridis, fhall and may, in all Cafes where no particular Quorum or Number is herein appointed, execute all the Powers and Authorities of this Adf, in relation to fuch Di- llridfs rcfpedtivcly. No Orderm.ide ^ Provided always, and be it cnadled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Order which fhall be made Wmts i^In'be' ^y ^^ ^'^^ refpcdtive Commiflioners, or any of them, by Virtue of this Adt, at any of their rcfpective altered. &c. un- Meetings, fhall be altered, annulled or made void, at any fubfequent Meeting, unlefs ten Days Notice at ydf loDaysN'o- tlu' leaft be firll given of every fuch Meeting two following Lord's Days, in the Forenoon, immediately tice be firll ^ihcT Divine Service, in the faid Parifh Church oi Ranifcy; in which faid Notice the Intent and Defiga given. Q^- j-^^.h Meeting (hall be declared. All Proceedings Jj, Provided always. That no Orders, or other Proceedings of the faid Commiflioners, or any of them, tobeataMccc- ^^.W be valid, unlefs done at a Meeting to be held in purfuance of this Act j except only as to the grant- '"^' ing of Precepts or Warrants for levying Taxes or Penalties, which (hall and may be granted and figned by fuch Commiflioners whenever the fame fhall be necefiary, and be required. Pen Ities and LLI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Penalties and Forfeitures by Forfeitures how j^is Act infiicted and impofed, the Recovery whereof is not herein before particularly directed, (hall be to be recovered j-ecovercd and levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, by Warrant from any or the Oftender fhall refide j whieh Warrant fuch Juftice or Juflices is or are hereby required to grant, l.ipon Proof of the Offence by one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes upon Oath (which Oath fuch juftice or Juftices is or arc hereby impowered and required to adminifter without Fee or Reward) and the Overplus remaining, after fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, and neceffary Charges are deducted, fhall be returned to fuch Offender; and fuch Penalties or Forfeitures, when recovered, if not othcrwife directed to be applied by this Act, fliall be paid into the Hands of the Treafurer for the Diftrict xvhcrein, or in Relation whereunto, fuch Offence was committed, and applied for the Ufe of fuch Diftrict. This Act not to Lill. Provided always and it is hereby further enacted and declared, That this Act, or any thing hereiu interfere %ti;h contained, (hall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to impower the Commiifioners appointed to the Cc.iifervators p^j jj-,is Act in Exccution, to have, ufe or exercife, any Power or Authority over, or to intermeddle with oiBcdford Level, ^j^y Qi.-jhe Rivers, Banks, Sewers, Cuts, Drains, Dams, Sluices Tunnels, or other Works whatfbever, already made, or hereafter to be made, by the Governor, Bailiffs, Confervaiors, and Commonalty of the Great ~ - - ..._.-._ . . . . . . ». . ,, . . _ . /f Car. i.e. 17. of his of the lidate, ieffen, diminiili, alter or take away, any the Rights, Powers, or Authorities, veftcd in the faid Governor, Bailiffs, Conlbrvators and Commonalry, or in the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Conferva- tors •, but that all Rights, Powers, and Authorities whatfoevcr, which by virtue of the faid Act, naffed ill the fiftecjit'i Year of the Reign of King Charlks the Second, or any other Act, Statute or rower vvhatfoever, are now vefted in the laid Governor, Bailiffs, Confervators and Commonalty, or in the faid Governor, Bailiffs, and Confervators, or any of them, fhall for ever hereafter remain, continue, and be, in the faid Governor, Bailiffs, Confervators and Commonalty, and in the faid Goveriior, Bailiffs and Confervators, as fully and amply, to all Litents and Purpofci), as if this Act had never been made. Rc'erration of LIV. Provided always, and it is hereby further cnat^ced and declared by the Authority aforefaid, Th.it K th:s to Com- ^his Adi, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to invalidate, leffcn, prefo vj"r the diniinifti, alter, or take away, any of the Rights, Powers and Authorities, veftcd in the Commiffioncrd NivigaTjon of apponued in and by an Adt of Parliament pafled in the twcaty-feventh Year of the Reign of his prefcnt Salter't l-tad Mijelty, intituif.d, jIn Jit for iwttrovitig and preferving the Navigation />-5/w Salter's Load Sluice, /';; the Bi.iiic, &c. Counts of Norfalk, to Standground Sluice, in the County o/" Huntingdon ; and from Flood's Ferry, in the j-yGeo. i. C.12. •'-' ' " ' ./•^...v j^^ I
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