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 A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo Georgii II. C. 34. 127 Ifle of Ely, in t^K County 5/" Cambridge, to Ramfey High Load, m thefaid County (^/HuntiMgdon ; and a If the Navigation from fn>m Old Bedford Sluice, in the feicl County ^Norfolk, to the River Nene, in the PariJJ) c/'Ramfey, in the faid County o/" Huntingdon j But that all Rights Powers and Authorities whatfoevcr, which by^i'frtue of the faid Adt palTed in the twenty-feventh Year of the Reign of his prefcnt Majefty, now are vefted in the faid Commiflioners, thereby appointed, or any of them, (hall for ever hereafter re- main, continue and be in the faid Commiflioners, and every of them, as fully and amply, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if this Act had never been made. LV. Provided always, and be it hereby enatfted. That all fuch Right or Rights as any Lord or Lords Refervatlon of of any Manor or Manors, Liberties, Hundred or Half-hundred, have heretofore had within his or their R'gM* to Lord» refpedtive Manor or Manors, Liberties, Hundred or Half-hundred, within or without the faid fcveral °^ Manors. Diltridls or Divifions, or any of them, to Waifs, Eftrays, Felons Goods, Privileges of Arrefts, Efcheats, and all other Royalties, not prejudicial to the JDraining, be hereby faved to them, their Heirs, Succef- fors and Affigns feverally and refpedtively 3 any Thing in this A£l to the contrary thereof notwith- ftanding. LVL And it is hereby further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Adlion, Suit or Informa- Limitation of tion fhall be commenced or profccutcd againft any Pcrfon or Perfons for any Thing done or to be done in Anions. Purfuance of this Adt, or in Execution of any of the Powers or Authorities hereby given, every fuch Adlion, Suit or Information, {hall be commenced or made within fix Calendar Months next after the Fadl be committed, and not afterwards; and fhall be laid or brought in the County of Huntingdon or Cambridge^ and not elfewhere : And the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Adtion or Suit fhall and may plead the General Iflue, Not guilty; and if in Replevin, may juftify and avow by Virtue of this Act, C«""*' ^'^"*' as Perfons adting by Authority of CommifTioners of Sewers are enabled to do ; and give this Adt 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 Fadt alledged to have been done, was done in Purfuance and by Authority of this Adl: And if the fame fhall appear to have been fo done, or if any fuch Adtion or Suit fhall be brought after the Time before limited for bringing the fame, or fhall be brought in any other County or Place, then the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defendants, Avowant or Avow- ants ; or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fhall become nonfuit, or forbear a Profecution, or difcontinue his, her or their Suit or Suits, or if any Judgment fhall be given againfl him, her or them ; upon a De- murrer, or otherwife ; rhen in any of the faid Cafes, the Defendant or Defendants, Avowant or Avow- Double Coi!s; ants fliall recover double Cofts, for which he, fhe or they fhall have like Remedy as where Cofls by Law are awarded. LVII. And be it further enadled and declared, That this Adl fhall be deemed a publick Adl; and all I'uhlkk Act. Judges, Juflices and other Perfons are hereby required to take Notice thereof as fuch, without fpecially pleading the fame. CAP. XXXIV. An AA to enable the CommifTioners for building JVeJiminfier Bridge^ to widen the Street or Avenue leading from Cockfpur Street, to the Paflage in Spring Garden^ near Saint Jameses Park. WHEREAS Commiffioners for building a Bridge crofs th^'R.iver Thames^ from the TVoolfnpk, ^cm.z. c. 29. or thereabouts, in the Parifh of Saint Margaret, in the City of IVefbninjier^ to the oppofire jofj^s. 2. c. ^6. Shore in the County of Surry, are by virtue of feveral former Adls of Parliament pafi'ed in the Reign nt.'v,. 2. r. 2.5. of his prefent Majefty, or by virtue of fome or one of them, impowered to make, open, defign, aingn, |^ p""' ^" '^; '|* and lay out, fuch new Ways, Streets and PafTes, as they fhall find proper to be opened and iViade on ',1 cfo' V l. lo' each Side the River Thames, to and from the faid Bridge, the Courts of Juftice, both Iloufes of Parlia- ij Cce. 2 c.26'. ment, and the Parts adjacent; and to agree for and purchafe fuch Houfes and Grounds as they fhall 176V0. 2 .-. 32. find necefTary for them to be pofTefTed of, and to be removed, rebuilt, pulled down, or employed i'or ^^^<'<^- '■^- '-'^Q- thofe Purpofes, comprized within certain Bounds and Limits particularly mentioned and defcribed in the faid refpedtive Adls, or fome or one of them : And whereas the Way, Street or Avenue, leading from Cockfpur Street, in the Parifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, in the Liberty of WefTininJier, to the Paflage in Spring Gardens leading to Saint James's Park, and from thence to both Houfes of Parliament, JVeji- minfter Hall, and the Courts of Juftice, and Weftminjler Bridge, might be rendered more open, fafe and commodious, for the Eafe of PafTengers and the publick Benefit, than the fame now l"-, in cafe the faid Commiffioners were enabled to open and widen the faid Way, Street or Avenue, and to purchafe, pull down and remove fuch Buildings and Houfes, and to take Pofllflion of fuch Grounds and Eftates as they fhall think proper and necefTary for thofe Purpofes ; Wherefore for the promoting a D-fign fo i^Gety. 2. c. 5!?. ufeful and beneficial to the Publick, May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enat^ted ;' And be it enadled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of tlie Commifii(.Bers Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Autho- ^mp^'^^e'^'tovv!- rity of the fame. That the faid Conimiirioners, or any five or more oi them, fhall have full Power and ]Ja"incr^ from' "^^ Authority to open and widen the Way, Street or Avenue, now leading irom Cockfpur Street, in the Pa- co:kipor St eer, rifh of Saint Martin in the Fields, in the Liberty of JVefhninficr, to the PafTage in Spring Garden^ leading to the Pafl'^ge in to Saint Jamcs Park, in fuch Manner as they fhall think prober. ^fi^B Gaidiu; 11. And