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 130 C. 35* Anno trkefimo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. The CommifTw aforefaid. That if the faid Lord Bifhop o^ Rochejier, or the Perfon or Perfons who fhall be refpec- cnerstopayto xty intitled to the faid Lands and Grounds, with the Buildings and Erections thereon, now belong- Rochefe7°* '"S to the f;.id Lord Bifhop of Rochejier, fnall on or before the firft Day of Jugu/i one thou- t. 54 5' I. for the f^fid feven hundred and fifty-feven, fignify to the faid Commifnoners in Writing, his, her or their Con- Purchafe of fent, to accept the faid Sum of one thoufand three hundred and forty-five Pounds, for his, her or their lauds, &c. his Interefl in the faid PremUFes, and fhall do, perform and execute, all and every Matter and Thing as (hall Property, on his |jg neccfTary and required by the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, for compleating and T*it.'"!nd"pr^ perfecting his, her or their Title to the faid PremilFes, and for conveying the fame to the faid CommifTi- per Conve) ance. oners, in fuch Manner as they or any five or more of them, (hall direct and appoint; then, and in fuch Cafe, the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, (hall, and they are hereby impowered and required, out of the faid Sum of two thoufand five hundred Pounds, to pay and apply the Sum of one thoufand three hundred and forty-five Pounds, to the laid Lord Bifhop oi' Rochejfer, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be refpeftively intitled to the faid Premifles, in fuch and the like Manner, as any Sum or Sums agreed for by the faid Commiflioners are diredled to be paid by virtue of any former Adts. The FcotWay XL Provided always, and be it enadted, That when the faid Way, Street or Avenue, (hall be opened o*^ '^'^^ Streets to ^^^ widened, the Foot Way on the Weft Side thereof fhall be raifed fix Inches at leaft, above the Car- che"above'^he " ""'^S^ ^'^^^Y* ^'^'^ ^e paved with good Flagg Stone, and be made in the narrowefl Part, not lefs than nine Carriageway, Feet wide ; and that the faid Carriage Way (hall not thereafter be altered, fo as to raife the fame nearer ard to^te paved the Surface of the faid Foot Way, than the fame fhall be left, when finifhed, in purfuance of this Adt. with FlaggStone, Lights of the XIL Provided alfo. That in the making the faid Foot Way, Care be taken not to obftrufl the Lights- Cellar Srory not^f jj^g Cellar Story adjoining to the faid Foot Way. to be obltrudled j ^ <j j Comm iTioners XIIL And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiflioners, and each and Perfons i€t- ^"^ every Other Perfon or Perfons authcirized by the faid CommilHoners, or any five or more of them, to ing under them, do any Adt in Execution of any of the Powers intended to be hereby veiled in the faid Commiflioners, are indemnified for and fliall be hereby indemnified for what they fhall do in purfuance of this Adf; and that if any Adtion what tney fhaJl ^.jj be brought, or Suit Commenced, againfl any Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in purfuance Limitation of laid or brought within fix Calendar Months after the Fadt done; and fuch Adlion fhall be laid in the Aftions. County oi Middlejex^ and not elfewhere; and the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Adlion or Suit, fhall: Cer-eraJ Iffue, and may be at Liberty to plead the General Ifl'ue, and give this Adl and the Special Matter iii Evidence without fpecially pleading the fame. CAP. XXXV. An Adl for draining and preferving certain Fen Lands lying in the South Level,, Part of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly CdWtd Bedford Levels between Brandon River and Sams's. Cut Drain; and for impowering the Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty, of the Com- pany of Confervators of the faid Great Leve]^ to kl certain Lands within the faid Limits^, commonly called Invejied Lands^ ' "^T JH E R E A S certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in that Part of the GreatLevel of the Fens cal- ' or thereabouts, and which are bounded as follows; thit is to fay, From the North Bank o^ Brandon ' are rendered of little or no Value, to the Lofs of the Publick, as well as the great Damage and Impo- ' fervtd, without the Aid of Parliament ;* Therefore may it plcafj your Majelly, that it may be cnadted,. and be it enadlcd by the King's moft Excellent Majef^y, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords v.i.^ftiall Se Spiritual and Temporal, and Commoiis, in this prefcnt Parliament adcmbled, and by the Authori:y of foTnmiriior.pr* jj^ fame, I'hat the Lord or Lords, Lady or Ladies of the feveral and rcfpedlive Manors oi Fettwell, Heir- for putting the y^ Sputhery aiid Methucld for the Time being, or in their Abfcnce, their feveral and refpedlive Deputies Art i;it«cu- ^pp^jipjjej yy Writing under their Hiind«, a Perfon appointed by the Truflces of Felfjuell School, a Per- ^ a. ihaU
 * RochefJer: And wliereas a Survey and Eftimate of the Value of the faid Lands and Grounds, and of the
 * Fuildings and Ereilions thereon, has been had and made by two indifFerexit Perfons, with the Confcnt
 * of the faid Lord Bifhop, who have valued and eftimated the fame at the Sum of one thoufand three hun-
 * dred and forty-five Pounds: And whereas the faid Lord Biftiop is willing to accept of the faid Sum of
 * one thoufand three hundred and forty-five Pounds, in full Satisfadtion for all his Right, Title and In-
 * tereft whatfoever, in the fame, and the Street adjoining;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority
 * '°" of this Adt, or in relation to the Premifies herein before-mentioned, every fuch Adlion or Suit fhall be
 * Wj led the South LeveU lying and being in the Townfhip o^ FeltweJU and in the feveral Parifhcs of
 * Helguy, Southery^ Hockwold and Methwold 'u the Coumy o'i Norfolk y containing kvtn thoufand Acres,.
 * River, about two P'urlongs befow Redmoor Hoitfe., along a certain Drain or Ditch,, called tG. T%uelve
 * " F'jOt Drain, to a decayed Sewer, called Stake Load., and by the faid Load to the Drain called Sa/ns Cut^.
 * and along the South Side of the faid Drain to the Eafl Bank of the River Ouze^ and then along the faid
 * hdnk to Brandon Creek's Endy and from thence along the 'North Bdnk of Braiidcn River to the T-welve
 * Foot Drain aforefaid, have for feveral Years pafl been, and flill arc very much annoyed with Waters,,
 * through the Defcd^ of their Outfalls to Sea, by which Means the faid ^o,^ Lands and Low Grounds
 * vrrifhment of the Owners of fuch Lands, and of the Inhabitants of the feveral Pariflies and Solaces ia
 * which the fame do lie: And whereas the faid Fen Lands and Lov/ Grounds cannot be drained and prc-
 * '"' fon appointed by the Fen Reeves vi Meihwold for the Time being, every Pcrl'oa who for the Time being