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 142 Anno tricefimo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. Separate Collec- tors. C. 36. fhall be applied in fuch Manner as the Taxes upon the feveral Lands in fuch Didricts are directed to be applied ; and the Collectors or Receivers of the faid Taxes fliall pay Inch Proportion or fuch Taxes as {hall from time to time belong to the faid fourth Diftrict, out of the Monies collected, to the Commif- fioners for fuch Diftrict, or any five or more of them, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as they, or any five or more of them, fhall appoint to receive the fame ; and if any fuch Collector or Receiver Ihall, for the Space of thirty Days after fuch Money ihall be in his Hands, neglect or refufe to pay the fame after Demand thereof made, fuch'Money fliall and may be levied by Dillrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chat- tels of fuch Receivers or Colledors refpe6tiyely, by Warrant or Warrants under the Hand and Seal of any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for the faid IJle of Ely; which Warrant or Warrants fuch Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby impowered and required to grant, upon Proof made on Oath, by any one , or more credible Witnefs or WitneUes of the Collection of fuch Taxes, and the Proportion due to fuch Diftric!:, and of fuch Demand being made (which Oath fuch JuiHce or Juftices is and are hereby impowered and required to adminifter) rendering the Overplus, if any, to the Owners of fuch Goods and Chattels, after fuch Monies, and all reafonable Charges {hall be deducted ; and if fufficient Diftrefs fhall not be found, fuch Juftice or Juftices fhall, and he and they is and are hereby required to commit fuch Receiver or Collector to the Common Gaol of the faid Ifle, there to remain without Bail or Main- prize, until fuch Money, and all reafonable Charges ftiall be paid unto the faid CommiiTioners, or to fuch Perfon as they, or any five or more of them fhall appoint, or until fuch Receiver or Col- ]e6tor ftiall have compounded for the fame, to the Satistadion of the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them ; which Compofition fuch Commiflioners, or any five or more of them afl'embled at a Meeting, whereof ten Days Notice in Writing Ihall be given and affixed on March Bridge^ are hereby impowered to make. XVII. Provided always. That the faid CommiiTioners for the faid fiift, third, fifth and ftxth Diftri£ts, or any five or more of fuch Commillioners, (hall, and they are hereby impowered, from time to time, to appoint a feparate Colledor or Colledors, Receiver or Receivers of the Taxes for fuch Common Rights, and may make fuch Allowance for his or their Trouble therein, as they the faid Commiflioners, or any five or more of them fhall think reafonable ; which Allowance fliall be made out of fuch Taxes allotted to each Diftrict in Proportion, as near as may be, to the Amount of the refpedive Sums allotted ; and fuch CommiiTioners, or any five or more of them, fhall take fuch Security from all fuch Colledors or Receivers, as they the faid CommifTioners fhall think fit, and may from time to time remove fuch Col- lectors or Receivers, or any of them, as often as the faid CommiiTioners, or any five or more of them fhall think proper. XVIII. And whereas four Lots, each whereof contains eighteen Acres, or thereabouts, are lying in Bu7-ro%u Moor^ near the River Ncne^ and which are Parcel of the faid third Diftridl, and are now, or lately were, belonging to John Matthews^ John Fife., and the Truftees of the Town of Marchy have been made ufe of for the Purpofes of Fuel, and are therefore unable to bear fuch Tax as is herein before impofed on other Lands comprized within the faid third Diftridt ; Be it therefore provided and enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Owners or Occupiers of the faid Lands in Burrow Moor^ now or lately belonging to John Matthews., Jo^^", ^{f^i ^^""^ the Truftees of the Town of March, fhall not be liable to be rated or afleded, or to pay in any one Year, for or in refpcdt of fuch Lands, more than after the Rate of one Moiety of the Acre Tax which fhall be rated, aflefled or paid, for of in refpeft of the other Lands in the faid third Diftricl in each refpeitive Year j any Thing in this A(5t contained to' the contrary notwithftanding. XIX. Provided always, That no Tax or AfTcirment fhall be rated, charged or levied, for or in refpeft of any Lands being Pait of the Lands bougded and defcribed as aforefaid, which are known and diirin- guifhed by the Name of Hi^hlamJs, and have not been fubjecS to Inundations i and if any Difpute fhall arife, whether any of fuch Lands fliall or fliall not be deemed Highlands, the fame fhall be determined upon Viev/, by any four or more Commillioneis for all, any or either the faid Diftriifts, not having any Property in the DiftricSt- wherein fuch Lands fhall lie ; two of which Commiflioners fliall be nominated by the Commiflioners for the Diftrift wherein fuch Lands are fituate, or any five or more of th?m, and Manner of de- the Other two by the Proprietor or Proprietors of the Lands in Difpute ; and fuch four Commiflioners rern-inmg which (}j^,]] (}iQQfe one other CommiiTioner, not having Property in fuch Diftridt, as an Umpire to determine aic Highlands, ^^^j^ Difpute, in cafe fuch four Commiflioners fhould be equally divided in their Opinions ; and all fuch Commiflioners, before they proceed to determine fuch Difpute, fliall take an Oath well and truly, to the_ beft of their Judgment and Knowledge^ to determine whetlier fuch Lands fhall or fliall not be deemed Hhhlands (which Oath any one or more of the CommifTioners are hereby impowered to adminifter) ahd fuch Commiffioners fhall fct forth their Determination in twd-diftindt Writings, and fhall fign the fame ; and one of fuch Writings fhall be delivered to the Owner 6f fuch Lands, and the other of fuch Wri- tings fhall be depcfited in the Town Hall in March aforefaid. '• F.t^mption in 2d ^X. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Taxes or Aficfi'- Diftria. nicnts fliall be charged or paid for any Land in the faid fecond Diftriet, lying within the Diftance of five Poles (being the Pole of eighteen Feet) from the Bank of the faid Sixteen Foot Drain-, any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' Mf.ncy to be XXI. And to the End that a fufhcicnt Sum of Money may be fpeedily raifcd for the Purpofes of this fcoriov/ci. j{t. He it furiher enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commiflioners for the faid refpe^tive Di- llriiSls, or any feven or more of them, Ihall have full Power and Authority, from time to timt, by Wri- I ting Csrfain Lots ex cfliptedi Highland* not to be charged.