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 192 C, i8. Anno trlcefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. putting this A^ in Execution, to ere£l or fet up any Sluice or Dam acrofs the Rivers Caniy otherwife Grants Oiize or A'lUdmhall^ or Soham Drain otherwife Barroivay Load^ or to do or perform any other Work or Works which may prejudice the Navigation of the faid Rivers, or obfi:ru6l or hinder any Waters from fall- ing down the iaid Rivers through Lynn Channel to Sea. Commiflloncrs X. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid CommiiTioners, or the major Part to ai'point Col- ^^ them, fuch major Part being not lefs than feven, afl'embled at any fuch Meeting or Meetings to be held kaors and o- ^^ aforefaid, fliall have full Power, and are hereby authorized to appoint one or more Collciftor or CoUec- t .cr iicers, ^^^^^ Receiver or Receivers, and fuch other proper Officer or Officers, with fuch reafonable Salaries for ma- king and taking care of fuch Works, and for colle6ting the Rates and Afleflments aflefled or to be aflefled by virtue of this Act, as the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, fuch major Part being not lef». wVo are to be than feven, affemblcd at fuch Meeting or Meetings, (hall think proper j which laid Collector or CoUedors, rercovable, Receiver or Receivers, or other Officer or Officers, fo to be appointed as aforefaid, may be altered and re- moved at the Will and Plcafure of the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, fuch major Part be- ing not lefs than feven, alTembled at any fuch Meeting or Meetings to be held as aforefaid, who fliall and may chufe and appoint another or others in the Room and Stead of the Perfon or Pcrfons fo altered and andtor.veSc- lemovcd, as they the faid Commiffioners fliall fee Occafion ; and fuch Collector or Collectors, Receiver or cuhty. Receivers, and other Officer or Officers, fo to be nominated and appointed, as aforefaid, before he or they ihall a6t in the Execution of their feveral Offices, {hall give fuch Security for the due and faithful Execution of fuch their refpeiStive Offices, and for performing the feveral Trufts committed to them, as the faid Com- miffioners in their Difcretion fhall require. An Acre Rate xj;_ And, for carrying on and eftedting the faid Work of Draining, and fecuring the Repayment of fuch tc be h^;d ontlie^ <^^^^^ ^j^^ g^^j^^ ^^f Money as fliall be borrowed for that Purpofe ; Be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid. Money for^cAr-^ Ehat all and Angular the Fen Lands and Low Grounds, bounded and defcribed as aforefaid, and all and lying on the Pur- evcry the refpcctivc Owner and Owners, Occuper and Occupiers, of fuch Lands and Grounds, fliall be, p'ofes of thisAa, and the fame are hereby aflefled, rated, taxed and charged, during the firft four Years after the paffing of this A6t, with the yearly Sum of two Shillings, and from and after the Expiration of the faid four Years, with the yearly Sum of one Shilling and fix Pence for every Acre of the faid P'en Lands and Low Grounds, fo long as any Money which fliall have been borrowed for the Purpofes of this Act, or the Intereft thereof, fliall remain unpaid ; and that when there fliall be no fuch Debt remaining, it fliall and may be lawful for the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, fuch major Part being not lefs than {Q<in^ at any half- yearly Meeting to be held as aforefaid, to afTefs, rate, tax and charge, all and Angular the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, and all and Angular the refpedive Owner or Owners, Occupier or Occupiers thereof, v/ith fuch yearly Sum not exceeding one Shilling /i^r Acre, as they fliall judge necefiary for compleatingand maintaining the faid Works. ,, J XII. Provided always. That no Aflcflment, Rate or Tax fliall be made, collected or levied upon the im- fromTa^T''*^ banked Lands of the Right Honourable TVilliam Ponfonby, commonly called Lord Vifcount Z)«Wi7/wo« in the Kingdom of Ireland^ known by the Name of IVicken High Fen ; nor upon the imbankcd Lands oi John Drage Gentleman, in JVicken High Fen aforefaid, for fo long Time only, as the Owners or Occupiers of thofe Lands (hall keep and maintain the Bank now kept and maintained by them, of a fufficient Height and Strength to keep the Waters (except fuch Waters as (hall overflow by Breach of the Corporation Banks) draining from the Lands which are defended by the faid Bank from overflowing into the Lands without the faid Bank. SiKhLar.^s only Xill. Provided alfo, That no AfTtflment, Rate or Tax fliall be made, colIe£led or levied upon or in re- as are lubjtft to fpeit of any High Lands within the Boundaries aforefaid, which have not been fubjetSt to Liundations; and Jnunda.ior.s arc ^^^^ ^^ AiVJliiicnt, Rate or Tax fhall, during the firft four Years after tlie paffing of this Adt, be made, to be taxed. co!!c(5ted or levied upon Aich Low Grounds, within the Limits above mentioned, as arc now fo dug into Hod or Turf Pools, that no Profit can be made thereof. Hod or Turf * XIV. And whereas the poor Inhabitants of S'5/)^7« have a certain Common in or near the Fen called Pools not taxal-le « Gre/it Metlam in Soham aforefaid, lying within the Bounds before defcribed, containing by Eftimation one tcr 4 Years. < hundred Acres, or thereabouts: And whereas there are fifty Acres of Fen Land belonging to the Work- Common * i'lg ^(^OY in IJlcham, and feventeen Acres of Fen Land belonging to the Hofpital, and other Poor of IJle- Ground' bflonc- ' ham^ P.nd as the charging of the faid Lands with the fame Tax as is hereby impoicd on o;hcr Lands within ing to the I'of.r, « t^jg Diltrict, would be taxing them more than they are able to pay ;' It^is hereby further enacted, Tliat topav only half ^.j^^ ^^^jj L^pfj^ ^n pever be taxed or charged with more than Half of the Tax wherewith other Lands within !.n'o7hVr Un? the faid Difliict arc or fliall be charged by virtue of this Act. Comrnifritners ' ^^' ^'^"^ whercas fome of the poor Inhabitants of the faid Parifhes of Soham and IJlehatn make confi- jnay (rvcr fa * dcrably rr.orc Ufe of the faid Common and Lands than others of them do, by reafon whereof, and of the luiith of the * great Number of Poor who ufe the fame, it would be very difficult to collect the Taxes charged there- Commo.i Lands, < upon, ffom the faid Poor themfelves ;' Be it therefore enacted. That it fliall and may be lawful for the '"n! ii"'.'^r Commiffioners for jiutting this Act in Execution, to fever fo much of the faid Common and Lands from the d^nt^o'lVy the ""eft thereof, as fliall be fufficient to raifc the I'axes charged thereupon, and to let the fame, from Year to Taxes charged Year; and in cafe Default be made in Payment of the Rent due for fuch Part thereof fo fevered and let, on the reft. the faid Commiffioners, and their SuccefTors, fliall have the fame Powers for recovering the Rent fo in Ar- rear, that other Landlords have by the Laws and Statures of this Realm. Taxeshowtobe XVi. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall neglect k»ieJ in Default jQ ^^y jq jV^g Receiver or Receivers to be appointed as aforefaid, at his or their Place of Abode, the Mo- ofl'i)mcat. ^^y aflelTid, rated or charged upon him, her or them refpectively, by viriue of this Act, within the Space of tv/enty-cight Days after the Times of Payment, to be appointed by the faid Commiffioners (Publick Notice thereof being affixed ujion the Market Crof's Ely^ and the O.rtfide of the Door of the Pariftl Church, where fuch Lands lie, by the Co!le6tor or Collcdlori, Receiver or Receivers, of the faid Commif- 3 iioiiers,