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 J96 C. 18, Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757, niifies refpe^ively wherein fuch Moles ftiall be caught, over and above the faid other Rates and Taxes char- o-ed or to t^e charged upon the fame by virtue of this A<51, and in the fame Manner as the faid Rates and Taxes are herein before directed to be levied, together with the Charges of making and keeping and felling fuch Dirtrefs, rendering the Overplus (if any be; to fuch Owner or Owners, Occupier or Occupiers refpec- iivi^Iy, after all Charges paid. XXV III. And, in order that the Mills or Engines to be ere(fled or employed by virtue of this A<5t, may the better anfwer the Purpofcs for which they are intended ; Be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, No Trees. Holts 'I'hat no Trees or Holts fhall be planted, or Buildings erefted, nearer to any Mill or Engine erected or em- or Biiiijings, 10 ployed foT the Purpofes of thfs Aft, than one hundred and fifty Yards ; and if any Trees or Holts (hall be he futfered to planted, or Building hereafter erected, within the Diftance aforefaid, then it fhall and may be lawful for the j>aaa near any ^-g|j Commiffioncrs, or any feven or more of them, to caufe fuch Trees or Holts to be taken up and carried away, Mili or Engine. ^^^^^ ^^^,^ Building to be pulled down and removed ; and it fliall and may be lawful for the faid Commiflion- ers, or any feven or more of them, to caufe any Trees or Holts vt'hich Ihall be growing within the Diftance of one hundred and fifty Yards from any Mill to be creded or employed for the Purpofes of this A£l at the Time fuch Mill or Engine fhall be firft ercfted or ufed, to be cut down ; making fuch Satisfadtion to the Ov er of fuch Trees or Holts as fliall be agreed upon between fuch Owner and the faid Commiflioners, or any feven or more of them, or as fhall, in cale of any Difference, be afcertained by the Juftices of the Peace at any Quarter-Sefllon which fhall be held for the laid County of Cambridge, within fix Months after the cutting down fucli Trees or Holts. Commiflioners XXlX. And whereas Part of the faid Fen Lands, lying near the Skirts of the High Lands, are higher impowered to in their Situation than the reir, and it is apprehended that fuch Lands, if the Sewers fhould lie in common, creft Staunches j-^^^y ^g made too dry, by fuch Time as the lowefl Lands are well drained : Therefore, for the avoiding this tor keep.ng up Inconvenience, be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall be lawful for the faid Commif- at^,r -"r i^hcer fioners, or any feven or more of them, to erc61: Staunches or Overfalls, at proper Places, in the Drains or in the^Drains ' Dykes leading from fuch Lands, as they the faid CommifTioners fliall in their Difcretion judge neceflliry for Jeadin; from the the keeping up a fufHcient Head of Water for the Benefit of fuch Lands. Skirt Landi. XXX. And be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for the Ovvn- Wi.h mav be p^g qj- Qccupiers of fuch Part of the faid Fen Lands, lying within the Boundaries aforefaid, as are arable, eridted for ^^^ producc Winter Crops, or have actually been dug up into Turf, to eredt Horfe Mills, or other Small Lmds whTch ^ Engines, thereupon, in order to drain fuch Lands, fo as to prcferve the faid Crops, and to render the Lands pK.dHce Winter fo dug up ufcful, and for no other Purpofe whatfoever. Crops. ' XXXI. And whereas a confiderable Tract of the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, whereof the Right ' Honourable Charles I^ord Vifcount Toiiunjl^end is Owner of far the grcatefl Part, is feparated from the reft Mils to bee. * Fiver 0«zi? ;' Be it therefore enafted. That the Commillioners for putting thir Adt in Execution fhall refico, A.-:, by erc(5l, or caufe to be eredted, one proper Mill or Engine, or, if the faid Lord W^couiM Towtifiend, his theComn-.if- Heirs or AfTigns, Owners as aforefaid, fnall think two neceffary, fhall ercft, or caufe to be erected, two in'"theTr/""f proper Mills or Engines for the Purpofe aforefaid, upon fuch Part of the faid Traft above Barroivay Brids^e L-Tnd pniic:ivi:ly as the faid Lord Vilcount ToiunJJx^nd, his Heirs or AfBgns, Owners as aforefaid, fhall direil and appoint ; belonging lo and fViall fupport and maintain the fame j and fhall likewife make and clcanfc, or caufe to be made and clean- j.ord Town- f^,j^ f,,^,)j proper Drain or Drains, Cuts and Tunnels, in and through the faid Tradl, and the Banks tbere- fhend, kc. ^^.^ ^^ ^^^jj j^g neceffary for draining the faid Tract, and fhall caufe the faid Mill or Mills, Engine or En- gines, when erected, to be worked, as the {Aid LordViicount ToivfrJ/jefid, his Heirs or AfTigns, being prin- cipal Ovv'ners of the Lands within the faid Tract, fhall diredl; and in Default of fuch Direction, then as the faid Commilfioncrs, or the major Part of them, fuch major Part not being lefs than feven, aflembled as. aforefaid, fhall direct. r.rury-A T^fftr- XXXII. Provided always, and be it hereby cnatSted, That all fuch Right or Rights as any Lord or Lords ViticuofRigbrs. f^f j^ny Manor or Manors, Liberties, Hundred, or Half Hundred, have heretofore had within his or their refpective Manor or Manors, Liberties, Hundred, or Half Hundred, within or without the faid Boundaries, to Waifs, Eftrays, Felons Goods, Privileges of Arrefts, Efcheats, and all Royalties, not prejudicial to the Draining, be hereby faved to them, their Heirs, Succefibrs and Afligns, feverally and refpedtively ; any thing in this Adt to the contrary th:reof notwithftanding. Ri-h-softhe XXXIII. Saving alfo, and always referving to the faid Governor, Bailifls and Commonalty, ofthcCom- C<.nftrv3'cr-. of pany of Confcrvators of the Great Level of the Fens, and their SuccelTors, and to all and every other Pcr- ti.« Orcu Level j^n or Pcrfons, his, her and their lieirs. Executors and Adminillrators, all fuch lawful Rights, Powers, Ju- leierved. lifdictions and Authorities, now vcftcd in, and enjoyed by them, as are not hereby taken away, altered or repealed : And alio faving and referving to the faid Lord Vifcount ToxvvJJoend, his Heirs and AfTigns, being the Owner or Owners of Soham Meer, the Right of draining and running the Waters from the faid Meer, in fuch Msnncras the fame have been accuftomed, and of Right ought to drain and run. Rcf'iti! cf Cm- ' XXXIV. And whereas by an Adt of Parliament made in the fifteenth Year of King Charles the Sc- fes in Aa 15 * cond, intituled, An Ail for fettling the Draining the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, it was, far. 2. ' amongfl other Things, cnadtcd, 'I'hat the Governor, Bailiffs and Confcrvators of the faid Great Level
 * by an imbanked Drain or Rivulet, called Soham Dra'in^ otherwife Barroivay Load ; and it is apprehended
 * that the faid Tra6t may be more commodioudy drained, by difcharging the Waters immediately into the
 * fhould have Power to lay Taxes upon the ninety-five thoufand Acres of Land allotted as a Recompcnce
 * for the Draining of the faid Great Level, for the Support, Maintenance and Prcfervation of the faid Great
 * Level, and to levy the fame, with Penalties for Non-payment; and that the faid Governor, Bailiffs and
 * Confcrvators fliould have Power to fell fo much of fuch Parts and Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoi •
 * fand Acres, upon which any Taxes fliou!d be in Arrgar, or Penalties, in fuch Proportions as the faid Go-
 * vcrnors, Bailifl^'s ami Conl'ervators, fliould judge to be fuflicient to raifc fuch Taxes and Penalties : And
 * v/hcrcas fevcral Parcels of the faid nincty-fivc thoufand Acres of Land, lying within the Bounds herein
 * before