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 A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo primo GeorgiiII. C. 1 S^. 197 before defcribed, were at'difi'crent Times put up to Sale in purfuance of, and according to the Direilions of the before-recited Adi of the Fifteenth of King Charles the Second, and of one other A<if paficd in & loCar. z, the twentieth Year of the faid King, intituled, An A^^ for Taxing and AJfcJJing the Lands of the Adventurers in the Great Level of the Fens, in order to raile the Taxes and Fer.alties in Arrear for and in refpedt of the faid Lands ; but the fame not being thought worth the Taxes and Penalties due thereon, fuch Lands co;i!d not be fold fo as to raife fuch Penalties and Taxes ; and the faid Governor, Bailifi^s and Confervators, ha- ing dire£led their Officers, from time to time, to bid for fuch Lands as could not be fold for the Amount of the Taxes and Penalties refpedtively due thereon, they the faid Officers became the Purchafers of fuch Lands, and have either conveyed the fame to the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty, or declared fuch Purchafes to have been made in Trufl for the faid Corporation ; and the Lands fo purchafed have re- mained vefted in the faid Corporation, and are called Invcfted Lands^ and have been annually rated and af- fefTed to the Taxes laid upon the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, according to the refpedlive Proportions in purfuance of the faid A(fts of the fifteenth and twentieth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second ; but fuch Taxes not having been raifed or paid, the faid Corporation have, from time to time, let fuch inverted Lands, or fuch Parts of them as they could find Tenants for, at fuch Rents as could be pro- cured for the fame ; but the Profits arifing from the Lands fo let, have been very fmall and inconfiderable, and much lefs than the Taxes with which fuch Lands have been aflefTed : And whereas it will be for the Benefit of the faid Corporation, that the faid inverted Lands fhould be fold for the beft Price that can be gotten for the fame, difcharged of all Arrears of Taxes aflefied or to be aflefi'ed thereon, before the faid Lands fhall be fold by virtue of the faid Ads of the fifteenth and twentieth Years of King Charles the Second, but fubjedl neverthelcfs in like Manner as the rert of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, to the Taxes to be affefled by virtue of the faid Acts, after the faid Lands fhall be fo fold ; and that in the mean Time, and until fuch Lands can be fold, the faid Corporation fhould be enabled to pay the Rates and Taxes to be afl'efled by virtue of this A6f, upon the faid Lands, for draining the fame ;' Be ic therefore The Corpora- further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Receiver for the time being of the faid Corporation, tion'.s Receiver fhall, out of the Taxes and Revenues of the South and Middle Levels (Part of the faid Great Level j pay to pay to the upon Demand, to the Colle£tor or Colle<ftors to be appointed by the fiiid CommilTioners, all fuch Rates and t:oir,minionei3 Taxes as are or rtiall be charged by virtue of this A6f, upon the faid inverted Lands, or any Part thereof, r° J c°ar'ed until the fiime fhall be fold as herein after is.diredled ; and fuch Receiver ftiall be, and he is hereby abfolutely on'thVinvILd difcharged and indemnified, of and for the Sums fo by him paid to the faid Colledlor or CollecSlors, as if Land?, until the fuch Sums had been paid to and by the Order and Dire6fion of the faid Corporation. fame be fold. XXXV. Provided always, and be it further ena£lcd. That the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators, Confervators to or any five or more of them, whereof the faid Governor or Bailiffs, or any of them, to be two, fhall have appoint annviaiiy full Power and Authority to appoint annually at their y//)r.'7 Meeting, one Commiffioner for every two hun- ^ Ccmnn/rioner drcd Acres of the faid iiwertcd Lands, for which the Taxes to be impofed by virtue of this A6f, fhall be Aaerof tT°l - paid as aforefaid, for fo long Time as two hundred Acres of the faid Lands (hall remain inverted. vefted Lands XXXVL And be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Conferva- taxed by this tors, or any feven or more of them, whereof the faid Governor or Bailiff's, or any of them, to be two, to ^^' 'be the In- ds ivichfotirnals., if fuch News Papers fhall then continue to be publifhed, and fhall alfo be affixed in Writing Monrh'spu- under the Seal of the faid Corporation, at or upon the faid Shire Houfe, one Month at the leaft before the hiirk Notice Time of fuch Sale ; and that after any of the faid Lands fliall be fo fold, the faid Governor, Bailiff's and thereof. Confervators, or any feven or more of them as aforefaid, fiiall grant or coiwey under the Seal of the faid I'hefamc tobs Corporation, the Lands fo fold to the refpective Purchafer or Purchafers there, f, freed and difcharged of c'j'^lis'ged of and from all Rates and Taxes, which at any Time before fuch Sale fhall have been rated or charged upon vaxcs'"" the faid Lands by virtue of the faid A(5fs of the fifteenth and twentieth Years of King Charles the Se- ' cond, or of any other Aft or A£ts of Parliament now in Force, relating to the faid Great Level ; and every fuch Grant or Conveyance fhall be valid and effeftual to all Intents and Purpofes, as if fuch Lands had been fold for Non-payment c'f Taxes, purfuant to the fiid Adls of the fifteenth and twentieth Years of King Charles the Second. XXXV^U. Provided always. That nothing in this Atft contained (hall extend, or be conrtrtied to extend, Hut not from to impower the faid Corporation to difcharge the faid inverted Lands, or any Part thereof, from any Rates or Taxes liable to Taxes which the fame fliall, after Sale thereof, as aforefaid, be liable to be rated oraffciled with, by virtue be afiiflcd t!me^ of the faid Afts of the fifteenth and twentieth Years of King Charles the Second, or by virtue of any ,s"ie " other Act or Ads of Parliament whatfoever, relating to the faid Great Level, but that the faid inverted Lands aft<::r they fhall be fo fold, f]:iall be liable to be rated and affeffed in the fame Maimer as they v/ere before the making of this Aft ; any thing herein before contained to the contraiy notwithffanding. XXXVIII. Provided always, and be it further enafted,-. That all i'uch Bordering of Skirt Lands as are Particular L^nds herein after particularly mentioned, fliall be for ever exempted from all Taxes affeffed or to be afieffcd, rated txen,pied hond or charged, by virtue of this Aft that is to fay^ 'Xi^^. In the Parijh £/" W I C K E N. /« PADNE Y DROVE. FIVE Acres, Part of nine Acres, of Jo''" -C>r^^^ Gentleman. Fourteen Acres, Part of twenty-four Acres, of Edward Gray, Two Acres, Part of fix Acres, of Robert HalL •iPivi