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 204 C, ig. Anno trlcefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. whoaretochoofe Difpute, chuTe One other Commiflioner or Peifon, not having Property in fuch DiftricSl, as an Umpire, to an Umpire, determine fuch Difpute, in cafe fuch four CommifHoners or Perfons fhould be equally divided in their Opi- nions ; and all fuch CommilBoners and Perfons, before they proceed to determine fuch Difpute, ihall take an Oath well' and truly, to the beft of their Judgment and Knowledge, to afl'efs and determine fuch Dama- ges and Recompence (v.'hich Oath any one or more of the Commiffioners is or are hereby impowered to adminifter) and fuch Commiilioners or Perfons fhall fet forth their Determination in two diftincfl Writings, and fhall (ign the fame ; one of which Writings fhall be delivered to fuch Owner or Owners, and the other of fuch Writings (hall be depofited with fuch Perfon, or in fuch Place, as the Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, fhall, from time to time, diredl and appoint ; and fuch Determination fliall be final and con- clufive to all Parties. Commiffioners jx. And be it enacfied by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of loafrrTtf" * them, aflembled at all or any of the Meetings to be held in purfuance of this A6t, fliall be, and are hereby ot;;er Officers • refpedtivejy impov/ered to appoint fuch Treafurer or Treafurers, Collector or Colleilors, Receiver or Re- ceivers, Surveyor or Surveyors, and fuch other proper Officer or Officers for each of the faid Difl:ri(5ls, as they the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, fhall think fit, for the taking Care of all fuch Works, and for collecting the Taxes or AlTeflments which fhall be made, rated or aflefled, in each of the faid Diftrii^s, and to allow to fuch Officers, out of fuch Taxes or AffefTments, fuch yearly or other Wages or Salaries for their Trouble and Pains in their refpe6tive Offices, as they the faid Commiffioners, or any wflo 3re to te five or more of them, prefent at any fuch Meeting, fhall think reaibnable; which faid Treafurer or Trea- removdbie, furcrs, Colleftor or Colie6lors, Receiver or Receivers, Surveyor or Surveyors, and other Officer or Officers fo to be appointed, may be removed at the Will and Pleafure of the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, afiembled at a Meeting to be held for that Purpofe, of which ten Days Notice at the leafl fhall be given in Writing, to be affixed on the Doors of the Churches in the Towns oi Chatteris and Dod- and to give Se- dington ; and another or others appointed in his or their Stead, as Occafion fhall require; and fuch Trea- •■""'>■• furers, Colleftors or Receivers fhall, before they aft in the Execution of their refpeitive Offices, give fuch Security, (if the fame fhall be required) for the due Execution of fuch refpe6live Offices, and for perform- ing the feveral Trufls to them com.mitted, as the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, aflem- bled at any Meeting, ^fhall think fit. An Acre Rate X. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall be lawful for the faid Commiffio- Tands'for r°aif!n^ "^''^' oi" ^"7 ^^e or more of them, aflembled at their firfl, and at any General Half-yearly Meeting or A^oney forcar-^ Meetings, yearly and every Year, to afTefs, rate, tax and charge, all and every the refpe6tive Owner or Tv^ngon the Owners, Occupier or Occupiers, of all and fingular the faid feveral Fen Lands, Low Grounds and Com- Purpofes of this mons, within the faid Diflricls, by an equal and proportionable Tax or AflTelTment, in any Rate or Sum not ^^' exceeding one Shilling and fix Pence for every Acre of fuch feveral Lands in the faid firft Diflrift, and not exceeding two Shillings for every Acre of fuch feveral Lands in the faid fecond Diftrift, and not exceeding feven Shillings and fix Pence for every Right of Common on the faid Commons and commonable Parts, in any one Year, over and above fuch Taxes and AfTeflrnents, whereto the faid Fen Lands, Low Grounds and Commons, now are or hereafter may be chargeable ; and alfo to limit and appoint fuch Days and Places for the refpedive Payments of fuch Taxes or Af^flments to the refpe£live Colleftor or Colleftors, Receiver or Receivers, for fuch refpeclive Diftrifts, as they the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, by Writing under their Hands and Seals, fhall think proper. Provlfo. XL Provided always, That the Taxes to be aflTefled upon the faid Common Rights, fliall always be in exaft Proportion to the Taxes afTefied upon fuch feveral Lands, according to the Rates herein before autho- rized to be aflTefled on fuch Lands and Common Rights refpe6tively. ' XIT. And whereas there are three Rights of Common, on the Commons and commonable Parts, lying ' John Gardener ]mv.or^ and Henry Brozun, which can and do Stock only Part of the Year, and are each of ' them of no more than Half the Value of any other of the Rights of Common, on the fame Commons Lands exempted ' and commonable Parts ;' Irj it therefore provided and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Own- fromTax. ers and Occupiers of the faid three Rights of Common, fhall not be liable to be rated or afTefTed, or to pay in any one Year, for or in Refpedl of fuch Rights, more than after the Rate of one Moiety of the Tax which fliall be rated, aflefled or paid, for or in Rcfpcft of the other Rights in the faid firfl Diflrift: in each refpcftivc Year; any thing in this AS: contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Q^ianritlesof XIH. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Quan- L.iai tobe tax- ^j^jeg pf t^g feveral Lands to be rated and tax^d as aforefaid within the faid refpeftive DiftricSts, fliall, on or in'toVommif^ before the twenty- ninth Day of September one thoufantl feven hundred and fifty-eight, be given in to the Re- ikvners. ccivers or Colleftors of fuch refpcftive Diflrifts, by the Owners, Proprietors or Occupiers of fuch Lands; Vfn itvon ^"^ '^ 3"y ^^ ^"^'^ Owners, Proprietors or Occupiers, fhall ncgleft or rcfufe to give in to any fuch Recei- Vcgleft. vers or Colleftors a particular Account of the Number of Acres contained in their feveral Lands; or in cafe there fliall be reafon to fufpeft the Number of Acres is not truly flated in any fijch Account, it fhall be lawful for the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, to order a Survey to be made of any of the faid Lands, by an able Surveyor, not being a Proprietor of any Lands in the Diflrift, upon Oath, which Oath any two of the faid Commiffioners are hereby impowered to adminifter, and any Survey which fhall be fo made, fhall be n fnfficient Warrant and Authority to the faid Commiffioners, or atiy five or more of them, to afccrtain and dirtcrminc the Qiiantitics of fuch I^ands, and the Charge of furveying the Lands of fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall neglcft or refufe to give in fuch Account, or deliver in a falfe Account, fhall be paid by fuch Perfon or Perfons rcfpeftivcly ; and in cafe of Nonpayment thereof, fhall be recovered in fuch Manner as the Taxes are herein dirc6lcd to be recovered ; and in cafe it fhall appear upon any fuch Survey, that the Number of Acres was truly ftatcd in any fuch Account, the Charge of fuch Survey fhall bo
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