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 t> A.D. I757* Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. C. 19. 205 be defrayed out of the Monies arifingby virtue of this A61, within the Diftricl wherein fuch Survey fhall be XIV.' Provided alfo, That no Tax or AflcfTment (hall be rated, charged or levied, for or in refpecSt of Such Land's on- -..-.Tr T -^nH'; beine Part of the Lands bounded and defcribed as aforefaid, which are known and diftinguilhed 'y f^ '^"; '"u^.^ci by the Name of Highlands, and have not been fubjcCt to Inundations ; and if any Diipute Ihali arile whe- ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^.^^/ ther any of fuch Lands {hall or fliail not be deemed Highlaridsy the fame fhall be finally determined, in fuch and the fame Manner as is herein before mentioned and prefcribed, for afcertaining the Rccompence to be made for Damages fuftained by making or erefting any Works in purfuance of this Acl. ' XV. And whereas there is a certain Quantity of Wafte Land called the Turf-Fen^ containing three commiffionm ' hundred Acres or thereabouts, lying in the faid fecond Diflridt, and is common to both the faid Pariflies may fever fo fjoners ' or any five or more of them, and they are hereby im powered to fever and divide into Lots or Par- on the reft, eels and inclofe by Ditches or otherwfe, any Part of the faid wafte Land, not exceeding forty Acres in the V/hoIe to hold the fame to the faid CommifHoners and their SuccefTors for ever, in Severally, freed and difcharged of and from all Right of Common or Claim of what Kind foever, to be had or made thereto by any Commoner or Commioncrs, or any other Perfon or Perfons whomfoever ; and it fhall be lawful for the faid CommifTioners, or any five or more of them, from time to time, to demife or let from Year to Year, and not otherwife, all or any Part of the faid Land fo fevered, divided and inclofed, to any Perfon or Perfons who will contract for and hire the fame ; and the faid CommifHoners, or any five or more of them, fhall have the like Remedy by Diflrefs and Sale, or otherwife howfoever, for the Recovery of any Arrears of Rent that fhall or may hereafter be incurred by the Tenant or Tenants thereof, or for recovering the Pof- fefHon thereof, or of any Part thereof, as any Lefibr or Landlord may or can have by virtue of any of the Laws or Statutes of this Realm ; and the Rents, Iffues and Profits thereof, fhall be applied and difpofed of, in fuch Manner as the Taxes arifing within the faid fecond DiflricSt are by this A6t direfted to be applied. XVL And it is hereby further enabled. That it fhall be lawful for the faid Commiffioners, or any feven Commlffioners or more of them, to borrow, take un and receive any Sum or Sums of Money that they fhall think proper, ^j''^ '^keup ^ upon the Credit of the Taxes or AflefTments in each refpedive Diftriif, and by Writing, without Stamps, reft f!r canvi^n under the Hands and Seals of any feven or more of them, to rnortgage, charge, affign and convey, or in- on the Works, cumber the Taxes or Afl'eflments fo to be afTefTed and levied within each refpedtive Diftri£l, with and for and afiign the the Repayment of the Sums fo borrowed, with fuch Interefl, at fuch Times, and with fuch Provifoes and '^^"- ^^ =* '''«'^"- Conditions of Redemption, as fhall be agreed on, but the Interefl for fuch Monies fhall not exceed the Rate "ty f"f "^e faoie. of five Pounds per Centum per Annum ; and fuch Monies fhall be feparately and diflin6lly borrowed for the Ufe of each Diflrict; and it fhall be particularly fet forth in every fuch Aflignment, for which of the faid Diflricls fuch Monies are fo refpedively borrowed. XVn. And it is hereby further ena<3:ed. That the faid Mortgages and Securities fhall and may be af^ign- Affijnmer.ts able or transferrable by Indorfement on the original Grant or Security, or otherwife, without Stamp, to ma) be transfer- any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever ; and the Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Transfer or Aflignment fhall ^^^' be made, fhall, from and after the Time that the fame is entered in a Book or Books to be kept for that Purpofe, in the Diftri(5l to which fuch Mortgage or Security fhall relate, be well and fuflticiently intitled to fuch Mortgage Monies and Intereft, and all the Monies due and to grow due thereon ; which Entry is here- by required to be made upon Requeft, and producing fuch Affignment, and paying two Shillings and fix Pence for every fuch Entry ; and fuch Afljgnee or Aflignees, and every after Affignee and Alhgnees, fhall Affignmcnts to and may in like Manner by Indorfement, or otherwife, without Stamp, allign and make over fuch Mort- be entered ma gage or Mortgages, and Securities fo aflligned as aforefaid, and fo toties quotieSy as Occafion fhall require j ^°°''* every fuch Aflignment or Transfer being entered in fuch Book, as aforefaid. XVIII. Provided always, and be it further cna6ted by the Authority aforefaid, That no more than the limitation of refpedive Sums following fliall be borrowed or owing at any one Time on the Credit or Security of the [^heSun, to te Taxes or AfTefiTrhents arifing vvithin or in relation to the faid refpecflive Diflrifts j that is to fay, on the ""''^^^^* Taxes for the firfl Diftriif, fix hundred Pounds ; or on the Taxes for the fecond D^ftriif, feven hundred Pounds ; and that the Taxes in each refpedfive DiflricR: fhall not, during the 1 ime any Principal or Interefl Monies fhall be 6i& on the Security thereof, be lefs in any one Year than one Shilling for every Acre of feveral Land-« in the firft Diflrict ; or than one Shilling and fix Pence for every Acre of feveral Lands in the fecond Diftrift j or than five Shillings for each Right of Common. XIX. Provided always, and it is further ena<5ted and declared. That the Taxes or AOeiTments within Rgf^c cljarjeabie the faid refpeftive Diftri6ts, fhall be chargeable with the Payment of the Principal R^Ioney fo to be borrowed with the Mor.i-.j by the faid Commiflioners, and the Intereft of fuch Moneys, from time to time, and fnall veft in the refpec- borrowed ther*. tive Creditors, upon Default of Payment of fuch Principal and Interef}, until the fame fhall be fully fatif- i!"' '''"'^ "P°" fied and paid, together with the Cofts and Charges occafioned by the NonpaymiCiit thereof; and the iaid m!-u to veft^in" Creditors, their Executors, Adminiflrators and AfTigns rcfpeftively, fhall have the fame Powers, Rights and the creditors. Privileges of afl'eflang, raifing and recovering the feveral Taxes or AiTcfTments payable by the feveral Owners and Occupiers of Lands and Grounds v/ithin fuch Diftridfs refpcitively, for or in refpeil of fuch Principal Money and Interefl, in cafe of Default of Payment thereof, as the faid CommifTioneis and their Collectors or Receivers could have had, in cafe fuch Principal and Intereft had been regularly and fully fa- tisfied and paid. XX. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Taxes or A (TefTments Application of "which fhall be rated and paid by virtue of this Act in each of the faid Diftricts, and the Monies borrowed the Afiedmencs, s on ^^'
 * of Chatteris and Doddington^ which for Time immemorial hath been ufed for the digging of Fuel by the much of the
 * Inhabitants of both the faid Pariflies, and being of a very low Situation, is fubjedt to be overflowed, and Common Lands,
 * is' become almoft ufclefs, but may be made of Advantage to both the faid Pariflies by draining the fame, but ^'^'^^^^ beAiffi^'^
 * no Tax can be laid thereon, by Reafon it is not known who are the Perfons to be charged with fuch ^ient to pay' the
 * Tax •' Be it therefore ena<^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall be lawful for the faid Commif- Taxes charged