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 A. D. 1757* Anno trlcefimo primo Georgii U, C. i 9. 207 XXIV. And be it further enn6lcd by the Authority aforcfald, That if any Perfon or Perfons fiiall wil- Penalty upon A£l, every Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and being thereof convi(5ted, fliall be guilty of Felony, and (hall be fubje(5l and liable to the like Pains and Penalties as in Cafes of Felony ; and the Court by or before v/hom OffLnlcr m?y fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall be tried and conviifled, (hall and hereby have Power and Authority to tranfport be uanfpoued. fuch Felons for feven Years, in the like Manner as other Felons are direded to be tranfported by the Laws of this Realm: And if any Perfon or Perfons fliall wilfully and malicioufly (lop, dam up, demolifb, damage Perfons conv;a- or deftroy any River, Drain, Watercourfe, Door, Dam, Bridge, Stile or other Work or Works already ed of dertioying^ made or ereiled, or which fhall at any Time hereafter be making or erecSling, or made or ere61-cd, fupported, '^''PP'ng, f>r maintained or ufed, for anfwering the Purpofes of this Act ; every Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and being pr'^i^^'^forle't thereof convifted before any two or more Juftices of the Peace for the Ifle of Ely (who are hereby required .qI. ' to hear and determine the fame on the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneflcs) {hall forfeit the Sum of one hundred Pounds, to be levied by Diltrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chatties of every fuch Offender or Offenders, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two of the Juftices before whom fuch Convi6tion fliall be had, to be applied and laid out in carrying on the Works and Improvements in that Diftridt, wherein or in Relation whereto fuch Offence ftiall be committed ; and for want of fuch fufficient For want of Di- Diftrefs fuch Offender or Offenders (hall, by the faid Juftices, be committed to the common Gaol of the ^refsthtOften- faid Ifle of Ely, for any Time not exceeding twelve Months, at the Difcretion of the faid Juftices. mTt^'d''^ '°"^" XXV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Commiflioners may, and a{'^ ,1 ^ j^ they are hereby impowered, out of the Monies arifmg in or upon Account of the faid refpe6tive Diilricts, „p'^c ^,1,1 ^f the to make fuch Allowances for the catching or deftroying of Moles in the Banks or Lands belonging to the 'Jaxcs for de- faid refpeftive Diftridts, as they the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, fhall think proper. flroying Moks» " XXVL And whereas it frequently happens, by the Negligence or Careleffnefs of Servants or other Per- rity aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons, who fhaU be employed in burning any of the Lands or Grounds lying within either of the faid Diftridts, (hall, by Careleffnefs orNegligence, fire, or caufe to be fired, any of the Banks lying near or adjoining to any of the faid Lands or Grounds, fo as fuch Banks be by means of fuch Fire, burned, deftroyed or damaged ; fuch Perfon or Perfons, being thereof lawfully con- SatlsfaiJlirn to vidted by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, or by Confeflion before any two or more be marfe for Da» Juftices of the Peace for the faid Ifle of Ely (which Oath fuch Juftices are hereby impowered and required n^^gesdonc 10 to adminifter, and to hear and determine fuch Offence) (hall give fuch Recompence and Satisfaction for the l*^^ '|'^"'^^/ ^ Damages done by every fuch Offender, and within fuch Time as by fuch Juftices (hall be ordered and ap- cTeunlo'^ ^ pointed, to be paid into the Hands of the Treafurer for the Diftridt wherein fuch Offence was committed, to be applied for the repairing and amending fuch Bank ; and in cafe of Non-payment thereof, the fame (hall be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offenders Goods and Chatties by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of the Juftices before whom fuch Conviction (hail be made; and for want of fufficient l!)iftrefs, fuch Offender fhall, by fuch Juftices, be committed to the Houfe of CorreClion for the faid //?,?, there to be kept to hard Labour for fuch Time as fuch Juftices fhall order and direct, not exceedir.g three Months. XXVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons (hall ere6t. Penalty of fet up, ufeor work any Horfe Mill, Gigg, or other Engine or Device whatfoever, for draining or dif- ^^'■'^'•^'"g 'be. charging Water from any Lands in the faid refpecStive Difti i6ts, through or upon the Lands of any other ^^^^''J "P°", Perfon or Perfons, or in any other Manner than direCtly and immediately from the Lands of the refpedtive Land/'^and no/ Owner of fuch Mill, Gigg, Engine or Device, into the faid Drain called Fcrmuy dens, or the Forty-Jooi ; mtnJht'^]^ mto every Perfon fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of fifty Pounds to any Perfon v;ho will ih" i 'i'oiick fue for the fame; and the Owner of fuch Mill, Gigg, Engine or Device, (hall alfo make full Compenfa- ^'^'"'S' tion and Satisfaction to all and every Perfon and Perfons who fhall be injured thereby, for the Damages fuch Perfon or Perfons (liall thereby fuftain ; and fuch Penalty, Compenfation and Satisfaction fliall be recovered, together with Full Cofts of Suit, by ACtion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Imforma(ion, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at IVeJhninJier -, in which. no Effoin, Protection, Privilege or Wager of Law, or more tlian one Imparlance (hall be allowed. XXVIII. And be it further enaCted by the Authority aforefaid, That once in every Year (that is to fay) Account? to be at the General Meeting on the firft Thurjday in May, and on any fubfequent Days, to which the faid Com- a-jjiteci en Oath. miiTioners, or any five or more of them, (liali adjourn, InfpcCtion (hall be had by the faid Commiflioners, yearly 5 or any five or more of them, of the Receipts and Difbiirfcments of fuch Monies as fhall have been raifed and received by virtue of this ACt, in and in relation to the faid DiftriCts refpeCtively, for the Year then laft paft, and all Accounts relating to the faid DiftriCts, (hall he at fuch Meet^pg, or within ten Days after, made up and fettled by the faid CommifTioners, or any five or more of them ihen affembled ; at which Time at which Tin-.es. the feveral Treafurers, Collectors or Receivers of the Taxes or Afleffments in fuch refpeCiive DiftriCts are £>■!•; CoJitftorG hereby required to attend with proper Books of Account of their Receipts and Difburfernents, and all ^nd Receivers Vouchers for the fame : And upon Confideration and Examination of fuch Accounts, and of all other Ac- ^"^^ w,Ui their counts of the Receipts and Difburfernents of the Money raifed and received by virtue of this Act, within or Voucher's, :s?^,. in Relation to fuch Diftricts refpectively, and upon Oath (if the HTme fhall be required by any five or more of the faid CommifTioners, which Oath any one of the faid Commifioners is hereby impowered to admi- nifter) the faid CommifTioners, or any five or more of them, are hereby impowered to allow and pafs, un- <ler their Hands, the faid Account or Accounts, or fuch Part or Parts of the fame, as they fhall f^e juft and. teafoxiablej and fuch Account or Accounts^ or fuch. Part or Parts thereof, fhall be faiiiy entered in two di- . ftinCt
 * ' fons employed in burning Fen Lands, in order to their being ploughed and broke up into Tillage, that
 * ' the Banks lying contiguous and adjoining to fuch Lands are burnt and damaged by the Fire being fuffered
 * ' to remain too long on fuch Lands, and to fpread to fuch Banks ;" Be it therefore enadted by-the Autho-