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 640 C. 21. Anno fecundo Georgii III. A. D. 1761. your Majefty, that it may be ena(5led ; and be it enadcd by the King's moH; excelleat Majedy, by • and with the Advice and.Conient of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pre- fent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the paffing of CoromiiTioners appoint- this Acl, Sir John Cuft Baronet, Speaker of the Houfe of Commons ; and the Speaker of the Houfe cd for carrying tliii, Aft ^f Commons for the Time being ; the Members for the County of Middlejex^ and the City of JVeJi- mto xccution. minjler^ for the Time being; the Right Honourable Francis Rujel Elquire, commonly called Mar- quis of Tav'tfiock-y the Right Honourable Charles Speiuer Efquire, commonly called jQxA Charles t-.perccr; the Right Honourable George Brod^rkk Lord Vifcount Midleton in the Kingdom oi Ireland the Right Honourable James Smith Stanley Efquire, commonly called Lord Stnmge-y the Rjoht Honourable George Harry Grey Efquire, commonly called Lord Grey; the Right Honourable /^/7//^?;r Pulteney Efquire, commonly called l^oxdi Pulteney ; the Right Honourable George Montagu Efquire, commonly called Lord Vifcount Matideville ; the Right Honourable Lord Vifcount Barrington in the Kingdom oi Ireland, the Right Honourable George Cavendijh Efquire, commonly called Lord George Cavendijh; the Right Honourable y^/^w Cavendijh Efquire, commonly called Lord John Cavendijh ■i the Right Honourable Robert Manners^ commonly czW^dho'cA Robert Jldanners ; the Right Honourable John Lord Carysfort in the Kingdom of Ireland^ the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Time being, the Right Honourable Sir Francis Dajhwood Baronet, the Right Honourable Charles Townjhend^ the Honourable Thomas Robin/on, the Honourable Edward Cornwallisy Sir John Philipps^ Sir William Beauchamp Proflor, Sir George Colebrooke^ jljhton Curzon, Henry Bankes^ Richard Loiundes, IViUiam Fitzherbert, WilV.am Dowdefivell, Richard Bull, Peter Burrell, George Cooke, Edward Eliot, Archibald Edmonjlone, George Harvard, Edivard Kynajion, William Northey, Thomas Pitt, John Plumptre, Thomas TcwnJIjcrd junior, John Tucker, George Forjler Tuffnell, James Weji, Charles Whitworth, John WilkeSy Thomas Worjley, and the Surveyor of his Majefty's Board of Works for the Time being, John Morton 15, ormore, at their firft Efquire, fhall be Commiflioners for putting this A£t in Execution ; and that they, or any fifteen or £S"icotheI'plrfons "^°^^ of them, {hall ot may, at their firft Meeting, elea, by Ballot, any Number not exceeding to^be ai^cUted" them twenty Other Perfons to be aflbciated to them in the Execution of the Trufts hereby in them repofed ; in the Tiuft. which faid Perfons fo eledted, fhall be and continue for the Term of their natural Lives Commiflioners for putting this hSi in Execution, with the like Power, in all Refpe£ls, as hereby is given to the II, or more, giving 14 Commifiioners herein before firft appointed : And when any of the Commiflioners herein named, or Dajrs Notice, mp fill i? ^j. any Time to be elecled, except fuch Perfons who fliall be Commiflioners by virtue of any Place or -fhroelth or'^Relufal to ^^^ce, fhall die or refufe to aft, it flaall and may be lawful for the remaining Commiflioners, or any a(ft. of any of the Com- eleven ot morc of them, at any Meeting for that Purpofe affembled, whereof fourteen Days Notice miiTioners, except of fliall have been prcvioufly given in fome publick News Papers, to eledi, by Ballot, a fit Perfon or fach as are ex o^,do. Perfons to fupply the Place or Places of him or them fo dying, or refufing to z€i. ; and all Perfons who fliall be fo elecSted and qualified as this A(5l diredls, are hereby vefted with the fame Powers for putting this Acl in Execution, as the Perfons in whofe Stead they fliall be elected were vefted with. Comm.fficners hold ng jj Provided always, and be it ena^ed. That no Perfon fhall be capable of ading as aCommlf- any Office, or inte'tlted _ . ,t- ri-Ani-i. t-- i n 11 l 1 i '^ r^rr • in anyCcn'raa under the uoner m the Exccution ot this A6t, durmg the 1 ime he ihall hold any Uffice, or enter mto any Truft, are difquaiiiitd Contraft, or havc any Share or Intereft in any Contra<^, relating to the Execution of any of the from afting as fuch. Powers of tliis Ail. 3, or more, are to held HI. And be it further enabled, That the faid Commiflioners, or any three or more of them, Ihall their firft Meeting^ at ^^qx. together at the Office of the Commiflioners for Wcjhninjler Bridge in Wejlminjier, on the Thurjf- fi^e'^^'thrThurfdiy fe- ^^y fcvennight after the pafling of this A<St, between the Hours of I'en in the Forenoon and Two in vennitht after p.-.fling the Afternoon, and ftiall proceed to the Execution of this A61 ; and fliall then, and from Time to this Aft ; and the/are Time afterwards, adjourn themfelves to meet at the Place aforefaid, or at any other Place or Places then to. dj:.urn, and meet within the faid City and Liberty, or within the faid Parifhes or Places aforefaid, or any or either of afterwards, as they fhall j^em, as they the faid Commiflioners, or any three or more of them, fhall think proper or conve- oTraii'u'rrof afufficent "'^"t for putting this Acl in Execution: And if it ftiall happen that there fhall not appear at any Number of Comminio- Meeting which fhall be appointed to be had or held by the faid Commiflioners, a fuflicient Number ners 2t any Meeting to of Commiflioncrs to acf at fuch Meeting, and to adjourn to another Day, then, and in fuch Cafe, aaandadj(urn,iheCJerk the Cl<-'-k to the faid Commiflioners "flial], by publick Notice in fome News Paper printed within the iiV°tin^''°'i^:ng"°oD3ys Weekly Bills of Mortality, to be given at leaft ten Days before the next Meeting, or, in cafe the Notice "'or,"^ on his faid Clcrk fhall happen to die before fuch Notice given, or fliall neglect or refufe to give fuch Notice Death, 'Nc;le£l or Re- as aforcfaid, then any two Commiflioners fhall and may, by the like publick Notice, appoint the faid lur.il, I Commiflioners Commiflloncrs to meet at the Place where the laft Meeting was appointed to be held, within fourteen miy appoint one: .£)ays next after the Day on which fuch laft Meeting was appointed to be held ; and the faid Com- Thcy arc to bejr thtir .^ n 11 ^ 11 .1 • ^/T • .u • l' own Expences at all iniflioners Ihall, at all their Meetings, pay their own Expcnces. their Meetings. IV. And bc it further enabled. That no Perfon ftiall be qualified or capable of a(Sling as a Com- Qjijlificitiaa of Com- miflioncr in the Execution of this A6t, unlefs he fliall be, in his own Right, or in Right of his miilioner!, Wife, in the aflual Pofteflion or Receipt of the Rents and Profits of Lands, Tenements or Hercdita- 300I. per Ann. ments of the clear yearly Value of three hundred Pounds ; or poflciled of, or intitled to Perfonal vt »o,ccoJ. Eftate alone, or Real and Perfonal Eftatc together, to the Value of ten thoufand Pounds ; or be Heir Apparent to any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or to any Perfon poftcfled of or intitled to a Real Eftate of the clear yearly Value of fix hundred Pounds. Penslty icol. on their y And bc it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon not being qualified adling, ft iiotquaLfitd ; j^^ manner herein before mentioned, fliall prcfumc to ait as a Commiflioner for putting this Act, or any of th'.r i^owcrs herein contained, in Execution, contrary to the Intent and Meaning hereof, cxcry fiirh Perfon ihall, for every fuch Oft'cncc, forfeit and pay the Sum of one hundred Pounds, to any Perfon or Perfons who ftiall fuc for the fame, to be recovered in any of hid Majefty's Courts of Recordi, by