28o C. 17.^ Anno decimo quinto Caroli II. A. D. 1665, Grant, Conveyance or Charge, fliall be as good and effectual in the Law, as if the Original Book of En-' <j tries were produced at any '1 rial at Law or otherwife. IX. And be it further enadied. That the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty, fliall execute Eftate: i according to the aforefaid Traft under their Common Seal, the Taxes and Penalties then in Arrear beiiu ,; .firft paid, which for Non-payment are by Virtue of this Act to be levied by Sale of the Lands. Levying of X. And be it further enacted, That for the Levying fuch Taxes and Penalties as are now in Arrear, oi 4 Taxes and Pe. ^^y Time fmce the thirtieth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred fifty and! r '""' eight (other than fuch as are hereby otherv.'ife directed to be levied) or which fhall be fet and impofed upor' ! the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres by Virtue of this Ail, and fhall be in Arrear upon the refpeclive Part! '.and Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres ; (2) the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervaton of the faid Corporation, and their Succefibrs for the Time being, or any five or more of them, wheree; the laid Governor and Bailiffs for the Time being, and their Succeffors, or any of them, to be two, foi levying fuch Taxes and Penalties which now are or fhall be fo in Arrear, upon the refpeftive Parts ami: ■ ■ ■ • Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, fhall on JVednefday 2.ndi Thurfday
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.either of them, every Year at the Shire-houfe in Ely aforefaid, in the faid Ifle of Ely, have Power only to fdl' fo-much of fuch Parts and Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, upon which any Tax fliall be in Arrear, or Penalties, in fuch Proportion as the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators of the faid Corporation, or their Succeffors, or any five or more of them, v/hereof the faid Governor and Bailiffs, 01, any of them, to be two, fhall judge to be fufEcient to raife fuch Taxes and Penalties, by any Writing under the Seal of the faid Corporation j and the Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Sales fhall be made .fliall be a lawful Purchafer and Affignee of fo much as fliall be fold, to all Intents and Purpofes what- . foever. -.Srovifo for Te- XI. Provided, That by any Colour of any Sale for Nonpayment of Taxes, any Tenant or Tenants at ji'antsatWillor WiU^ or by Leafe indented, upon improved Rent of any Part of the fiiid ninetj'-five thoufand Acres, fliall .I>j( Leafe;, ^^^ ],g removed from his or their Poffeflion, until he or they fliall have taken his or their Crop from off the Premiffes fo fold, paying reafonable Rent proportionable to the Time that fuch Poffelfion ftial! from and after fuch Sales be continued ; and fuch Tenant or Tenants as fliall hold any Part of the faid ninety- • five thoufand Acres by Leafe as aforefaid, fliall and may, if he or they fliall think meet, continue out their refpeclive Terms, paying their Rent to fuch Purchafer in Proportion to the Quantity of Acres fo purchafed; ■ any Thing herein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithflanding: (2) Provided, That the faid Cor- poration, nor their Succeffors, fliall not fell any Part or Proportion of the faid ninety five thoufand Acres ■for any Tax or Penalty in Arrear, which Tax or Penalties fliall not be in Arrear by the Space of four .Months next before the Sale, nor any more Lands than only for the Raifing of fuch Taxes and Pe- nalties. Pubiick Notice XII. Provided alfo. That the faid Corporation fhall give publick Notice from Time to Time of the Pafts La.nJs^ch-ri'ed ^^'^ Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres for which any Tax or Penalties is or fhall be in Ar- ■tvkh Arrears of- rear, by affixing openly at the Shire-houfe or Market-place in.£/y aforefaid, a Schedule in Parchment under Taxes or Penal- the Seal of the faid Corporation, containing fuch Parts and Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres ties. . for which any Tax or Penalty is or fliall be in Arrear, with the Name and Names of the refpeiSive Owner or Owners, entred upon the Tax-Pvoll with the faid Corporation, of the faid Parts and Proportions of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres fo in Arrear. -New Works XIII. And be it further enacted. That the faid Corporation fhall and may from Time to Time, ertft oiaybemade. any new Worfcs Within the faid Great Level, or without the faid Great Level, for conveying the AVaters of the faid Great Level by convenient Outfals to the Sea; fo always, that if they cut any feveral Grounds, they give full 1-lecompence and Satisfr.ePcion for the fame, in fuch Manner as fhall be hereafter in this Aft ■The Penalty for provided:' (2) And if an3 Perfon or Perfons fhall cut, throw down or deftroy any of the faid Works, thro-.<ing Jo^.vn made or to be made as aforefaid, the Parties offending fhall anfwer treble Damages to the faid Corporation, i any Works. ■gnd Cofls of Suit, to be recovered in an Acfion of Trefpafs, to be brought by the faid Corporation, in any ] of his Majefly's Courts of Record :. (3) A.nd if fuch cutting, throwing down or dellroying, fhall be ma-
- licioufiy done, the ftme fliall be punifhed as for the Cutting the Powdyke in Alarfi-Land.
The Oath to be XIV. And be it further enacted. That the faid William Earl of Bedford, nom-inated to be Governor, ahd taken by the every Other from Time to Time into that Oiiice chofen, fhall (before he take upon him or them the Ex- M-Hm'jCon- "■'^'^'^ °*' ^^"^ Office) take an Oath,. That he will v/ell and truly execute that Office in all Things; the ierva'tois. "^ " which Oath fhall and may Ixc adminiftred by the faid SailiiTs, or any one of them : (a) And the faid Bailiffe, . Confervators, Rrgifter, Receiver or other Officer nominated as aforefaid, and every other from Time to Time into any of the refpective Offices to be chofen,, fhall (before he or they take upon him or them the Exercife of the faid refpedfive Offices) take the like Oath for the true executing their refpeftive Ofnees } the which Oath fhall he adminiftred by the (aid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators, or any two or mare of them, Vvithout any Commiflion or further Warrant. Jhe Governor, XV. And for the Continuance of tlie faid Corporation in Succelfion for ever. Be it further enafted. That . ^rl'at'^^ ^""'"t""' *^^ '^^ Governor, Bailiffs, Confervators and Com.monalty, upon IVedncfday in Whitjun-'xeek ytArh, fljall.i') «lsfl£d'^ve°rly. ^^ ^ publick Meeting to be hcldcn for the fiid Corporation, by the greater Number then prefent (whereof the faid Governor, or one of the Bailifis, to be one) eleft a new Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators re- fpe£lively : (2) Provided, That none be capable to be or continue Governor or Bailiffs, that hath not four hundred Acres or n.-.cre of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, nor to be a Confervator that hath not two hundred Acres or more of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, nor any of the Commonalty to have. a Voice in Eleilions that hath not one hundred Acres or more of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres : (3) And that the faid Governor, Bailifts and Confervators, or any of them, fliall and may be removed' by the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators, and Commonalty, or the greater Number of them prefent at their publick Meetings, vvhsicof the faid Governor, or one of the Bailiffs, to be one, and new chofen ia
