134 C,i2 — 16. Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii II. A. D. 1749. ' Impoveriflimcnt of the Owners and Proprietois of" fuch Grounds, and to the Lofs of the Publick : And ' whereas the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds cannot be prefcrved without the Aid of Parliament, to ' enable the Owners thereof to drain the fame, and to keep the fame drained for the future;' May it there- fore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty that it may be ena6led, C5V.
- ' Commiffioners impowered to make Works for draining the Lands. Juftices at the Quarter Seflions to
" fettle Differences. Commiffioners to meet twice a Year, to make Orders for draining the Lands, and to " appoint Officers. Commiffioners impowered toraife a Tax of i ^. 6 d. per Acre for the firft Year ; and " for every Year after, i s, per hzre. Certain Lands exempted from being taxed. Commiffioners impow- " ered to borrow Money on the yearly Rates, at 5 /. per Cent. Commiffioners impowered to award Satif- " faiSion to the Proprietors of TVeJlmore BeegUngs, and Reflldge., for Cuts made by them. The Tax to be '.' levied by Diftrefs and Sale. Tenants required to pay the Tax, which is to be allowed them by the Land- " lords. Tunnels to be laid under all the Dikes, ^c. 100/. Penalty on wilful damaging, C5'i:. the ^Vorks. " For want of Diftrefs the Perfon to be committed. Perfons convi£ted of fetting Fire to any of the Works, '.' to be tranfported as Felons. Commiffioners to infpeft and adjuft the Accounts yearly. Upon Death, i^e. " of Commiffioners, others to be chofen in their Room. Number not to exceed 45. No Works to be made " to hinder the Waters drained from certain Lands, from ilTuing to their Outfall. The Rights of the Go- " vernor, i^c. of Bedford Level, referved." CAP. XIL An ASi for continuing and making more effeftual two Afts of Parliament, the one paffed in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, and the other in the third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the Road leading from Sherbrooke Hill near Buxton and Chapel in the Frith in the County of Derby, through the Town of Stockport in the County of Chefter, to Mmichcjler in the County of Lancafter ; and for amending other Roads adjoining to the Road directed to be repaired by the firft-mentioned Ail. P R. The former Afts 11 Geo. i. c. 13. and 3 Geo. z. c. 4. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XIIL An A£i: for laying a Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one fixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots PIntoM Ale and Beer, which flial! be brewed for Sale, brought into, tapped or fold, within the Town of KinghornA and Liberties thereof. P R. A Duty of Excife granted to the Town for 31 Years, ^c. CAP. XIV. An A8i for continuing and making more efFeftual two A£ts of Parliament, for repairing the Highway be- tween a certain Place called Kilburn Bridge in the County of Middlefex, and Sparroivs Heme in die Countj' of Hertford. PR.' Tiie former A6ls 10 Ann. and 8 Geo. i. c. 9. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XV. An Aft for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act paffed in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the feveral Roads therein mentioned, leading into the Town of Leominfit, ' in the County of //tTj/irc/; and for making the faid Aft more eff^edlual. PR. The Aft 2 Geo. 2. c. 13. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XVI. An Act for draining and improving certain Fen Lands within the Manors and Pariflies of U^ ■well and Out-well, and the Parifhes of Denver and Welmy, in the Ille of El) and Counties of Cambridge and Norfolk. PR. ^^HEREAS certain Fen Lands lying and being in the Parifli of Denver, the Manors and Parifhes of Upweli and OiiHvell, and the Parifti of IFelney, within the Ifle of Eh, County of Cambridge, ' and County of Norfolk, containing in the Whole near eleven thoufand Acres, and bounded as followeth ; ' that is to iay, from the Outring Ditch of the Land of Jofepb Gordon (jcntleman, next to the Bank of ' the h-and of Edmund Saf e7j Gentleman, and along /J 'el! Creek, hy North Delph Corner, to Churebfield Bank ' in 0/rf'zw//aforefaid ; and along Chnrchp.eld Bank to a Place called Small Load, where it joins a Bank called ' Plozvfield Bank ; and along Plozufield Bank to a Place called Upxuel! Sluice, ftanding upon Popham's Eait ; '■and from thence, along by Pophanis Eau, to a Place called The Sixteen Foci Bank; and from thence, ' along by the faid Bank, to a Place called The Old Chair Drain ; and from thence to a Place called Darey ' Load; and from thence along by the faid Load, to IFelney Old River; and from thence along by the faid ' P-iver, to a Place called The Twenty Foot Drain, at IFelney ; and from thence along by the faid Drain, to ' the Outring Ditch of the Land of the faid Jofeph Gordon, next to the faid TicentyFoo't Drain ; and along
- the faid Outring Ditch to TVdlCr^fk; have of late Years been fretiucutlv overflowed, and annoyed with
3 ' Water,
