A. D. 1756. Anno vlcefimo nono Georgii II. C. q. 640- faid Middle and South Levels, all fuch Parts of the faid eighty-three thoufand Acres as lie within the a nn^ie Tax' o faid Levels, or either of them, Ihall yearly and every Year be, and the fame are hereby rated, taxed. Midlife TnT charged and aflelTed by and with a iingle' gradual Acre-tax ; and fuch Parts of the faid twelve thou- South Levels, fand Acres as lie within the faid Middle or South Levels, with a Medium of fuch fingle gradual Acre- diinng tiie Cmh- tax, according to the faid A^c of the twentieth of King Charles the Second, and tlie Valuations made olbtti^Jeo^^ in purfuance thereof. IL Provided always, That it fliall be lawful for the Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators, of the faid Corporation im- Corporation, from Time to Time, to rate, tax, charge or affefs, all fuch Parts of the faid eighty-three powered to lay thoufand Acres, and twelve thoufand Acres, as lie within the faid Middle or South Levels, with any far- neceffary. ^^' ' ther Tax, which they the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators fhall judge neceffary, in the fame Manner as they might have done before the making of this Adt. III. And be it further enadted. That in lieu of the Bonds heretofore given by the faid Corporation, New Bonds lo for fecuring the Payment of the faid Debt of twenty-feven thoufand four hundred and forty Pounds, the ^f thrEo'nds"tbr feid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators, or any five or more of them, whereof the faid Governor oriheprefeiicDehc Bailiffs, or any of them, to be two, ihall give other Bonds under the Common Seal of the faid Corpora- tion, for the refpedlive Sums due to the Perfon or Perfons poffeffed of fuch Bonds, mentioning in the Bonds fo to be given, that the Money fecured thereby, is due and owing upon Account of the faid Middle and South Levels ; and all and Angular the Rents, Taxes and Revenues, of the faid Middle and South Levels, (hall be, and they are hereby declared to be, a Security for, and Ihall be charged and chargeable with the Payment of the Sums mentioned in fuch Bonds, and all Intereft due, and to become due there- upon. IV. And to the End, that the faid Corporation may be at all Times enabled to raife fuch Sums of Corporation im- Money as (hall be nece(Iary for the Support and Prelervation of the faid Great Level, and for defray- {'""'f'^'.'^th'e'ufe mg the other neceffary Expences attending the fame ; Be it fijrther enacted. That it fliall be lawful for ofTiie°North the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators, or any feven or more of them, whereof the faid Gover- Level, not ex- nor or Bailiffs, or any of them, to be two, with the Confent of the Duke of Bedford, his Heirs or Af- <:=«'"S S=°o figns. Lord or Lords, Lady or Ladies, of the Manor of Thorney, and of the Earl of Lincoln, his Heirs or Affigns, Owner or Owners of High and Lozv Borough Fen, from Time to Time to borrow upon Bonds, under the Common Seal of the faid Corporation, fuch Sum or Sums of Money, as they the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confer/ators, or any feven or more of them, as aforefaid, (hall judge neceffary, for the Ufe of the faid North Level, not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of five thoufand Pounds ; de- claring in fuch Bonds, that the Money fecured thereby, is due and owing upon Account of the faid North Level ; and alfo any Sum or Sums of Money, which they the faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confer- and any Sum for vators, or any feven or more of them, as aforefaid, (hall judge neceffary, for the Ufe of the faid Middle sout'hLeveis"fo and South Levels, or either of them, fo as by the borrowing of fuch Sum or Sums, the Debt of the as i;he whole faid Corporation upon Account of the faid Middle and South Levels, be not at any Time made to exceed Debt do not ex- in the Whole, the Sum of thirty-two thoufand Pounds; declaring in the Bonds to be given for fuch Sum '^^'^^ 3-'°^ or Sums, that the Money fecured thereby is due and owing upon Account of the faid Middle and South Levels : And the refpedtive Rents, Taxes and Revenues of the faid North Level, and of the faid Middle and South Le'e]s, fhall be, and they are hereby made a Security for Repayment of the Sums fo refpedlively to be borrowed, with legal or lefs Interefl: for the fame, as fliall be agreed upon between the faid Corporation, and the Perfon or Perfons lending fuch Money; but no Money to be borrowed '^'°"'=y^°'7°'^,- tipon Account of the faid North Level fliall be charged or chargeable upon any of the Rents, Taxes or Level not to'be Revenues of the faid Middle and South Levels, or either of them ; nor Ihall any Money to be borrowed chargeable on on Account of the faid Middle and South Levels be charged or chargeable upon any of the Rents, Taxes '^*^ fj'L^'v-f"'^ or Revenues of the faid North Level, or any Part thereof. and vice'vxrfa'. V. Provided always, and be it enadled. That all Bonds to be hereafter given by the faid Corporation Bonds to be fhall be numbered, beginning with Number one, and fo proceeding in arithmetical Progreifion; and that.n"ibeved; and no Bond Ihall be given for any greater or lefs Sum than one hundred Pounds. ^^"g than'jcoL VL And be it further enacted. That all Bonds to be given by the faid Corporation fliall be transfer- _ ,^ able or adignable by Indorfement upon the original Bond, without Stamps, to any Perfon or Perfons ^^^ widtout^'^" whomfoever ; and fuch Transfer or Affignment being produced to the Regifter of the faid Corporation, Stamps, and by him entered in a Book to be kept for that Purpofe, (which Entry the faid Regifter is hereby A^ffis"'"^"" to required to make upon Requefi:, the Perfon producing fuch Transfer or Affignmen? paying the Sum of^';."'ftcr! °^ "^ two Shillings and fix Pence for every fuch Entry) fiiall intitle the Perfon or Perfons to v.hom fuch '^ . Transfer or Affignment (hall be made, his, her or their Exe:utors, Adminillrators or Affigns, to the. A'loney fecured by fuch Bond, and all Intereft due or to grow due thereupon ; And fuch Affignee or Af- fignees may in like Manner, by Indorfement without Stamp, affign and transfer fuch Bond or Bonds fo alfigned as aforefaid ; and fo toties quoties, as Occafion (hall require ; every fuch AlFignment being entered in luch Book as aforefaid. VII. And be it further enaded, That all and fingular the Rents, Taxes and Sums of Money to be Money raircdbj received, raifed or levied by the faid Corporation, from, upon or upon Account of fuch Part of the (aid ^^^"'■P^;f* ninety-five thoufand Acres as lie within the faid North Level, fhall be chargedand chargeable, in the LPJ|J^yj'Jj5',^",;'_^ firft Place, with the Payment of fuch Sums of Adoney as Ihall at any Time hereafter be borrowLd by the fpeflive i.tvtis faid Corporation upon Account of the faid North Level, and the Intereft of fuch Sums ; any Thing in ji°^^' '" ^^ -'P- the laid A6f of the twenty-feventh Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign to the contrary thereof in any '° " wife notwithftanding : And that all and fingular the Rents, Taxes and Sums of Money to be received, raifed or levied by the faid Corporation, from, upon or upon Account of fuch Part of the faid ninety- live thoufand Acres as lie within the faid Middle and South Levels, or either of them^ (hall be charsjed Vol. VIL + O • . and ^
