A. D. 1756. Anno vlcefimo nono Georgii 11. C. 22. 675 Ijlc, Litthport or Helgay, to be appointed by the faid CommifTioners, or any thirteen of more of thein j "'""•"■>'■ the firft General Meeting to be ae the Shire-Houfe in AVy, upon the third />/<% after the pafling of Firft General ' this Ait ; and at fuch Meeting fhall have full Power and Authority to make Orders, and give DiVec- M'^'^ting- tions, for the better and more orderly Management of the Woik of draining the faid Fens and Lov/ Grounds, and for mak.ing proper Cuts, Drains, Dams, Tun.nels and Outlets through the fame, and for making and ercdting proper Works and Engines thereupon, and for the Maintenance thereof; and alfo Commiffior.ers to appoint one or more Collector or Colleitcrs, Receiver or Receivers, or fuch other proper Officer or '° •'>??'" •^"I- OfRcers, as they the faid Commiffioners (hall think tit, for taking Care of fuch Works, arid for collefl- other Officers- ing the Rates or Affeflmeiits which (hall be made or aflefled for the Maintenance thereof; and to allow " ' ' ' and appoint to be paid to fuch Officers, out of the faid Rates and Affeffments, fuch yearly or other V/ ages and Salaries, for their Trouble and Pains in their refpedlive Offices, as the faid Commiffioners, or any thirteen of them prelent at fuch Meeting, (hall think reafonable ; which faid Colleftor or Colledors, Re- ■^^'-'° ^^"■"-'^ '^^ ceiver or Receivers, or other Officer or Officers, to be appointed as aforefaid, may be altered and remov- '■="'°^^=' ed at the Will and Pleafure of the faid Commiffioners, or any thirteen of them aflimbled at fuch Meet- ing or Meetings to be held as aforefaid, and another or others choien and appointed in his or their Room and Stead, as Occafion (liall require; and fuch CoUedor or Colleclors, Receiver or Receivers, to be and to give sc- named and appomted as aforefaid, fliall before they ail in the Execution of their feveral Offices, give fuch '^""'X- Security for the due Execution of fuch their refpeclive Offices, and for performing the feveral Trulls to them committed, as the faid Ccmmiirioners, or any thirteen of them then prefent, (hall in their Difcre- tion think lit. V, And be it further enafled. That the faid Commiffioners, or any thirteen or more of them, or their Commi/Tjoneri Succeifors, fltall have fall Power and Authority, from Time to Time hereafter, at their Wills and Plea- ™'^"^e'cuts '1-^ fures, to make fuch Cuts, Drains, Dams, Tunnels and Outlets, through the faid P'ens and Low and eres En- '" Grounds, or any Part thereof, fo bounded and defcribed as aforeiaid, and to erecf fuch Works and g'"« 'or dnin- Engines thereupon, for draining and conveying the Waters from tle fame, as fnall be thought i^t^ '"S-tl'* Lands, neceffary and convenient, by the faid Cornmiilioners, or any thirteen or more of them, at the A4eet- ing or Meetings to be held as herein before is appointed for the Purpofes aforefaid. VI. Provided always, That if the faid Commiffioners (hall make, or caufe to be made, any Cut, Satisfafiion to Drain, Dam, Tunnel or Outlet, through any feveral Grounds, or erecT: any new Work or Works ^ ™"^'|'^ "" '-'•'" thereupon, then they fliall pay a reafonable Satisfaction to the.Perfon or Perlons who hath or have a'"^^^^' Right to the Soil through which fuch Cut, Drain, Dam, Tunnel or Outlet (hall be made, or where- upon fuch Woik or Works, Engine or J^ngines (hall be ereited, for the Damages fuch Perfon or Perfons (hall fuftain, and as ihall be agreed upon between the faid Cornmiilioners, or any thirteen" or more of them, and the Perfon or Perfons having fuch Right as aforefaid ; and if the faid Commiffioners, to be <3etermi- pr any thirteen or more of them, and fuch Perfon or Perfons, cannot agree about the Amount of fuch ned. in cafe of Damage, that then the fame ihall be alTeffed, adjudged and linally determined, by the Julfices of the fhe nua?tl*r-^^ Peace, or the major Part of them, at the next General or Qiiarter-Seffion of the Peace to te held for the seffions. '^ faid Ijh of Ely^ or County of Ca?nbridgt. ' VII. And whereas a confderable Part of the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, lying near the Skirts ' of the High Lands, are much higher in their Situation than the re!l, and if the Sewers lie in ccm- ' mon, it is apprehende.^l, may be, made too dry, by fuch Time as tlie lowelf Lands are well drained;' Therefore for avoiding this Inconvenience, be it further enadted. That it (hail be lawful for the faid Provifion to be Lands. " ^ ' ' . . . ... _ °dry. VIII. And be it further enaifled, That at all and every or any fuch Meeting or R/Ieetings to be held as Commiffioners aforefaid, it (hall be lawful for the faid Commiirioners, or any thirteen or more of them, to affefs, rate, i'"po>;«=red to. tax and charge, all and every the refpeitive Owner or Owners, Occupier or Occupiers, of all and (ingu- d^iaining^the ■ lar the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, fo bounded and defcribed as aforefaid, by an equal and Lands. ■" proportionable Tax, in any Rate or Sum, not exceeding one Shilling per Acre for each Year, for carry- ing on and effecting the faid Work of draining and maintaining th.e lame ; and to limit and appoint fv.ch certain Days and Places for the refpeitive Payments of fuel! Tax to the Colleifor or Cclleifors, Receiver or Receivers, for the Time being, as they the faid Cornmiilioners, or any thirteen or moie of them, under their Hands, (hall diteif and appoirit. " ' ■ IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, Thafthe Tax fo to be alTedeJ, rated and charged, (ha Tnot Not under Sd, be lefs th^.n eight Pence per Kqvq in each Year, untilall the Money which fliall be borrowed for the fj^J j^j"^^j '[]' Purpoffs of this Ait-, with the Intereft thereof, "Ihall be dittharged. - ^ ... rowedTe paid'^' X. Provided always. That no AfTeffinent, Rate or Tax, (hall be made, rolle::-"(ed or levied, "pon any proviib touch- Lands, being Part of the Lands bounded and dsl'cribed' a;, aforefaid, which are High Lsnds, ai.d ha>.'e ing Commons, not been futject to Inundations ; and that no Aflefiinent, Rate or 'lax, flia.il, during the lirft Lands exempted five Years after the making of this Aif, be made, coUe^fied or levied, upon any Lands within the for a certain Limits above-mentioned, whith are now fo dug out into Hods or Turf Pools, ib as to be at prefent ^'^""" of no Ufe; neither (liall any AiTeffinent, Rate or l ax be made, colleclcd or levied, upoii the imbank:- Other Lands ed Lands of John Parteride Efquire, known by the Name of J-ViHoiv Roiv Farms ; nor upon 'the im- exempted. ■. banked Lands of John Pike Efquirej, C3.lkd Tbe Ch in Far/u in LzV/Z^^r? aforefaid ; -for fo long Time only 4 R 2 r as . • 1
