number of persons are appointed commissioners for carrying the provisions of the act into effect, who are to erect a lock at Linton which will admit a vessel of not less than 60 feet long, 15 feet 4 inches in breadth, and which draws four feet water, upon passing which the following must be paid as
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Coal, Cinders, Lime and Lime-stone, Stone, Gravel, and Manure, carried on the said River, Cuts or Canals, from below Widdington Ings to the Junction of the Ure and Swale | 4d per Ton. |
| For all Butter and other Goods, Wares and Merchandize | 9d ditto. |
TOLLS ON THE SWALE AND BEDALE BROOK.
| For all Coal, Cinders, Lime and Lime-stone or other Stone, Slate, Gravel or Manure, carried upon the River Swale, Brook, Cuts or Canals, from the Junction of the Swale and Ure to Bedale, or from Bedale back to the said Junction | 1s 10½d per Ton. |
| For all Butter and other Goods, Wares and Merchandize | 3s 9d ditto. |
And so in Proportion for a less Distance, and for a greater or less Quantity than a Ton.
The commissioners have power to borrow money, for executing the work, upon security of the tolls, or by annuities.
Another act was passed in the same year as the preceding act, entitled, 'An Act for making navigable a Brook called Codbeck, from the River Swale to the borough of Thirsk, in the county of York.' The same commissioners as named in the act last mentioned are appointed to carry the act into execution, and are empowered to take the following
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Coal, Cinders, Lime and Lime-stone or other Stone, Slate, Gravel and Manure, from the Junction of the said Brook and the River Swale to the Borough of Thirsk, or from Thirsk to such Junction | 1s 6d per Ton. |
| For all Butter, and all other Goods, Wares and Merchandize | 2s 6d ditto. |
And so in Proportion for a less Distance, or a greater or less Quantity than a Ton.
They may borrow money for the purposes of the undertaking on security of the tolls.
The last act of parliament relating to the navigation connected with this river, was passed in 1770, and is entitled, 'An Act for completing the Navigation of the River Swale, from its Junction with the River Ure to Morton Bridge, and of Bedale Brook, in the county of York; and for repealing part of an Act made in the Seventh Year of his present Majesty's Reign, relating thereto.'
