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A. D. 1757' Anno tricefimo Georgii II. C. 31. 109 return, at fiich Time and Place as the faid CommiiTioncrs (hall nominate and appoint, tv/enty-four honeft, fubftantia], and difmterefted Perfons, duly qualified to ferve on Juries, upon the Trials of J^^'^"-, ^^,i,o ^^^ („ 3fj-„l-, at Law; and the faid CommiiTioners then prefent, or any feven or more of them, Ihall charge a Jury ol ^^|^^ Dj^ace and twelve of the faid Perfons, and caufe them to be fworn, well and truly, on their Oaths, to ail'els the Va- Recompenccj on lue of the Lands or Hereditaments comprifed in the faid Notice, and the Damages and Recompencc for Oatb. the fame to the refpedive Owner or Owners thereof, according to their refpedtive Intereft therein (which Oath the f .id Commiffioners, or any (even or more of them, are hereby ajthorifcd and required to admi- nifter to fiich Jury) and to which Jury the faid Churchwardens, Overfeers and Inhabitants, and all Per- ^!'7,'"%^^ fons interefted in the faid Lands or Hereditamenis, fliall have their lawful Challenges ; and after proper Evi- chaaeng-rd. dcnce, upon Oath, to them the faid Commiirioners given, concerning the Nature, Quantity and Value of the faid Lands and Hereditaments, the faid Jury ftiall by their Verdi61:, affefs the Damages and Re- compence to be given for the faid Lands and Hereditaments to the refpedive Owner or Owners thereof. Verdicfts, and Judgments of the Commiilioners upon the iame, (liall be tranfmitted to, and fairly entered en, to bs con- and kept among(t the Pvccords of the Qiiarter-SefTion of the Peace of the County of Surry, an 1 the |-l"^ij.'e, and to fame, or true Copies thereof, fhall be taken to be good and eflfecSlual Evidence and Proof in any Court "' ^^e RecoSs"o^f Law or Equicy whatfoever ; and fnall in all Refpects be as efFeiStual as if the faid Jury had been charged, ^^^ Q^aiter-Sef- and the Judgment given by the JuiUces of the Peace at their Seffion, or the Adjournment thereof. fi„ns. V. And be it further eindlcd by the Authority aforefuid. That all Contrails, Agreements, Bargains, ah Contrafts Sales, Alignments, Surrenders, and other Conveyances, made or to be made by any Perfon or Perfons and Saks deemei "whatfoever, to or with the faid Churchwardens, Overfeers and Inhabitants, or any Perfon or Perfons in valid, Truft for them, by virtue of the faid recited Adl, or of this Adl, ftiall be good and Valid againft all Per- ^"^J°^ „7^" fons whatfoever, and (hall extend to be deemed and conftrued to bar the Dower and Dowers of the Wife Eftate/&t. or Wives of fuch Perfon or Perfons, and all Eftates Tail and Remainders, as fully and efFeftually as a ' Fine or Recovery would do, or would have done, if fufFered by proper Parties in due Form of Law. VI. And be it furtl'.er enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the paffing of this A61, The further Svmi it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Churchwardens, Overfeers and Inhabitants, or any feven of 2000 1. may or more of them, and they are hereby authorifed and impowered to raife, borrow, take and receive, of be borrowed f..r and from any Perfon or Perfons whomfocver, or any Body or Bodies Politick or Corporate whatfoever, ^'f^^ I^^^P"'""* who are willing to lend or advance the fame, any further Sum or Sums of ly'foney, not exceeding in the ' Whole, the Sum of two thoufand Pounds, for the Payment of fuch Purchafe-money, and for fuch other Purpofcs as are by the faid A6t diredted ; and for difcharging th-j faid further Sum or Sums of Money fo to be borrowed, and for doing and completing all Things necefTary for carrying the faid A£t into Execu- tion, it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to contribute, advance and pay into the Hands of the faid Churchwardens, Overfeers and Inhabitants, or any feven or more of them, any Sum or Sums on Anmilty for "'■""■'*■ the 81. per r An. the Rate of eight Pounds per Cer.tufn per Jlnnum^ and not exceed in the Whole the Sum of one hundred and fixty Pounds per Anniim and (hall be payable in fuch Manner, and at fuch T'imes and Places, and fhall be publickly fold, as the Annuities appointed to be purchafed by the faid recited AiSt are appointed to be charged on to be paid and fold, and fhall be likewife charged upon the Rents and Profits of the Sheds, Stands, Build- t'^e Re"":^* and ings and Eredions, upon the Grounds fet out and appointed for the Site of the faid Market, and all other ^^° ^ "^ ^^^ the Piofits of the faid Market. ^'

  • • VII. And for the better and more efFeclual fecurrng the Payment of the Annuities fold or to be fold,
  • by virtue of the faid recited Act, and alfo of this Acl, if the Rents and Profits of the faid Ground, and
  • the Buildings and Ere6lions thereon, and the Rents and Profits of the faid Market, fhall not be fuffi-
  • cient to pay the faid Annuities;' It is is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefail. That from Rate to Be made'

and after the pafTing of this A6f:, the faid Churchwardens, Overfeers and Inhabitants, to be chofen as by for^making gooJ. the faid Aft is appointed, or the major Part of them, fliall from time to time m.ake a Rate or Airellincn.P^"^'-"'"^^ '"" on all Lands, Houfes, Tenements and Hereditaments within the fame Parifh, not exceeding fi.x Pence ^ ^ ^' ""'^ in the Pound,, for the yearly Rent of fuch Lands, Houfes, Tenements and Hercditanumts, as the fame fliall be afcertained and rated to the Land Tax, for raifing and levying fuch Sum or Sums of Money, aS' together with the Rents and Profits arifing from the faiJ Market fiiall be fufHcient to pay the faid An- nuities ; and that the faid Rates or Aliciiments fl'iall be charged on and paid by the Tenants or Occupiers of the faid Lands, Houfes, Tenements aixl Hereditaments, and fhall be made yearly or othervvife ; and fuch Rates or Aii'efTments iliall be allowed and figned by tv/o Juftices of the Peace for the County of tohe allowed and 'y be appomtcd to colle6t the fame ; and if any Perfon or Perfons fliall refufe or negleci to piiy the Sum or mJ may oe 1?- Sums of Moiiey which he, fhc or they fhall be rated or aHlfTed, for the opace of tcii Days after Dcinand vi d by Diili-'s made thereof, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Collector or Collcftors, and th^y are hereby aulho- ^^d Saie. rifed and required to levy the Sum aiTelied, by DiiL^efs and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of fuch Pcr-