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194 C. i8. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii 11. A. 0,1757. for the draining and improving the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds as are before-mentioned, and fiiall be applied and difpoied of to no other Purpofe whatfoever. Rates cbargs- XX. And be it further enacled and declared. That the Rates, Taxes and Sums of Money, hereby afTef- able with the fed, or to be afleiTed, upon, and paid by the Owners or Occupiers of the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, Monies boriow- j^ jj -p^ charged and chargeable in the firll Place, with and for the Payment of all and every the Sum and cd thereon. Sums of A'loney lb to be borrowed, and the Intereft of fuch Money, from time to time, and (hall veft in and iifon D2- the refpeclive Creditor or Creditors, upon Default of Payment of fuch Principal Money and Intereft, until fault of Piv- the fame fhall be fully fatisfied and paid, together with the Cofts and Charges occafioned by Nonpayment ir.ent to veft in thereof as aforcfaid ; and the faid Creditors, their Executors, Adminiftrators and Afllgns refpeftively, (hall tkc Creditors, j^^ye the fame Powers, Rights and Privileges, of raifmg and recovering the feveral Taxes and Sums of Mo- ney payable by the feveral Owners and Occupiers of the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds, for and in refpecl of fuch Principal Money and Intereft, in cafe of Default of Payment thereof, as the faid Commiflioners or their Collectors could have had, in cafe the faid Principal and Intereft had been regularly paid. Affignmenta XXL And be it further ena(^ed. That all Affignments or Securities to be made by the faid Commiflioners in<>5- be trani- 35 aforefaid, fhall and may be transferrable or aflignable by Indorfement upon fuch original Grant or Secu- ^""^^ ■ rity thereof, or otherwife, without Stamps, to any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever ; and fuch Transfer or Alignments to Affignment being produced to the faid Receiver, to be by him entered in a Book for that Purpofe, fhall fuf- Bouk^^" ^" ^ ficiently intitle the Perfon or Perfons to whom the fame fhall be made, his, her or their E^xecutors, Admi- nillrators or Afligns, to all the Monies due, and to grow due, on the faid original Grant or Security. Penalty upon XXIL And be it further enabled by theAuthorityaforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fliall at anyTime Perfons cutting or Times hereafter wilfully and malicioufly cut, throw down, burn, or otherwife deftroy any Bank, Mill, P^n- cov.n ordertroy gjj-jp^ Flood-gate or Slulcc, which at any Tim.e or Times hereafter fhall be making and ere£ling, or made mher Works. °^ creeled, for draining or improving the faid Fen Lands or Low Grounds as aforefaid, and fhall be thereof lawfully convi£led, fuch Perfon or Perfons fliall be guilty of Felony, and fliall be fubjedt and liable to the Offender may be like Pains and Penalties as in Cafes of Felony j and the Court by or before whom fuch Perfon or Perfons tranfported. {j^^ll be tried and convi6led, ihall, and hereby have Power and Authority to tranfport fuch Perfon or Perfons Perfons convicV- for kven Ycars, in like Manner as other Felons are directed to be tranfported by the Laws and Statutes of ed of deftroying, this Realm j and that if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, at any Time or Times hereafter, wilfully or malicioufly ftoppine or dam- jpj[]^[-f,y^ i^op, dam up, fpoil or damage, any Drain, VVatercourfe, Door, Dam, Bridge, or other Work or Dr^H-.s" forfeit ^^'^rks, which, at any Time or Times hereafter, fhall be making or erecting, or made or eredled, for an- .qi,' fwering the Purpofes aforefaid, or fhall lay or throw, or place any Rubbilh, or other Obftruction, therein, and fhall be thereof convi£led before two or more Juftices of the Peace for the faid Iflc oi Ely, if the Oftence fhall be committed within the faid Ifle, or before two or more Juftices of the Peace for the faid County of Cambridge, if the Offence fhall be committed in the faid County (which Juflices are hereby refpe^^tively re- quired to hear and determine the fame on the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witnefl'es, or on the Confeflion of the Party offending) every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo convicSled of deflroying, flopping, dam- ming up, fpoiling or damaging fuch Drain, or other Work as aforefaid, fhall, for every fuch Offence, for- ?ni conviaed of feit the Sum of fifty Pounds 5 and every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo convi£led of laying, throwing or placing throwing Rub- a^y Rubbifh, or other Obflru^lion therein, fliall forfeit, for every fuch Ofl'ence, the Sum of five Pounds ; ^'1^ ° "l'^^^ which Penalties fhall be paid to the faid Commiflioners, to be applied for the Purpofes for which the faid >^ ru 1 n., j^2ites and Taxes are hereby directed to be applied, and to be levied by Diflrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chatties of every fuch Offender or Offenders, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two of the For want of f.^■^^^ Jufliccs before whom fuch Conviction fliall be made ; and for want of fuch fufficient Dillrefs, or Pay- ()ftVnder'toe "^^'""^ ^^ ^^^ ^'^'^ ^^^ ^'J" ^^ ^^^V Founds, fuch Offender or Offenders fo convicted of deftroying, flopping, com^mi-.ted. damming up, fpoiling or damaging fuch Drain, or other Work as aforefaid, fhall, by the faid Juftices, be committed to the Houfe of Corredlion, or Common Gaol of the faid IJI^ of Ely, or County of Cambridge^ for anyTime not exceeding fix Months -, and fuch Offender or Offenders, foconvicSted of laying, throwing or placing any Rubbifh, or other Obftru61ion, therein, fhall, by the faid Juftices, be committed to the Houfc of Correftion, or Common Gaol of the faid IJle of Ely, or County of Cambridge, for fuch Time, not exceeding two Months, as the Juftices by whomfuch Commitments fhall be made, fliall in their Difcretion order and direct. 10 '. Penalty on XXIU. And it is hereby further enabled. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall at any Time make, orcaufe making or con- to be made, any Watering Place, or Place of Accefs for Cattle to drink, in any of the Mill Drains within tiMiirig the ufc j[,g f^jj Yen Lands or Low Grounds, or fhall continue to ufe any fuch Watering Place already made, after ?M . 'Ixlrffti,. Notice in Writin" to the contrary thereof given to him, her or them, by any two or more of the faid Com- af'er Notice gi- miflioners ; or ir any rcrlon or rerlons fhall drive, or cauleto be dnveii, any Waggon, Cart or other Car- v'o 10 the con- riage, upon any Bank which fliall be made or maintained by virtue of this A61 (unlefs fuch Bank hath been tr.iiy : of Right ufcd as a Cart Way, or be made upon a Common Droveway, and a fufHcicnt Pafl'age fhall not be 01 ot driving |^^j along the Side of the faid Bank) every Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and being tiiereof convi6led be- th-'fiankj!"^' ^"^""^ *^"^ Juftice of the Peace within whofe Jurifdidlion fuch Oftence fliall be committed, as aforefaid, on the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witnefles, or on the ConfelTion of the Party oftending, fhall forfeit, for every fuch Offence, the Sum of ten Shillings to the faid Commiflioners, to be applied as afore- faid, and to be levied by Diftrcfs and Sale of the Goods and Chatties of every fuch Offender or Offenders, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the faid Juftice before whom fuch Convi»5lion fiiali be made. OutrlnporDi- XXIV. And bc it further cnaited by theAuthorityaforefaid, That all Owners and Occupiers of the vifion Dykes, to faid Lands intended to be drained by virtue of this Acft, fhall make, and, from time to time, and at all Times beUeptof accr- hereafter keep, all the Outringor Divifion Dykes or Drains belonging to the fiid I^ands reffjecSiively eight D'"rh^'an!i ■7- ^^^^ three Inches wide, and three P'eet deep from the level Soil ; and fliall alfo, from time to time, and at fraualiy TodiJ «'" Timcs hetcaftcr, caufe the fame Dykes and Drains to be well and effcc'f ually roded, fcourcd and clcanfcd auaftoured; from Weeds and other Rubbifh and Obllrudtions j and caufc Bridges to be laid over, and I'unncls in, the faid