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386 A Sum not exceeding 34,521 1. 15s. 9 d. to be iffued and applied out cf the Aids granted for t-he Service of the Year 1759. towards making Conif-enlation to the Fatties intereAed. C. 30. Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii II. A. D.1758. and the faid Comrr.iflioners then prefent at the faid Town Hall of the faid City o^ Rochejier^ upon the Complaint of feveral Pertons, Owners of Lands adjoining to Part of the Lands by the faid A6t vefted, that they had refpeflively received Damage by making the Fortificutioni. there, did certify and ertimate the refpecSlive Damiges done to the refpedt Lands of the fcveral Perfons complaining, amounting together to the Sum of fifty-five Pounds and thirteen Shillings of like lawful Money of Great Britain : And whereas by virtue of the faid Commillion, and in purfuance of the faid Acf, five or more of the faid Commiflioners in the faid Commillion named did, on the firll: Day of Ja- nuary in the faid two and thirtieth Year of his Majelly's Reign, meet purfuant to Notice given and fixed up at the Dock Gate of his Majelly's Yard ct P<»tf mouthy and at the Town H.U1 of Pcrtfmcuth aforefaid, and likewife publilhed in the London Gazette thirty Days and more before '. fuch Meeting, at the Gildhall of the Borough of Portfmsuih, and did then and there, in a fummary Manner, by and upon the Teftimony of Witnefl'es, Infpeclion and Examination of Deeds, Wri- tings, and Records, and by and upon the Inqueft of fourteen good and lawful Men, fubltantial Gentlemen and Freeholders of the County of Southampton^ impanelled, fummoned and returned^ by Henry Cotnpton Efquire, SherifF of the faid County of Southampton^ to take the Inqueft ; who, upon their Oath, did enquire into and prefent the feveral Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, in the faid Acl mentioned to be refpc6tively fituate in the feveral PariOiesof ^7;?;t?r/«^, i'(jr//ifi:/, and Alverjioke, in the faid County of Southampton^ and of every Part and Parcel thereof, and who' refpectively were the Owners and Proprietors thereof, and their refpective Eltates and Interclls therein ; and thereupon five or more of the faid Commiilioners then prefent did adjudge and de- termine who refpe(5lively were the Owners and Proprietors of the faid Lands, Tenements and He- reditaments, at Wimering^ Portfea^ and Alverjioke aforefaid, and their refpeitive Ellates and Lite- reft therein, and in every Part and Parcel thereof, and what each refpe£tive Owner and Proprietor thereof was intitled to for his, her and their refpective Intereft therein, amounting together to the Sum of fix thoufand nine hundred thirty-feven Pounds thirteen Shillings and feven Pence Half- penny of lawful Money of Great Britain : And whereas by the faid recited Ad:, Intereft is di- rected to be paid for the grofs Sum v/hich fhould be aflefted for the real Value of the Lands and Hereditaments aforefaid :' Now, for making Compenfation to the faid Owners and Proprietors, and for the more eff'edliual carrying the faid A(3: into Execution, A-lay it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted ; And be it enaited by the King's moft Excel'lent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commorls, in this prefent Parliament aflembled,. and by the Authority of the fame. That out of all or any the Aids or Supplies granted to his Ma- jefty for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, there fhall and may be ifi'ucd and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding the Sum of thirty-four thoufand five hundred twenty-one Pounds fifteen Shillings and nine Pence, for and towards making a reafonable and juft Compenfation and Satisfaction to all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and' Corporate, Ecclefiaftical and Civil, who at the Time of making the faid A<Sf were the feveral and refpeCtive Owners and Proprietors of the Mefluages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in the faid Act mentioned, according to their feveral Eftates and Interefts therein, in Pofleffion, Reverfion, Remainder or otherwife. ^ '^ ^;' ,*;"!•■ -^i-'" i ..)j>..i^r.i: II. And to the Intent that all and firig'dlar' the Proprietors aforefaid fn^y b6 paid for their refpec- B:lls to be ma^e out for tive Eftates and Intereft, all and every fuch Sum or Sums of Money as they have been adjudged and determined by the faid Commiflioners to be refpeCtively intitled unto, together with Intereft; for the fame , Be it further further ena6ted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be the rerpcclive Sums and i^^yfuj fQ^ the Surveyor General of the Ordnance for the Time being, to make out and allow one Iniereft by the Surveyor General of the Ord- Oance, or more Bill or Bills to the refpedtive Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, for fuch Sum and Sums of Money as is or are to th^m refpedtively adjudged, together with Intereft for the fame after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum ; which Bill or Bills fo made out and allowed, fhall exprefs the refpedtive Houfe or Houfes, Number of Acres, or Parcel of Lands, toge- ther with the Name of the Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, and the refpedive Sum^ and Debentures to be if- oi Sums of Money he, fhe or they is or are to receive; and thereupon, one or more Debentuie or Debentures fhall be prepared for the feveral and refpeCtive Sums as aforefaid, by the Clerk of the Ordnance for the time being, and figned by three or more of the principal Officers of the Ordnance for the Time being; which Debenture or Debentures is and are hereby required to be paid by the Treiifurer of the Ordnance for the Time being, who fhall take Acquittances from the Parties indor ^fed th ereon. III. And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, fhall wilfully refufe to accept of or receive fuch Debenture or Debentures, as aforefaid ; that then and in fuch Cafe it fhall and may be lawful for the Clerk of the Ord- fucd thereupon ; which are to he psld by the 'I'r afuter of the Orunance. Where theDebtp.turf: BtskU be refufc'J to bi accepicd, _ _ _ _ I-M/thVcHk'ot°t'^i'!'* nance for the Time being," to' leave and' depofit fuch Debenture or Debentures with the Clerk of' Pr^e of the'coiinty,* ^'""^ P<-*ate of the rcfpeflive Counties where the Mefluages, Lands or Tenements do lie, in refpedl ar.ii Acquittances takca whereof fi!ch Sum cf Money is to be paid, and to take his Acquittance or Acquittances for the fame^ loi thef^me; which fuc li Clerk of the Peace is hereby required to give without any Fee or Reward, and which, ind the Lands therfupon fhall be taken and deemed to be valid ; and the Mefluages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments,, to veft to bis Majefty's (jf fud^ Perfon or Perfons Ilodies Politic or Corporate, {o refufing to accept fuch Debenture or De-^ ^** bcntures, fhall be vefted to the Ufc of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succefibrs for ever, as if he, fhe* or they had received fuch Debenture or Debentures, and the Money thereon due had been fully fa- tiificd and paid, •IV. And