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A. D. 1759. Anno triceumo tertio Georgii IL C. ir. 439 Crown^ and publifhed In the London Gazette; and if any Perfon or Perfons fhall not appear purfuant to fuch Notice, that then the laid Cominiffioners fo to be appointed, and alfo the faid Jury, {hall proceed and determine upon the beft Information they can then procure or obtain : And if any Per- Wiene/Tes refufingto at- fons fummoned to attend fuch Commiflioners fo to be appointed, and jury fo to be impanelled and *'^"'^' *"■ ^° f'^t^". r -x-kT- /• n_ 11 ^ • c r ^ L r ^ • T ' J ^u dence, may be fined in ivvorn, as a W itneis, Ihall not appear, or appearmg reiuie to be iworn or to give Lvidence, the ^^^^5^^^^ jj^^^gj^^g^^jj^ major Part of the Commiilioners then allembled may impofe a Fine upon every Perfon fo offending, ^f. and not having lawful Excufe (to be allowed by i'uch Commiflioners) not exceeding five Pounds upon any one Perfon for any one Offence : All which Fines fliall be eftreated and levied, in fuch Manner as the Fines herein before mentioned are diredted to be eftreated and levied. X. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Orders and Decrees which Orders sndDecreesof the Ihall be made by the faid Commiffioners fo to be appointed, or any five or mere of them, relating Commiffioners, to or concerning fuch Agreements, which fhall be made between the faid Commiffioners fo to be appointed, or any five or more of them, and fuch Owners and Peribns interefted as aforefaid; and alfo all the Verdid>s of fuch Juries, and the Judgments and Decrees of the faid Commiffioners fo to and Verdia? of the Ju- be appointed, or any five or more of them, thereupon; fhall be final, and fnall be binding and con- ries, and the Judgmtiits clufive to all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick, and Corporate, Ecclefiaftical and Civil, thereupon, are to be final their Heirs, Succeffors, Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns, and all other Perfons whatfoever, ~°j;"'^'°^'^ claiming or to claim, in Rem.ainder, Reverfion or in any other Manner howfoever, notwithftanding any Difability or Incapacity; any Law, Statute or Cuftom, or other Matter or Thing whatfoever to the contrary notwithftanding. XI. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiflioners fo to be Survpyi, Orders, judg- appointed, or any five or more of them, fhall caufe all their Surveys, Orders, Judgments and Decrees, mems, Agreements and and alfo all fuch Agreements and Verdids, to be entered in a Book or Books; and in fuch Surveys, Or- ^^'■'^'^^^"^^^"l^^'^^^at ders. Judgments, Decrees and Agreements refpedtively, fiiall be exprefsly mentioned and fpecified the ^"^' m proper oo sj xefpeitive Houfe or Houfes, Mill or Mills, Building or Buildings, Number of Acres or Parcels of Land, with their feveral Abuttals and Boundaries, and the Name or Names of every Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Ecclefiaftical or Civil, who fhall be interefted therein, and alfo the refpedtive Sum , or Sums of Money which fliall be agreed for between the faid Commiffioners fo to be appointed and and Cop:es thereof to be Parties interefted, or which ftiall be aflefied by fuch Jury to be paid for the fame refpedively: And ingrofTed on Parchment, all fuch Surveys, Orders, Judgments, Decrees, Agreements and Verdids, fhall be alfo fairly i- ^"'j^^^l'^^-lo^ ^^ '^'t ^roffed on Parchment, and certified under the Hands and Seals of five or more of the faid Cornmif- ckrk in Chan'-e°v a^nd fioners fo to be appointed, to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery^ and to the King's Remembrancer ihr Remembrancer of in his Majefty's Court oi Exchequer. the Exchequer. XII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiffioners fo to be Certificates of the Pur- appointed, or any five or more of them, fliall be and are hereby required, without Fee or Reward, chafes to be given by the to give their Certificate or Certificates in Writing, under their Hands, to every Proprietor and other ^ommiflioners to the Perfon interefted in the Premifles, expreffmg the refpeiftive Houfe or Houfes, Mill or Mills, Build- °P* '"•' jng or Buildings, Number of Acres or Parcels of Land, and their feveral Abuttals and Boundaries, with the Name or Names of the Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Ecclefiaftical or Civil, and the Sum or Sums he, fhe or they, is or are to receive for the fame; and fuch Certificates and Bills for the Sums refpe£lively fhall authorize the Surveyor General of the Ordnance for the Time being, to make out and due to be made out by allow a Bill or Bills to the Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Ecclefiaftical or Civi), ^^^ Surveyor General of •mentioned in fuch Certificates refpe6tively, and in which Bill or Bills fhall likewife be expreffed the '^eOrdnancej refpedtive Houfe or Houfes, Mill or Mills, Building or Buildings, Number of Acres or Parcels of Land, and their feveral Abuttals and Boundaries, together with the Name or Names of the Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Ecclefiaftical or Civil as aforefaid, and the refpcc^ive Sum or Sums to be paid; and thereupon one or more Debenture or Debentures fhall be prepared for the and Debentures therc- feveral and refpe£live Sums as aforefaid, by the Cleik of the Ordnance for the Time being, and upon to begrantea them^ figned by three or more of the Principal Officers of the Ordnance for the Time being; and fuch with imereft after the Debentures are hereby required to be paid, with Intereft after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum Rate of 4I. per Cent. per Annum, from the Time of demanding the Principal Sums mentioned therein, out of the Money P" '^'^"^• hereby appropriated, or hereafter to be granted by Parliament for the Purpofe aforefaid, by the Treasurer of the Ordnance for the Time being, who fhall take Acquittances from the Perfons in- dorfed thereon; and that immediately from and after the Delivery of fuch Certificates to the Perfons The Truftfes thereupon interefted as aforefaid, the Truftees before mentioned fhall be deemed and adjudged to ftand feifed of '^"'"^^ to fland kkA of the Premiffes mentioned in fuch Certificates refpedtively, to and for the Ufe of his Majefty, his ^'emiiTes, Heirs and Succeflbrs for ever: And if any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Ecclefi- J" "If,h^£[^//° "' aftical or Civil, fhall wilfully refufe to accept of or receive any fuch Certificate; that then, and in they may d?7ofnedw?th fuch Cafe, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Commiffioners fo to be appointed, or any five or the Cierk of the Peac«  more of them, to leave and depofit fuch Certificates with the Clerk of the Peace of the faid County forEffex, &c. of EJfex, and fhall make an Entry in their Books of the fame, which fhall be taken and deemed to be valid; and fuch Meffuages, Mills, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments refpetf^ively, fhall from thenceforth be vefted to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, as if fuch Certificates had been received by the Parties intitled thereto. XIII. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That if any fuch Meffuages, Mills, Where the PremliTes " Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or any Intereft therein, fhall belong to any Corporation, or '^'^'^ '"^'°"8 '° any Cor. Body Politick, Ecclefiaftical or Civil, or to any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who, by Rea- Kns und'er^a Sv? Ion of any Difability, are not able or capable by Law to take and difpofe of the feveral Sums v/bich ntytotake onddifpofe' ihall of the Purchafe Moue/a