A Collection of Laws which Form the Constitution of the Bedford Level Corporation: Together with an Introductory History Thereof |
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... Lands taxed in Proportion to their Value ; but this Remedy was not adequate to the Evil com- plained of ; for the different Value of the Lands was not ascertained , and five Sorts were not fufficient in Number to procure the de- fired ...
... Lands taxed in Proportion to their Value ; but this Remedy was not adequate to the Evil com- plained of ; for the different Value of the Lands was not ascertained , and five Sorts were not fufficient in Number to procure the de- fired ...
Page xxv
... Lands have been taxed ever fince . To the Honour of thofe Commiffioners it should be remembered , that their Sagacity and Impar- tiality fhewn in the Execution of this Truft was fuch , that it hath been confirmed by the Judgments and ...
... Lands have been taxed ever fince . To the Honour of thofe Commiffioners it should be remembered , that their Sagacity and Impar- tiality fhewn in the Execution of this Truft was fuch , that it hath been confirmed by the Judgments and ...
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... Lands are fo fpaci- ous , and many Parts thereof lie fo far dif- tant from the Sea , and from the feveral Out- falls , as that it is impoffible to contrive the Work fo , but that a great Part of the said now furrounded Lands will be ...
... Lands are fo fpaci- ous , and many Parts thereof lie fo far dif- tant from the Sea , and from the feveral Out- falls , as that it is impoffible to contrive the Work fo , but that a great Part of the said now furrounded Lands will be ...
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... lands to be ac- counted any according to Art , and by the Approbation of Part of the faid the Commiffioners be left for Forelands and Land given for Receptacles of Waters , fhall not be accounted the Draining . to be fuch Grounds , as ...
... lands to be ac- counted any according to Art , and by the Approbation of Part of the faid the Commiffioners be left for Forelands and Land given for Receptacles of Waters , fhall not be accounted the Draining . to be fuch Grounds , as ...
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... Lands thereby annoyed . Soil . to the Earl , It is further ordered , enacted , adjudged All new Ri- and decreed , That the new Rivers , Cuts and vers , Cuts , Drains to be made by the faid Earl and his & c . to belong Affigns , and the ...
... Lands thereby annoyed . Soil . to the Earl , It is further ordered , enacted , adjudged All new Ri- and decreed , That the new Rivers , Cuts and vers , Cuts , Drains to be made by the faid Earl and his & c . to belong Affigns , and the ...
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adjoining afore aforefaid alfo Authority aforefaid Bailiffs Bailiffs and Commonalty Banks Bedford Level Corporation Bedford River belonging common Fen called common Fen Grounds decreed Dike Diſtrict Divifion Drain Duke of Bedford Earl of Bedford End thereof faid Act faid Commiffioners faid Corporation faid County faid Earl faid Governor faid Great Level faid North Level faid River fame Ground Fen Ground called feven feveral Fen Ground fhall fhould fuch further enacted Gent Ground of Thomas Gubernator hard Lands Heirs and Affigns High Fen Ifle of Ely intire King's Lynn Knight late Lode Lord Majefty Mepall miffioners neceffary ninety-five thousand Acres noftris Number Pence Perfon or Perfons prefent Purpoſes Refidue refpective Robert Heath Roods and twenty ſaid Samuel Fortrey ſeveral ſhall Side thereof Sir Miles Sandys Sluice Societat Society aforefaid Taxes thofe thoſe thouſand Acres three Acres three Roods twenty Perches unto Weft Welney William
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Page 33 - Lord Charles, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.
Page 542 - Supputation of Time, by which the Commencement of each Month, and the nominal Days thereof are anticipated or brought forward by the Space of eleven Days, any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Page 75 - Edward the sixth by the grace of God of England France and Ireland king Defender of the faith and in earth supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland.
Page 458 - ... to all intents and purposes as if this act had never been made ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 527 - Meeting of the Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty of the Company of Conservators of the great Level of the Fens...
Page 372 - ... year of king Charles the Second, intituled, An act for fettling the draining of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level...
Page 366 - June, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred...
Page 541 - ... either fixed to certain nominal Days of the Month, or depending upon the Beginning, or any certain Day of any Month, and all Courts incident or belonging to, or...
Page 225 - ... and to the particular owners, commoners, and inhabitants, and be fit to bear colefeed and rapefeed in great abundance, which is of fingular ufe to make...
Page 466 - ... the findings of the court shall be entered in a book or books, to be kept for that purpose, and known as the "Juvenile Record," and the court may for convenience be called the "Juvenile Court.