66 "missioners may cause Roads to be surveyed and Plans laid before "Trustees. § 84. Reports to be made to the Commissioners of "the State of the Roads, by Persons appointed by them to survey the same. § 85. Power for Trustees to contract with the "Commissioners to repair the Roads by the Year. § 86. No new "Plantations to be made within Fifty Feet of the Centre of the "Road. § 87. Provision for Payment of the Interest of 4000l. and "8000l. advanced by Exchequer Bill Commissioners. 57G. 3. c. 34. "57 G. 3. c. 124. 1 G. 4. c. 60.- § 88. Trustees of the Stone"bridge and Birmingham Roads, and the Trustees of Bilston "Roads, discharged from Payment of the said Sums of 4000l. and "8000l.-§ 89. The said Sums to be applied under the Powers of 1 & 2 G. 4. c. 30.—§ 90. The New Road at St. Albans to be supported for Two Years by the Commissioners, and then to be "made over to the St. Albans Trust. § 91. 66 new com XCII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, and they are hereby authorized and required, when and as soon as the said Road, commencing at or near The Peahen Inn, shall be pleted and opened to the Public, to cause a Toll Gate or Gates, or Bar or Bars, and Toll House or Houses, to be erected and set up on or by the Side of such Part or Parts of the said last mentioned new Road as to them shall seem most convenient; and it shall and may be lawful for the said last mentioned Trustees, and they are hereby authorized, empowered and required, when and as soon as such Toll Gate or Gates, or Bar or Bars, and Toll House or Houses, shall be completed, to take, demand and collect of the Person or Persons attending any Horses, Cattle or Carriages passing along the said last mentioned new Road, and through the said Toll Gate or Bar, before any Horse, Beast, Cattle or Carriage shall be permitted to pass through the same, the Tolls following; that is to say, For every Horse, Mule or other Cattle, drawing any Coach, Landau, Hearse, Chariot, Gig, Waggon, Cart or other Carriage of any Description, any Sum not exceeding the Sum of One Penny Halfpenny : For every Horse, Mule or Ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing, any Sum not exceeding the Sum of One Halfpenny : For every Drove of Oxen or other Neat Cattle, any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pence per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or less Number: For every Drove of Calves, Hogs, Sheep or Lambs, any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Five Pence per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or less Number. 66 "Tolls to be paid but once a Day, except for Stage Coaches and Z z 2 Power to the Trustees of St. Albans Trust to take Tolls. Reports to be made of the State of the Harbours, Bridges and Roads. "neglect. § 98. For stopping up certain Roads and Footpaths. § 99. The Road from Hadley to Mims not to be proceeded in. "$100. Kingsbury Lane to be widened by the Commissioners. 66 § 101. For selling Land not wanted by the Commissioners. § 102. "Trustees of the District of the Wolverhampton Trust to continue "the additional Tolls. § 103. Trustees of the Wolverhampton "Trust to execute to the Commissioners for the Issue of Ex"chequer Bills a further Charge on the additional Tolls for pay"ing off certain Sums advanced. § 101. Trustees of the Hockliffe "and Stratford Road to continue the additional Tolls. § 105. "Trustees of the Hockliffe and Stratford Road to execute to the "Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills a further Charge on the additional Tolls for paying off a certain Sum advanced. "§ 106. Trustees of Wolverhampton Road, or of Hockliffe and "Stratford Road, neglecting to continue Tolls, the Commissioners "shall take Possession of Gates, and levy the same. § 107. Alter"ing Interest on the 4000l. and 8000l. advanced, from 5l. per "Cent. per Annum, to 31. per Cent. per Annum. § 108. New "Road at Stowe to be repaired for Two Years by Commissioners, "and then made over to Trustees of the Stratford and Dunchurch "Trust. 3 G. 4. c. xci.-§ 109. Improvements at Barnet and "Prickler's Hills. § 110. In case Act under which Trustees are "appointed should expire, Commissioners to collect the Tolls. "111. New Line of Road from Irishman's Bridge to Whitehurst "Gate. 41 G. 3. c. 88.—§ 112. Sale of the old Road by the Com"missioners. § 113. New Cut to be made to avoid Tallypont "Hill; and the old Road from Bangor to Aber to be stopped up. "30 G. 3.-§ 114. Tolls not to be taken on the Road from "Bangor to Conway, except on the Road leading to Bishop's "Mill on the Road to Capel Cerig. § 115. Appointment of Treasurer, Clerk and other Officers by Commissioners. § 116. Offi"cers to continue. § 117. Officers to give Security and Account. "118. Recovery of Penalties and Forfeitures. § 119. For securing transient Offenders. § 120. Proceedings not to be "quashed for want of Form. § 121. Persons aggrieved may ap"peal to the Quarter Sessions. § 122. Limitation of Actions. "General Issue. Treble Costs. § 123. 66 CXXIV. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners by this Act appointed shall, on or before the Twenty fourth Day of June in every Year, report in Writing to His Majesty, and to both Houses of Parliament, their Proceedings, and the State and Condition and Repair of the said Harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and of the said Bridges over the Menai Straits and over the River Conway respectively, and of the several Roads hereby placed under their Superintendance, and of all new Works and Improvements carrying on in or upon the said Harbours, Bridges and Roads, or any of them, and present an Account of the Money advanced to and expended by the said Commissioners on each of the said Harbours, Bridges and Roads, in the Year ending the Fifth Day of April then last past, together with any Observations they may think proper. Public Act. § 125. CAP. CAP. LXXV. An Act for enabling His Majesty to inclose Part of Kew Green, and for dividing and extinguishing Rights of Common over certain Lands in the Parish of Kew, in the County of Surrey. [11th July 1823.] WHEREAS His Majesty is seised in Right of His Crown of the Manor of Sheene, otherwise West Sheene, otherwise Richmond, in the County of Surrey: And Whereas the West End of the Common called Kew Green, Part of the Waste of the said Manor, divides a Messuage and Grounds belonging to His Ma<jesty on the North Side thereof, from other Grounds belonging to His Majesty on the South and West Sides thereof: And Whereas the Inclosure and Addition of so much of the said Waste as divides the said Grounds, and of the Road from the ⚫ said Common to the Ferry called Brentford Ferry, would be a ⚫ great Improvement to the said Property of His Majesty: And Whereas His Majesty hath been graciously pleased to signify His Royal Intention of causing to be made (in lieu of the said Road to the Ferry) a Road from Kew Bridge Westward along the Side of the Footpath in Front of the Houses on the North Side of the said Common called Kew Green, and thence Northward, a Footpath and Road to the Towing Path of the River Thames, and from thence Westward a raised Footpath and Road to Brentford Ferry; and also of causing to be made a Footpath along the Eastern End of the remaining Part of Kew Green aforesaid; and of causing the present Roads along the remaining Sides of Kew Green to be put in good State and Condition; and also of causing the said Roads and Footpaths, and all other the Highways and Footpaths in the said Parish of Kew, to be for ever hereafter kept in good Repair: And Whereas His Majesty and William Selwyn Esquire, and other Persons, are Owners of ' certain Meadow Lands in the said Parish of Kew, adjoining the Towing Path of the River Thames, and containing Nineteen Acres Three Roods and Fourteen Perches, or thereabouts: And Whereas John Haverfield Esquire, and other Persons, are Occupiers of Estates in the said Parish of Kew, and respectively are or claim to be entitled to Rights of Common of Pasturage over the said Meadow Lands during Half of every Year: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Forty first Year of the Reign 41 G. 3. c. 109. of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in Acts of Inclosure, and 6 6 for facilitating the Mode of proving the several Facts usually re quired on the passing of such Acts: And Whereas an Act was passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present 1&2 G. 4. c.23. Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws respecting the inclosing of Open Fields, Pastures, Moors and Waste Lands in England: And Whereas the said Meadow Lands are in their present State incapable of any considerable Improvement, and it would 'be advantageous to the several Persons interested therein if the 'same were divided, and specific Shares allotted to the several 'Proprietors thereof, and if the Persons entitled to Rights of Com'mon during Half the Year over the same were in lieu thereof to ' have Z z 3 His Majesty and shut up the present Road to the Ferry. His Majesty to way to be made Green, and all the Highways and Footpaths in the Parish have the same Rights of Common at all Times of the Year over a Part thereof: But inasmuch as the several Purposes aforesaid 'cannot be effected without the Aid and Authority of Parliament;' May it please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and immediately after the said Roads and Footpaths, in lieu of the said present Road to Brentford Ferry, shall be made as hereinafter is mentioned, His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall and may, at His and Their own Costs and Charges, inclose and continue inclosed, freed and discharged of and from all Common Rights of what Nature or Kind soever, all that Piece or Parcel of Land, Part of the said Waste or Common called Kew Green, and the Road from thence to His Majesty's Palace and Brentford Ferry, and the Waste Ground adjoining thereto, bounded at the East End thereof by a straight Line drawn from the North East Corner of the Messuage belonging to His Majesty, lately in the Occupation of Barbara Meyer Widow, to the Entrance into the Royal Gardens on the opposite Side of the said Common, as the same hath been marked by a Stone Dwarf Wall, with an Iron Railing, lately erected by His Majesty; on the North Side thereof by Messuages and Grounds lately in the Occupation of the said Barbara Meyer and Robert Hunter Esquire, and now belonging to His Majesty, and on Part by the said intended Footpath next the Towing Path, extending from the said Iron Railing, at the South East Corner of the said Ground lately in the Occupation of the said Barbara Meyer, Westward, to the South West Corner of the said Ground lately in the Occupation of the said Robert Hunter; then proceeding Northward to the North West Corner of the said last mentioned Ground, and running from thence Westward along the South Side of the said intended Footpath to the said Ferry, and bounded at the West End and on the South Side thereof by Walls and other Erections inclosing the Palace and Royal Gardens belonging to His Majesty, and Ways or Entrances into the same, extending from the Ferry aforesaid, in an irregular Line, to the South East Corner of the said Iron Railing; and also to cause to be discontinued the Road through that Part of the said Common hereinbefore authorized to be inclosed, and from thence to His Majesty's Palace and the said Ferry called Brentford Ferry; and it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons at any Time after the said Roads and Footpaths shall be raised and completed, to make use of the said Road or any Part thereof, on Foot or otherwise; any Right, Claim, Usage or Custom to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. II. Provided always, That the King's most Excellent Majesty shall, at His and their own proper Costs and Charges, cause to be made, in lieu of the said Road to Brentford Ferry, the Roads and Footpaths hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say,) a good and substantial Road for Carriages from the End of Kew Bridge, Westward, along the Side of the Footpath in Front of the Houses on the North Side of Kew Green aforesaid, to the North eastward of the said Stone Dwarf Wall and Iron Railing, and a good and substantial Road and Path for Carriages and Persons on Foot, con tinued from the End of the said last mentioned Road, and the to be kept in Footpath by the Side of which it shall be made, Northward, along Repair. the East Side of the said Grounds of His Majesty, to the Towing Path of the River Thames, and a good and substantial raised Footpath and Road for Carriages by the Side thereof, continued from the End of the said last mentioned Road, Westward, along or on the Side of the said Towing Path, to Brentford Ferry aforesaid; and shall also cause to be made a good and substantial Footpath along the Eastern End of the remaining Part of Kew Green aforesaid, by the Side of the said Stone Dwarf Wall and Iron Railing, and shall also cause the present Road on the North Side of Kew Green aforesaid, Eastward from Kew Bridge, and the present Roads along the West and Southern Sides of Kew Green aforesaid, to be put in good and substantial State and Condition; and that His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, or any Person or Persons claiming by, from or under or in Trust for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, who shall for the time being respectively hold, occupy, possess or enjoy the Gardens and Grounds belonging to His Majesty at Kew, do and shall keep the said Roads and Footpaths aforesaid, and all other the Highways and Footpaths in the said Parish of Kew, in such good and sufficient Repair as that the said Footpaths and all other Footpaths shall be convenient at all Times hereafter for Passengers on Foot, and that the said Roads and all other Highways shall at all Times hereafter be convenient for Passengers on Foot or on Horseback, and for the passing and repassing of Carriages. III. And be it further enacted, That Thomas Crawter the elder, Commissioner of Cobham, in the said County of Surrey, Land Surveyor, shall be appointed. and is hereby appointed the sole Commissioner for dividing, allotting and inclosing the said Meadow Lands, and for putting this Act in Execution, subject to the Rules, Orders, Directions and Regulations of the said recited Acts, which shall be applied and taken as Part of this Act, except only in Cases where the same are hereby varied or altered. IV. And be it further enacted, That if the said Thomas Crawter, Power to elect or any Commissioner to be appointed in his Stead, shall die or re- a future Comfuse to act, or become incapable of acting as a Commissioner in missioner. the Execution of this Act, it shall be lawful for the major Part in Value (such Value to be ascertained by the Poors Rate Assessment) of the Owners of or Persons interested in the said Meadow Lands, within Twenty Days next after such Death, Refusal or Incapacity shall be known, at a public Meeting to be called for that Purpose by any Two of the said Owners or Persons interested, (of which Meeting Ten Days' previous Notice shall be given in the Church of Kew aforesaid, and inserted in One of the Newspapers published in the County of Surrey, or as soon after as conveniently may be, by Writing under their Hands, to appoint a proper Person (not interested in the said Division) to be a Commissioner in the Room of the said Thomas Crawter, and in the Room of any Commissioner so appointed in his Stead, who shall die, or refuse to act, or become incapable of acting as aforesaid; and every such future Commissioner so to be appointed shall have the like Powers and Authorities for putting in Execution this Act and the said recited Acts, as if he had been named a Commissioner in and by this Act. 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