Persons employed by or in the Service of the said United Company are now by Law subject and amenable to the said Jurisdiction. CA P. LXXV. 59 G.3. c. 30. 59 G. 3. c. 48. An Act for the further Improvement of the Road from London King W Third, inti55 G. 3. c. 152. tuled An Act for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Twenty ' thousand Pounds, to be issued and applied towards repairing Roads 'between London and Holyhead by Chester, and between London and Bangor, by Shrewsbury; and by the said Act certain Com. missioners were appointed for carrying the same into Execution: 'And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for vesting in Commissioners the Line of Road from Shrews'bury in the County of Salop to Bangor Ferry in the County of Carnarvon; and for discharging the Trustees under several Acts of the Seventeenth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-sixth, Forty-first, Fortysecond, Forty-seventh, and Fiftieth Years of His present Majesty, from the future Repair and Maintenance thereof; and for altering and regulating so much of the said Acts as affects the said Line of Road: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-ninth Year ' of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of His pre'sent Majesty, for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Twenty 'thousand Pounds towards repairing Roads between London and Holyhead, by Chester, and between London and Bangor, by Shrewsbury, and for giving additional Powers to the Commis'sioners therein named to build a Bridge over the Menai Straits, and to make a new Road from Bangor Ferry to Holyhead in the County of Anglesea: And Whereas an Act was passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, 'intituled An Act for further improving the Roads between London and Holyhead, by Coyentry, Birmingham, and Shrewsbury: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for vesting in • Commissioners the Bridges now building over the Menai Straits and the River Conway, and the Harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and the Road from Dublin to Howth; and for the further Improvement of the Road from London to Holyhead; and by the said Act certain Commissioners have been appointed for carrying the same into Execution, and various Powers have been given to the said Commissioners: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to extend the Powers of an Act for vesting in Commissioners the Bridges building over the Menai Straits and the River Conway, and the Harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and the Road from Dublin to Howth; and for the further Improvement of the Road from London to Holyhead: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His pre 1 & 2 G.4. c.30. 4 G. 4. c. 74. 6 G. 4. c. 100. 'sent sent Majesty, intituled An Act for further extending the Powers 7G. 4. c. 76. of an Act for vesting in Commissioners the Bridges building over 'the Menai Straits and the River Conway, and the Harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and the Road from Dublin to Howth; and for the further Improvement of the Road from London to Holy head: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An 7&8 G.4.c.35. Act for the further Improvement of the Road from London to Holyhead, and of the Road from London to Liverpool: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign ' of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for 50 G.3. making and maintaining a Road, partly by an Archway through c.lxxxviii. the East Side of Highgate Hill, communicating with the present Turnpike Road from London to Barnet at Upper Holloway in the Parish of Saint Mary Islington, and near the Brook below the Fifth Mile Stone in the Parish of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex And Whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, 'intituled An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Three 49 G. 3. c.xvi. Acts of His late and present Majesty, for repairing the Road between Hockliffe in the County of Bedford, and Stoney Strat'ford in the County of Buckingham: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, 6 : 'intituled An Act for repairing the Road from Dunchurch to 5 G. 4. c. xliii. Stonebridge in the County of Warwick: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for repairing 52 G. 3. c.lvii. the public Roads in and through the City of Coventry: And 'Whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the 6 Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An 48 G. 3. c.lxv. Act for the more effectually repairing a certain Road called The Watling Street Road, and other Roads therein mentioned in the "Counties of Salop and Stafford: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for maintaining and improving the Roads leading through 6 G. 4. c. clxi. the Town of Shiffnall, and the Road leading from Oaken Gates to Weston, in the Counties of Salop and Stafford, whereby the Powers and Provisions of the said last-mentioned Act of the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty were repealed so far as respects the Shiffnall District of the Roads therein mentioned: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers 50 G. 3. c. lvi. of Two Acts of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from Gibbet Lane to Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, and several other Roads therein described, and for extending the said "Road from King's Wood Common to the Turnpike Road leading from Weston-under-Lizard to Newport in the County of Salop: And Whereas it would be of great Public Benefit if the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were authorized to advance to the Commissioners for carrying into Execution the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, such Sum of Money as is hereinafter mentioned, to enable them 'to The Treasury may authorize the Auditor of the Exchequer to pass Deben tures for issuing to the Commis sioners under 4 G. 4. c. 74. the Sum of 36,7001. Such Commissioners thereupon to execute an Instrument acknowledging the Advance, and under the same as herein directed. to make other Alterations and Improvements in the Line of the Road from London to Holyhead hereinafter mentioned:' May it therefore 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 it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby authorized, on Application being made to them by the said Commissioners for carrying into Execution the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, by Warrant or Warrants under their Hands, to direct the Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer to make forth and pass Debentures from time to time for issuing, out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the said Commissioners for carrying into Execution the said Act of the Fourth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Thirty-six thousand seven hundred Pounds, for the Purposes and upon the Terms and Conditions hereinafter mentioned. II. And be it further enacted, That upon any such Advance being made to the said Commissioners for carrying into Execution the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, the said last-mentioned Commissioners, or any Three of them, shall execute an Instrument in Writing, in such Form as the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury shall direct and appoint, in which Instrument the said Commissioners taking to apply for carrying into Execution the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty shall acknowledge the Receipt of the Money for the Time being advanced, and shall undertake to apply the Produce thereof in the Manner in which the same ought to be applied in pursuance of the Directions hereinafter contained; and shall also undertake to pay the same, and the Interest thereof, when and as the same shall be received by them, under the Provisions hereinafter contained, into the Exchequer, to the Account of the Consolidated Fund, as hereinafter directed; and shall also undertake to put in force, if necessary, the several Powers and Remedies hereinafter given them for obtaining Payment thereof. Manner in which the said Advances shall be applied. III. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty shall apply the Sums so to be advanced in the Manner following; (that is to say.) any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Fourteen thousand Pounds in altering and improving the Road within the Limits and District of the Highgate Archway Company's Trust, and in repairing the same for the Space of Two Years after the same shall have been completed; any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Four thousand seven hundred Pounds in altering and improving the Road from Hockliffe in the County of Bedford to Stoney Stratford in the County of Buckingham, the same being within the Limits and District of the Hockliffe and Stratford Trust, and in repairing the same for the the Space of Two Years after the same shall have been completed; any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Four thousand Pounds in altering and improving the Road from the Seven Stars Public House at Whitley to the City of Coventry, and from thence to the Village of Allesley in the County of Warwick, the same being within the Limits and District of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, and in repairing the same for the Period of Two Years after the same shall have been completed; any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Eight thousand five hundred Pounds in making a new Cut or Piece of Road from the Coach and Horses Public House in Bilston Street, in the Town of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, and passing from thence in nearly a direct Line, over Snow Hill, into Salop Street in the same Town, the same being within the Limits and District of the Wolverhampton Trust, and in repairing the same for the Period of Two Years after the same shall have been completed; and any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Five thousand five hundred Pounds in making a new Cut or Piece of Road from the main Street in the Town of Shiffnall in the County of Salop, and passing from thence in nearly a straight Line, over Premises belonging to Mister Brown and others, to the Cross Lane in the present Mail Coach Road near Mister Brook's Gate, the same being within the Limits and District of the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road, and in repairing the same for the Period of Two Years after the same shall have been completed. IV. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall be found Application of that any Sum which shall have been advanced, in pursuance of Surplus. the Directions hereinbefore contained, by the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall be more than is required for the Purposes for which the same shall have been advanced, the Surplus thereof shall be applied by the said last-mentioned Commissioners in making such other Improvements as they shall think proper on any Part of the said Road from London to Holyhead which shall be within the same Trust. this Act, and V. And be it further enacted, That all the Powers and Autho- Powers of rities given by the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the former Act Reign of His present Majesty to the said Commissioners acting extended to in execution thereof, either expressly or by reference to former particularly Acts, and all the Clauses and Provisions therein contained, or the Power of such of the said Clauses and Provisions as are in any Manner purchasing applicable to the Purposes of this Act, shall be and they are Lands. hereby extended in such Manner as that the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said last-mentioned Act shall be enabled to make the Alterations and Improvements hereinbefore directed to be made, and shall have all Facilities and Advantages for enabling them to make the same, as fully, amply, and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as if the same Powers, Authorities, Clauses, and Provisions were repeated and re-enacted in and by this present Act, with reference to the said Alterations and Improvements; and particularly that the said last-mentioned Commissioners shall have the same Power of taking and acquiring any Ground or Materials which may be required for Powers and Power to take down Houses in Schedule, on giving Notice and tendering Satisfaction. for the Purpose of making the said Alterations and Improvements, as in and by the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of His late Majesty King George the Third is given to the Commis sioners acting under that Act, of taking and acquiring any such Ground or Materials as may be necessary for repairing, altering, making, or constructing the Roads in that Act mentioned or referred to; and all the Clauses and Provisions contained in the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, with respect to the taking or acquiring of any Ground to be so taken or acquired by the Commissioners acting under that Act, shall be and they are hereby extended and made applicable to the acquiring or taking, by the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, of any Ground which may be required for the Purpose of making the Alterations and Improvements hereinbefore mentioned. VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the several Clauses, Powers, and Provisions of the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of His present Majesty contained, with respect to the purchasing or otherwise acquiring of, and_making Satisfaction for Injury or Damage to, the Houses, Gardens, Lawns, Orchards, and Grounds by that Act authorized to be purchased, acquired, used, or taken by the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall equally apply to the purchasing or otherwise acquiring by the said Commissioners under the Powers of this Act, and to the paying and making Satisfaction for, the Houses, Gardens, Lawns, Orchards, Grounds, and Lands by this Act authorized to be purchased, acquired, taken, or used, in the same Manner, or as nearly so as Circumstances will admit, as they would if the same were so purchased, acquired, taken, or used by the said Commissioners under the Powers and Provisions of the said Act of the Seventh Year aforesaid, for the Purposes of this Act mentioned. VII. And Whereas, for the Purpose of making several of the Alterations and Improvements hereinbefore directed to be 'made, it will be expedient and necessary to take down and remove the Houses described in the Schedule to this Act annexed, and to take and make use of the Gardens, Lawns, Orchards, and Grounds attached to such Houses, or specified and described in the said Schedule;' Be it therefore further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty to take down and remove all or any of the Houses described in the said Schedule to this Act annexed, and also to take and make use of any of the Gardens, Lawns, Orchards, or Grounds attached to such Houses so described in the said Schedule, if they shall deem it necessary or expedient to remove, take, or make use of the same for the Purpose of making the Alterations and Improvements in this Act mentioned; but the said last-mentioned Commissioners, previously to their removing or taking any such Houses, Gardens, Lawns, Orchards, or Grounds, shall give Six Months Notice in Writing to the Occupier or Occupiers thereof, of their Intention SO |
