so to do; and shall also first make such Satisfaction to the Owner or Owners, Occupier or Occupiers of such House or Houses, Gardens, Lawns, Orchards, or Grounds, as shall be agreed upon between him, her, or them and the said last-mentioned Commissioners, or as shall be ascertained by a Jury in the Manner directed by the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty. Omissions or Misnomers in the Schedule not to retard the Execution of VIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any of the Houses mentioned and described in the said Schedule to this Act, or any of the Persons in whose Possession or Occupation the same or any Part thereof are or is stated or described to be, shall happen to be omitted, misnamed, or inaccurately the Act. described, then and in such Case, if it shall appear to any Two or more of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County, City, or Place wherein the same shall be situated, and be certified by Writing under their Hands, that such Omission, Misnomer, or inaccurate Description proceeded from Mistake, shall not prevent or retard the Execution of this Act, but the same Premises and every Part thereof shall and may be purchased and sold or assessed and valued in manner herein mentioned, and conveyed, disposed of, and applied for and to the Purposes of making the Alterations and Improvements hereinbefore mentioned, as fully and effectually as if the same was or were properly named and described in the said Schedule. 6 IX. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, after reciting that Part of the Land which would be required for making and 'completing the new Cut or Piece of Road from the Seven Stars Public House at Whitley to the Village of Allesley, therein'before mentioned, was called Lammas Grounds, over which the Freemen of the City of Coventry had a Right of Common from Old Lammas Day until Old Candlemas Day, and other Part of the said Land was called Michaelmas Land, over which the Freemen of the City of Coventry had a Right of Common from • Old Michaelmas Day until Old Candlemas Day, it was enacted, that a Conveyance of such Lammas Ground or Michaelmas 'Land, under the Powers and Provisions of the said Act, by the Person or Persons who should for the Time being be entitled 'thereto, subject to such Right of Common, or thereby authorized to convey the same, should be a good and sufficient Conveyance thereof to the said Commissioners acting under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the Purpose of vesting in them the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, for the Purposes of the now-reciting • Act, freed from such Right of Common, as fully and effectually as if every Person having Right of Common thereon respectively had executed such Conveyance; and it should be lawful for the said Commissioners acting under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as aforesaid, to enter into an Agreement with the Churchwarden or ⚫ Churchwardens for the Time being of the Parish wherein such • Lammas Ground or Michaelmas Land was situate, for the Purpose of ascertaining and settling what Sum of Money should be 6 6 paid as or by way of Compensation for the Rights of Common ' upon 6 upon such Lands respectively; and in case the Parties should not agree to the Amount of such Compensation, the same should be determined by a Jury in the same Manner as other ' Compensations under the now-reciting Act, and the Sum to be 'so agreed upon or awarded should be paid by the said Commis'sioners to the said Churchwarden or Churchwardens, and should be by him or them applied for such general and public Purposes ' within such Parish as a Vestry of such Parish, to be convened by such Churchwarden or Churchwardens for that Purpose, should direct: And Whereas it is expedient that the Powers and • Provisions of the said recited Act, as far as respects the Agree'ment with the Churchwarden or Churchwardens, and Payment and Application of the Compensation Money, should be repealed, and that other Provisions and Powers should be enacted in lieu thereof: And Whereas other Part of the said Land called Lammas Ground and Michaelmas Land will be required for the Purpose of this Act;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act the Powers and Provisions contained in the said recited Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, as aforesaid, which directs the Churchwardens entering into an Agreement with the Churchwarden or Churchwardens for the Time being of the Parish wherein such Lammas Ground or Michaelmas Land is situate, and the Payment and Application of the Purchase Money thereof, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Powers of 7 & 8 G. 4. as to an Agreement with the of Coventry, for certain Rights of Common, &c. repealed. Commissioners to enter into an Agreement for the Purpose of settling Compensation for such Rights. X. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners acting under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as aforesaid, to enter into an Agreement with the Chamberlains of the said City of Coventry for the Time being, for the Purpose of ascertaining and settling what Sum of Money shall be paid as or by way of Compensation for the Rights of Common upon such Lands respectively as shall be required for the Purposes of the said recited Act of the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty or For ascertain of this Act; and in case the Parties shall not agree to the ing the Amount. Amount of such Compensation, the same shall be determined by a Jury in the same Manner as other Compensations under the said recited Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Compensation His present Majesty or this Act; and the Sum to be so agreed to be paid to the upon or awarded shall be paid by the said Commissioners to the said Chamberlains of the said City for the Time being, and to be by them appropriated in such Manner as the following Persons, Freemen of the said City (that is to say), George Osmond, Thomas Brown, John Robinson, Richard Kevitt Rotherham, Charles Lilly, John Whittem, Isaac Johnson, William Fletcher, Adie Cramp, Robert Bunney the younger, William Bray the younger (of New Street), Charles Oswain, and James Twaites, who have been appointed by the Freemen of the said City, at a Public Meeting held by them, as a Committee to act for and on behalf of the Freemen of the said City, or the Major Part of them, or their Successors, to be appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned, shall order, direct, appoint, and think proper to appropriate and apply the same. Chamberlains of Coventry, and appropriated as the Committee herein named shall direct. XI. And XI. And be it further enacted, That upon the Death of any For filling up one of the said Persons last hereinbefore named, it shall and may Vacancies in be lawful to and for the Survivors, or the major Part of them, at such Coma Meeting to be held by them, to nominate and appoint another mittee. Freeman of the said City as a Member of the said Committee, and so from time to time as such Vacancy shall occur; and upon such Nomination and Appointment, such Person or Persons so to be appointed shall be invested with the same Power and Authority as though he or they had been originally nominated and appointed upon the said Committee at the said Public Meeting. XII. And be it further enacted, That where the Commissioners Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of may sell Land the Reign of His present Majesty shall have purchased or shall not wanted. be possessed of any Pieces of Ground not wanted for the Purposes of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, or any Five or more of them, to sell and dispose of the sanie, subject to the same Provisions as are contained in the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, with respect to the Sale by the said Commissioners of any Land not wanted for the Purposes of this Act. under 4 G. 4. XIII. And be it further enacted, That every new Piece of New Roads to Road which shall be made, altered, or improved under the Pro- be repaired by visions herein contained, shall be open to the Public as soon as the Commissioners same shall be completed, and shall, for the Period of Two Years for Two Years, after the same shall have been completed and open to the Public, and then to be repaired, maintained, and supported by and under the Care become Part of and Superintendence of the said Commissioners acting in the old Road. Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty; and after the Expiration of the said Period of Two Years every such new Piece of Road shall be deemed and taken to be and shall become, to all Intents and Purposes, a Part of that Road to which the old Road or Part of a Road in lieu of or for the Improvement of which such new Piece of Road shall have been made did belong before the making of such new Piece of Road, and shall be vested in the Trustees or Commissioners in whom such old Road or Part of a Road shall have been vested, and shall be maintained and repaired by them, and shall be subject to all such Trusts, and to all such Acts of Parliament, and to all such Provisions contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament, as such old Road or Part of a Road shall have been subject to immediately before the Expiration of the said Period of Two Years. empowered to take additional XIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be law- Highgate ful for the Highgate Archway Company, acting in the Execution Archway of the said recited Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Company late Majesty King George the Third, and they are hereby authorized and required, to demand and take, from and after the First Tolls. Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, over and above and in addition to the other Tolls by the said last-mentioned Act directed to be taken, collected, and received by the said Company, at the several and respective Turnpikes or Toll Gates or Toll Houses, or Side Bars or Side Gates or Chains, which are or shall be standing and being or continued or erected by virtue of the said Act, or upon, across, or on the Side 9 GEO. IV. I i or Additional Additional Tolls to be applied in Payment of the Sum of 14,000l. and Interest. When the said Sum is paid, additional Tolls to cease. Distinct Accounts to be kept of the additional Tolls. If additional Tolls do not amount to 8001. yearly, the Highgate Archway Company to make up the same. or Sides of the said Road or any Part thereof, the following For every Horse or other Beast drawing any Coach, Chariot, And the said additional Tolls shall be continued to be taken and XV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Highgate Archway Company, and they are hereby authorized and required, to apply the Monies arising from the said additional Tolls to be so collected as aforesaid in repaying to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty the Sum of Fourteen thousand Pounds, to be applied, under the Provisions hereinbefore contained, in making the Alterations and Improvements in the Road within the said Trust, together with Interest at the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, to be computed from the Time or respective Times of advancing the same, on so much of the said Sum of Fourteen thousand Pounds as shall be for the Time being due and unpaid; such Interest to be paid by Two Half-yearly Payments in every Year; and when and so soon as the said Sum of Fourteen thousand Pounds, together with the Interest thereon, shall be fully paid off and discharged, the said Highgate Archway Company acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, as aforesaid, shall cease to collect the said additional Tolls. XVI. And be it further enacted, That in case the said Tolls on the Highgate Archway Road shall be let, the said Highgate Archway Company shall keep distinct Accounts of the said additional Tolls, and of the ordinary Tolls by the said last-mentioned Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third authorized to be taken. XVII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted, That in case the additional Tolls hereinbefore authorized to be taken, collected, and received by the Highgate Archway Company as aforesaid, shall not amount to the annual Sum of Eight hundred Pounds, it shall and may be lawful for the said Highgate Archway Company, and they are hereby authorized and required, with and out of the original Tolls raised and levied by them within the Limits of their Trust under and by virtue of the said recited Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty as aforesaid, to pay to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty as aforesaid such annual Sum or Sums as will, together with the Produce of the said additional Tolls hereinbefore authorized to be taken, collected, and received by them, make up the said annual Sum of Eight hundred Pounds. XVIII. Pro Alterations are XVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That during Road to be kept the Time that the said several Alterations and Improvements open while hereinbefore authorized and directed to be made in the Road within the Highgate Archway Trust as aforesaid are carrying on, the said Road shall be kept open to the Public. XIX. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed or construed to extend to alter or lessen or in any way to affect any Bonds, Mortgages, or other Securities whatsoever granted for Money advanced on the Credit of the Tolls authorized to be taken and received by the Highgate Archway Company, acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, as aforesaid, under or by virtue of that Act, but that all such Bonds, Mortgages, or other Securities shall remain good, valid, and effectual to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever; and all and every Persons and Person having lent or advanced any Money on the Credit of the said Tolls shall remain in the same State as if this Act had never been had or made; and all such Person or Persons so having advanced any such Money on the Credit of such Tolls shall have all such Remedies for the recovering of the Sums so advanced, and of all Interest or Dividends payable thereon, as they now have under the said recited Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty as aforesaid, or any other Act or Acts in force immediately before the passing of this Act; any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. XX. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees of the Hockliffe and Stratford Road, and they are hereby required, to continue the additional Tolls by them imposed and raised, and now levied, for the Purpose of paying off the Sum of Seven thousand Pounds advanced under the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act of the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, by the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills, to the Commissioners for executing that Act, on account of and appropriated to the making of certain Improvements, Repairs, and Alterations, specified and described in the Schedule (A.) to the said Act, in the Roads within the Limits of the said Trust, and also the further Sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds advanced under the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, on account of the said Improvements, Repairs, and Alterations, and in making other Improvements between Hockliffe and Stratford, and all Interest due or to become due on the said Advances, until as well the said Sums of Seven thousand Pounds and One thousand five hundred Pounds so advanced, and all Interest due or to become due thereon respectively, as also the Principal Sum or Sums to be paid by the said Trustees of the Hockliffe and Stratford Road to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as hereinafter directed, together with all Interest thereon, shall be fully paid off and discharged. XXI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees of the Hockliffe and Stratford Road, and they are Ii 2 hereby making. Act not to affect Mortgages, &c. granted for Money advanced on the Credit of the Highgate Archway Tolls. Trustees of to continue ad- Trustees of Stratford Road |
