'jesty, intituled An Act to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills, 57 G. 3. c. 34. and the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, to a limited Amount, for the carrying on of Public Works and Fisheries • in the United Kingdom, and Employment of the Poor of Great 'Britain, in manner therein mentioned; the Second of the said

Acts in the same Fifty-seventh Year, intituled An Act to amend 57 G. 3. c.124. 'an Act made in the present Session of Parliament, for authorizing

'the Issue of Exchequer Bills, and the Advance of Money for car

rying on of Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the 'Poor; and the last of the said Acts in the First Year of the Reign

' of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend and continue 1 G. 4. c. €0. Two Acts passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of His late Majesty

King George the Third, for authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills, and the Advance of Money for carrying on of Public Works ' and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor; and to extend the Powers of the Commissioners for executing the said Acts in Great 'Britain; advanced to the Commissioners for executing the said ' recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, and applied by them towards making a Variation 'between Knowles Bank and Mumporn Hill, from Knowles Bank to the Toll Bar, and from the Toll Bar to Mumporn Hill, which 'said Sum of Two thousand Pounds was to be repaid out of cer'tain additional Tolls to be raised and received by the Trustees ' of the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road, as in the " said last-mentioned Act is directed: And Whereas, in pursuance ' of the Provisions contained in the said Act, the said additional Toll has been collected, and the Monies arising therefrom applied in or towards Payment of the Principal and Interest of the 'said Sum of Two thousand Pounds: And Whereas under the • Provisions of the said recited Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign ' of His present Majesty, for further improving the Road from London to Holyhead, the Sum of Four thousand Pounds has 'been applied by the Commissioners acting in execution of the 'said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His pre'sent Majesty, for further improving the Road within the Limits ' of the said Trustees of the Shiffnal District of the Watling Street Road; and the said last-mentioned Trustees were by the said recited Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as aforesaid, required to continue the additional Tolls by them imposed and raised, and then levied, for the Purpose of paying off the said Sum of Two thousand Pounds and Interest. until as well the said Sum of Two thousand Pounds and all In'terest then due and to become due thereon, as also the said Sum of Four thousand Pounds, together with all Interest thereon, 'should be fully paid off and discharged: And Whereas it will be necessary that some Provision should be made for the Repay6 ment of the Sum of Five thousand five hundred Pounds hereinbefore directed to be applied in altering and improving the Road within the said Trust, and the Interest thereof, as hereinafter ' mentioned;' Be it therefore further enacted, That the said Trustees of the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road shall, from and after the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, cease to demand and take the additional Tolls by the said recited Act of the First and Second Years of the Reign of His

!

present

After 1st Jan. 1829, Trustees of Shiffnall

Trust emtake new Tolls. powered to

New Tolls.

Application of additional Tolls.

present Majesty authorized to be taken, and by the said last-men-
tioned Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
directed to be continued as therein mentioned; and in lieu thereof
the said Trustees shall and they are hereby authorized and required
to demand and take, at the several Turnpike Gates, Bars, or Side
Gates, or Chains, which are or shall be standing and being or con-
tinued or erected by virtue of the said recited Act of the Sixth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for improving the Roads
leading through the Town of Shiffnall, and the Road leading from
Oaken Gates to Weston, in the Counties of Salop and Stafford, or
any other Act, upon, across, or on the Side or Sides of the said
Road, or any Part thereof, being Part of the Holyhead Mail Coach
Road, besides the ordinary Tolls by the said last-mentioned Act
authorized to be taken, the several Tolls following; (that is to say,)
For every Horse or Mule drawing any Coach, Chariot, Chaise,
Chair, or such like Carriage, Three-pence:

For every Horse or Mule drawing any Waggon, Cart, or such like
Carriage, with Wheels of the Breadth of Six Inches or upwards,
Three-pence:

For every Horse or Mule drawing any Waggon, Cart, or such like
Carriage, with Wheels of less Breadth than Six Inches, Four-

pence:

For every Ass or Ox, or other Neat Cattle, drawing any Carriage,
Two-pence:

For every Horse, Mule, or Ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing,
One Penny :

For every Ox, Bull, Cow, or Heifer, One Halfpenny :

For every Calf, Pig, Sheep, or Lamb, One Farthing:

And the said additional Tolls shall be continued to be taken and collected until as well the said Two several Sums of Two thousand Pounds and Four thousand Pounds, with the Interest now due and to become due in respect thereof on so much thereof as still remains unpaid, as also the said Sum of Five thousand five hundred Pounds hereinbefore authorized to be applied in making the Alterations and Improvements in the Road within the said Trust, together with Interest for the same at the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, shall be fully paid and satisfied.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Trustees of the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road, and they are hereby authorized and required, to apply the Money arising from the said additional Tolls to be so collected by them as aforesaid, in the first place, in Payment of the said Two several Sums of Two thousand Pounds and Four thousand Pounds, and the Interest thereof respectively, or so much thereof as still remains due and unpaid; in the next place, 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 Five thousand five hundred 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 last-mentioned Sum of Five thousand five hun

dred

dred 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 Five thousand five hundred Pounds, together with the Interest thereon, shall be fully paid off and discharged, the said Trustees acting in execution of the said last-mentioned Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty as aforesaid shall cease to collect the said additional Tolls.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That in case the said Tolls within the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road shall be let, the said Trustees shall keep distinct Accounts of the said additional Tolls, and of the ordinary Tolls by the said last-mentioned Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty authorized to be taken.

Distinct Accounts to be kept of the said Tolls.

additional

Tolls to be continued, subject to existing Powers and Provisions, with Powers

sioners of

XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That all the said additional Tolls hereby authorized to be taken, collected, and received by the said Highgate Archway Company, the Trustees acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fifty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, for improving the public Roads through the City of Coventry aforesaid, and the Trustees of the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road as aforesaid, shall and may 46. 4. to take be demanded, taken, collected, and recovered by the said Com- Possession of pany and Trustees respectively, by and under all such and the Toll Gates in like Powers, Authorities, Provisions, and Remedies as other Tolls case of Default. › now are demanded, taken, collected, and recovered on the several Roads now under the Management of the said Company and Trustees respectively; and all and every Act, and all Clauses, Exemptions, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Provisions relating to the several Roads within the Limits and Districts of such Company and Trustees respectively, and to the Tolls taken thereon, shall be in full Force, Operation, and Effect, as far as the same are applicable to the said several additional Tolls hereby authorized to be taken thereon respectively, and shall be exercised and put in force by the said Company and Trustees respectively, as fully and effectually as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in and by this Act with relation to the said additional Tolls hereby authorized to be collected; and also that the several additional and other Tolls which are and which are to be continued to be levied and raised by the Trustees of the Hockliffe and Stratford Trust, the Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, the Trustees acting in the Execution of the Act of the Fifty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, for improving the public Roads through the City of Coventry, and the Trustees of the Wolverhampton Trust, as hereinbefore is directed, shall, during the Time that they are hereby required to be continued, be levied and raised, and be accounted for and paid over, in the Manner and under the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts under which such additional and other Tolls are now collected and taken by such respective Trustees; and in case the said Company or Trustees, or any or either of them, shall refuse or neglect to levy, collect, or continue the said additional and other Tolls, or shall lower the same, or shall make Default in Payment of the Sum or Sums to be paid by them as hereinbefore directed, or the Interest thereof, before the same Sums and the Interest thereof shall

be

If the Sums

applicable to the Improvements. between Old Stratford and Dunchurch Hills are insufficient, the Deficiency, to the Extent of 1,000l. to

the Tolls.

be fully paid off and discharged, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty to enter upon and take Possession of the Toll Gates, Bars, and Toll Houses of the Company or Trustees making Default, and to collect, take, receive, and recover the Tolls arising on the Road under the Care of the Company or Trustees making Default, and to pay over the same in manner directed by the said several Acts under which such additional and other Tolls are now raised, collected, and taken by such Company and Trustees, and by this Act, and to execute all the Powers, Provisions, and Authorities in and by the said several Acts in such Case given, as fully and effectually as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in and by this Act.

XXXV. And be it further enacted, That in case the Sum which by the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty is made applicable to the making Alterations and Improvements in the Road between Old Stratford in the County of Northampton and Dunchurch in the County of Warwick, shall be found insufficient for the Purpose of completing the Alterations and Improvements proposed to be made at Gullet Hill, between Old Stratford and Towcester, the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign be paid out of of His present Majesty, shall certify the Amount of the Deficiency to the Trustees of the Stratford and Dunchurch Trust; and the said Trustees shall pay the Amount of such Deficiency, provided the same shall not exceed the Sum of One thousand Pounds, out of the additional Tolls to be collected on the Road within the said Trust, subject nevertheless to the Payment, in the first place, of the Two several Sums of Eight thousand Pounds and Five thousand Pounds, and the Interest thereof respectively, or such Part thereof as now remains due and unpaid, to the Commissioners for the issue of Exchequer Bills, mentioned in the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty; any thing in the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, or any other Act, to the contrary notwithstanding.

The new

between Tow

XXXVI. And Whereas several new Pieces of Road have been 'made and completed by the said Commissioners acting in exe'cution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty between Towcester and Forster's Booth in the County of Northampton, within the Limits and District of the Stratford and Dunchurch Trust;' Be it further enacted, That from and after the First Day of September next the said new Pieces of Road Pieces of Road shall be made over by the said last-mentioned Commissioners to and vested in the Trustees acting in execution of an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for continuing and amending Three Acts of His late Majesty, for repairing the Road from Old Stratford in the Trustees of the County of Northampton to Dunchurch in the County of Warwick, and shall be from thenceforth maintained, repaired, and supported by such Trustees, in the Manner, and under the same Powers, Authorities, and Provisions, as the old Roads in lieu of which such new Pieces of Road have been made was previously maintained, repaired, and supported.

cester and Forster's

Booth, to be made over to

the Stratford

and Dunchurch Trust.

XXXVII. And

other Trusts

XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That the several Sums of Application Money to be from time to time paid by the Trustees of the High- of the Money gate Archway Trust, the Trustees of the Hockliffe and Stratford paid by the Trust, the Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, the Highgate and Trustees acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fifty- to the Comsecond Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the missioners. Third, for improving the public Roads through the City of Coventry, the Trustees of the Wolverhampton Trust, the Trustees of the Shiffnall District of the Watling Street Road, under the Provisions hereinbefore contained, to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, in the Repayment of the Money to be advanced pursuant to the Provisions of this Act, and the Interest thereof, shall be paid by them the said last-mentioned Commissioners into the Exchequer at Westminster, to the Account of the Consolidated Fund; and that the Receipts of the said lastmentioned Commissioners, or any Three of them, for any Sums of Money to be so paid to them, shall be sufficient Discharges to the Trustees by whom the same shall be paid, and shall protect them from being bound to see to the Application thereof, or from being answerable for the Misapplication or Non-application thereof.

Wheels not to

XXXVIII. And Whereas that Part of the Road from London to Holyhead which is situated between the Town of Shrewsbury in the County of Salop and Llangollen in the County of Denbigh, passing by or through Montford Bridge and Oswestry, being the present Mail Coach Line of Road, and between the Menai Bridge, near the Town of Bangor in the County of Carnarvon, and Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesea, passing by the New Menai Inn, Llanfair Toll Gate, and the new Embankments on Stanley Sands, being the present Mail Coach Line of Road, is liable to 'be damaged by Carts, Waggons, or other Vehicles passing over the same with projecting Nails on the Wheels;' Be it further enacted, That from and after the First Day of May One thousand Carts, &c. with eight hundred and twenty-nine, it shall not be lawful for any Person projecting drive any Cart, Waggon, or other Vehicle over or along the Nails on the said Roads between Shrewsbury and Llangollen, and between be drawn over Bangor and Holyhead as aforesaid, or over or along any Part or the Holyhead Parts thereof respectively, the Wheels of which shall have Nails Road, between projecting beyond the Surface of the Tires, or have the Tires Shrewsbury and beyond the Breadth of Three Inches; and that the Gate Keepers Llangollen, and between on the said Roads, or either of them, shall not, after the said First Bangor and Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, allow Holyhead. any such Cart, Waggon, or other Vehicle to pass along the same or any Part thereof; and that if any Person shall drive any such Cart, Waggon, or other Vehicle over or along the said Roads, or either of them, or any Part or Parts thereof respectively, after the said First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twentynine, he shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds, which Sum shall be recoverable in the same Manner as Penalties and Forfeitures under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty are by that Act authorized to be recovered, and shall be applied in the same Manner and to the same Purposes as the Tolls to be collected on the said Roads..

XXXIX. Pro