Market Weighton. Act 1772
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1772 c. 37 |
| Year | 1772 |
(12 Geo. 3) C A P. XXXVII.
'WHEREAS certain Commons, Low Grounds, and Cars, within or near the Villages, Townships, or Parishes ofMarket Weighton, Blacktoft, Everingham, Harsewell, Seaton, Ross, Holme upon Spalding Moor, Foggathrope, Gribthrope, Spaldington, Bursea, Hassholm, Wholsea, North Cliffe, South Cliffe, Hotham, Houghton Bromfleet, Faxfleet, Shipton, Sancton , and also a certain Common called Walling Fen , in the East Riding of the County of York , containing Twenty thousand Acres of Land, or thereabouts, are subject to be overflowed, or otherwise annoyed with Water, and by that Means rendered in a considerable Degree unprofitable to the Proprietors thereof: And whereas the draining of the said Commons, Low Grounds, and Cars, and the making the Main or Principal Drain navigable from the River Humber , at or near a Place called Fossdike Clough , situate on the Banks of the said River, to or near a Place called Bow Bridge , at or near the Town of Market Weighton aforesaid, will be of great Utility to the Publick, and tend to the considerable Benefit and Advantage of the Proprietors of the said Commons, Low Grounds, and Cars; but the same cannot be effected without the Aid of Parliament, 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, ThatJohn Lund of the City of York, Robert Foster of Burton Constable , in the County of York, John Raines of Burton Constable aforesaid, John Dunnington of Thorganby , in the said County of York , and Edward Johnson of the Town of Kingston upon Hull , Gentlemen, and their Successors, to be appointed as herein-after is expressed, shall be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for draining the said Commons, Low Grounds, and Cars, and for making the Main or Principal Drain navigable, and for executing and completing all and singular the Works, Matters, and Things which shall be necessary or proper for the carrying those Purposes into full and perfect Execution; and all and singular the Powers, Authorities, and Trusts by this Act given to and reposed in the said Commissioners hereby nominated as aforesaid, and their Successors, to be appointed as herein-after is expressed, shall remain and continue in them for all the Purposes hereafter expressed, until the Drainage and Navigation aforesaid shall be completely made, effected, and perfected, and the Award herein-after mentioned shall be signed and sealed by the said Commissioners, or their Successors, or the mejor Part of them respectively, without being subject to any Controul from the Trustees herein-after constituted and appointed, or any of them, in the Direction and Management of the said Drainage and Navigation, or any of the Works to be by the Order of the said Commissioners made, constructed, or carried on for or towards the effecting those Undertakings and Purposes respectively.
'II. And for the preserving, supporting, and perpetuating such Drainage and Navigation, when the same shall have been effected and perfected by the said Commissioners or their Successors, and for the executing in the mean Time the several Powers and Trusts herein-after mentioned to be granted to and vested in the Persons next herein-after named, and their Successors, to be chosen and appointed as herein after mentioned;' be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Right HonourableGeorge Cavendish , commonly called Lord George Cavendish , the Right Honourable Frederick Cavendish , commonly called Lord Frederick Cavendish , the Right Honourable John Cavendish , commonly called Lord John Cavendish , the Right Honourable Richard Cavendish , commonly called Lord Richard Cavendish , the Right Honourable George Cavendish junior, commonly called Lord George Cavendish , the Right Honourable William Lord Viscount Gallway in the Kingdom of Ireland , Sir William Anderson , Sir Griffith Boynton , Sir Charles Hotham , Sir Digby Legard , Sir James Pennyman , Sir Joseph Pennington , Sir William Saint Quintin , Sir Savile Slingsby , Sir George Strickland , Baronets; Sir George Montgomery Metham Knight, the Reverend John Fountayne Doctor in Divinity, William Anderson, Almar, Ainsty, Francis Best, Thomas Barker, Thomas Bowman, Thomas Constable, William Cayley, John Cayley, Francis Drake, John Dealtry, Thomas Ellis, John Empson, Robert Evans, Thomas Eglin, James Foster, Ford, Richard Gee, Henry Goodrick, John Holmes, Randle Hancock, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Leak, Robert Midgley, Francis Matson, Thomas Moseley, John Preston, Ponsonby, John Robinson, Robert Robinson, James Stillingfleet, John Simpson, Isaac Thompson, Francis Tong, Thomas Wakefield, John Whaley, William Ward, James Willoughby, William Welfit, Seymour , Clerks; Charles Anderson, Robert Appleton, Teavil Appleton, William Ayre, Bobert Athorpe, George Athorpe, Jonathan Acklon, John Arthur, John Arthur the younger, Thomas Athorpe, Hugh Bethel, William Bethel, Christopher Bethel, Francis Boynton, Francis Best, John Bowman, Isaac Broadley, Thomas Broadley, Richard Beatniffe, Leuyns Boldero Barnard, Henry Barnard, Leuyns Barnard the younger, Robert Burton, William Brown, John Broadley, Richard Bell, Francis Bailby, Thomas Barstow, Christopher Bayles, Joseph Blyth, John Banks, William Battle, George Brook, John Brown, William Breighton, Richard Battle, Richard Burton, Cornelius Caley, William Constable, William Haggerston Constable, Marmaduke Constable, Marmaduke William Constable, William Middleton Constable, John Courtneay, James Collins, Nathaniel Cholmley, John Chambers, Robert Clark, William Carr, Stephanus Caister, William Caister, John Croyser, Michael Clarkson, Henry Brewster Darley, Richard Darley, William Dixon, William Dennison, John Drinkrow, Henry Drinkrow, Robert Dewsberry, John Dunn, Joshua Dunn, William Dickens, John Danser, Roger Manwaring Ellerker, William Ellerker, Edward Ellerker, Henry Etherington, Samuel Everingham, John Edwards, Amaziah Empson, Barnard Foord, George Flint, John Grimston, Robert Grimston, Christopher Goulton, Roger Gee, Thomas Goulton, James Grabourn, Elliner Garton, Cary Gill, Cary Gill junior, Marmaduke Guy, George Gibson, Athorpe Garton, Stanhope Harvey, John Hudson, Randolphus Hewit, John Hewit, Thomas Hassale, John Hodgson, John Harland, William Hall, William Hill, Thomas Hill, William Hudson, Burton Hall, Paul Harrison, Richard Hodgson, Abraham Haigh, Robert Jefferson, Peter Johnson, Ingram, John Johnson, Henry Jubb, Simon Jewitt, Thomas Johnson, Robert Knowlesly, Thomas Knowlton, Luke Lillingston, Philip Langdale, Charles Langdale, William Langdale, Ralph Lutton, James Leighton, John Leeming, Charles Leybourn, William Leybourn, Henry Maister, Jonathan Midgley, William Meek, Carlton Monkton, George Montgomery Metham, John Millington, William Mountain, Timothy Mortimer, Thomas Musgrave, Christopher Megson, Richard Mounton, Michael Newton, Marmaduke Nelson, John Nicholl, Edward Nixon, Thomas Nixon, Timothy Newmarsh, Humphry Osbaldeston, John Oldfield, William Ombler, Charles Anderson Pelham, William Preston, Charles Pool, William Paul, Shermar Rooksby, Charles Robinson, John Rickaby, Henry Disney Woolhouse Roebuck, John Raper, Rudston Caverley Rudston, William Reed, William Richardson, James Richardson, Thomas Rhodes, John Ramsey, William Sotheron, William Sotheron the younger, Philip Saltmarsh, Arthur Saltmarsh, Philip Saltmarsh the younger, John Sholefield, Philip Sholefield the younger, William Strickland, Thomas Sutton, Savage, William Stephenson, William Scoulcroft, William Sonley, Richard Sterne, Charles Slingsby, Thomas Turner Slingsby, Robert Stockdale, Robert Spofforth the younger, Humphry Trafford, Belby Thompson, Richard Thompson, Lillington Thompson, William Vauser, Henry Willoughby, Thomas Worsley, Banastre Walton, William Wilberforce, William Wilberforce junior, William Wilberforce the youngest, Samuel Watson, William Weddel, Charles Witty, Thomas Williamson, Joseph Williamson, Thomas Waldby, Thomas Walker, John Wakefield, Ralph Wise, William Whittaker, John Whittaker, William Williamson , and William Waines , and their Successors, to be appointed as herein-after is expressed, shall be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for the Drainage and Navigation aforesaid, with such Powers and Authorities as are herein-after expressed for the due and effectual Execution of their said Trust.
III Qualification of Trustees.
III. And be it further enacted, That no Person shall act as a Trustee in the Execution of this Act, unless he shall advance the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, or more, towards carrying on the said Navigation, or being a Person to whom such Subscription shall be assigned, or unless he shall be assigned, or unless he shall at the Time of such acting be seised of, or intitled to, an Estate of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, in Possession for his own Life, or the Life of another Person, of the clear yearly Value of Fifty Pounds above Reprizes, or shall be Heir-apparent to some Person having an Estate in Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of the clear yearly Value of Three hundred Pounds, or possessed of a Personal Estate of the Value of Two thousand Pounds: And in case any Person shall act as a Trustee in the Execution of this Act, who has not subscribed the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, or been the Assignee of such Subscription, or not having a real or personal Estate, as aforesaid, or not being Heir-apparent to some Person having such Estate as aforesaid, every...
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