A. D. 153 1. Anno vicefimo tcrtio Mr. >;r i^r VII I. C. 5. r complaining before yor, f A. B. and (.. (hall be Three, i Iter the ife, by any other I f 12) Commandmi 1 /irtue < ' ]•,, dills, and all Other Miniftei . I and other P ■. u, whereol the is, and l'l;u 1 tturncd an I received the fame, and final I r the due ■ of the Premifles, by all '■ I 14) And therefor if the laid //. B. hree, (hall think expedient, yi do furvey the laid Walls, Fences, Dil i ms, Wa r-courfes, Mills, Locks, Trend 1 Full-garth , Impediments, and Anno] and accompli(h,
- fulfil, hear, and determine all and fingular the Premifles in due- Form, and to the Effect aforefaid, after
ions; (15) and all fuch as ye (hall find ne; rebelling in the 1 1 Works, Reparations, or Reformations of the Premifles, or negligent in the due Execution of this our"f' million, that ye do compel them by Diftrcfs, Fines, and Amerci ther Punishments. * j 1 ays, 01 M ms, which to you, or Six of you, whereof the laid /LB. and C. (hall be Three, fhall " 1 feem mod expedient for the Ipeedy Remedy, Redrefs, and Reformation of the Premifles, and due Exc- ' cutiain of the fame 3 (16) and all fuch Things as by you (hall be mad ined in this Behalf, as ties as without, yedocaufe the fame firmly to be obferved, doing therein as to our ipi rtaineth after the Laws and Statutes of this our Realm, and according to your Wifdoms and J Difcreti 1 IV. Saved always to us fuch Fines and Amerciaments as to us thereof fliall belong ; (2) and we alfo sheriff: - -- c command our Sheriff or Sheriffs of our laid County or Counties of that they (hall Caufe to come turn before the ' before you, or Six of you, of the which A. B. and C. to be Three, at fuch Days and Places as ye (hall Commidi ' appoint to them, fuch and as many honeft Men of his or their Bailiwick, as well within the Liberties as Ji ic [j J'"?"* ' without, by whom the Truth may belt be known, to inquire of the Premifles; (3) commanding alfo I-™;,,
- all other MiniiLr; and Officers, as well within Liberties as without, that they, and every of them, fhall Ailothcj (
- be Attendant to you in and about the due Execution of this our Commiflion. In Witnefs whereof we ccnlb»J] . -
' have caufed thefe our Letters Patents to be made, Witnefs our felf at Wejlminfler, the Day of fnd»nt t « in the Ye ar of our Reign.' Commiffionew V. And it is alfo enacted, That every fuch Perfon as fhall be named Commiffioner in the faid Corn- ThcCommifli- million, after he hath Knowledge thereof, fhall effectually put his Diligence and Attendance in and about oner, ft : the Execution of the faid Commiflion. (2) And before he fliall take upon him the Execution of the faid an Oath. Commiflion, he (hall take a corporal Oath before the Lord Chancellor, or before fuch to whom the faid Enforced by- Lord Chancellor fhall diiect the Ling's Writ of Dcdimus potejh.tem to take the fame, or before the Jttftices 2 5 tt - S, c. 101 of the Peace in the Quarter Sefiions ncldcn in the Shire where fuch Commiffions (hall be directed ; the Te- nor of which Oath hereafter enfueth :
- (3) Ye (hall fwear, That you, to your Cunning, Wit, and Power, (hall truly and indifferently cxe-TheFois
- cute the Authority ^o you given by this Commiflion of Sewers, without any Favour, Aiteclion, Corrun- Oath,
- tion, Dread, or Malice to be borne to any Manner of Perfon or Perfons; and, as the Cafe (hall require ;
' ye fliall content, and endeavour your felf for your Part, to the belt of your Knowledge and Power, to ' the making of fuch wholefome, juft, equal, and indifferent Laws and Ordinances, as fhall be made and ' deviled by the molt difcreet and indifferent Number of your Fellows, being in Commiflion with you, for ' the due Redrefs, Reformation, and Amendment of all and every fuch Things as are contained and fpe- ' cified in the faid Commiflion, and the fame Laws and Ordinances to your Cunning, Wit, and Power, c caufe to be put in due Execution, without Favour, Meed, Dread, Malice, or Affection ; as God you ' help, and all Saints.' VI. And it is alio enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Statute, A£t, and Ordinance a Confirmation heretofore made concerning the Premifles, or any of them, as well in the Time of our Sovereign Lord the ofotbjrS 1 King that now is, as in the Time of any of his Progenitors Kings of this Realm of England, not being contrary to this prcfent Act, nor heretofore repealed, from henceforth fhall ftand and be good and effectual for ever, and to be put in due Execution according to the true Meaning and Purport of the fame. VII. And over that be it enacted, That the Comrniflioners hereafter to be named in any of the faid The Authority Commiffions, according to the Purport and Effect of the fame Commiffions, have full Power and Authority of the CemouC to make, conftitute, and ordain Laws, Ordinances, and Decrees, and further to do all and every Thing c - onc "- mentioned in the faid Commiflion, according to the Purport, Effect, Words, and true Meaning of the 1 Mar. i.n. :, fame; (2) and the fame Laws and Ordinances lb made, to reform, repeal, and amend, and make new, c. u. from time to time, as the Cafes neceflary fhall require in that Behalf. '3 E1 "- c - 9' VIII. Provided alway, and it is enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons, being afleffed or taxed to any ThcO.-jr - Lot or Charge for any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the Limits of any Commiflion here- of Cor after to be directed, do not pay the faid Lot and Charge according to the Ordinance and Affignrnen: of the c Comrniflioners, having Power of the Execution of the faid Commiflion, byReafon whereof it fhall happen, v,: ' ltl - •""'-*• the lairl Comrniflioners having Power of the Execution of fuch Commiffion, for lack of Payment of fuch Lot and Charge, to decree and ordain the fame Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments from the Or.-n r or Extcr.cVd to Owners thereof, and their Heirs, and the Heirs of every of them, to any Perfon or Perfons for Ter.n of 1 Years, Term of Life, in Fee-fimple or in Tail", for Payment of the fame Lot and Charge, that then every " kn ' 1, c< '°' fuch Decree and Ordinance I'o by them made and ingrafted in Parchment, and cert into the King's Court of Chancery, with the King's Royal Affent had to the fame, fhall bind all and. every Perfon and Perfons, that at the making of the fame Decree had any Intcreft in fuch Lands, Tene- ments,
