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This being an act for draining a large tract of country of twentythousand acres or more, as well as for making a navigable canal, it ne-cessarily differs from the canal-acts in general. The extract 1 shall makeshall be as Ihort and concise as possible.

The act sets out with naming commissioners for draining the saidlands, and cutting the canal; and then nominates a great number of trus-tees for the drainage and navigation. No person to be a trustee whoshall not advance a sum not less than two hundred pounds for the pur-poses of the navigation. Commissioners interested in the commons,low grounds, or cars, incapable of acting. Commissioners to have onegeneral annual meeting. Trustees to have no place of prosit, and todefray their own expences. Commissioners may make cuts and drains,and maintain the fame, so that no water flowing from Londesbroughinto the Foulney be diverted or turned into the said navigable canal,before the same water shall have entered the Foulney. Bridges, gates,stiles', fences, paffages and tunnels to be made and kept in repair. Com-missioners to settle all disputes, and determine boundaries of commons.Several dams to be taken away, or kept up, at the commissioners choice.The commissioners shall begin the navigable canal at or near FoffdykeClough, situate on the banks of the river Humber, and finissi and com-plete the lame progressively upwards to Market Weighton. The worksfor the navigable canal not to prejudice the drainage. No lock to pen upthe water higher than three feet of the natural surface of the land. Own-ers and proprietors of commons, low grounds or cars, may, at their owncosts, cut drains or canals, in, on, or over their own grounds, so as not toprejudice the main canal for navigation. Tolls to be taken, not exceed-ing four shillings for every ton of grocery goods, wares and merchan-dises ; two shillings for every chaldron of coals, containing thirty-twobushels; one shilling and six-pence for every chaldron of lime of thirty-two bushels; one shilling for every ton of stone; six-pence for everyton of manure of all sorts; two firstlings for every thousand of tiles;one firstling for every thousand of bricks; and eight-pence for every

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