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tity than a ton; and for the tonnage of all light boats, and other vesselswithout a lading, or in ballast only, which shall be navigated upon orthrough the said cut or canal, or collateral cut, the sum of one penny permile shall be taken for every ton burthen of such boats and vessels respec-tively ; lime and lime-stone to pay no more than one-fourth, and ironand stone only one-half of the rates, tolls and duties aforementioned;and paving-stones, gravel, and all other materials for making and repair-ing roads (lime-stone excepted); and also dung, soil, marie, and all sortsof manure for the improvement of lands and grounds, shall pass freeand exempted from tolls or other duties; and no more than three-pence, sterling money, per ton shall be taken for wharfage by any personor persons, proprietor or proprietors, land-owner or land-owners, whoshall or may at any time hereafter make, erect, -or build any wharfs orquays on any part of the said intended cut or canal, or collateral cut, byvirtue of this act, unless the goods, wares, or merchandise which shallbe laid thereon, shall remain or continue on such wharf or quay for alonger space os time than six days. And whereas the joining and com-municating the said canal to the port and harbour of Borrowstounness,upon the frith of Forth, in the county of Linlithgow, will make the saidcanal greatly more useful and beneficial, by opening a shorter and morecertain access thereto from the said port, and will likewise tend to theimprovement of the adjacent land, and other good purposes; the pro-prietors afterwards named are impowered to make the said canal, by them-selves, their deputies, agents, officers, workmen, servants, and assigns,and shall make and complete the same, not more than seven feet deep,navigable for boats, barges, and other vessels, from the harbour of Bor-rowstounness, in the county of Linlithgow, through the lands or kerseof Kinniel, in the said county, to and across the water of Avon, andthrough the lands of Bearcrofts, in the east kerse, and continued to thesaid navigable cut or canal from the Forth to Clyde, at or near wherethe same is intended to join the river Forth in the county of Stirling.And the said proprietors may raise money among themselves to carryon the work, so that the whole sum does not exceed five thousand

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