3 G. 4. c. 86.

Additional

Tolls to be collected by the Trustees of the

Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, in lieu of additional Tolls under

5 G. 4. c. 43.

intituled An Act for repairing the Road from Dunchurch to Stonebridge in the County of Warwick.

VI. And Whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it was
' enacted, that the Trustees for executing that Act should demand
and take on the said Road an additional Toll, amounting to One
Fourth of the Tolls thereinbefore authorized to be collected and
'taken, until the Sum of Three thousand five hundred Pounds,
in the said Act mentioned, with the Interest then due and to
'become due in respect thereof, should be fully paid and satisfied,
and should apply such additional Toll solely in the Repayment
of the said Sum of Three thousand five hundred Pounds: And
Whereas in pursuance of the said Provision of 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 Three thousand five hundred Pounds
⚫ and Interest: And Whereas the Commissioners named and ap-
'pointed in and by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the
Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An
'Act to amend Two Acts, of the Fifty seventh Year of His late
Majesty and the First Year of His present Majesty, for authoriz
ing the Issue of Exchequer Bills and the Advance of Money for
'carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the
Poor; and to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Bills for
the Purposes of the said Acts, advanced and lent to the Trus-
'tees for executing the said recited Act of the Fifth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, as aforesaid, the Sum of Two
'thousand Pounds, for further improving the Roads within their
Trust, and such last-named Trustees did, by Indenture, bearing
Date the Twenty eighth Day of December One thousand eight
< hundred and twenty six, assign to William Holden Esquire, Se-
cretary to the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills
as aforesaid, the said additional Tolls, to hold the same until the
‹ said Sum of Two thousand Pounds, with Interest thereon after
the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, should be fully
⚫ paid and satisfied: And Whereas it will be necessary that some
• Provision shall be made for the Repayment of the Sum of Twelve
thousand Pounds, hereinbefore directed to be applied in making
the said new Piece of Road within the said Trust, and the In-
'terest thereof, as hereinafter mentioned;' Be it therefore further
enacted, That the said Trustees for executing the said last-men-
tioned Act shall, from and after the First Day of January One
thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, cease to demand and
take the additional Toll by the said last-mentioned Act authorized
to be taken, 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 erected by virtue of the said Act or any other Act
upon, across, or on the Side or Sides of the said Road, or any
Part thereof, besides the ordinary Tolls by the said Act authorized
to be collected and taken, the several Tolls following; (that is
to say),

For every Horse or Beast of Draught, drawing any Coach,
Sociable, Berlin, Landau, Chariot, Barouche, Chaise Marine,

Calash,

Calash, Curricle, Chair, Gig, Whiskey, Caravan, Hearse, Litter, or other such like Carriage, if drawn by more than Four Horses, or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Two Pence; and if drawn by Four Horses or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Two Pence Farthing; and if drawn by Two or Three Horses or other Beasts of Draught, the Sum of Three Pence; and if drawn by One Horse or other Beast of Draught, the Sum of Three Pence :

For every Horse, Mule, Ass, Ox, or Bullock, drawing any Waggon, Wain, Dray, Cart, or other such like Carriage, the Sum of Two Pence Halfpenny :

For every Horse, Mule, or Ass, laden or unladen, and not draw-
ing, the Sum of One Halfpenny :

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

per Centum VII. And be it further enacted, That all the said Tolls hereby authorized to be taken, collected, and received by the said Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, shall and may be demanded, taken, collected, and recovered by the said Trustees by and under all such and the like Powers and Authorities, Provisions, and Remedies, as the other Tolls by the said Act of the Fifth Year aforesaid authorized to be demanded, taken, collected, and recovered on the Road now under the Management of the said Trustees; and all and every Act of Parliament, and all Clauses, Exemptions, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Provisions relating to the said last-mentioned Road, and to the Tolls by the said Act of the Fifth Year aforesaid authorized to be taken thereon, shall be in full Force, Operation, and Effect, as far as the same severally apply, with respect to the said Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, as fully and effectually as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in and by this Act with relation to the said Tolls hereby authorized to be collected.

Tolls author-
ized by this
Act shall be
collected under

the same
Powers and

Provisions as the other

Tolls.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Application of said Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, and they additional Tolls. are hereby authorized and required to apply the Monies 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 Three thousand five hundred Pounds and Two 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 Twelve thousand Pounds, to be applied, under the Provisions hereinbefore contained, in making the aforesaid new Piece of Road within the said Trust, together with Interest at the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, to be computed

from

Distinct Accounts to be kept of new Tolls.

If Trustees

neglect to colleet or pay over Tolls, Commis

sioners to collect the same.

from the Time or respective Times of advancing the same, or so much of the said last-mentioned Sum as shall be or the Time being due and unpaid.

IX. And be it further enacted, That in case the said Tolls on the said Dunchurch and Stonebridge Road shall be let, the said Trustees shall keep distinct Accounts of the said additional Tolls, and of the ordinary Tolls by the said Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty authorized to be taken.

X. And be it further enacted, That in case the said Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust shall neglect or refuse to levy and collect the additional Tolls hereby authorized to be levied and collected, or shall make any Default in Payment of the Sum hereinbefore directed to be paid by them to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, or the Interest thereof, then and in either of such Cases it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to enter upon and take Possession of the Tolls, Gates, Bars, and Toll Houses of the said Trustees, and to collect, levy, and receive the Tolls by the said Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty and by this Act authorized to be taken, and to exercise all the Powers and Authorities by the said Act of the Fifth Year aforesaid, or this Act, or any other Act of Parliament, given to the said Trustees, as fully and effectually as if the same were here expressly repeated and re-enacted with reference to the said Commissioners.

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XI. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for improving the Public Roads in and through the City of Coventry, the Trustees acting in execution of that Act were authorized to erect Toll Gates across or on the Sides of the Streets and Lanes therein particularly mentioned, and across or on the Sides of any Roads to be made, widened, or straitened under the Powers of that Act, and across the End of any Lane or Way leading into the same, and to collect at such Toll Gates the Tolls in the said Act mentioned: And Whereas, as soon as so much of the new Piece of Road hereinbefore directed to be made as lies between the Site of the late Walls of the City of Coventry and Hertford Street in the said City, and so much of the said new Piece of Road as lies between Saint 'John's Church in the said City and the Village of Allesley, shall 'be respectively completed and opened to the Public, it will be expedient that the Toll Gates hereinafter mentioned should be erected, and the Tolls hereinafter mentioned should be col'lected; Be it therefore further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act the new Pieces of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, to erect a Toll Gate in the said City of Coventry across the new Line of Road near Little Park Street, and another Toll Gate across the said new Line of Road from Coventry to the Village of Allesley, near Saint John's Church aforesaid, together with Side Gates on any Part of the said new Line of Road, with Toll Houses thereto.

Toll Gates to be erected on

of Road in and near Coventry.

Tolls to be taken thereat.

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XII. And be it further enacted, That when and so soon as the said new Line of Road shall be completed and opened to the Public, the said Trustees acting in execution of the said recited

Act

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Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, to collect, demand, and receive, at each of the Toll Gates and Bars to be so erected as aforesaid by the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, the Tolls following; (that is to say),

For every Horse or Beast of Draught, drawing any Coach, Sociable, Berlin, Landau, Chariot, Barouche, Chaise Marine, Calash, Curricle, Chair, Gig, Whiskey, Caravan, Hearse, Litter, or other such like Carriage, the Sum of Four Pence Halfpenny : For every Horse, Mule, Ass, Ox, or Bullock, drawing any Waggon, Wain, Dray, Cart, or other such like Carriage, the Sum of Three Pence:

For every Horse, Mule, or Ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing, the Sum of Three Halfpence:

For every Drove of Oxen, Cows, or Neat Cattle, the Sum of Seven Pence Halfpenny per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or less Number:

For every Drove of Calves, Hogs, Sheep, or Lambs, the Sum of Three Pence Three Farthings per Score, and so in proportion for any greater or less Number.

XIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said Tolls shall be taken only Once in the same Day for the same Horse or other Beast of Draught or Animal, for passing through each of the Gates to be erected as hereinbefore mentioned, during the same Day (except in respect to Horses or other Beasts of Draught drawing any Public Stage Coach or Coaches, or Stage Carriages or Caravans, or Post Chaises, travelling for Hire, which shall pay each and every Time of passing through the said Toll Gates or Side Gates).

Tolls to be paid only Once a

Day.

'XIV. And Whereas by the said Act of the Fifty second Year ' of the Reign of His late Majesty it is enacted, that none of the Tolls thereby authorized to be taken should be demanded, taken, or received at any of the Turnpike or Toll Gates to be erected ' or continued on the Roads therein mentioned, for or in respect ' of any Horse, Mare, Gelding, Mule, or other Beast of Draught, drawing any Coach, Chariot, Chaise, Berlin, Landau, Calash, 'Gig, or Pleasure Carriage, or any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Dray, ' or for or in respect of any Horse, Mare, Gelding, Mule, Ox, Cow, Neat Cattle, Calf, Hog, Sheep, or Lamb, or other Beast or Cattle passing into the said City of Coventry, or to any Part or Parts thereof, from Cheylesmore Place, and certain Lands thereto be'longing, known by the Name of Cheylesmore Park, through the Gates therein mentioned; and it is reasonable that the same Exemption should be continued;' Be it therefore enacted, That No Toll to be none of the Tolls lastly hereby authorized to be taken shall be taken for demanded, taken, or received at the said Toll Gates or Side Gates, for or in respect of any Horse, Mule, or other Beast of Draught, drawing any Coach, Chariot, Chaise, Berlin, Landau, Calash, Gig, or Pleasure Carriage, or any Waggon, Wain, Cart, or Dray, or for or in respect of any Horse, Mule, Ox, Cow, Neat Cattle, Calf, Hog, Sheep, or Lamb, or other Beast or Cattle passing into the said City of Coventry, or to any Part or Parts thereof, from

Cheylesmore

Horses, &c. passing into Coventry from Cheylesmore Park.

Tolls in Coventry to be collected by Trustees of

52 G. 3. c. 57. till that Act expires, and

then by the Dunchurch

and Stone

Cheylesmore Place, and certain Lands thereto belonging, known by the name of Cheylesmore Park: Provided always, that no Horse, Mule, or other Beast hereinbefore mentioned, shall be exempt from the said Tolls, unless actually going to or from the said Lands, or some Part or Parts thereof.

XV. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, shall continue to collect and receive the said Tolls hereinbefore authorized to be collected by them, until the Powers and Provisions of the said last-mentioned Act are carried into Effect, or until the Term limited by the said Act for the Continuance thereof shall expire, whichever shall first happen; and immediately upon the happenbridge Trustees. ing of such one of the said Events as shall first happen, all the Toll Houses, Bars, and Gates to be erected as aforesaid by the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall vest in and become the Property of the said Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust; and the said last-mentioned Trustees shall from thenceforth demand, collect, and receive the said Tolls hereby authorized to be taken at the said Gates and Bars, and shall continue to demand, collect, and receive the same until the said Sum of Twelve thousand Pounds, hereinbefore directed to be applied in making the said new Piece of Road from the Seven Stars Public House at Whitley to the Village of Allesley aforesaid, together with all Interest for the same, shall be fully paid and satisfied.

Application of
Coventry Tolls.

XVI. And be it further enacted, That during such Time as the said Tolls hereby authorized to be taken as last aforesaid shall be collected by the said Trustees acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, all Monies arising therefrom shall be applied in Manner following; (that is to say), One equal Third Part thereof shall be paid over by them to the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, towards Satisfaction and Discharge of the said Sum of Twelve thousand Pounds and the Interest thereof, and the remaining Two Thirds of such Monies shall be applied in paying the Expences of collecting the said Tolls, and in carrying into Execution the several Powers and Provisions of the said recited Act of the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, and in paying the Principal and Interest of all Sums borrowed under the Powers and Provisions of the said Act; and during such Time as the said Tolls shall be collected by the said Trustees of the Dunchurch and Stonebridge Trust, the Monies arising therefrom shall be applied in Manner following; (that is to say), in the first Place in paying the Expences of collecting the said Tolls, and in the next Place in paying to the said Commissioners acting in the Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty the said Principal Sum of Twelve thousand Pounds to be so expended as aforesaid, and the Interest thereof.

XVII. Pro