Repeal of so c. 74. and as requires new of Road from Barnet to South Mims, to " said Commissioners, and under their Care and Superintendence, until they shall think proper to give up the same to the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust; Be it therefore enacted, That so much and such Parts of the said recited Acts of the Fourth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His present Majesty respectively, as require the said Two new Pieces of Road to be respectively made over to the Trustees of the St. Albans Trust at the Expiration of Two Years after the same shall have been respectively completed and opened to the Public, and to be from thenceforth maintained and repaired by them, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, and that it shall not be necessary for the said Commissioners to give up the said Two new Pieces of be given up by Road to the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust until they Commissioners the said Commissioners shall in their full Discretion think proper at the End of so to do; any thing in the said last-mentioned Acts to the conTwo Years. trary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; but the said new Pieces of Road shall be respectively repaired and maintained by and under the Care and Superintendence of the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, until such Time or Times respectively as the said Commissioners shall in their full Discretion think proper to make over the same respectively to the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Road; and from and after the Time or Times when the same shall be so made over by the said Commissioners, and not before, (which making over shall be effected by any Resolution or Resolutions for that Purpose passed at any Meeting of the said Commissioners, specifying the Day on which the said Roads respectively shall be so made over, and of which Resolution or respective Resolutions, Notice in Writing shall be given to the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, or their Clerk or Treasurer, at least Fourteen Days before the Day or Days therein respectively named for making over the said Roads,) the said new Pieces of Road respectively shall become Parts of the Roads to which the old Roads in lieu of which such new Pieces of Road shall have been made did belong before the making of such new Pieces of Road respectively, and shall be vested in the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, and shall be maintained and repaired by them, and shall be subject to all such Trusts, and to all such Acts of Parliament, and to all such Provisions contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament, as such old Roads respectively shall be subject to at the Time of such making over. 400l. per So long as the XXIX. And be it further enacted, That during such Time as new Pieces of the said new Piece of Road, respectively, from the Peahen Inn Road are reat Saint Albans to the Pond Yards, and from Barnet to South paired by the Commissioners, Mims, shall be maintained and repaired by the said Commis sioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust shall, with and out of the Tolls to be collected by them in respect of the said new Pieces of Road respectively, pay to the said Commissioners the Sums following for the Repair and Maintenance of the said new Pieces of Road respectively; (that is to say), from and out of the Tolls collected on or in respect of the said new Piece of Road from the Peahen Inn Annum for the Saint Albans, and 600l. for the Barnet new Road, to be paid to them out of the Tolls, to to the Pond Yards, so long as the same shall be maintained and repaired by the said Commissioners, the annual Sum of Four hundred Pounds, and from and out of the Tolls collected on or in respect of the said new Piece of Road from Barnet to South Mims, so long as the same shall be maintained and repaired by the said Commissioners, the annual Sum of Six hundred Pounds; and the said Sums shall be respectively paid by Four equal quarterly Payments on the Twenty fifth Day of March, Twenty fourth Day of June, Twenty ninth Day of September, and Twenty fifth Day of December in each Year; and the first Payment of the said annual Sum of Four hundred Pounds shall be made on such of the said quarterly Days as shall first happen after the passing of this Act; and the first Payment of the said annual Sum of Six hundred Pounds shall be made on such of the said quarterly Days of Payment as shall happen after the said new Piece of Road from Barnet to South Mims shall be opened to the Public; and in Case any Default shall be made by the said Trustees in Payment of the said annual Sums, or either of them, or of any Part thereof respectively, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to seize and take Possession of the Toll Houses and Gates at which the Tolls payable on or in respect of the said new Pieces of Road respectively, or such One of the said new Pieces of Road in respect of which such Default shall for the Time being have taken place, shall be collected, and to collect, demand, and receive the Tolls which the said Trustees might there have collected, demanded, and received, and with the same Powers and Authorities in every respect, and to continue in such Possession and Receipt until all Arrears due to them, and all Expences occasioned by such Default of the said Trustees, shall have been fully paid and satisfied. If the Sums applicable to new Piece of Road at St. Albans are in sufficient, the Deficiency, to the Extent of 1000, to be paid out of the Tolls. XXX. And be it further enacted, That in case the Sums which by the said recited Acts of the Fourth and Sixth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty have been made applicable to the making and completing of the said new Piece of Road from the Peahen Inn at Saint Albans to the Pond Yards shall be found insufficient for the Purpose, the said Commissioners acting in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty shall certify the Amount of such Deficiency to the Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, and the said Trustees shall, previously to the Repayment to the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills of the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds by the said recited Act of the Sixth Year of his present Majesty directed to be paid to them, and of the subsequent Payments by that Act directed to be made, pay the Amount of such Deficiency, provided the same shall not exceed the Sum of One thousand Pounds, out of the Tolls already collected or hereafter to be collected, on the said new Piece of Road; any Act of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That in case the Sum which If the Sum apby the said Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present plicable to makMajesty is made applicable to the making and completing of the ing the new said new Piece of Road from Barnet to South Mims, shall be from Barnet to found insufficient for the Purpose, the said Commissioners acting South Mims is in execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the insufficient, the Q 4 Piece of Road Reign Deficiency, to the Extent of 3000l. to be Reign of His present Majesty shall in like Manner certify the Amount of the Deficiency to the said Trustees of the Saint paid out of the Albans Trust, and the said Trustees shall pay the Amount of Tolls. If the Sum applicable to making the such Deficiency, provided the same shall not exceed the Sum of Three thousand Pounds, out of the Tolls to be collected on the said new Piece of Road; any thing in the said recited Act of the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, or any other Act of Parliament, to the contrary notwithstanding. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That in case the Sum which by the said recited Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty is made applicable to the making and comnew Piece of Road from pleting of the new Piece of Road by that Act directed to be made Camphill to from Camphill Lane in the Town of Wednesbury to the Canal Moxley is in- Bridge at Moxley, in the Bilstone Trust, shall be found insuffisufficient, the cient for the Purpose, the said Commissioners acting in execuDeficiency, to tion of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign the Extent of 1500l., to be of His present Majesty shall in like Manner certify the Amount paid out of the of the Deficiency to the Trustees of the said Bilstone Trust; and the said Trustees shall pay the Amount of such Deficiency, provided the same shall not exceed the Sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds, out of the Tolls to be collected on the said new Piece of Road; any thing in the said recited Act of the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, or any other Act, to the contrary notwithstanding. Tolls. 6 G. 3. c. 100. $ 44. + Sic. 6 • XXXIII. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Sixth "Year of the Reign of His present Majesty it was enacted, That 'from and after the completing and opening to the Public of the new Cut or Piece of Road thereinbefore described, com'mencing in the Town of Wednesbury, it should and might be lawful for the said Trustees of the Bilstone Trust, and they were thereby authorized, if they should think proper so to do, to ( remove the Toll Gate or Bar and Toll House then and now standing at Cock Heath, or to sell and dispose of the same, and to erect and build a new Gate or Bar and Toll House at the Junction of the new Road and old Road near the Canal Bridge at Moxley and the Town of Bilston †: And Whereas the Place directed and appointed by the said recited Act will not be the 'most fit and eligible Situation for the Erection of the said new Gate or Bar and Toll House: And Whereas the said new Cut or Piece of Road from Wednesbury aforesaid to the old Road near the Canal Bridge at Moxley aforesaid, of the Length of Two thousand three hundred and seventy six Yards or thereabouts, has been lately made and completed, whereby several Parts of the old Road, as hereinafter particularly mentioned and described, are become useless to the Public: And Whereas it will be necessary for the Accommodation and Convenience of the Public, and of the Owners and Occupiers of Lands and Buildings adjoining or lying near to the said old Road, that a cross Road from the old to the new Road, as hereinafter described, should be opened and made, and that a certain Lane 'called Potter's Lane, leading from the new to the old Road, should be widened, as hereinafter mentioned;' Be it therefore enacted, That such Part of the above recited Clause as relates to the Erection of a Gate or Bar and Toll House at the Junction of the the new Road and old Road near the Canal Bridge at Moxley aforesaid, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that it shall A Gate may and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees of the Bilston be erected on any Part of the Trust to erect and build a new Gate or Bar and Toll House on Bilston Road. any Part of the said new Line of Road, or on the Lands adjoining the same, as shall be found by the said Trustees to be the most fit and eligible for that Purpose. XXXIV. And be it enacted, That the said Trustees of the Bilston Trust shall and may close, stop up, and discontinue all that Part of the said old Road which lies between the Junction of the said new and old Road near Moxley Bridge, and a Cottage or Dwelling House of Thomas Lowe, in the Occupation of William Spittle, being of the Length of One hundred and fifty Yards or thereabouts; and also shall and may close, stop up, and discontinue all that other Part of the said old Road, lying between the East Side of Bull Lane (which communicates with the said old and new Road) and a Dwelling House in the Occupation of William Leadbeater, situate near the present Turnpike Gate at Cock Heath, being of the Length of Four hundred Yards or thereabouts; and also shall and may close, stop up, and discontinue all that other Part of the said old Road that lies between the intended cross Road, hereinafter mentioned and described, and the West Side of Potter's Lane aforesaid, being of the Length of Four hundred and fifty Yards or thereabouts; and that the said Trustees shall and may sell and dispose of the said Three several Plots or Parcels of the said old Road so to be stopped up and discontinued, or exchange the same or any of them, or any Part thereof, for the Lands which have been taken to make the said new Line of Road, or for any Part of such last-mentioned Lands; and also that the said Trustees of the Bilston Trust shall and may make a cross Road from the South End of the Road at Cock Heath, leading from Darlaston to the new Turnpike Gate intended to be erected on the new Line of Road, of the Length of Two hundred and sixty four Yards or thereabouts, and of a necessary and convenient Width, not exceeding Thirty Feet, making reasonable Satisfaction and Amends to the several Owners of the Lands over which such cross Road shall be made; and that the said cross Roads shall become and be deemed and taken as a common Highway, and be kept in repair by the Inhabitants of the Parish of Wednesbury, in which said Parish the Lands over which the said intended cross Road is to be made do lie; and also that the said Trustees shall and may increase the Width of a certain Lane in the said Parish of Wednesbury called Potter's Lane, lying between the said old and new Lines of Road, to the Extent of Thirty Feet at the least, which said Lane is of the Length of One hundred and thirty seven Yards or thereabouts, and leads to the upper Part of the Town of Wednesbury, and which said Lane shall from henceforth become a Turnpike Road, and be from time to time kept in repair by the Trustees of the said Bilstone Trust. Trustees of Bilston Trust may stop up certain Parts of old Road. • XXXV. And Whereas the Bridge across the Menai Straits is liable to be damaged by Carts, Waggons, or other Vehicles passing over it with projecting Nails on the Wheels;' Be it further enacted, That from and after the First Day of May One Carts, &c. with thousand projecting Nails on the Wheels not to be drawn over the Menai Bridge. Lammas Ground to be Conveyed free from Common Rights. thousand eight hundred and twenty eight it shall not be lawful for any Person to drive any Cart, Waggon, or other Vehicle over the said Bridge, the Wheels of which shall have Nails projecting beyond the Surface of the Tires, and that the Gatekeepers on the said Bridge shall not, after the said First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, allow any such Cart, Waggon, or other Vehicle to pass over the said Bridge; and that if any Person shall drive any such Cart, Waggon, or other Vehicle over the said Bridge after the said First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, he shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds, which Sum shall be recoverable in the same Manner as Penalties and Forfeitures under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty are by that Act authorized to be recovered, and shall be applied in the same Manner and to the same Purposes as the Tolls to be collected on the said Bridge. 'XXXVI. And Whereas Part of the Land which will be required for making and completing the new Cut or Piece of Road from the Seven Stars Public House at Whitley to the Village of Allesley, hereinbefore mentioned, is called Lammas Grounds, over which the Freemen of the City of Coventry have a Right of Common from Old Lammas Day until Old Candlemas Day, and other Part of the said Land is called Michaelmas Land, over which the Freemen of the City of Coventry have a Right of Common from Old Michaelmas Day until Old Candlemas Day;' Be it therefore enacted, That a Conveyance of such Lammas Ground or Michaelmas Land, under the Powers and Provisions of this Act, by the Person or Persons who shall for the Time being be entitled thereto, subject to such Right of Common, or hereby authorized to convey the same, shall be a good and sufficient Conveyance thereof to the said Commissioners acting under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the Purpose of vesting in them the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, for the Purposes of this Act, freed from such Right of Common, as fully and effectually as if every Person having Right of Common thereon respectively had executed such Conveyance; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners acting under the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as aforesaid, to enter into an Agreement with the Churchwarden or Churchwardens for the Time being of the Parish wherein such Lammas Ground or Michaelmas Land is situate, for the Purpose of ascertaining and settling what Sum of Money shall be paid, as or by way of Compensation for the Rights of Common upon such Lands respectively; and in case the Parties shall not agree to the Amount of such Compensation, the same shall be determined by a Jury, in the same Manner as other Compensations under this Act, and the Sum to be so agreed upon or awarded shall be paid by the said Commissioners to the said Churchwarden or Churchwardens, and shall be by him or them applied for such general and public Purposes within such Parish as a Vestry of such Parish, to be convened by such Churchwarden or Churchwardens for that Pur pose, shall direct. XXXVII. And |