the Place of Settlement of the Ballard Children who was to be fettled
in the Place of his Nativity wherefoeverthe Mother's was. MS. Cafes.
The King v. the Inhabitants of Sutton.
For more of Settlement of the Poor in General, fee 3pptCttt(CC|S, 15ttp
tarU}?, CCCtifiCateniien,€)l'tJCr03 RcmOtttlft and other proper Titles.
L c „°of1e r w - * Sewers.
ers to dejend
the King-
dom afainjt ,
the Sea is ~ "" ""
very ancient,
and even by
f'4tion\n ( A ) Statutes relating to Sewers, and impowering the
ibme Cafes; Commiflioners.
hut Sewers
for Meliora-
tZhJaif *• 6 - Ucn - ca P- 5- T?^ Ta & s j That during 10 Years Commiflions of Sewers
^Parliament. V 1 fiaH be made by the Chancellor, to be fent into all
Per Holt. Parts of the Realm, where foall be needful, according to the Form in the AcJ.
12 Mod.
1. Mich. 1 1 W. 3. B. R. Vills of Slundngamy v. Sholedam.
ii
2. 8 Hen
Sewers.
4i
2. 8. Heii. 6. cap. 3. Enacts, That Commffioners of Sewers frail have
Power to ordain and execute the Ordinances, and other Affairs, to be made
'according to the Purport of the CommiJ/ions ordained by the Statute of 6
H. 6. S -
3. 6 Hen. 8. cap. 10. S. 1. Enacts, That the Aft of 6 H. 6. cap. 5.
and all other Authorities, concerning CommiJ/ioners of Sewers, frail endure
for ever, and the Chancellor frail have Power to grant Commif/ions of Sewers
to Perfons named by the Chancellor.
S. 2. The Chancellor Jl all make no Commijjton to any Perfon for the Execu-
tion of this Acf, encept he have Lands of Freehold to the yearly Value
of 20 1. or be Juftice of Quorum learned, within the Shires.
S. 3. If fuch Cofiimiffitn be dire fled to any Per jon not having Lands &c.
cr net being Jufice of the Quorum; fuch Commiliion, and all Prefcntments
before fuch Cvvwnjficncrs, ihall be void. This Aft to continue 10 7iars.Sc.
4. 23 H. 8. cap. 5. S. 1. Enacts, That CommiJ/ions of Sewers frail be di-
re fled into all Parts within this Realm, where A'eed frail require, according
to the Form enfuing to fuch iubltantial Perfons, as frail be named by the
Lord-Chancellor and ZtW-Treafurer, and the 2 Chief Juitices, or by 3
of them, whereof the Lord-Chancellor to be one.
" S. 2. Henry the Eighth &c. Know ye, That for as much as the
16 Walls, Ditches, Banks, Gutters, Sewers-^ Gotes, Calcies, Bridges,
** Streams, and other Defences by the Coalts of the Sea, and Marin
* c Ground, being and lying within the Limits of A. B. or C. in the
tc County or Counties of , or in the Borders or Confines of the
" fame, by Rage of the Sea, Flowing and Re flowing, and by Means of the
" Trenches of frefr Water defending, and having Courfe by divers Ways
" to the Sea, be fo dirupt, lacerate, and broken ; and a'lfo the Common
£c Paffages of Ships, Balengers, and Boats oftheRivcrs, Streams, and other
" Floods, within the Limits of A. &c. in the County, or Counties of
tc or in the Borders or Confines of the fame, by Mean of fetting
up, erecting, and making of Streams, Mills, Bridges, Ponds, Filh-
garths, Miildams, Locks, Hebbing- Wears, Hecks, Floodgates, or
" other like Lets, Impediments, or Annoyances, be letted, or interrupted^
" fo that great and ineJtimable Damage tor Default of Reparation oi the
" faid Walls, Ditches, Banks, Fences, Sewers, Gotes, Gutters, Cal-
" cies, Bridges, and Streams j and alfo by mean of letting up, erecting,
" making, and enlarging of the faid Filli-garths&c. and other like A-
" noyances in Times palt has happened, and yet is to be feared, that far
" greater Hurt, Lois, and Damages is like to enfue, unlels that ipeedy
" Remedy be provided in that Behalf
" S. 3. We therefore, for that by reafonof ourDignity and Prerogative
" Realm of England, willing that Ipeedy Remedy be had in the Pre-
" rriilfes, have afjigned Ton, and * 6 of you, of the which we will that A. *There mutt
" B. and C. (loall be 3, to be our Jujfices, tofurvey the faid Walls, Streams, te 6 Commif-
" Ditches, Banks, Gutters, Sewers, Gotes, Calcies, Bridges, Trenches,-^^ ]c ^ t
" Mills, Mill-dams, Flood-gates, Ponds, Locks, Hebbing-Wears, and which ihall
•* other Impediments, Lets, and Annoyances aforcfatd, and the fame to caufe fit by Force
" to be made, corrected, repaired, amended, put down, or reformed, as"^ this
" the Cafe lhall require, \ after your \\ ildoms and Difcrettons. And there- YS^T
" in as well to ordain and do, after the Form, Tenor, and Effect of all and '
Xl lingular the Statutes and Ordinances made before March 1. in the 23c/|^ ceInfra
" Tear of our Reign, touching the Premilies, or any of them, as alfo to en-
" Shires, Place or Places, where fuch Defaults or Annoyances be, as
4i well within the Liberties as without (by whom the Truth may the
" rather be known) thro' 1 whofe Default the faid Hurts and Damages have
BC happened, and who has or holds any Lands or Tenements, or Common of
u Pajlure i or Profit of Fiptng, or has or may have any Hurt, Lois, or
" Difad-
412
Sewers.
" Disadvantage, by any Manner of Means in the faid Places, as well
cc near to the faid Dangers, Lets, and Impediments, as inhabiting or
tc dwelling thereabouts, by the laid Walls, Ditches, Banks, Gutters,
" Gotes, Sewers, Trenches, and other the laid Impediments and An-
" noyances, and all thofe Perfons., and every of them, to tax, aiiels,
" charge, diftrain, \nifh, as well within the Meres, Limits, and
ii Bounds ol old Time accuftomed, or othenvile, or elfewhere, within
*Scc[R) « Our Realm of England, . rt :_ intity of their Lands, 'tenements^
and (C) « an( f g e „ tSi i j ; , r j ji cres and Perches, alter the Rate ot every
Perfon's Portion, Tenure, or Profit, or after the Quantity ol their
IW11UUO 1 UIUU1I. Xt-UUll, XJ1 1 lUULa
ri^mmnn r\r Poft-urp nr Prnhr r\f FHhm„
' Common of Palture, or Profit ot'Fiifiing, or other Commodities there,
" by fuch Ways and Mean, and//; fuch Manner and Form, as Ton, cr 6
" of You 3 whereof A. B. and C. to be 3, jhall feem mqft convenient to be or-
" dain'd and done, for Redreis and Reformation to be had in the Pre-
" miffes : and aljb t , rep.ur, and amend the faid Walls, Ditches,
" Banks, Gutters, Sewers, Gotes, Calcies, Bridges, Streams, and other
" the Premilles, in all Places needful ; and the lame as otten, and where
tc Need Jhall be, to make iu w, and to cleanfe, and purge the Trenches, Sewers,
\ A C.uifey « and Ditches, in all Places neceffary ^ and further, to f reform, amend,
°fSon ftank " P rol ^ rate 5 and overthrow all fuch Mills, Streams, Ponds, Locks, Filh-
rected on" " Carths, Hebbing- Wears, and other Impediments and Annoyances afore-
the River " faid, as Jhall be found by Inquifition, or by your Surveying and IjDif-
Deeand « cretions, to be eaceffive, or hurtful :
Chefter before the Time of E. t. for the neceffary Maintenance of certain Mills of the King's and of
Subjects at the End of the Caufey were lately decreed by Commiffioners of Severs to have a Breach
of 10 Roods long to be made in the Caufey, tho'it remained then as at firil it was built, without any
Alteration. This Matter being referred by the Privy-Council to the 2 Chief Jultices ana Chief Baron,
who upon hearing Counfel, refolved, That the Statute of Magna Charta cap. 2^. for -putting down all
Kidels, extends only to Wears for takir:? Fijl> ; and that the fiift Stature which extends to proftratirg Sec.
Mills &c. was 25 E. 3. cap.4. which appoints fuch enly to bepreftrated as were ereHed in E. ift's 'Time, cr
after; But I E 4. cap. 12. enacts, 'That Mills, Mil/tanks, and other Impediments, before E.i. or after
were inhapced Jbould be corrected &>c. but tbat none of thofe A6ts extend to the Cafe in Ques-
tion, and that 1 2 £ 4, cap 7 . confirms ail thofe Ails, and thereby the Generality of Magna Charta cap.
23. is reftrained, as appears by the faid Acts, and 23 II S cap. 5. which appoints the Form &c. of Com-
miffioners of Sewers, and gives Authority to them to furveylValls &c. and to correct &*c. them according
to their Difcretions, does not repeal any of the laid Acts ; Befides, there is a Provifo tbat all Statutes ciTc.
not eontrary to this .-J:;, m r I eri :. fore repeal' d pall ftand &c. And they certified the Privy-Council that the
25th ofE. 5. & 1 H 4 are (till in Force, and that the Authority of the Commiffioners extends not to
Mills &c. erecled before E. 1 . unlefs they were railed higher, and thereby more prejudicial ; and if
they were, yet in fuch Cafe thev are only to be reformed, but not proftrated. 10 Rep. 137. b. Pafeh.
7 Jac. The Cafe of Chefter Mills. 13 Rep. 35. S.C. Callis Lett. 4. cites S. C.
|[ See Infra. **
+ A C « And aAfo to depute, and affign diligent, faithful, and true Keepers,
Land^m!-" Bililiffs ? Surveyors, Collectors, * Expenditors, and other Minifters
in the Le- " an( ^ Officers, for the Safety, Conlervation, Reparation, Reformation,
vel[ofRom- K and Making of tic Premtjfes, and every of them ;
ney-Marfh
Marfh in Kent] a:as made an Expenditor by tie Commiffioners of Sewers, whereupon he pray'd his Writ
of Privilege and it was granted; For the Rcgifter is, Vir Militans Deo non implicetur Negotiis Secu-
laribus; And the Ancient Law i-, (Xio.:Cierici non ponantur in OlEcia. Vent.105. Mich. 22 Car. 2.
B.R. Dr.Lee'sCafe. Mod. 2b2. pi. 28. Trin. 20 Car. 2. B. R. S.C. and it was infilled thathe was
Archdeacon of Rochefter, where 1 1 is conftant Attendance was reauircd. It was anfwered that his Pre-
decellbr did execute this Office, and the Court ordered Notice to be given, and Caufe fhewn why the
Doctor fhould not do the like. But afterwards Rainsford and Moreton only being in Court it was rul'd,
that he fhould be privileged, becaufe he is a Clergyman. Eut the Reporter fays he thinks for another
Realbn, viz.. becaule the Land is in Lcalc, and the Tenant, if any, ought to do tne Office. Lev.
Mich 21 Car. 2 B.R S.C. by Name of the Archdeacon of Rochcfter's Cafe, lavs, That the
Writ of Privilege was pray'd for both Rea'bns. ill. Becaufe he was an Ecclefiaftical Perfon. zdly,
Bccaufe ail the Land which he had in the Level was in Leafe for 99 Years ; and that the Writ was
granted by Rainsford and Moreton ; by Moreton for the 1 ft Realbn and by Rainsford for the 2d.
" And to hear the Account of the Colleclors and other Minilters of and
" for the Receipt and laying out of the Money that (hall be levied
" and paid, in and about the Making, Repairing, Reforming, and A-
" mending
Sewers. 4.13
* r Amending oizhe faid Walls, Ditches*, Banks, Gutters, Gotes, Sewers, ** Not-
« Cakies, Bridges, Screams, Trenches, Mills, Ponds, Locks, Fifli- ^JJ
*< garths, Floodgates, and other Impediments and Annoyances alorefaid ; f t h e Com-
" and todijirain For the Arrearages of every fuch Collection, Tax, and million give
" Alfefs, as often as fliali be expedient, or other-wife, to puni/h the Debtors Authority to
" and Detainers of the fame, by Fines, Amerciaments!. Pains, or other like 5 L Com -
, ' J . r > ' milhoners to
" Means, after your good ** Dijcretions ; aft accord-
ing to their
Discretion, yet their Proceedings ought to be bounded by the Rule of Law and Reafon. 5 Rep,
100. a. in Rookc'sCafe. — S P. 10 Kep. 140. in Keighley's Cafe.
re And alfo to arrefl; and take as many Carts, Horfes, Oxen,
t{ and Labourers, as for the faid Works and Reparations fhall fuf-
" free, paying for the fame competent Wages, Salary, and Stipend, in
*' that Behalf, and alfo take iuch, and as many Trees, Woods, Un-
" der woods, and Timber, and other Necefjaries, as for the fame Works
*' and Reparations fhall be fufficient, at a reafonable Price, by You, or 6
* e of You, of the which we will that A. B. and C. fhall be 3, to be af-
" felfed or limited, as well within the Limits and Bounds alorefaid, as
cc in any other Place within the faid County or Counties, near unto the
ci faid Places : And to make and ordain Statutes, Ordinances, and Provi-
" lions, from Time to Time, as the Cafe fhall require, for the Safeguard,
** Conlervation, Redrefs, Correction, and Reformation of the Premijfes,
" and of every of them, and the Parts lying to the fame necefla;y and
lc behooful, after the L:ws and Gufiom of \\ Rumney-Mirjh in the County t+ T*he
" of Kent, nr other-wife, by any Ways or Means, after your &wn Wift ^mmiffiort*
" Premijfes, as -well at our Suit as at the Suit of any other whatfoever, com- England are
tc plaining before You, or any 6 of You, whereof A. B. and C. lhall be r.ot bound to
*' 3, after the Laws and Cuitoms alorefaid, orothervvife, by any other ?"f" e the
u Ways and, Means after your \Difcret ions j And alfo to make arid direfit Cufloms of
" all Writs, Precepts, Warrants, or other Commandments, by Virtue of Rumpey-
" thele Preients, to all Sheriff's, Bailiffs, and all other Mimfiers, Officers, Marjh. Re-
* c and other Perfons, as well within the Liberties as without, before You, J olved clear-
â– c i_ / - j . -a j n i_ â– i-> 'y> notwith-
lereor the laid A. B. and C. to be 3, at certain Days, fhmding the
fC
or 6 ot You, wht
Terms, and Places to be prefixed, to be returned and received; and Words in
further to continue the Procefs of the fame, and finally to do all and every tl,e Statute
Thing and Things, as fhall be reqw/itc for the due Execution of the Pre- 5 B b '
" miffes,by all Ways and Means, after your Dijcretions j and therefore we i n c/fe
command You, that at certain Days and Places, when, and where, where any
Ye, or 6 of You, whereof the faid A. B. and C. to be 3, lhall Particular
CC
CC
" think expedient, Ye do furvey the faid Walls, Fences, Ditches, ^^J' 1
" Banks, Gutters, Gotes, Sewers, Calcies, Ponds, Bridges, Rivers, m ig; on has
ic Streams, Water-Courfes, Mills, Locks, Trenches, Fifh-garths, Flood- fuch Laws
tc gates, and other Lets, Impediments, and Annoyances alorefaid, and ami Cuftoms
" accomplilh, fulfil, hear, and determine, all and lingular thePremiifes, » ^JT' 5 '''
*' in due Form, and to the Effect alorefaid, after Your goodDifcretions; t herc they'
â– * and all fuch as ye /hall find Negligent, Gain-fiying, or Rebelling, in may puri'ue
" the faid Works, Reparations, or Reformations of the Premiffes, or them 10
i( negligent in the due Execution of thisourCommiifion ; that ye do com- j^ &'tf°'i ,n
" faid A. B and C. lhall be 3, pall feem mofl expedient for the lpeedy Re- 3- citcs sc -
" medy, Redrefs, and Reformation ot the Premiffes^ and due Fxecution â„¢. . ys : .
" of the fame ; and all fuch Things as by You lhall be made and ordain- Opinion thd
" ed in this Behalf, as well within Liberties as without, that You Coriimif-
" docaule the fame firmly to be obferved, doing therein as to our Jul- fioners may
j N " cice Jf , th r y v
J pleaft make
4H
Sewers.
Ordinances " tice appertains, after the Laws and Statutes oi this our Realm, and
and Laws cc according to your * Wildoms and Difcretions.
like thole of
Romrcv-Maifh, where there hath rot been any fuch life, and he thinks the Words of the Statute will
bear the Cooftruftion ; and that the fold ( >pinion of Sir Fd ward Coke is not direftly againrt it ; and that
i Decrees for Silos of Land it is uiual in thofc Decrees to bind thole Lands to the Perpetual
Repairs.
* See fupra **.
cc
cc
cc
cc
cc
cc
" S. 4. paved ahvays to us fitch Fines and Amerciaments as to us
thereoffhall belong ; And we allbcommand our Sheriff or Sheriffs of our
faid County or Counties of that they fhall caufc to come be-
tc tore You, or 6 of you, of the which A. B. and C. (hall be 3. at iuch
Days and Places as ye Ihall appoint to them, fuch and as many honeji
Men of his or their Bailiwicks, as well within the Liberties as with-
out, by whom theTruth may belt be known, to enquire of the Premiffes^
commanding aifo all other Minilters and Officers, as well within the
" Liberties as without, that they and every of them Jball be attendant to
" You in and about the due Execution of this our Commilfion. in \Vit-
cc nefs whereof we have cauled thefe our Letters-Patents to be made,
" Witnefs Ourfielfat Weftminlter, the Day of
" in the Year of our Reign."
S. 5. Every fuch Commilftoner, after he has Knowledge thereof pall
put, his Diligence about the Escccution of the faid ' Commi (pons, and before he
Jloall take upon him the Execution of the faid Ccmmfjion, he ihali take an
Oath before the Lord-Chancellor, or fuch to whom the Chancellor Jh til d . t if the
Writ of Dedimus Poieflatem, or before the Jujlices of Peace in the J-niartcr-
Sejficns.
See fupra, S. 6. Every Statute heretofore made concerning the Premiffes, not Icing
S. y I he contrary to this Aft, nor heretofore repealed, ihall itand for ever.
Oiefter- ^ 7" ^ Je Comm'f/iouers named in the faid Commiffions, have Power to
Mills. make Laws and Decrees, and to do every Thing mentioned in the CommiJJion ;
and the fame Laws to reform and make new.
See(B) £8. If 'any Perfon ajjefs'd for any La/ids within the Limits of any Com-
mijjicn, do not pay according to the Ordinance of the Commijjioners, by Rea-
fon whereof the Commilfioners, for Lack or Payment, lhall decree the
Lands from the Owners thereof, and their Heirs, to any Perfon for Term
of Tears, Term of Life, in Fee-fimple, or in Tail, for Payment of the fame
Lot ; every fuch Decree ingrofs'd in Parchment, ihall bind all Perfons that
at the making of the faid Decree had any Inter eft in fuch Lands, and not to
be reformed, unlefs by Authority of Parliament.
See(C)pl 5. & 9. The fame Laws and Decrees fhall bind as well the Lands of the
King as all other Perfons.
S. 10. If any Peribn take upon him to fit by Virtue of the faidCommiJJtons,
not being fvvoin in Form aforefaid ; or if any Perfon Jit as afore/aid, not
having Lands for Term of Life, to the yearly Value of^o Marks, except he
be Reliant, and free ol any City, Borough, or Town Corporate, and have
moveable Subltance of the Value of 100 1. or clfe be learned in the Laws,
viz. admitted in one of the 4 Inns of Court for an Utter Earnjler, he (hall
forfeit 40 1. for every Time, the one Half to the King, and the other Half to
See(G) per the Ufe of him that will fue therefore.
Sf. <- S. 11. If any All ion fhall be attempted for taking any Dijlrefs, or any
tute was " other Act doing, by Authority of the CommiJJion, the Defendant may make
made for Avowry, Conufance, or J unification, alleging that the faid Dijlrefs, or
the Eafc of other Aft whereof the Plaintiff complains, was done by the Authority
the People, f t fo e Commiliion of Sewers, for Lot or Tax ajjefs'd by the faid Commif-
the Defcn- J 10 "? ,jr J or f" c ^ other -d^ or Cat/fe as the faid Defendant did, by Authority
dants who of the fame Commilfion, and according to the Tenor, Purport and F.ffeil of
arc profecu- this Aft, without exprctfing anv other Circumltance ; whereupon the
undcMtat" 8 Plaimi,t m;l11 bc admitted to reply, That the Defendant did take the faid
Dijlrefs, or did any other Aft luppoied in his Declaration of his own
Wrong,
Sewers. 4.15
Wrong, without any fuch Caufe alleged by the Defendant 5 whereupon the Statute, ma^
Iliue lhall be join'd to be tried by Verditt. noTpleadk
at their 1 fcte&fon. (Hill. 22 Car. B. R .) But the fa fell Way is to plead it. 2 L. P. R. Tit. Statute.
S. 12. After fuch IJp/e tried for the Defendant, or Nonfuit of the Plaintiff"
after Appearance, the Defendant ihail recover treble Damages, by Reatott
of his wrongful Vexation, with his Colts, and that to be ajjefs' d by the fame
fury, or lint to inquire, as the Caufe /hall require.
S. 13. Gives Allowance to CommiflionerSj their Clerks and Affillants.
S. 14. When fueb Commifjion jhall be made for the Amendment of the Prc-
inijfes within the Dutchy of Lancatier, fuch Commiffioners jhall be appoint-
ed by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Treafurer, and the 2 Chief Juftices, and
the Chancellor of the Dutchy, or 3 of them, whereof the Lord Chancellor and
the Chancellor of the Dutchy to be 2. And 2 Cvm:,:iffions jhall be awarded i
one under the Great Seal, and the other under the Seal of the Dutchy.
S. 15. 'the faid Comvai\\\ons jhall ic had without Charge, unlefs to the
King 2 j. 6 d. J or the Seal ; and for the Writing and Inr oiling of any Com-
mtffion 5 s.
S. 16. After any Commifjion made, the King (hall at his Pie a fare, by Su-
pericdeas out of Chancery, difcharge as well every fuch Commifjion, as
every Commiffioner named by Authority of this Acl.
S. 18. When fuch Commifjion jhall be made for Amendment of the Premijfes
within the Principality of YY'ales, the County Palatine of Chefrer, or with-
in any other Plane where there is jurifditiion of County Palatine, 2 Commif-
Jions /ha// be made, cue under the Great Seal, the other under the Seal of the
County Palatine.
S. 20. Provided that the Chancellors, and fuch other as Jhall have thi
Cuflody of the Seals of the Principality of Wales, or the County Palatine of
Chejler, or of any other Place where there is Liberty of County Palatine, upon
reafonalle Reque/ts, and upon Sight of the Commifjion under the Great Seal,
jhall make out another Comimjjion under the Seal of the County Palatine, ac-
cording to the tenor of the King's Commifjion under the Great Seal, this Acl
to endure 20 ) ears.
Made perpetual by 3^4 Ed. 6. cap. 8.
5. 25 Hen. 8. cap. 10. S. 1. Enacts, That no Perfon^//^compell'd
to be j worn, or to lit in Execution of any Commifjion of Sewers, unlefs he be
dwelling within the. County whereof he Jhall be affign'd Commiffioner.
5. 2. If any Perfon ajjigned Commiliioner of Sewers be required by fuch
as have Authority to receive the Oath, every Perfon that relufes to take the
fame Oath, and that Refufal returned into the Chancery, lhall forfeit for
the Contempt 5 Marks ; and Jo from time to time, unlefs he in the Chancery
pew in the term wherein fuch Return pall be made againft him, fit ffic lent
Caufe to be allowed by the Lord Chancellor for his Excn/'e.
6. 3 y 4 Edw. 6. cap. 8. S. 2. Enacts, That All Scots, Lots, and Sums
of Money, to be rated by Virtue oj fuch Commifjion of Sewers, upon any
the Lands of the King, lhall be levied by Diitrefs or otherwife in like
Manner as in the Lands of any other Perfon. And all Bills of Acquit-
tance of fuch Receiver asfloall have the Collection thereof, (hall be a fuffcieni
Difcharge to the tenants, as a I Jo a fa ffic lent Warrant to ail Receivers, Audi-
tors, and other Officers of the King, for the Allowance to fuch tenant for the
fame. Moreover fuch Fees, and none other, pall be paid for any Commifjion or
Dedimus potejlatem under the Seal of the Dutchy, as mentioned in the former
Atl, to be paid in the Chancery.
7. 1 M. Seff. 3. cap. 11. Enacts, That the Statute of 23 PI. 8. 5. and n, c Act of"
all Commifjion s of Sewers jhall extend and give Authority, thai the Commiffi- 2% H. 8.
oners therein named for the County ot Glamorgan, or 6 of them, (whereof lioc ^ mt ex ~
3 to le of the Quorum) pall, by this yltl and the faid Statute of H. 8. and KS4&
CommiJJion, have Power to make Laws, Ordinances, and Decrees, within the %y t '„ r i, e
faid County, for the Redrefs and Saving of Grounds therefrom Hurt and De- CcftiwHiHon-
Jlrutiton
4 1 6 Sewers.
ers of Sew- J} raft ion by Reafon of Sand riling out of the Sea and driven to Land by
crs to reform Storms anf j Winds, as they may do by the faid former Aft and Commiffion,
Hurt and f or avoiding the Outrageous Courfe and Rage of the Sea and other Waters.
Ntt/.Trne by
reafon of the Sand rifn? out of the Sea, and driven to Land by Storms and U r inds. And therefore this Spe-
cial Provision is made for the County of Glamorgan. 4 Inft. 2; 5, 276.
ThcGmmif- 8. 1 3 Eliz. 9. S. i. Enacts, That all Commi (lions of Sewers pall conti-
/iMiof Sewers nue i n f or ce for 10 Years after the Date thereof, unleis they be repealed by
Death el tie a New Commifjion or Supersedeas. And that all Laws, Ordinances, and
A«.£, and Conffitutions, duly made according to the Statute of 23 H. 8. 5. and writ-
does not [in ten in Parchment indented, under the Seals of the Ccmmifjioners, or 6 of
men. Cafe] them, (whereof one Part f hall remain with the Clerk of the Commiffion, and the
Years from V^et "' f nc ^ Place as the Commiffioners, or 6 of them, fh all appoint) Hull,
the Granting without any Certificate to be made into the Chancery, and without the King's