[from Mills' Statutes, 1821]

SINCE THE REVESTMENT.

L.S. ISLE OF MAN, to wit.

An Act for the better making, repairing, and amending of the Highways, the draining of Fens and marshy Grounds, the making of Stone Walls and other Boundaries, and for the more effectually preventing of Trespasses.

WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for carrying into Execution a Contract made pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the twelfth of his late Majesty King George the First between the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury and the Duke and Duchess of Atholl, the Proprietors of the Isle of Mann, and their Trustees, for the Purchase of the said Island and its Dependencies, under certain Exceptions therein particularly mentioned," the said Island, Castle Peele, and Lordship of Mann, and all the Islands and Lordships to the said Island of Mann appertaining, together with the Royalties, Regalities, Franchises, and Liberties to the same belonging, became vested in his Majesty, his Heirs, and Successors; and whereas since the passing of the said Act, his Majesty has been most graciously pleased to grant his Royal Leave and Permission for the re-enacting of certain temporary Acts of Tynwald heretofore made by the Lord Proprietor, the Governor, Council, and Keys, for the interior Government and Police of the said [346] Isle and whereas an Act of Tynwald made in the Year one thousand seven hundred and twelve, intituled, "An Act for the repairing the Highways within this Island," having been found ineffectual and insufficient, it became necessary to alter, amend, and in Part repeal the same; and by an Act of Tynwald made in the Year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, intituled, "An Act for the better repairing and amending of the Highways within this Island, and to lay an additional Charge upon Public-house Licences," the said Act of one thousand seven hundred and twelve was accordingly altered, amended, and in Part repealed; which said Act of the Year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three is now near expiring; and whereas the said Act of one thousand seven hundred and twelve being a perpetual Act, will, upon the Expiration of the said Act of one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three become revived.

In order to prevent the same, and to carry the Design of the last-mentioned Act more effectually into Execution, and also to comprise the Law relating to the Improvement of the Public Highways throughout this Isle in one Act, it becomes necessary wholly to repeal the said Act of one thousand seven hundred and twelve. We, therefore, the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Keys of the Isle of Mann in Tynwald assembled, do, by and with the Permission of the King's Most Excellent Majesty, ordain and enact, and be it by the Permission and Authority aforesaid hereby ordained and enacted, That the said Act made in the Year one thousand seven hundred and twelve be repealed, and that within one Month next after the Promulgation of this Act, and so, from Time to Time afterwards as shall become necessary, the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, with the Council and Keys, shall nominate, authorize, and appoint a Committee for putting this Act in Execution, consisting of five Persons; and if it shall appear to the said Committee necessary or commodious for the Public to mark and cut through the Lands of any Person or Persons for the Purpose of making a new Highway, or amending and improving any Highway already made, the said Committee, or a Majority of them, shall have full Power and Authority from Time to Time to survey, and lay out the Ground for the making and improving of such Highways, and to give such Orders, Directions, and Instructions in Writing for the laying out, making, and compleating such Highways as to them, or a Majority of them, shall appear necessary; provided that the said Highways be not [347] cut through any House, Garden, Orchard, or Yard severally adjoining, or near unto any Dwelling-house, and that the Owner or Owners of such Lands through which such new Highways shall be made, shall receive such reasonable Satisfaction for Damages as the said Committee, or a Majority of them, shall award and adjudge.

And it is further ordered, That the said Committee, or a Majority of them, shall have at all Times hereafter full Power and Authority to give the old Highways to such Owner or Owners of the Lands through which the new Highways shall be made, so far as the same adjoins their respective Properties, in lieu of or in Part Satisfaction for the said new Highways, and the Damages arising to such Owner or Owners thereby; and that the said Committee, or a Majority of them, appointed as aforesaid, shall annually settle and adjust all Accounts, Sum and Sums of Money, Receipts and Disbursements to be levied, paid, and expended by virtue of this Act. And that the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of the said Isle shall and may from Time to Time, by Writing under his Hand and Seal, nominate and appoint one or more fit Person or Persons to be Surveyor or Surveyors General of the Highways to act for and under the said Committee, with Power to view and survey the making of Highways, to be laid out, amended, and compleated by Virtue and in Pursuance hereof; and also to give the necessary Directions to the several parochial Surveyors of the Highways hereinafter appointed in the Execution of their Duty under this Act, and to procure and employ Workmen, Horses, Implements, Materials, and other Necessaries for such Purposes, as he or they shall find needful.

And it is hereby further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That the Coroners within the said Isle shall, when thereunto required by a Surveyor General, return to him the Names of proper Persons to serve as parochial Surveyors of Highways within the several and respective Parishes; which parochial Surveyors are to be approved of by a Surveyor General, as also by a Deemster, who is hereby ordered and directed to swear such parochial Surveyors into Office after being so approved of; and in case any Person so returned and approved of as aforesaid shall refuse to take upon him the Office of parochial Surveyor as aforesaid, that such Person or Persons so refusing shall for every Offence forfeit the Sum of one Pound, and thereupon the Coroner shall return as aforesaid another Person or Per- [348] sons to execute the said Office, who are severally and respectively to be approved of and sworn in Manner before prescribed; and that each and every parochial Surveyor shall, within one Month next after his being sworn into Office as aforesaid, duly survey and examine the State and Condition of the several Highways and Bridges within his and their respective District or Districts; and in case any of the said Highways or Bridges shall be found to be out of Repair, that such parochial Surveyor shall report the same to a Surveyor General; and when and as often as any of the said Highways shall he ordered to be made, altered, or repaired, the said parochial Surveyors shall summon the several Land Owners and others compellable to perform their Parish Labour in Manner hereinafter directed; and that the said parochial Surveyors shall take due Care of and be accountable for all Utensils, Tools, and other Implements provided for the Use of the said Highways.

And be it further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That the Proprietor, or Occupier of each and every Quarterland or Baron Land, by Estimation computed to be equal to a Quarterland, shall, upon two Days previous Notice given by Summons to such Proprietor or Occupier, send four Men, and so in Proportion, to be employed in the making, altering, or repairing of the said Highways; and that all other Proprietors or Occupiers of Dwelling-houses that are or may be situate on Quarterlands or Baron Lands, so that the Premises do not pay more than one fourth Part of the Chief Rent of such Quarter or Baron Land, shall send one Man; and that all Proprietor, or Occupiers of Dwelling-houses or Cottages or Intacks, not exceeding two Shillings original Chief Rent, shall send one Man; and that all and every Proprietor of each and every Cottage or Intack, from two Shillings to seven Shillings and Sixpence original Chief Rent, whether such Cottage or Intack be dwelt upon or not, shall send one Man; and that all and every Proprietor or Occupier of Intacks, from seven Shillings and Sixpence to fifteen Shillings of such original Chief Rent, shall send two Men; and that the Proprietors or Occupiers of each and every Intack, from fifteen Shillings to one Pound two Shillings and Sixpence of such original Chief Rent, shall send three Men; and that all and every Proprietor or Occupier of Intacks, from one Pound two Shillings and Sixpence to one Pound ten Shillings, (which original Rent of one Pound ten Shillings is to be deemed equal to a [349] Quarterland), shall send four Men; and so on for Intacks of greater Rents in the same Proportion.

And whenever it shall at any Time be found necessary to employ Carts or Wheel Carrs for the Use of the said Highways, that all and every Person or Persons having in their Possession or Occupation one or more Carts or Wheel Carrs fit for the carrying of Stones, Gravel, or other necessary Materials, being so summoned as aforesaid for that Purpose, shall send one such Cart or Wheel Carr, with an able and sufficient Horse or Horses and Driver, to and for the Use of the said Highways; and that one Day's Labour of such Cart, with two such able and sufficient Horses and Driver, shall be deemed and taken for one Turn, or four Men; and one Day's Labour of a Cart or Wheel Carr, with one Horse and Driver, shall be deemed and taken for two Men; and that the several parochial Surveyors shall give such Notice as aforesaid by Summons within their respective Parishes to the Inhabitants or Proprietors in a regular Course, without Favour or Partiality, to attend, make, and perform such Labour in Manner hereinbefore directed; and that such Labour done by the several Inhabitants or Proprietors throughout and within each Parish in Rotation, shall be deemed a Turn of such Statute or parochial Labour; which Labour is hereby ordered to be made and performed in Rotation and Course as aforesaid as often as Occasion may require, so that such Labour doth not exceed three Turns in one Year. And in case any Person or Persons so summoned as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to perform the said Statute Labour, that the parochial Surveyor or Surveyors shall thereupon forthwith make Presentment of such Default, and cause the Party to be summoned before the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or a Deemster, and the Party so offending shall, upon Conviction, be obliged to pay for and on Account of each and every Labourer so neglecting to attend for each and every Default the Sum of one Shilling; and for each and every Default in not sending such Cart or Carts, Carr or Carrs, with Horses and Drivers as aforesaid, the Sum of two Shillings, and Sixpence, to be levied, by Distress or Execution, with Costs.

And be it further enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Surveyor General or parochial Surveyors, and such Person or Persons as he or they shall appoint, to dig, gather, take, and carry away, in and through the Lands of any Per- [350] son or Persons whatsoever, any Stones, Gravel, Sand, or other Materials, in, from, and out of any Lands adjacent, or near unto the said Highways where it may be most proper and convenient for the Use of the said Highways, save and except Gardens, Orchards, and Yards severally adjoining, or near unto any Dwelling-house, so as the least Damage to the Proprietors of such Lands be thereby occasioned, and also to make Ditches and Drains in and through the Lands next adjoining to the said Highways, for the carrying off the Waters lying thereon; and the said Ditches and Drains are, when made, to be kept properly cleansed and open by the Proprietors of the Lands through which the same are to be made as aforesaid.

And whereas the Statute Labour having been hitherto found insufficient for the making, repairing, and amending the said Highways, it is hereby further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That the additional Sum of nine Shillings and Ninepence imposed upon the Publick-house Licences in and by the said Act of one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three shall continue to be yearly paid into the Hands of the Clerk of the Rolls for the Time being, for each and every Licence which the Governor .or Lieutenant Governor shall think proper and expedient to grant; the Whole of which said several Sums so continued to be payable, and to arise from such Licences as aforesaid, shall be so paid to the Clerk of the Rolls as a Fund to be applied in the making, repairing, and amending of said Highways in such Manner as shall be ordered and directed by the ,Governor or Lieutenant Governor, with the Council and Keys, or a Committee to be by them appointed as aforesaid.

And whereas by an Act of Tynwald made in the Year one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, which is now expired, the annual Payment of certain Sums of Money were imposed upon the Owners or Keepers of Dogs, and the Fund arising therefrom. was applied towards the making and repairing of' the said Highways, and which, together with the Fund arising from Publick-house Licences hereinbefore mentioned, was found barely sufficient to answer the Purpose for which the same were levied; be it therefore ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That all and every Person and Persons having, keeping, or making Use of any Greyhound or half-bred Greyhound, Pointer, or Spaniel, for coursing, pointing, setting, or shooting, or any Dog fit for or that shall be made use of [351] for any of the like Purposes, shall yearly and every Year pay the Sum of six Shillings for each and every such Dog; and that all and every Person or Persons having, keeping, or making Use of as aforesaid any Hound, Beagle, or other Dog whatsoever fit and proper for hunting, or which shall be made use of for that Purpose, shall pay yearly and every Year the Sum of three Shillings for each and every such Dog; and also, that each and every Person or Persons having or keeping any other Dog or Dogs whatsoever, and not used for Diversions, or fit for the killing of Game as aforesaid, shall yearly pay the Sum of Sixpence for each and every such Dog; which said several Sums are to be collected and received by the parochial Surveyor or Surveyors of the Highways in each Parish between the first Day of September and the first Day of March in each and every Year, and that the said several parochial Surveyors shall make out a regular, true, and particular Account in Writing of such Dogs, and by whom kept severally and respectively; which Accounts shall be annually given into and received by the Clerk of the Rolls for the Time being on the first or second Day of May, with such Sums as shall be so levied and collected by the said parochial Surveyor, who are thereupon to be paid for their Trouble in the collecting and paying in the same the Sum of one Shilling in the Pound out of such Money; the Remainder whereof shall be added to the Fund arising out of Publick-house Licences hereinbefore mentioned, and shall be applied to and for the making, altering, and repairing of the said Highways under the Directions hereinbefore provided relative to the said Fund. And in case any Doubt or Dispute shall arise concerning the levying and collecting of the said several Sums so ordered to be paid on Account of such Does as aforesaid, the same shall and are hereby ordered to be heard and finally determined by and before a Deemster; and that the Keys, or any of them, and the Surveyors General and parochial Surveyors severally and respectively, shall have full Power and Authority, upon view, to make Presentment of all Obstructions and Nuisances, or any other Damages wilfully done to the said Highways or to the Mile Stones that are or shall be erected thereon; and the Person or Persons therein offending shall, upon conviction before the Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, or a Deemster, be fined in any Sum, not exceeding the Sum of three Pounds, according to the Circumstances of the Offence, to be levied by Distress or Execution; and in case any Person or [352] Persons shall wilfully and obstinately withstand, obstruct, or hinder the said Committee, Surveyor or Surveyors General, parochial Surveyors, or any of them, or any Person or Persons by them employed for the Purposes of this Act, he, she, or they so offending shall upon Conviction thereof before the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, or a Deemster, be fined in the Sum of three Pounds, and committed until the same be paid; and that the several and respective Fines hereinbefore mentioned shall be paid and applied in the making, repairing, and amending of the said Highways; which said Highways, to be made by virtue and in pursuance of this Act, shall be eight Yards from Ditch to Ditch.

And it is hereby further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That the Highway from Castletown to Douglas shall be continued through Newtown as in and by the Act made in the Year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three is mentioned and directed; and that all and every Surveyor and Surveyors doing and performing their Duty and Office as hereinbefore directed shall, during such their Office, be exempt from all other parochial Services, and shall for their Trouble have and receive at the Discretion of a Surveyor General a Sum not exceeding one Shilling and Twopence each Day in the Discharge of his Duty, without the special Approbation, Direction, and Appointment of the said Committee, who are hereby authorized and impowered to make such reasonable Compensation to the Surveyor or Surveyors General for his or their Trouble and Expence in the Discharge of his or their Duty under and in pursuance of this Act; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Surveyor or Surveyors General, whenever and so often as he or they shall think proper to discharge any parochial Surveyor for Neglect of Duty or Failure in the Execution of such his Office, and another Person in his Place and Stead to nominate and appoint, so that such Person be approved of and sworn into Office as hereinbefore mentioned.

And be it further enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That all Pavements in the several Streets in the Market Towns of the said Isle shall be even and regularly paved to the Middle of the Street by the several and respective Inhabitants or Proprietors adjoining the same, within one Month from and after the Publication of this Act; and that the said Streets and Pavements thereof shall, by Order of the Captain once a Week, be swept clean by the said Inhabitants or Proprietors of each Town, and remain [353] clear of and from all Dung, Filth, Lumber, Rubbish, or other Nuisance whatsoever; and in case any of the Inhabitants or Proprietors aforesaid shall make Default or Neglect therein, the Captain of such Town shall make Presentment thereof, and such Inhabitant shall, upon Conviction before the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Deemster, be amerced in the Fine of ten Shillings, with Costs; and in case any Captain or Captains of Towns shall neglect to make such Presentment, he or they shall, upon Conviction as aforesaid, be fined in the Sum of ten Shillings for every such Neglect, one Half thereof to be paid to the Informer, and the other to be applied as hereinafter directed. And if any Person or Persons shall permit or suffer his, her, or their Pig or Pigs to go at large through the said Streets, and be convicted thereof as aforesaid by the Testimony of one Witness, the Owner or Owners shall be amerced in the Sum of one Shilling and Twopence for each and every such Pig or Pigs so found to go at large through the said Streets as aforesaid, with Costs; Which said several Fines and Amercements last mentioned shall be paid, exclusive of all Costs, and levied as hereinbefore directed, and applied towards the Improvement of the Market Place of such Town wherein the same shall be so levied as aforesaid.

And be it further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That upon the Publication of this Act, or within three Months next afterwards, and so from Time to Time as often as Occasion shall require, Commissioners shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, with the Council and Keys, at a Tynwald Court assembled, consisting of five skilful and proper Persons, with full Power to act according to the Directions, and for the Purposes hereinafter mentioned; and in case any Person or Persons shall have any Fenny, Marshy, or other Grounds overflowed with Water, and shall make Application to the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the said Governor or Lieutenant Governor, upon hearing of the Parties, and good Cause shewn, shall order the said Commissioners, at the Expence of the Party so applying, to view the said Fens, Marshes, or stagnated Waters; and the said Commissioners, or a Majority of them shall, by their Order in Writing, direct and mark out from a proper Level a sufficient and effectual Channel, Cut, Drain, or Outlet, according to the Nature and Situation of the Ground, for the effectually draining of such Fens, Marshes, and carrying off such [354] stagnated Waters; and when and after the said Commissioners have made their Order in the Premises, that the Party so applying shall duly serve the Person or Persons through whose Grounds the said Channel, Cut, Drain, or Outlet is so directed to be made, or who shall in anywise be affected thereby, with a true Copy of the said Order; and in case any such Person or Persons shall find themselves aggrieved by the said Order, such Person or Persons shall be at Liberty to bring his, her, or their Complaint of the said Order in Writing to the Governor or Lieutenant Governor within eight Days after Notice of such Order given as aforesaid, and the Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall thereupon judicially and finally hear and determine the Merits of the said Order and Complaint; and in case no such Complaint shall be preferred within eight Days from and after the Notice of the said Order of the said Commissioners as aforesaid, the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, upon Certificate of such Notice being given, shall and lawfully may direct and adjudge the same to be carried into Execution; and all and every the Proprietors of the Lands through which such Channel, Cut, Drain, or Outlet is so directed to be made, shall, at his, her, or their proper Costs and Charges, make and compleat the same in such Manner as shall be directed in and by the said Order of the said Commissioners. And in case any Person or Persons shall neglect or refuse to comply with the Commissioners Order directed to be carried into Execution as aforesaid, the said Commissioners shall, and lawfully may, by Writing under their Hands, nominate and appoint a proper Overseer effectually to carry on and compleat the said Channel, Cut, Drain, or Outlet through the Lands of such Person or Persons as shall refuse or neglect to obey the said Order; and such Overseer or Overseers appointed as aforesaid shall, upon producing his or their Accounts of the Expences of the said Work, upon Oath before the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, have Judgment and Execution granted against the Person or Persons so neglecting or refusing, for the full Amount thereof, together with an Allowance of one Shilling and Sixpence each Day for overseeing the said Work; and in case any Person or Persons whatsoever shall wilfully obstruct the said Commissioners, Overseers, or other Persons employed by them. in the Discharge of their Duty under this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, upon Certificate thereof to him made by the Commissioners or Over- [355] seers, to order the Offender or Offenders to be committed to Prison, there to remain until he, she, or they give in good and sufficient Security to offer no further Obstruction or Disturbance in the Premises; and in the mean time the said Work shall proceed as if no such Obstruction had been made.

And be it further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That wherever there shall happen to be an insufficient Mere, Fence, or Boundary, any Person or Persons interested in such Boundary, and being desirous to have a sufficient Stone Wall erected in lieu thereof, shall apply to his, her, or their Neighbour or Neighbours to join with them in the making and compleating of such new Stone Wall; and in case such Neighbour or Neighbours shall thereupon not agree to contribute an equal Expence, or otherwise amicably compound or agree for the erecting of the same, it shall and may be lawful for such Person or Persons so desirous of making such Stone Wall Boundary, to apply to a Deemster for his Authority to impannel and swear a Jury of four of the most judicious Men within the Sheading to view the said insufficient Boundary or Fence complained of, who shall view, estimate, and report according to the best of their Judgment, not only what Sum or Sums of Money will be Sufficient to put such old insufficient Boundary into statuteable Repair, but also estimate and report what Charges and Expences may be necessary to support the said old Boundary in statuteable Repair as above mentioned during the Term of ten Years then next following; and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for such Deemster on such Report to grant Judgment and Execution against such disagreeing Party or Partys for one Moiety of such Sum and Sums of Money, Charges, and Expences as shall be so reported by the said Jury; the Amount of which Moiety shall be paid and payable in the Whole, or in such Parts and Portions, and at such Times as to the Deemster shall appear just and reasonable according to the Circumstances of the Case; And that the Party so applying, upon receiving the same, or such Part or Portion thereof as shall be adjudged him as aforesaid, shall, with all convenient Speed, erect a sufficient Stone Wall at the least two Feet four Inches Broad in the Foundation, five Feet in perpendicular Height, and sixteen Inches Broad at such Height, together with proper Coping or projecting Stones to compleat the said Wall; and in case the said old Boundary or Boundaries be crooked, and that the Parties shall not agree on a direct Line in order to make the said [356] Boundary more complete and less expensive, then either or the said Parties may apply to a Deemster, who shall order the Commissioners hereinbefore appointed by this Act, at the Expence of the Parties, to view and survey the said Boundary and Premises, and upon duly considering the Quantity and Quality of the Ground, shall settle the Differences between the Parties, and ascertain the new Mere or Boundary; and in like Manner the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to view, shorten, ascertain, and affix all other Boundaries whatsoever which shall be referred to and come before them in Manner aforesaid.

And it is hereby ordained and enacted, That the said several and respective new Stone Wall and other Boundaries so ascertained and affixed by the said Commissioners, and all such other Stone Wall and other Boundaries as have been or shall be made and erected by Consent of Parties, shall be deemed and adjudged, repaired and amended as the true and lawful Mere and Boundary for ever afterwards.

And be it further ordained and enacted by the Permission and Authority aforesaid, That from and after the Promulgation of this Act, if any Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, Swine, Sheep, Goats, or Geese, shall be found trespassing on inclosed Grounds where the Fences are kept in sufficient Repair, and impounded for the same between the twenty-fifth Day of March and the tenth Day of October in each Year, before any such Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, Swine, Sheep, Goats, or Geese, shall be released, the Owner or Owners thereof shall pay unto the Keeper of the Pinfold after the Rates following. viz. Two Shillings and Twopence for each and every Head of such Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, and Swine, and for every Head of Sheep and Goats Eightpence, and Fourpence for each and every Goose; and for every Head of Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, Swine, Sheep, Goats, and Geese that shall be found trespassing and impounded for the same between the tenth Day of October and the twenty-fifth Day of March in each Year, after the following Rates, viz. For every Head of Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, and Swine, one Shilling and Twopence, for every Head of Sheep and Goats Sixpence, and for every Goose Threepence, and after the Rates last mentioned when such Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, Swine, Sheep, Goats, or Geese shall be impounded from off the Highway adjoining Quarterlands or Baron Lands or inclosed Intacks in any Part of the Year; which said several Sums being so paid to the Keeper of the Pinfold, he is [357] hereby required, after deducting the accustomed Pinfold Fines and Fees, to pay the Remainder thereof to the Person or Persons bringing the said Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, Swine, Sheep, Goats, and Geese to be impounded as aforesaid. And in case any Person or Persons shall obstruct or prevent any Cattle, Horses, Asses, Mules, Swine, Sheep, Goats, or Geese found trespassing as aforesaid from being impounded, such Person or Persons shall, upon Conviction thereof before a Deemster, be adjudged to pay the full Trespass Monies, Fines, and Dues as aforesaid, together with the Sum of ten Shillings, to be expended on the Parish Pinfold, with such Costs to the Party as shall be awarded.

St. James's, June 7th, 1776.

SIR,

I have received your Letter dated the 22d of May, as also the Act of Tynwald for the better making, repairing, and amending of the Highways; the draining of the Fens and Marshy Grounds; the making of Stone Walls and other Boundaries; and for the more effectually preventing of Trespasses; which I have laid before the King. I return the said Act herewith inclosed and am to signify to you His Majesty's Approbation thereof.

I am, with great Truth and Regard,

SIR

Your most obedient humble Servant,

SUFFOLK.

Major DAWSON, Lieut.-Governor of the Isle of Man.

[358] At a Tynwald Court holden at St. John's Chappel the 5th Day of July, in the sixteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six.

The before going Act having received His Majesty's Royal Approbation as hereunto annexed, the same was this Day published, proclaimed, and promulged upon the Tynwald Hill according to the ancient Form and Custom within this Isle; as witness our Subscriptions,