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London, England, 1802-08-27 00:00:00

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At the ANNUAL GEN EIZ,AL SESSION of the PEACE,
held pursuant to the Statike, at the'New Court House, in
Preston, in and for the County -l!alatint of,.,LAneaster, the
tat Day of July, in the std 1 ear of 'King: George the
' Third's Reign ;
RESOLVED, That 'it appe.ars to • this: Court,
• that lay an Aa.of P-arliament passed-• year
Of the Reign of HIS late Majesty Icsis,g Charit\i. I ...entith led
" An Additional ACt for the better repairing,of 'flighways
and Bridges," a-Power waa
.g.iven to the usti'ees' ofrheCes'ii
ty of.Lancasteiforthe term .Of Ten Years, fo_b4sit4,,c,:ournty
anol Hundred Bridges where such Bridges were Wanted
--ivhicis said ACt was fully executed, -and the Bridge-Estahfithr.-
ment oFthe County kosai sled, stria' tered. and .klictisrurhtql
ill a Decision made us the C'oturcif King's liesuch, called the
plusburn Bech Case, gave occasion for Bridges to be built by
subscription, without the .coasent or.kpr.lecigc:of the Conn-
ty, wherever the Persons' associated chose to red them,
which were built ip so imperlea a•anatiner. as soon to be-
come ruinous, and the County has., lvsen tbaclem,sub.kel to.
many Bill's of Incriarnint-l'or.- no't
BridgeS so ereCleiL As a remedy for tisesaltatscs, matiron,a,.
Judicial Decision, the County oireresistltearuiegcd labses to
'he inserted in the General Bridge.
Paßialtient,-Which will shear that the
to assist in the ere4ing of:Nei.v- Bridges where they
really- yan ter:, fro rn tlte..4 our,late and-the
port of the Committee of the 'House' of Conine's& aoiltaits.
the -following Clause :—" Resolved; fllat it is tlt opirs ion;of.
this Committee, that Counties should not lae,hodnd instin-
tain and repair. ahy Bridgelierellter Lietinitt;'sia,•ss
Justices, in General Quarter Sessions assembled; slsoulsl.4l-e.,..
terming that,such Bridgels.necessary.to be.built tbr4heptir-.
poses.of the Public, and should consent thereto.'':-Hrhe prol,
gress ot the 'General - 'Bridge 'Bill. -Wits.- tu.s.pend&l fcir •two'
months by a: Yoteof:the. House.of -Peers oft t roth ot Juste
last; on the revival of this is the request O • this
-Conrt that the Law respetting. the.eredion • Of-. New Bridges
should be'setticd, eitheron..tlie Report:of the •Conpaiittee of
the House or commons,hr on the annexed Clauses,- so
_that ir may be made to depend man .Act of thetegishisfure,
.ancfnot on a Judicial Decision. - ' •
T he. C lau Sea. refeqed to by the above Resolution :• •
' Be it•enaeled, That when the.lnliabitants aridLancl
ersof arty' Part or D'istriCt in alt)-County, find the .i.vantft he
accommodation of a.:Briclge over any River ori-Irixak. in sat:A
District, they may Assemble and cutter into a Subscription fur •
defraying the expence rorbuildine the intended Bridge, and
-may prepare a Petition 'to' be .presented to the Justices--:of
such County, ,at a General Session to be holders for such
. County, and 'for the County• Palatine of .Lancaster at the
Annual General Session, praying that the proposed Bridge..
may be built; and the -said Justices approving of the said
SUbscription.and Petition, may transmit the Subscription to
the 1 reasurer of such County, who shall, and is hereby di-
retied,-to place the Money so subscribed lo.the use
County ; and it shall be, lawful for the Said
direct the Surveyor of. the Public Works of such Co-,-
ty. to build. a Bridge, as request.'d by the sail ..Petition,
proper for.,the accommodation of, the Subserib.r.s, and for
Public Use, at the expence of such County, aided by
the said Subseription, which shall hereafter be deemed and.
taken to he a County Bridge ; and no'Bridge built ntherwise
than tinder' the above Regulations 1-where none had been be=
fore erected) shall be deemed or taken to be a County or Hun-
dred Bridge, any Law, Usage, or Custom to theeontrary.
notwithstanding.
--Be it enact:A, that when the intended New Bridge is de-
sired-to-be bu, It over any Stream or River-dividing t woCcrun-
ties, the ,INfeeting, Petition and Subscription of the Persons
.desirni.g the same, '4iall be held and made in the same Man-
ner As us directed by tire atOresaid,Clausa, -and a Duplicate of
the said Petition and Subscription shall be presented to the
justices of each' of such' Counties, 'at' a deneral Session as
aforesaid, and tor the County Palatine of LaneAs,ter, at the
Annual General Session., andif approved or by-both, it shall
be lawful for the Magistrates assembled at'such Session to
boloWilos On 2--
Moiety of the N;;:tof.: -p..sct to I lie. f.:s,-tr.krvt..---
Triasurers, shall cause the said Bridge-to he.buth under the
same Regulations, ••Conditions and - PrOvi sions, that- are• di-
rected to be observed by the Clause above-mentioned where
the Bridge stands wholly within one County. '
By' idol ot' Court,
• E. GORST,
Dep: Clerk of the Peace for Lancashire,

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