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Constitution Row in the said Parish and County
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That by an act of Parliament made in the thirteenth year of the
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Reign of His present Majesty King George the third Intituled and Act
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to explain amend and reduce into one Act of Parliament the General Laws
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now in being for regulating the Turnpike Roads in that part of Great
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enacted That it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees of any particular
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Turnpike Act or any seven or more of them at a Public Meeting to let to Farm
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the Tolls of the several Gates erected upon their respective Turnpike Roads in
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she Manner therein after mentioned although no express Power shall have
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been given by such Turnpike Act for that Purpose and that whenever any
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Tolls should be let to Farm by virtue of the Power given by that or any other
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is to say The Trustees should cause Notice to be given of the Time and Place
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for letting the same at least one Month before the Day to be appointed for that
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Purpose by Affixing the same upon every Toll Gate belonging to such Turnpike
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Road, And also upon the Market Cross of the Market Town nearest to the
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Place where the said Tolls are to be let and also in some publick News paper
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circulated in that part of the Country and specifying in every such Notice the
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Sum which the said Tolls produced in the preceeding Year clear of the Salary
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for collecting the same (in case any hired collector was appointed) And that
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they would let such Tolls by Auction to the best bidder on his producing
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sufficient Sureties for Payment of the Money Monthly or Quarterly as should
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