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the fanftion of a fliort fummary law to bind their 

 agreement. This would infenfibly lead to a vaft field 

 of improvement. Something of this fort was lately 

 attempted, but not carried through, and perhaps 

 there might be fomething exceptionable 'in the plan. 

 It is however to be wiflied, that fome member of the 

 Houfe of Commons would confider the magnitude 

 and importance of the obje£l, and bring it forward 

 again. If fuch an attempt be made upon found and 

 rational principles, I flatter myfelf the prefent miniftry 

 would not be againfl its introduction; nor, I truft, 

 at a lofs to find the means of removing one of the 

 principal objeftions to the prefent mode of inclofing, 

 namely, the great expence when a bill is folicited ; 

 which always operates as a powerful difcouragemenc 

 to undertakings of this fort, and fometimes fets them 

 wholly afide ; efpecially as the fees are double if 

 another parifli has the fmalleft fhare in the emolu- 

 ments, though the trouble to thofe who pafs the aft 

 is not doubled by it. But this is not all the difcou- 

 ragement ; for in the courfe of obtaining the bill, 

 the evidence mud go up to town, and attend a Com- 

 mittee of the Commons, afterwards be fworn at the 

 bar of the Lords, and attend their Committee alfo : 

 and as thefe attendances are often at intervals con- 

 fiderably diftant from each other, the evidence mud 

 all this time be either fupported in town at a great 

 expence, or make three or four journies ; and as 

 this fort of evidence is generally given by profefiional 



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