THE CHRONICLE. 
also a duplicate, of the map or plan’ 
so to be deposited at the office of 
the Clerk of the Peace, as afore- 
said. 
Resolved, That, whenever any pe- 
tition is presented to the House for 
making, varying, or altering, any 
such cut, canal, or aqueduct, as 
aforesaid, or making or improving 
the navigation of a river, there be 
annexed to the said petition an esti- 
mate of the proposed expence of 
such undertaking (in cases where 
provision is intended to be made 
for raising money to defray such 
expence) such estimate to be signed 
by the person or persons making 
the same: And, if such money is 
proposed to be raised by subscrip- 
tion, that there be also annexed to 
the said petition, an account of the 
money subscribed for that purpose, 
and the names of the subscribers, 
with the sums by them subscribed 
respectively. 
Resolved, That, whenever any pe- 
tition has ‘been presented to ‘the 
House for the purposes aforesaid, or 
any or either of them, the commit- 
tee to whom such petition shall be 
referred, do examine, in the first 
place, how far the orders contained 
in the preceding resolutions have 
been complied with, ‘and do report 
the same at the time when they 
report the matter of any such pe- 
tition, as it shall appear to them, to 
the House. 
Resolved, -That the Clerks of the 
Peace, or their respective deputies, 
do make a memoria), in writing, 
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upon ‘the plan and\book of refer- 
ence deposited with them in manner 
aforesaid, denoting the time at 
which the same was lodged in. their 
respective offices; and do, at all 
seasonable hours of the day, permit 
any person to view and examine the 
same, and to make copies or ex- 
tracts therefrom, such persons pay 
ing for the same the usual and ac- 
customed fees paid to such Clerks 
of the Peace, for the inspection 
and copying of, or making extracts 
from, records in their respective 
offices. f 
Resolved, That, in all bills pre- 
sented tothe House forany or either 
of the purposes aforesaid, provision 
be made for.compelling the persons 
who have subscribed towards carry- 
ing any such work into execution, 
to make payment of the sums seve- 
rally subscribed by them ; and also 
to oblige the commissioners or trus- 
tees to.take sufficient security from 
their treasurer,receiver,or collector, 
for the faithful execution of his 
office. 
Ordered, That the last nine ofthe 
said resolutions be made standing 
orders. of this House. 
Ordered, That the said several re- 
solutions be printed ; and that co- 
pies thereof be sent to the sheriffs 
of the several counties of Great 
Britain, and also to the Clerks of 
the Peace within England and 
Wales; and that the said Sheriffs 
do take care that copies of the same 
be published and distributed within 
their respective counties. 
J. HATSELL, 
Cl. Dom. Com. 
State 
