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From about \ The series of private Acts of Parliament re- 

 1700 to t ferred to in the text for the enclosure of 

 1845 / particular areas ............... 124 



1801 41 George III, c. 109. A general Enclosure Act : 

 directed to simplifying the provisions of private 

 enclosure acts and facilitating procedure ...... 124 



1836 6 & 7 William IV, c. 115. Authorized enclosure 

 without special private legislation, if two-thirds of 

 persons interested agreed ............ 124 



1845 8 & 9 Victoria, c. 118. Authorized enclosures by 

 award of commissioners, under the supervision of an 

 authority entitled the Inclosure Commissioners, whose 

 duties have been since transferred to the Board of 

 Agriculture .................. 124 



l &*fi 39 & 4 Victoria, c. 56. Directed Inclosure Com- 

 missioners not to proceed with enclosure in any 

 case unless they deemed it to be of benefit to the 

 neighbourhood. 



1893 56 & 57 Victoria, c. 57. Put a stop to enclosures 

 under Statutes of Merton and Westminster save with 

 consent of Board of Agriculture. 



1899 62 & 63 Victoria, c. 30. Made further provisions for 

 the regulation and preservation of commons. 



IV. STATUTES RELATING TO DEPOPULA- 

 TION, TILLAGE, AND ENCLOSURE 

 PASSED IN THE XVxn AND XVlTH 

 CENTURIES 



All the statutes given below follow the same general 

 lines (see p. 84). They are of special interest from the 

 descriptions of rural conditions set out in the recitals of 

 the acts. 



1487 4 Henry VII, c. 19. The first of the series of acts 



or passed to check the evils arising from the decay of 



1489 tillage and the destruction of villages. It describes 



conditions, and orders that remedial measures should 



be taken. 

 1514 6 Henry VIII, c. 5. A temporary act 



