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proportional parts of a plough-gate, he is liable 

 for, agreeably to that option : Declaring always, 

 that all proprietors of land shall have it in their 

 power to make a separate option of the mode of 

 conversion for each particular farm separately 

 possessed by them or their tenants ; and such 

 option shall, in every case, be made in the man- 

 ner most beneficial to the tenant ; and heritors, 

 occupying their own land, shall be liable in the 

 conversion of statute-labour, in the same man- 

 ner as tenants ; the yearly value of the land for 

 a lease of 19 years, to be fixed by two neutral 

 men, the one named by the proprietor, and the 

 other by the trustees ; and this option of the 

 mode of rating the conversion of the plough- 

 gates, both -of proprietor and tenant, the heritor 

 is entitled to make every year. 



It is likewise enacted, that the trustees for the 

 several districts shall appoint surveyors, who are 

 annually to make up and report, upon oath, an 

 exact list of plough-gates, chaises, carts, house- 

 holders, &c. liable in the conversion of the statute- 

 labour ; and the said surveyors, after having as- 

 certained the conversion due by virtue of the 

 act, shall leave with each person so liable, or 

 with his known factor or agent, a note, written 

 and subscribed, specifying the conversion to 

 which he is liable ; and the persons so assessed, 

 in case they shall think themselves aggrieved, 

 shall have power, within ten days from the, date 

 of the said note, to appeal for redress to the 

 next general meeting of the district, whose judg- 

 ment shall be final. N. B. This is a very pro- 

 per clause, as it tends to prevent any person from 

 being surprised or taken at an unawares, by sum- 



