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perty in the townfhip is perhaps his all, 

 has little or no weight in regulating the 

 claufes of the act of Parliament, has 

 feldom if ever an opportunity of putting 

 a fingle one in the bill favourable to his 

 -rights, and has as little influence in the 

 choice of commiffioners ; and of confe- 

 quence, they have feldom any great in- 

 ducement to be attentive , to his intereft ; 

 fome recent inftances of which I have heard 

 of. 



II. Any proprietor pofTefling a fifth of 

 the manor, parifh, lordfhip, &c. to be in- 

 clofed, has the right of a negative upon 

 the meafure, confeqtiently the poorer pro- 

 prietors are often obliged to afl'ent to un- 

 reafonable claufes, rather than give up all 

 the advantages they hope from the inclo- 

 fure. 



III. The attorney delivers his bill to the 

 commiffioners, who pay him and themfelves 

 without producing any account, and in 

 what manner they pleafe. Is it therefore 

 any wonder, that the expences previous 

 to the actual incloiing the ground are very 

 frequently (unlefs where the townfhip is 

 very imall) from 1800 /. to 2000 /. all 

 which is levied and expended by the com- 

 miflioners abfolutely, and without controul. 

 To this extravagant expence add, that 

 attending the inclofure itielf, the making 



the 



