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reclly publiihed, it being the record which 

 proves the refpedfcive properties : and like- 

 wife that their accounts ihould, upon the 

 concluiion of the buiinefs, be regularly 

 arranged under each diltinct head attended 

 by every correfponding voucher, and made 

 public to the inflection of every proprietor; 

 but unfortunately this is lb far from being the 

 cafe, that the time of publiihing the award 

 is greatly procraftinated, and as to accounts 

 they feldom mow any all the particulars 

 of that fort remain for ever a profound 

 fecret, fave the particular fum demanded 

 from each proprietor. That indeed, if they 

 chufe it, they may communicate to each 

 other and be able to form fome judgment 

 of the inequality of particular affeflments, 

 but as there lies no appeal from the award 

 they are generally induced to fit down 

 quietly, though the -difproportion of the 

 allotments and affeiTments mould be gla- 

 ringly confpicuous. 



VI. There is no remedy againft the 

 impofitions or blunders of the commit- 

 fioners, but that which, perhaps, is as bad 

 as the difeafe, 'viz. tiling a bill in chancery ; 

 a remedy, which, in all probability, one or 

 two peribns mult fupport for the good of 

 the whole, but without the afliftance of 

 half. 



Q^2 VII. 



