OF NT MiAI E=ClO A CHE §. 
the ufe of tl: farmers and the carriers, but alfo for the luxury of 
_ carriages, 
In this {tate they were found at the introduction of mail- 
coaches. Thefe foon occafioned the fuppreffion of the common 
{tages, and deprived us at once of forty pounds of annual. in- 
come. In the year 1789, a perfon was sent from the general 
poft-office to furvey the roads. From his report, and by the 
orders of the poft-office, indictments were preferred at the great 
feffions at Mold, againft the whole extent of road in the narrow 
but long county of Fiimt. In fome inftances, I fear the grand 
jury made a ftrain of their confciences in finding the bills; for 
fome of the indiéted places were in moft admirable repair. But 
we were unwilling to obftruét any thing that tended to promote 
the public good. 
Fines to the amount of 1200/. were impofed on the feveral 
townfhips, many of which were very fmall, and the inhabitants 
compofed of fmall farmers, and laborers, poor and diftrefied 
to the higheft degree. 
Two of thefe townfhips had a great extent of road, and only 
a few labourers, and a few miferable teams, to perform their fta- 
tute duty. One of thefe townfhips, terrified with the profpec 
of ruin, by the execution of the /wmmum jus, performed twenty- 
two days duty upon the road. The other townfhip had only a 
fingle farmer living in it, who performed a duty of twenty-eight 
days. 
Tue vaft expences which the commiffioners had been at in 
the repairs of the roads, had almoft exhaufted the credit, in 
fome totally; fo that at prefent s50/. cannot be obtained for 
400/, worth of our parchment fecurities. 
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