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Rye and Derwent Drainage. 



" Letters of approval have likewise been received from 

 Lord Feversham. T. Barstow, Esq. J. Munby, Esq., on behalf 



Sir G. Strickland, Bart., G. Osbaldeston, Esq. of Mr. Stapylton's Es- 



M.P. H. J. Leslie, Esq. tate. 



A. J. B. Creswell, Esq. D. W. Nell, Esq. T. Varley, Esq., &c. 8cc. 



W. RuTSON, Esq. 



" Lord Morpeth having been called to the chair, 

 It was unanimously resolved — 



" 1st. That this meeting is of opinion that a more efficient system of draining the 

 Vales of the Rye and Derwent is highly expedient. 



" 2nd. This meeting being of opinion that the only effectual means of accom- 

 plishing the above object is the removal of the mill-dams in the Rye and Derwent, 

 so as to aiford the proprietors greater facilities for draining their own lands. 

 Resolved, That steps be immediately taken for the purchase of the mill and water 

 rights, and removal of the dams in the above rivers. 



" 3rd. That an Act of Parliament be applied for in the next Session. 



" 4th. That this meeting form itself into a pei-manent Committee (with power to 

 add to its number) for the purpose of taking the necessary measures for carrying 

 the f above resolutions into effect, — and that five be a quorum for transacting 

 business. 



" .5th. That a sub-committee, consisting of the following gentlemen, be appointed 

 to direct the general business of the project, and to report from time to time to the 

 general Committee : — 



William Allen, Esq. John Henderson, Esq. 



Mr. Abbey. A. Simpson, Esq. 



W. C. Copperthwaite, Esq. Mr. Sterriker. 



Thomas DonkiNj Esq. Thomas Walker, Esq. 



" 6th. That Messrs. Smithson and Jackson, and Messrs. Donner and Woodall, 

 be appointed joint Solicitors." 



" (Copy.) No. 3. 



" Specification for Surveying, Mapping, supplying Books of Reference, taking 

 the requisite Levels, and furnishing Sections thereof, and ascertaining the 

 Limits and Boundary Lines of the Lands within the jurisdiction of the 

 Commissioners appointed, under an Act of the 9 & 10 Victoria, Session 

 1846, for Improving the Drainage of the Valleys Rye and Derwent, in 

 the North and East Ridings of the County of York. 



" Survey and Maps. 

 *' 1st. That the surveyor contracting for the work shall connect the whole of the 

 lands affected by this drainage by a system of base lines similar to those recom- 

 mended by Captain Dawson, of the Tithe Commutation Office ; and that he shall 

 now survey in detail within the immediate vicinity (say, one field from the water- 

 course; on each side) of the rivers Rye and Derwent, and other important water- 

 courses, and wherever the valuers may point out to him as being advisable, and by 

 plotting this survey of the main lines and detailed survey of the rivers and their 

 vicinities, he will then form a framework by which he may fit the whole together. 

 He shall not make use of any existing plans or documents for this part of the work, 

 except a copy of the Ordnance survey, but use accurate existing commutation and 

 other maps of that portion of the lands more remote from the chief watercourses, 

 and by fitting them on to the above framework he will be able to judge of their 

 accuracy. This original map must be at a scale of 4 chains to 1 inch, and drawn 

 on the best drawing-paper, mounted on linen and bound. The base lines of the 

 survey must be shown on this map in faint red lines, and numbered to correspond 

 with the field-books, which, together with all the field-books of the parts newly 

 surveyed, must be delivered up to the valuers at the same time as the maps, in the 

 same manner as in the Tithe Commutation. The field-books must be perfectly 

 plain and capable of being scrutinized by the valuers, or whom they may appoint. 

 This map must represent the boundaries of all parishes and townships, and state 

 the names of each ; it must show the boundaries of each field or parcel of property, 

 roads, watercourses, mills, mill-dams, shoals, buildings, doughs, &c., with their 



