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No Work for the Improvement of a River to be commenced till Declaration made, nor unless Two Thirds of the Proprietors of adjacent Lands to be drained assent.
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XXII. And be it enacted, That no Work for the Improvement of the Navigation of any such River or Part of a River as aforesaid shall be commenced, unless such Declaration as herein-before mentioned shall have been made at the Presentment Session or Sessions of the Barony or Half Barony, Baronies or Half Baronies, which singly or collectively shall, according to the Estimate of the said Commissioners, be liable to contribute Two Thirds or more of the full estimated Expences of improving such Navigation, approving of the proposed Works, and consenting to pay the Expences as aforesaid, and unless a Presentment allowing the same shall have been made by the Grand Jury of the County in which any such Baronies or Half Baronies are situated, or unless some Person shall guarantee or otherwise secure the Payment of such Expences; nor shall any such Works be commenced unless the Proprietors of Two Thirds or more in Extent of the Land proposed to be drained or improved in connexion with such Navigation as aforesaid shall also assent to the Execution thereof in Writing under their Hands respectively.
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