Yarmouth Haven and Pier Repairs (Duties) Act 1670

IX. Ten Persons to be chosen at Times herein mentioned, to contract with Workmen for the Repair of the Haven.

If Five or more of them do not contract before 25th Dec. next, Repairs to be ordered by Corporation.

And to the end the Haven and Peere aforesaid may be repaired and maintained with as much thrift and good husbandry as may consist with the effectuall and substantiall performance thereof, and that all partyes who are by this Act made contributary to the same may be satisfied therein; Bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That at the next Quarter Sessions which shall be after the first day of May next holden at the Castle of Norwich there shall be three persons chosen by the Justices of the Peace at [the said Quarter Sessions for the County of Norffolke, and the like number shall bee chosen at the aforesaid Quarter Sessions to be holden at Beckles for the County of Suffolke, as alsoe, two persons shall be chosen by the Citty of Norwich and two by the Towne of Great Yarmouth aforesaid in such manner as is in this Act before directed who are hereby authorized and required to meete at Great Yarmouth on or before the Twenty nineth day of September next, and to adjourne to such further time or times place or places as occasion shall require, which ten persons chosen as aforesaid or any five or more of them meeting as aforesaid upon consideration and examination upon Oath (which Oath they or any five of them have hereby power to administer) to be had of the present state of the Haven and Peere aforesaid and of the repaire necessary to the same are hereby authorized and impowered to treate and contract with any person or persons (whom they shall thinke fitly qualifyed for the undertakeing the Repaire aforesaid and capable sufficiently to secure the performance thereof) concerning the present Repaire of the said Haven and Peere and maintaining the same in good repaire for the space of seaven yeares and to be obliged at the determination thereof to leave the same in good and sufficient repaire in such manner and under such Covenants and Conditions as they shall thinke fitt, And if the said [X1 ten] persons aforesaid or any five or more of them shall finde it convenient to make any such Contract as aforesaid before the Five and twentyeth day of December next ensueing then the Imposition authorized by this Act to be leavyed as aforesaid upon Goods unladen in the Port of Great Yarmouth shall be continued noe longer then till the summe necessary for performance of such Contract together with the necessary Charges for leavying the same to be accounted and allowed as aforesaid shall be raised and paid, but if the said ten persons or any five or more of them as aforesaid thereunto appointed by this Act shall not make and conclude a Contract for the repaireing and maintaining the said Haven and Peere as is hereby directed before the Five and twentyeth day of December next ensueing then the same shall be repaired by the direction and care of the Bayliffes, Aldermen, Burgesses and Commonaltie of the said Towne of Great Yarmouth in Common Councell assembled for the time being, and the money raised and leavyed by vertue of this Act shall be accounted for as in the former part of this Act is directed and as if noe mention had beene made of any Bargaine or Contract to be made for the performance thereof.

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X1 interlined on the Roll.