IV.Seven Commissioners may assess, by a yearly Pound Rate, Persons claiming to have Right of Common upon the said Moor.

Seven Commissioners may appoint Collectors, &c. who may levy by Distress, in Default of Payment; Appeal from Rate to Commissioners, which Three who signed may determine.

And be it further enacted That for keeping and preserving all the Cuts Brooks and Roynes which now are or by virtue of this Act shall be made in the said Moor open and clean from time to time for ever hereafter It shall and may be lawfull for the said Commissioners or any Seaven or more of them from time to time yearely as there shall be Need and Occasion to assesse and to rate by an equall Pound Rate confirmed by the said Commissioners or any Seaven or more of them under their Hands and Seales all and every such Person and Persons Bodies Politick and Corporate or Collegiate who have and claime to have Right in or Common upon or Benefit by the said Moor and no others for and in respect of such their Right Common or Benefit not exceeding Two Pence in the Pound in any one Yeare and by Warrant from the said Commissioners or any Seaven or more of them under their Hands and Seales to appoint such and so many Collectors and Receivers as to them shall seeme meet and convenient and by like Warrant to impower the said Collectors or Receivers respectively to levy the said Rates and Assessments by distresse of the Goods or Chattells of such Person or Persons who shall refuse to pay the same and in default of Payment within Ten Daies by Sale of the same rendring the Overplus to the Party so refusing after all necessary Charges deducted for such Distresse and keeping such Goods or Chattells and in case any Person or Persons shall find him her or themselves agrieved by such Rate and Assessment it shall and may be lawfull for such Person or Persons within Six Daies after such Rate or Assessment demanded to appeale to the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them who signed the said Rate or Warrant who are and have hereby Power upon Examination and due Consideration of what shall be urged or objected in relation thereunto to abate or lessen the same as to them shall seeme convenient