Bristol Roads and Avon and Frome Navigation Act 1698

VIII.

Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty constituted Conservators of the River Avon, as herein mentioned; Persons indicted for Offences, bound over to appear by Recognizance at the next Quarter Sessions.

And whereas the Mayor Burgesses and Commonalty of the City of Bristoll are already Conservators of the River Avon from Tower Harratz above the Bridge of Bristoll to King-Road or Avon-Road and soe downe the River Severne to the Two small Islands called the Stipe-Holme and Flat-Holme Be it hereby enacted That the said Mayor Burgesses and Commonalty and their Successors be and are hereby alsoe made constituted and appointed Conservators of the said River Avon from Tower Harratz aforesaid to Hannams-Mills aforesaid being about Four Miles Eastward of the said City upon the said River And that the said Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held for the said City and County have and are hereby authorized to have and take Cognizance of and to punnish all Nusances Obstructions and Impediments whatsoever committed done or suffered or to be committed done or suffered in or upon the said River Avon from High Watermarke to the Bottom of the said River from Hannam-Mills aforesaid downe to the said City and from thence to the said Port of King-Road or Avon-Road And that every Person and Persons who shall be indicted in the said Court for such Nusances Obstructions or Impediments upon any Part of the said River within the Bounds and Limitts aforesaid upon Notice and Certificate under the Hand and Seale of the Mayor of the said City of the Contents of such Indictments to any Justice or Justices of the Peace of the County where such Offender lives or shall be found such Person or Persons soe indicted shall by the said Justice or Justices be bound over by Recognizance of good Penalty with sufficient Sureties to appeare at the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held for the said City and County of Bristoll to answer to the said Indictment soe found against him