Minehead Harbour Act 1700

V. Trustees to make Rules, &c. for collecting and disposing of Duties.

Duties paid to a Collector appointed by the Trustees; Collectors to pay according to Appointment of Trustees.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Trustees for the Time being or the major Part of them shall have full Power and Authority [X1 and] are hereby authorized and impowered to make such Orders and [X2 Directions] and give such Directions for the collecting recieving and disposing the said Sums of Money and Duties as they shall think most necessary and conducing to the End for which the same are hereby given And all and every the Sums of Money and Duties before mentioned shall from time to time be paid to and collected and recieved by such Person and Persons as by a Writing under the Hands and Seals of the said Trustees for the Time being or the major Part of them shall from time to time be nominated and appointed And the Person and Persons so to be appointed to collect the said Duties shall pay and dispose thereof to such Person and Persons in such Manner and Proportions as the said Trustees X3 or the major Part of them [X4 for the Time being] shall direct and appoint and to no other Use Intent or Purpose whatsoever

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.

X2 Rules O. & King's Printer's Copy.

X3 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: for the Time being O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X4 O. Omits.