repealed. Old Piece of Road at Saint Albans given up to Earl Verulam. Old Piece of 6 he should be desirous of purchasing the same, at a fair Valuation to be made as therein mentioned; and in case the said Earl • should not be desirous of purchasing the same, then the said Trustees should sell the same under any of the Regulations contained in the said recited Act, or in any of the Acts therein mentioned applicable thereto for the Sale of Land or Ground not wanted for the Purposes of the said intended new Cut or Piece of Road; and from thenceforth the said Road, Lane and Footways so to be stopped up should no longer be common Highways or Footways, or open to the King's Subjects to travel on or use the same; but the said Road and Lane, and the Ground and Soil thereof, should be and the same was thereby vested in the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, if he should purchase the same, his Heirs and Assigns for ever; and if he should not, then in the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, his, her and their Heirs and Assigns for ever: And Whereas the said James Walter Earl of Verulam hath offered to make, at his own Expence, the new Piece of Road that is necessary to connect the Approach to his Mansion House called Gorhambury, with the said new Cut or Piece of Road commencing at or near the Peahen Inn in Saint Albans aforesaid, on Condition that so much of the Ground and Soil by the said recited Act directed to be sold to the said Earl, in case he should be desirous of purchasing the same, should be given up to him without the Payment of any other Consideration for the same than the making of such new Piece of Road at his own Expence: And Whereas it would be advisable to accept the said Offer of the said Earl ;' Be it therefore further enacted, That so much of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty as relates to the Sale of the said Ground and Soil therein and hereinbefore described to the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, in case he should be desirous of purchasing the same at a Valuation, or in case he should not be desirous of purchasing the same, then to any other Person or Persons, be and the same is hereby repealed; and in lieu thereof, be it enacted, That when and so soon as the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, shall at his or their Expence have made the new Piece of Road that is necessary to connect the Approach to his said Mansion House with the said new Cut or Piece of Road commencing at or near the Peahen Inn in Saint Albans aforesaid, then and immediately thereupon the said Ground or Soil, by the said recited Act directed to be sold to the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, as hereinbefore is mentioned, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, his Heirs and Assigns for ever; and it is hereby declared, that a Certificate, signed by any Three of the Commissioners for the Time being, acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall be conclusive Evidence that the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, hath or have at his or their Expence made such new Piece of Road as hereinbefore mentioned. Road not to be stopped up until Six Calendar XXX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said present Turnpike Road from the Road to Hemel Hempstead at Saint Michael's to the Junction of the present Turnpike Road with the said intended new Cut or Piece of Road at or near the Pond * Pond Yards, shall not be stopped up until the Expiration of Six Months after Calendar Months after the said intended Cut or Piece of Road new One comcommencing at the Peahen Inn shall have been completed and pleted. opened to the Public; any Thing in the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithtanding. Owner. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That when and so soon as Road through the said intended new Cut or Piece of Road commencing at or Kingsbury near the Peahen Inn in Saint Albans aforesaid shall be completed Pightle to be and opened to the Public, the Road or Way now made use of stopped up. over a certain Close or Field of Pasture Land called Kingsbury Pightle, leading out of the said intended new Cut or Piece of Road towards Kingsbury Lane and Saint Michael's Street, shall be stopped up, to the Exclusion of all Persons now having a Right of Way and Passage over the said Road or Way; and that by Way of Recompence to Joshua Lomax Esquire, the present Owner and Occupier of the Capital Messuage or Mansion House and Farm, called Childwick Bury, and the future Occupier or Occupiers of the said Satisfaction to Messuage or Mansion House and Farm, for the stopping up of such Road or Way as aforesaid, he and they, and all Persons in his or their Service or Employ respectively, shall at all Times for ever hereafter be wholly exempt from the Payment of any Toll or Tolls at any or either of the Toll Gates or Turnpikes to be erected and set up on or by the Side of the said intended new Road, for and in respect of any Horse, Beast, Cattle or Carriage to be rode or driven by them or any of them through the said Toll Gates or Turnpikes, and shall be at liberty to go and pass through the same with such Horse, Beast, Cattle or Carriage without Hindrance or Interruption, so that the same shall belong to such Occupier or Occupiers, and not to any other Person or Persons; any Thing in the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. · XXXII. And Whereas by the stopping up of the said present Turnpike Road from the Road to Hemel Hempstead at Saint Michael's, to the Junction of the present Turnpike Road with the • said intended new Cut or Piece of Road at or near the Pond ‹ Yards, the Trustees of the Saint Albans Road will be prevented from receiving the Tolls for Droves of Oxen or other neat Cattle, Calves, Hogs, Sheep and Lambs, in the Manner they have been • accustomed to do on that Part of the Road under their Care lying Westward of the Town of Saint Albans, and their Resources will be thereby considerably diminished, unless Pro'vision is made for enabling them to receive such Tolls at the Toll Gate or Gates, Bar or Bars, and Toll House or Toll Houses to be < erected and set up on or by the Side of the new Cut or Piece of Road;' Be it therefore enacted, That the said Trustees shall and may be fully authorized and empowered, if they think fit, to employ and place a Collector or Collectors at the said Toll Gate or Gates, Bar or Bars, and Toll House or Toll Houses, so to be erected and set up on and by the Side of the said intended new Road, for the Purpose of demanding, collecting, levying and receiving thereat, in Addition to the Tolls made payable thereat by the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty and this Act, the Tolls payable for or in respect of all or any of the said Droves as aforesaid, by virtue of an Act 51 G:3. e.clviii. . 002 passed Tolls for Droves of plied by Saint Such Payment of Tolls for Droves shall exempt from Tolls the same Day at any other Turnpike erected by St. Albans Trust. passed in the Fifty first Year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for repairing the Road through the Parishes of Saint Michael, Saint Alban, Saint Peter, Shenley, Ridge and South Mims, in the Counties of Hertford and Middlesex. XXXIII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted, That Payment of such Tolls as aforesaid shall exempt the Person or Persons having the Care of the said Drove or Droves from the the Payment of Payment of any further or other Toll or Tolls, in respect of the same Drove or Droves, at any other Turnpike or Toll Gate continued or to be erected by the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, on the same Day, to be computed from Twelve of the Clock at Night to Twelve of the Clock in the next succeeding Night; and that whenever the full Tolls for or in respect of any such Drove or Droves shall be paid to the Collector or Collectors by virtue of the said recited Act passed in the Fifty first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty as aforementioned, at any Toll Gate, Bar or Turnpike to be erected or set up on the said intended new Piece of Road, no more than One Half of the said Tolls shall be demanded or taken by any Collector or Collectors at any Turnpike or Toll Gate continued or to be erected by the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust on the following Day next after such Payment, to be computed as aforesaid, provided the Person or Persons having the Care of the said Drove or Droves shall produce to the said Collector or Collectors a Note or Ticket in Proof of the Payment of the full Toll for the same on the preceding Day. 4 G. 4. c.74. § 101. < XXXIV. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty it was enacted, that the Lane called Kingsbury Lane, passing from the present Turnpike Road at the Black Lion Public House in Saint Albans, to the said new Line of Road commencing at or near the • Peahen Inn, should be widened, repaired and improved by the 'said Commissioners for carrying that Act into Execution: And • Whereas, instead of widening Kingsbury Lane, it would be advisable to make a new Branch or Communication Road in lieu thereof, between the present Turnpike Road and the said new Line of Road commencing at or near the Peahen Inn: And Whereas the said James Walter Earl of Verulam hath 'offered to give to the said Commissioners so much Land belonging to him as will be required for making the said new Branch or Communication Road as aforesaid, on Condition that the said Lane called Kingsbury Lane, lying between Saint Albans and the new Road commencing at the Peahen Inn, should be given up to him in lieu of the said Land required for such new Branch or Communication Road as aforesaid : 'And Whereas it would be advisable to accept the Offer of the 'said Earl;' Be it therefore further enacted, That so much of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present repealed. Majesty as relates to the widening, repairing and improving of Kingsbury Lane aforesaid, be and the same is hereby repealed; Commissioners and in lieu thereof be it enacted, that the said Commissioners to make new acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of Road instead of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall and may set out and Kingsbury make a new Branch or Communication Road, commencing at the Black Lion Public House in Saint Albans, and passing nearly in a straight Line across the Field called the Pond Yards, to the Lane. said new Line of Road commencing at or near the Peahen Inn; and such new Branch or Communication Road shall be made by the said Commissioners, with, under and subject to the same Powers, Provisions and Authorities as the other Alterations and Improvements to be made by the said Commissioners within the Limits of the Saint Albans Trust; and when and so soon as such new Branch or Communication Road shall be completed, the same shall become vested in the Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust, and shall become and be Part of the Turnpike Roads under their Care and Management, and shall be maintained, repaired and supported by and under the same Provisions, Enactments and Regulations as the other Roads repaired, maintained and supported by them; and when and so soon as such new Branch or Communication Road shall be completed and opened to the Public, the said Commissioners acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, shall and they are hereby authorized and required to stop up the said Lane called Kingsbury Lane, and from and immediately after such Lane shall be so stopped up, the Fee Simple and Inheritance of the Ground and Soil thereof shall become vested in the said James Walter Earl of Verulam, for his absolute Use and Benefit. G.4. c.74. 'XXXV. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Fourth ‹ Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, the Trustees of the § 92. · Saint Albans Trust are authorized and required, as soon as the 'said new Road commencing at or near the Peahen Inn shall be completed and opened to the Public, to cause Toll Gates or Bars and Toll Houses to be erected on or by the Side of such Part or Parts of the said new Road as to them shall seem most convenient; and to collect on the said new Road the Tolls in the said Act particularly mentioned, with Power to increase the 'said Tolls, except as therein mentioned, to double the Amount thereof, and again from time to time to reduce the same to not less than the Amount in the said Act specified; and the said Trustees of the said Saint Albans Trust are by the said recited • Act authorized and required to execute an Assignment of the said Tolls and Toll Gates to the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills, as a Security for the Repayment of the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, with Interest at the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum; and it is by the said recited Act further enacted, that the said Tolls shall, when collected, be applied and disposed of by the said Trustees, subject nevertheless to the said Assignment of the same to the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills, in Manner following; (that is to say,) that so much of the Amount of the said Tolls as shall not exceed One hundred Pounds per Mile, in repairing and main'taining the said last mentioned new Road; and that the Residue of the Amount of the said last mentioned Tolls, after deducting the Expences of collecting the same, shall be annually accounted for and paid over by the said Trustees, to the Commissioners. for issuing Exchequer Bills, until the said Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, with Interest for the same after the Rate of Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, shall have been paid off and discharged; and when the said Principal Sum, with the Interest thereon, shall be fully paid off and discharged, the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust are thereby authorized and required O 03 'to repealed. Application of Line of Road. 'to reduce the said Tolls, and to demand so much Toll as will XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees of the Saint Albans Trust shall apply and dispose of the Tolls to be collected by them on the said new Line of Road, under the Authority of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty or of this Act, in Manner following; that is to say, First, in defraying the Expences of collecting the said Tolls; Secondly, in paying to the said Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills Interest at Four Pounds per Centum per Annum, as required by the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, on the aforesaid Sum of Ten thousand Pounds, or on so much thereof as shall from time to time remain due and unpaid; Thirdly, in paying to the said Commissioners. acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, Interest at the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum on the Sum or Sums to be advanced under the Provisions of this Act, and applied in completing and repairing the said new Fiece of Road, and in making a new Branch or Communication Road in lieu of Kingshury Lane, as hereinbefore directed, or on so much of the said Sum or Sums as shall from time to time remain due and unpaid; such Interest to be computed on the said Sum or Sums from the Time of advancing the same, and to be paid Half yearly, on the Fifth Day of January and the Fifth Day of July in each Year; Fourthly, in repaying to the said Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills the said Principal Sum of Ten thousand Pounds; and lastly, in paying to the said Commissioners acting in Execution of the said recited Act of the Fourth Year |