# Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1698, Section VII: The said Commissioners to have the sole Survey of the said Rivers, &c. and to make such Orders in respect thereof, as herein mentioned.


Not subject to Commissioners or Commission of Sewers.
And be it further enacted That the said Commissioners or soe many of them as have Power to act shall (for the better cleansing of the said Rivers and removing all Impediments and Annoyances in the same) have the sole Rule Power and Authority to survey the said Rivers and all Mills Banks Weares and Floodgates upon the same and to make like Processe to inquire thereof and to make such Orders and Decrees for altering amending abating or removing the same and for keeping the said Rivers open and portable for Boats Barges and other Vessells as any Commissioners of Sewers by any Law Statute or Commission of Sewers are enabled to doe in any other Rivers or Places and shall not be under the Survey or Orders of any Commissioners of Sewers nor subject to a Commission of Sewers or any Law or Statute made for Sewers Any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Neverthelesse the said Undertakers their Heires and Assignes are to be at the sole Charge of cleansing opening and scouring of the said Rivers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/10/25/section/VII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/aire-and-calder-navigation-act-1698/section-VII
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