Section X Corporation to make and keep the said River navigable, as herein mentioned;

may dig for Soil, &c. upon Grounds herein mentioned; making Recompence to the Owners; If any Dispute in respect thereof, Two Justices may determine.

And for the better effecting the said Worke in recovering and preserving the said Navigation Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Mayor and Citizens and their Successors from time to time and at all times hereafter to make and keepe the said River navigable from the Sea to the said City of Chester in such Manner that Shipps and Vessells of the Burden of One hundred Tuns and upward full loaded may come and goe with Ease and Safety to and from the said New Tower of the said City and to that End to alter direct and make the Channell of the said River or cause the same to be altered directed and made to run in and through such Part of the Land hereinafter bounded lying on the South Side of a Line to be drawne in Manner hereafter mentioned as the said Mayor Aldermen and Common Councill in Common Councill assembled shall thinke fitt which Line shall be drawne and extended from the Side of the said River or Place where the said River now runneth at One hundred eighty three Yards Distance from the Stone called the Starting Stone X1within the County of the said City bearing from the said Starting Stone Seaventy five Degrees Westward from the South directly to that Point of Land in the County of Chester which lyeth at One hundred Yards Distance from Blacon-Point Southeast from the said Blacon-Point and to make and sett up such and soe many Works and Fences in and upon and alsoe mark and sett out Waies or Passages through the Sands and Soile on each Side of the River for securing maintaining preserving and continueing the Channell of the said. River in such Course as aforesaid within reasonable Bounds from the said New Tower to the said Point of Land lying at the Distance aforesaid from Blacon-Point and from thence downe to another Point of Land in the said County of Chester called Burton-Head where the said River now runneth as to them shall seeme convenient for rendring and keeping the said River navigable for such Shipps and Vessells as aforesaid soe as the Bounds of the Banks Fences Waies or Passages soe to be sett used laid out or made on the North Side of the said Line exceed not Sixty Yards Breadth from the said Line and alsoe to digg gett and carry away Clodds Earth Sand Soile Gravell and other Materialls in upon or out of all or any convenient Parts or Places of the Grounds lying on the South Side of the said Line betweene the said Line and the new intended River not built upon nor otherwise set apart soe farr as may be done without stopping or hindring the Way or Passage to any Buildings to be erected thereon and in like Manner on the North Side of the said Line for the makeing amending and repairing of the said Works and Fences on that Side of the said River only and not otherwise yielding and makeing to the Lords Owners or Proprietors for the time being of the Lands or Grounds where the said Clodds Earth Sand Soile Gravell or Materialls shall be gott or digged on the North Side of the said Line a reasonable Recompence or Satisfaction for the same And in case any Question shall arise or happen touching the Place of digging as aforesaid on the Northside of the said Line it shall and may be lawfull to and for Two of the neighbouring Justices of the Peace of the said County of Chester and they are hereby required to settle and determine the same