Section VI Jurisdiction to Commissioners between Bercott and Oxford.

Provison for Powers given to Commissioners under 21 Jac. I. c. 32. Subjea to Appeal. Proviso for Death or Removal of Commissioners.

Provided alsoe That nothing herein contained shall bee construed to give any manner of jurisdiction to any of the said Commissioners to putt in execution any of the powers or authorities hereby granted X1or directed between y^e said village of Bercott & y^e city of Oxford nor to repeale or impeach y^e powers or authorities granted to the Com[m]issioners in and by an Act made in the One and twentieth yeare of the reigne of King James the First intituled An Act for making the River of Thames navigable for barges boats and lighters from the village of Bercott in the County of Oxford unto the University and City of Oxford but that the said Commissioners or the more part of them by virtue thereof and of this Act shall have power and authority from time to time with such consent as in the said first recited Act is required to ordaine and make orders, and constitutions for the good and orderly usage of the passage by water on the River of Thames betwixt the City of Oxford and the village of Bercott and for all locks weares or turnpikes thereof made or to bee made and maintained att the charge of the University and City of Oxford or otherwise and for the reparation and amendments thereof And for all boats boatmen passengers wharfs carriages and rates for carriages by or through the said passage And to sett lay doe and execute all things concerning the same as in the said first recited Act are ordained and directed subject neverthelesse to such an appeal as is therein mentioned And alsoe that upon the death or removal of any of the present Co[m]missioners for executing the said recited Act the surviving Commissioners for the University and City of Oxford respectively may att any time hereafter by virtue hereof nominate and elect any person they think fitt to bee a Com[m]issioner and with them to execute all and every the powers in the said recited Act according to the true intent and meaning thereof and of this present Act.