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9 Case relative to the Tothill Fields Bill.
of an allotment out of the Waste: and at any rate will
have something instead of nothing.
As to the bulk of the Inhabitants, what Herbage the Waste
affords, being in point of right shared amongst so many
thousands (the number in St Margarets alone being estimated
at 12,000) can be no object to any one. The Interest of the
Consideration Money for the Portion proposed to be purchased
would be an object of some account if applied in case
of the Poor Rates, or rather (to make the distribution of the
compensation Money the more equal and apposite) in case (as
is proposed) of the Scavenger's Rate; that being a rate to
which many Inhabitants pay, who by poverty are excused
from the Poor Rate: as appears by the 25th Geo:2. Ch. 23d
above referred to — being the act for incorporating the Parishes
of St Margaret and St John, for these and other purposes.
In the present Bill, no mention (it may perhaps be observed)
is made of any consent on the Part of any of the Parties interested.
In point of fact no consent has been obtained; nor has
any application been made for that purpose, except to the
Dean and Chapter, to whose public situation it was looked upon
and
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