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field, Kingston, Staplegroye, Taunton Saint the said borough, belonging to and in the occupa-, James, Saint James Landside, and Saint James tion of Mr. Robert Parsons; and the Navigation, Townside, as may be necessary for affording the Cuts and Canals of and belonging to the Grand requisite supply of water* Western Canal Company and the Tauntcn and And it is also intended by the said Act'to con- 'Bridgwater Canal Company; and also to widen, fer powers for the taking, impounding, using, and extend, enlarge, or diminish the said rivers,, applying the water from the River Tone, Pitmin- streams, and watercourses, or any of them, and to ster Stream, 'Kingston Stream, the Town Stream, do all other acts whatsoever which shall be neces- Winter's Stream, Kinglake's Stream, and Stock- sary or proper for watering the streets, courts, well Spring, or any of them, and any other exist-. roads, lanes, drains, and other places of the said ing rivers, streams, and watercourses, and their town and borough, and for supplying the inha- respective tributaries or feeders, or some of them, bitants of the said town and borough with water, flowing in or through the several parishes, town- and giving them the full benefit thereof; and also ships, townlands, and extra-parochial places fol- to enable the said Commissioners to provide fire- lowing, viz., Otterford, Corfe, Pitminster, Trull, men and fire engines, and to fix fire plugs, and to Orchard Portman, Ruishton, West Monkton, use and apply the water to be obtained by any of Cheddon Fitzpaine, Hestercombe, Kingston, the ways and means aforesaid for the working of Broomfield, Cothelstone, Norton, Fitzwarren, Sta-. such engines; and also for enabling the said Com- plegrove, Bishopshull, Bradford, Wilton, Taun- missioners to construct and erect gas works, and ton Saint Mary Magdalen, Taunton Saint James, lay down gas pipes, and manufacture gas, and do Saint James Landside, and Saint James Town- all other acts, matters, and things, which shall be side, in the county of Somerset, or some or one necessary or proper for enabling them to light the of them; .which said river, springs, and streams said town and borough, and the streets, courts, now supply the reservoirs or mills and other works roads, lanes, ways, and places thereof, and for sup- of or .belonging to the Kingston Tan Yards, in the plying the inhabitants of the said town and bo- said parish of Kingston, one whereof belongs to rough with gas; and also to contract with any and. is in the occupation of Mr. Samuel Cogan, person or persons, or any existing company, or and the other whereof belongs to Messrs. John any company or companies hereafter to be formed, Cogan and William Cogan, and is in the occupa- for the lighting of the said town and borough, and tion of Mr. Thomas Cogan; the Lower Mills, in the streets, courts, roads, ways, and places the same parish,. belonging to the Committee of thereof; and also to purchase, by agreement or Sir Walter Yea, Bart., a lunatic, and in the occu- otherwise, the works, plant, machinery, pipes, and pation of Elizabeth Chaffin ; the reservoir, at or property of any such company or companies; and near Dodhill-green, in the same parish, belonging also for enabling the said Commissioners to to and in the occupation of Mr. James Slee Bult; establish and maintain a good and efficient day the reservoir at Greenway, belonging to and in and night police force, for the effectual watching the occupation of Mr. John Mockridge, situate of the said town and borough; and also for giving at Greenway, in the said parish of Taunton Saint • to the said Commissioners powers for the regula- James; the Staplegrove Mills, in the said parish tion of lodging-houses and houses licensed to sell of Staplegrove, belonging to and in the occupa- beer, ale, and spirituous and other exciseable tion of Mr. William Weaver; the Factory, for- liquors, and houses licensed to sell beer by retail; merly called Mockridge's Mills, but now com- and for the regulation and removal of projections monly known as Mr. Blinkhorn's Factory, situate and other obstructions, nuisances, and annoyances in the said parish of Staplegrove, now belonging in the streets, courts, roads, lanes, ways, passages, to Mr. William Blinkhorn, and in the occupation and other places within the said town and borough; of Mr. John Ship ton; the Mills in the said parish and also for the regulation of all houses and of Bishopshull, belonging to Mr. George Rogers, buildings hereafter to be built in the said town and in the occupation of Mr. William Jacobs; and borough; and also for the licensing and regu- the Mills called the Pitminster Mills, in the said lating hackney coaches and other carriages; and parish of Pitminster, belonging to and in the oc- also to make, provide, and maintain, or contribute cupation of Mr. Robert Saturley; the Mills, to the making, providing, and maintaining places called the Trull Mills, in the said parish of Trull, for public walks and pleasure grounds for the inha- belonging to Thomas Pearse, John Woolcott bitants of the said town and borough; and also for Warren, and Richard Mead King, Esquires, and enabling the said Commissioners to provide a in the occupation of John Venn and Henry site or sites for an Assize Hall, and Judges' Manley, or one of them; the Tan Yard, situate Lodgings, and all courts, conveniences, and appur-. in the said parish of Wilton, belonging to and in tenances thereto, and to make and erect or con- the .occupation of Messrs. William Winter and tribute towards the expence of making and erect- Isaac Winter; the Factory, situate near Upper ing all such halls, courts and buildings—and also High-street, in the said borough of Taunton, be- for enabling the said Commissioners to purchase, longing to Messrs. George Stevenson and Leader either by compulsion or by agreement, messuages, Stevenson, and in the occupation of Mr. George lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and also Bloor; the Town Mills, in the said borough, be- springs, streams, and waters, either within or longing to Mr. Joseph Davey the elder, and in beyond the limits of the said borough, and in any the occupation of Messrs. Richard Fearless and of the parishes and places afores.dd, for any of Joseph Davey the younger; the Tan Yard, in the purposes of the said intended Act or Acts;