Repeal of s. 51.

of 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80.

The Ground and Buildings

vested in the

lor in trust.

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'the said Act of His late Majesty King George the Third, and of 'the Building already erected on Part thereof, and such other 'Buildings as may be hereafter erected thereon:' Be it therefore enacted as follows:

XVII. The last-recited Enactment is hereby repealed.

XVIII. The said Piece of Ground situate in Southampton Buildings aforesaid, and the Building now being thereon, with their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, are hereby conveyed to and vested in the Right Honourable Robert Lord Chancel- Monsey Baron Cranworth, the now Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, to hold the same Premises to him and his Successors in that Office for ever, in as full and ample a Manner as the same are now vested in Her Majesty the Queen by force of the said Act of His late Majesty King George the Third, in trust, nevertheless, for the Purposes of the same Act, or such of the same Purposes as are now capable of taking effect, and are not inconsistent with the Purposes of this Act, and, subject thereto, for the Uses of the Court of Chancery and the Purposes of this Act.

Power of leasing.

Power of Sale.

Power to vest the Ground, &c. in a Purchaser.

Application of

the Rents, Purchase Monies,

&c.

XIX. It shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor from Time to Time to demise or let all or any Part of the said Piece of Ground, and with or without the same all or any Part of the Buildings for the Time being erected thereon, for such Consideration, to such Person or Persons, for such Period, subject to such Rent, Covenants, and Conditions, and in such Manner and Form as the Lord Chancellor shall from Time to Time think fit.

XX. It shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor from Time to Time to sell and absolutely dispose of all or any Part of the said Piece of Ground, and with or without the same all or any Part of the Buildings for the Time being erected thereon, upon such Terms and in such Manner as he shall think fit.

XXI. For effectuating any such Sale as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor by any Order to direct that the said Piece of Ground and the Buildings for the Time being erected thereon, or such Part thereof respectively as shall be comprised in the Sale, and the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, shall vest in the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, his or their Heirs and Assigns, or as he or they shall direct; and any such Order shall have the Effect of vesting the same accordingly, without any Conveyance or other Assurance whatsoever.

XXII. The Rents, Purchase Monies, and other Monies which shall be payable upon or in respect of any such Demise, Letting, or Sale as aforesaid shall be respectively paid by such Person, and in such Manner as the Lord Chancellor shall from Time to Time direct, into the Bank of England, with the Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, to such Account or Accounts already opened or to be opened as the Lord Chancellor shall from Time to Time direct; and thereupon such Rents, Purchase Monies, and other Monics respectively shall become and be dealt with as Part of the respective Funds (if any) theretofore standing to such Account or Accounts as aforesaid, or be other

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wise subject to the Order of the Lord Chancellor for the Benefit of the Suitors of the said Court, according to the said Provision contained in the said Act of His late Majesty King George the Third respecting the Money thereby directed or authorized to be placed out as aforesaid.

"The Lord

XXIII. In this Act the Expression "the Lord Chancellor " shall be construed to mean the Lord High Chancellor of Great Chancellor." Britain for the Time being, and to include or be applicable to the Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners for the Custody of the Great

Seal of the United Kingdom for the Time being.

LOCAL ACTS.

Cap. i.

AN Act to amend "The Pudsey Gas Act, 1845," and to enable the Company thereby incorporated to raise a further Sum of Money. [26th April 1855.] [Capital, £48,000, with Power to borrow £20,000, §§ 17 and 25.]

Cap. ii.

An Act for incorporating the Woolwich, Plumstead, and Charlton Consumers Gas Company. [26th April 1855.] [Capital, £24,000, with Power to borrow £6,000, §§ 16 and 20. Saving Rights of Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, § 36.]

Cap. iii.

An Act to enable the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company to raise further Money. [26th April 1855.] [Additional Capital, £7,500, with Power to borrow One Third of Capital created by this Act, §§ 2 and 10.]

Cap. iv.

An Act to enable the Taunton Gaslight and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for other Purposes.

[26th April 1855.] [Additional Capital, £14,000, with Power to borrow £2,600, §§ 2 and 10.]

Cap. v.

An Act for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the River Wye at a Place called Hoarwithy Ferry, in the Parishes of Hentland and King's Caple in the County of Hereford, and for making convenient Approaches thereto. [26th April 1855.] [Capital, £4,000, § 4. Power to borrow £2,000, § 7. Power to purchase "Hoarwithy Ferry," § 29. Penalty for crossing the River within 1,000 Yards of the Bridge, § 45. When Debt paid off and Shares cancelled, Powers of Act, under certain Circumstances, to cease, § 58.]

Cap. vi.

An Act to transfer to the Corporation of the Town of Brighton the Property, Powers, Privileges, and Liabilities of the Brighton Improvement Commissioners. [5th May 1855.] [Cesser of Commissioners acting under 13 Vict. c. v. § 1. Appointment of Town Corporation as Commissioners for carrying into execution Provisions of 6 Geo. 4. c. clxxix. and 13 Vict. c. v. Transfer of Property to Commissioners, but without Prejudice to Corporate Powers, §2.]

Cap. vii.

An Act for granting further Powers to the Folkestone Waterworks Company. [5th May 1855.] [Power to contract for Purchase of additional Lands, § 3. Additional Capital, £6,000, § 4. Power to borrow £2,000, § 13.]

Cap. viii.

An Act for more effectually lighting with Gas the Town of Stalybridge and the Neighbourhood thereof in the Counties of Chester and Lancaster and in the West Riding of the County of York. [5th May 1855.] [Capital, £20,000, § 14. Power to raise £30,000 by new Shares, §21. Power to borrow £10,000, § 27. Power to re-borrow, § 28. Power to purchase Lands, § 32. Saving of Rights, § 39.]

Cap. ix.

An Act for supplying with Gas the Townships of Ossett-cumGawthorpe in the Parish of Dewsbury, and Horbury in the Parish of Wakefield, all in the West Riding of the County of York. [5th May 1855.] [Capital, £12,000, Power to borrow £3,000, §§ 6 and 8.]

Cap. x.

An Act for enabling the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company to raise further Capital, and for other Purposes.

[5th May 1855.] [Power to raise £202,500 by new Shares, § 3. Power to borrow £67,500, § 12.]

Cap. xi.

An Act for constructing a Railway from Bridport to Maiden Newton, on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, in the County of Dorset. [5th May 1855.] [Capital, £65,000, Power to borrow £21,600, §§ 4 and 7. Rights of Great Western Railway Company, § 51.]

Cap. xii.

An Act to consolidate and amend the Provisions of the Act relating to the Ratcliff Gaslight and Coke Company.

[5th May 1855.] [Capital, £100,000, § 22. Power to borrow £20,000, § 25. Saving Rights of Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, § 40.]

Cap. xiii.

An Act to enable the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Company to raise additional Capital; and for other Purposes. [5th May 1855.] [Additional Capital, £150,000, Power to borrow £160,000, §§ 2 und 10.]

poses.

Cap. xiv.

An Act for merging the Sheffield Gas Consumers Company in the Sheffield United Gaslight Company, and for other Pur[5th May 1855.] [Capital, £264,984, § 29. Power to borrow £80,000, § 48. Saving Rights of Corporation, Improvement Commissioners, Waterworks Company, and the Duke of Norfolk, §§ 107 to 109.]

Cap. xv.

An Act to authorize the Glossop Gas Company to raise Money, and for other Purposes. [25th May 1855.] [Power to raise £18,000 by new Shares, Power to borrow £7,000, §§ 2 and 10.]

Cap. xvi.

An Act to enable the South-eastern Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to create Preferential Stock, for the Purpose of paying off their Mortgage Debt. [25th May 1855.] [Power to raise additional Capital, £500,000, by new Shares or borrowing, §2. Amount borrowed not to exceed One Third of Capital, § 6.]

Cap. xvii.

An Act for making a Railway from the Midland Railway in the Parish of Cam in the County of Gloucester to the Town of Dursley. [25th May 1855.] [Capital, £12,000, Power to borrow £4,000, §§ 5 and 10. Power to Earl Fitzhardinge to require Removal of Persons appointed to superintend Railway in his Estate, § 29.]

Cap. xviii.

An Act to enable the Belfast and County Down Railway Company to extend their Railway in the County of Down.

[25th May 1855.] [Capital, £500,000, Power to borrow £166,666, §§ 15 and 20. Saving Rights of Commissioners of Donaghadee Harbour, § 28. Plans to be deposited with Admiralty, § 29. Works not to be constructed across River Quoile, or altered, without Consent of Admiralty, § 30. Admiralty may order local Survey at Expense of Company, 31. Board of Trade may require a double Line of Rails to be laid down, § 35.]

Cap. xix.

An Act to grant further Powers to "The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway Company."

Cap. xx.

[25th May 1855.]

An Act to enable the Heywood Waterworks Company to extend their Undertaking, and to increase their Capital.

[25th May 1855.] Power to borrow, § 26. and to direct the Water to Power to Company to apJames Dearden, Esq., § 58.

[Additional Capital, £22,000, § 20. Power to Justices to repair Reservoirs be lowered in certain Cases, § 53. peal, § 54. Working of Mines of