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 A. D. 1745. Anno decimo odlavo Georgii II. C. 37. 639 CAP. XXXVII. An Act for impowering the furviving CommilTioners and Truftees for forfeited Eftates to execute proper Conveyances of the late Lord Widdringtoris Eftate, in the County of Northumberland (contracted for by the York Buildings Company) to Truftees for the Cre- ditors of the faid Company, upon Payment of a Sum of Money therein mentioned into his Majefty's .Exchequer. PR. WHEREAS by an virtue of an Act made an patted in the firft Year of the Reign of his late Ma- jefty King George the Firfl-, intituled, An Aft for appointing Co:nmijfioners to enquire of the i Geo. i.e. 50. Ejlates of 'certain Traitors, and Popijh Recufants, and of Eftates given to fiperjlitious Ufes, in Order to raife Money out of [them fever ally for the life cj the Publich ; and of another Act made and bailed in the fourth Year of the'Reign of his faid late Majefiy, intituled, An A3 for voting the forfeited Ejlates in Great Bri- 4 Geo. 1. c. 8, tain and Ireland inTruJlees, to be fold for the Ufe of the Public/: ; and, for giving Relief to lawful Creditors, by determining th, fits of the faid Tenements, Privileges, and Hereditaments whatfoever, and of what Nature or Kind foever they be, in Great Britain, Ireland, or elfewhere, whereof any Perfon or Perfons who, fince the twenty-fourth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, had been attainted or before the twenty-fourth Day of June. in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eighteen, fhould be attainted for High Treafon committed before the firfl Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fixtecn, within Great Britain, or elfewhere, was, were, or fhould have been feized or pofiefled of, or interested in, or intitled unto, on the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, or at any Time afterwards, in his, her or their own Right, or to his, her or their own Ufe, or whereof any other Per- fon or Perfons was, were, or fhould have been feized, or poflefled of, or interefted in, to the Ufe of, or in Truft for them, or any of them, on the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hun- Efquire, ght, Sir Lfquire, Henry Cv.nninghame Efquire, Denis Bond Efquire, John Birch Serjeant at Law, and Sir John Eyles Baro- net, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Affigns, from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and, eighteen, to the end the fame might be bargained, fold, difpofed of, and applied, by the faid Truftees, and the Survivors of them, to and for the Ufes and Purpofes in the faid Act of the fourth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty mentioned, declared, and appointed ; And it was thereby further enacted, That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and eighteen, the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them, re- fiding in England, Scotland, or Ireland reflectively, .fhould, and they were thereby enabled and required to fell all and. Angular the Eftates and Interests vefted in thern as aforefaid, and every or any Part or Parcel thereof, to any Perfon or Perfons, being Proteftants, Bodies Politick or Corporate, their Heirs, Succefibrs, Executors, Administrators, or Affigns (other than the faid Commissioners and Truftees, or their Officers reflectively, or any others in Truft for them, or any of them) who fhould become Pur- chafer or Purchafers thereof; and that the faid Commissioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them, refiding in England, Scotland, or Ireland refpeitively, after caufing publick Notice to be given, as is therein mentioned, fhould expofe the fame to Sale, in fuch Parts or Proportions as they fhould think convenient, by Cant or Auction, beginning or fetting up the fame at fuch Price as the faid Commif- fioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them, residing in England, Scotland, or Ireland refpectiveiy, fhould think fit ; and that every Perfon or Perfons, who fhould thereupon bid moft for the fa^e in Ster- ling Money, over and above the Price fo to be set thereon as aforefaid, (hould be deemed and reputed to be the Purchafer or Purchafers thereof; and that the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them refiding in England, Scotland, and Ireland refpedtively, fhould immediately, upon every fuch Sale or Contract:, caufe an Entry to be made in their Books of all and every the particular Eftates fo fold and contracted for, and what Estate and Interest they fold therein, and of the Buyers Names and Places of Abode, and the Prices agreed upon ; and for the further Satisfaction of fuch Buyers or Contractors, if they fhould infift thereupon, the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them, refi- ding in England, Scotland, or Ireland refpectively, fhould give a Note in Writing, under their Hands and Seals, unto the feveral Buyers refpectively, expressing the Particulars by them bought, and for what Eftate or Intereft therein, and the Price or Consideration thereof, and the Time of fuch Sale or Con- tract ; and thereupon every fuch Buyer or Buyers fhould pay the Price agreed upon into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer in England and Scotland refpectively, at fuch Time as the faid Commiffioners or Truftees, or any four or more of them refiding in England, Scotland, or Ireland refpectively fhould appoint ; and the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them refiding in England, Scotland, or Ireland, refpectively, being certified of the Payment thereof into the refpective Exchequers, fhould execute an Indenture or Contract of Bargain and Sale of the Parcels fo bought and paid for, as i ' and
 * aforefaid, to fuch Buyer or Buyers thereof, for fuch Eftate or Intereft therein, as the faid Commiffioners