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 2IO C, 52. Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii If. A. D. 1749. fhe Money VIII. And it IS hereby enaflcd, That the Money to arife by the Sale of the faid Timber fhall be applied aiifinsby Sole to the Uic of the faid liofpital, but fo ncverthelefs, as that no Perfon or Peifbns who flicl! purchafe any of Timber, 10 Part of fuch Timber, fhall be anfwerable for the Application of fuch Purchafe-money ; and that it fhall he applied to the ^^j ^^^^ 1^^ lawful to and for the iaid Commiffione'rs, or Governors and Directors of the faid Hofpital, or ^" '"'^ ■ any fevcn or more of them, to direiSt the cutting down, from time to time, fuch Timber and Timber Trees im"o«"fed"o" f"" °^ ^''^^ ^^'^ Eitates, as they fliall at any Time adjudge necelTary or fitting to be ufed in the repairing t'lu^down Tim. any Houfes, Tenements, Buildings or Erections on the faid Ettates, or to be ufed in the Building any new ber neceiTary for Houfes, Tenements, Edifices, Buildings or Strudures, as they fhall judge fitting to be erected on the iaid Repairs, Eftates, or fhall think it neceflary or reafonable to build or erect for any Tenants of the faid Eftates, or for the Benefit or Improvement of the Premifies, or any Part thereof, an;! to demifs IX. And be it further enafted, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Commiffioners, or Gover- the Mines for nors and DireiPcofS for the time being of the faid Royal Hofpital at Greemvich, or any feven or more of -21 Years, them, from time to time, and at all Times hereafter, to demife and grant all and every, or any of the Mines of Lead, Coal and other R'linerals, as well opened as not opened, within and under any of the afore- faid Lands and Premifl'es, to any Perfon or Perfons, for any Term or Number of Years, not exceeding and to grant tvventy-one Years, and to grant Leafes of all or any of the aforefaid Manors, Lands, Tenements and He- Leafes for ai reditaments, unto any Perfon or Perfons, for any Term or Number of Years, not exceeding twenty-one Years, Years, to take ElFeift in PoiTeffion and not in Reverfion, referving on every Leafe, Demife'or Grant of Mines, fuch Dues, Rent or Rents, and Profits, as they fhall judge moft reafonable, and referving, on eve- ry other Leafe and Demife, the beft yearly or other Rents or Dues which can be reafonably gotten for the without Fine; fame, without taking any Fine, Prismium ov Forepd; and that it fiiall be lawful for the faid Commiffio- and to grant ners, or Governors and Dire£tors of the faid Hofpital, or any feven or more of them, to grant in every fuch Power to work Leafe, Demife or Grant of Mines and Minerals, to the refpeftive Adventurers, Leffee or LefTees of fuch Mines, &c. Mines and Minerals, full Power and Liberty to win and work the fame Mines and Minerals, and to do every other reafonable A£t, and Thing requifite and neceflary for that Purpofe, Condition for X. Eut it is hereby ena£ted. That in every fuch Demife and Leafe,- there fhall be contained a Condition Re-entry on ^f Re-entry for Non-payment of the Rent and Rents thereby refpectively to be referved ; and it fhall be of"Rcnt"&c! requifite for the rcfpeftive Leflees to execute Counterparts of all fuch Demifes and Leafes, and no Claufe ' ' ' fhall be contained in any of the faid Demifes or Leafes, other than in Demifes or Leafes of the faid Alines or Minerals, whereby to give Power to any Leffee to commit Waite, or to exempt him, her or them from Puniflimentfor committing the fame. ' XI. And whereas the Fines, Cuftoms and Services, by and under which feveral of the Tenants hold ' their Farms, Lands, Tenements and Eftates, lying and being within feveral of the aforefaid Manors, are ' agreed, afcertained or expreffed in fome Articles, Indenture, Deed or Writing, now or late in the Cu- ' flody or Power of fome of the faid Tenants, which, if produced, might be a Means to prevent Difputes, ' Differences and Suits, concerning the faid Fines, Cuftoms and Services, and for the Qiiiet and Benefit ' both of the Lord and Tenants ; and it may happen, that fuch Tenants may refufe to produce or fliew The Commiffio- ' fuch Articles, Indenture, Deed or Writing ;' Be it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That it ners may apply fl^all and may be lawful to and for any feven or more of the Commiffioners, or Governors and Directors of ro tiie Exchequer j.}^g fgjj fjofpital for the time being, to apply to his Majefty's Court of Excheguer at Wcftmhi/iii; by Motion produce Wri-" 'J"" ^ fummary Way, againft any Tenant or Tenants holding any Farms, Lands, Tenements or Eftates, tings, lying and being within the faid Manors, or any of them, of whofe having in his., her or their Cuftody or Power any fuch Articles, Indenture, Deed or Writing, probable Evidence fhall be {hewed to the Satisfac- Sxcheqiier to tion of the faid Court, for fuch Tenant or Tenants to produce and fliew forth the fame; upon which Mo- make Order tion, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Court oi Exchequer, to examine and enquire into the thereon. fj,j(j jVJatter, and to make fuch Order or Orders with refpeft to the producing and fhewing forth'any fuch Articles, Indenture, Deed or Writing, by any fuch Tenant or Tenants appearing to the faid Court to have the fame in his, her or their Cuftody or Power, and with refpedt to any Copy or Copies to be had and made thereof, and fuch other Order and Orders concerning the fame, as the faid Court fhall think proper and juft. Power given of XII. And it is hereby further enacted. That fo foon as it fiiall happen that fo many of them the faid ciertingTruflecs Archibald Hamilton, Charles Smith, James Gunman, Sir John Thompfon, Sir James Creed, Peter Burreil, Tfll-t "h 'f'°o °T u*" ^'"^"' ■^^^'^'^"^^i William Baxter, Edivard Vernon,_Thomas Ripley, David Cockhurn, James Spilnan, JViiUam ^oevvhofaii jm^^ FitziviUiam Plumptre, JViUi am Young-^w^ Francis Dari fays, the Truftees nominated and appointed ia and by this Ait, for and on the Behalf of the faid Commiffioners, or Governors and DireiStors of the faid Royal Hofpital at Greemvich, fhall happen to die, fo as that the Number of fuch Truftees flinll be reduced to Eleven, or any leffer Number ; that then and in that Cafe, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Com-' miflioners, or Governors and Dire£tors of the faid Hofpital for the time being, or any feven or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and impowered at any Time thereafter, by any Deed or Inftrument in Writing under their refpeclive Hands and Seals, and to be enrolled in his Majefty's High Court of Chan- cery, to nominate fuch other Perfons as they the faid Commiffioners, or Governors and DireiStors of the faid Hofpital, or any feven or more of them, fhall think fit, in the Place of fuch of the faid Truftees as fliall fo happen to die; and that it alfo fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Commiilioners, or Gover-'. nors and Dire<?tors of the faid Hofpital for the time being, or any feven or more of them, and they are here-|' - by authorized and impowered, from time to time, and at all Times afterwards, when and fo often as any other of the faid Truftees, or when and fo often as any of fuch other Perfons as fhall be fo nominated as, aforefaid, or any other Perfons to be afterwards nominated- in jiurfuance of this Act (which they are hereby authorized and impowered to nominate accordingly) fhall happen to die, by any fuch Deed or Infti'ument in Writing as aforefaid, to nominate fuch other Perfons as they the iaid Commiliionersj or Governors and 3 Diredcrs,