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 A. D. 1752. Anno viceGmo quinto Georgii II. C. 41. 457 containing Precepts of Safine, to be held feu of his Majefty as aforefaid, and alfo to grant all Charters, ■ Precepts o'i Claye-conjiat, and other Writings neceffary for entering their Heirs and fingular SuccefTors. XXXI. Provided always, That any Peribn who fhall refide in'any DwelJing-houfe ereded upon anyP"''™' "-finding Portion of Land, which fliall have been granted for that Purpofe in Manner as aforefnid, fhall, during his'"^'"j^"^|"?_"i^"' Refidence in fuch Houfe, be capable of holding a Leafe from the faid CommiiTioners of any other Part of™'^,^"^ PavtVof the faid Eftates, within the Diftance_ of five Miles from fuch Houfe, fubje£f to all the other Conditionsthe Eftatcs. and Limitations of this KSt; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' XXXIL And whereas, it hath been found a great Obftrudion to the Courfe of Juftice in the High- ' lands, that many Parts thereof are far remote from any Royal Burgh or County Gaol ;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful for his Majefty, his Heirs and Sue- Crown may ercft ceffors, by and out of the Rents and Profits of the Lands and Eftates aforefaid, to caufe Prifons to be^"*""'- crefted and maintained on fuch Parts of the aforefaid Lands, or other Parts of the Highlands or Iflands of Scotland as they fhall think fit, for the Cuflody of Prifoners for Crimes or Oflences ; and that fuch Prifons fo erefted fiiall be held to be lawful Prifons for the Purpofe aforefaid ; and the CommifTioners to be named*^'"""'"'''?""^ as aforefaid, are hereby impowered to appoint Gaolers for the keeping of fuch Prifons, and to aliign them^^^lgf/"'"' reafonable Wages, to be paid by the Fadfors on iuch Eftates, with proper Allowances from Time to Time, '' for the Maintenance of indigent Prifoners ; and the faid Com^miffioners are hereby further impowered to appoint Baillies over the faid Eftates, or any Village or Diftriit thereof; which Baillics fnall have all the""'^ ^""'"" Powers over fuch Eftates, that are now by Law competent to Baron Baillies, and fhall further have Power to commit Offenders to the next fure Prifon within the County, although not within the Territory of fuch Baillie himfelf. XXXin. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That his Majefty's Receiver General j^^.^^^ ^^ 1^^ ^^_ for Scothjid fliall referve the Monies that Ihall come into his Hands out of the Rents of the faid Eftates, forierved to anf«er anfwering fuch Orders as fhall be made upon him by the faid Commiflloners, in purfuance of the Powers the Orders of tha that fhalTbe granted, and the Warrants and Diredtions that fliall be given to them, from Time to Time byCommiffioners. his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, concerning the Application of the Rents of the faid Eftates, for the Ends and Purpofes aforefaid, and for no other Ends or Purpofes whatfoever. XXXIV. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That until the final Deter- Till the Ch-'ms mination of the Claims that have been or fhall be duly made or entered in the Court of Seffion in Scotland^^ deterinincd to or upon the aforefaid Eftates, it fhall and may be lawful for the High Treafurer, or Commiffioners ofapaiy'the"Re'niT the Treafury for the Time being, to caufe to be applied fo much of the Rents and Profits of the Eftates for defraying the aforefaid as they fhall find neceffary for defraying the Expences of Management thereof, and of litigating Espence of ma- and difcuffing fuch Claims; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. mging the Enfcrcidbj 31 Geo, 2. c. 1 5. CAP. XLir. An A(fb to render valid and effeflual all Contraifts and Agreements which fhall be made by the CommifTioners or Govrrnors of the Royal Hofpitai for Seamen at Greinwkh, for the Purchafe of Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, for the finifhing and compleating the faid Hofpitai ; and for afcertaining the Recompence that fhall be made for the fame. W PIE RE AS by an A£t of Parliament made and pafTed in the eighth Year of the Reign of hisS Geo, 2. e. 19, prefent Majefty, mtituled, An ASl for the Application of the Rents and Profits of tks Ejratcs for- feited by the Attainders of James late Earl of Derwentwater, and Charles Radclitle, the"Commiffioners or Governors of the R.oyal Hofpitai for Seamen at Greenwich were required to contract and agree with able and fufHcienr Tradefixien, Artificers, or other Perfons, for finifliing and compleating the faid Royal Hofpitai in :i Workman-like Manner, on the eafieft and moft reafonable Terms, according to the Plan laid before the Floufe of Commons in that Seffion of Parliament : And whereas one Parcel ot^Land on the Weft_ Side of the faid Hofpitai, whereon a fmall Houfe lately ftood, in the C)ccupation of Benjamin Hopkins, Barber, and comimonly known by the Name of Carr's Houfe, containing at the SouJi End eleven Feet fix Inches, at the North End ten Feet feven Inches, on the Eafl: Side fifteen Feet five Inches, and on the Weft Side fourteen Feet eleven Inches, be the fame more or lefs ; and one other Parcel of Land on the Eaft Side of the faid Hofpitai, whereon feveral Houfes formerly ftood, belonging to the 'Fruilees of Alorden College, and now in the Poffeffion of the faid CommifTioners or Governors of the faid Hoipital, are neceflary to be purchafed, in order to finiflj the faid Royal Hofpitai according to the faid Plan; which by reafon of Infancy, and other Difabilities, the CommifTioners or Governors of the faid Royal Kofpital have not been able to purchafe :' May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted ; and Be it ena£ted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Au- thority of the fame. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for the CommiiTioners or Governors of the faidGovernors Im. Royal Hofpitai, or any feven or more of them, to purchafe, and alfo for all Bodies Politick, Corporate orP™^'^'' to ^on- Collegiate, Corporations Aggregate or Sole, Mortgagee and Mortgagees, Truftee and Truftees, FeofFeCp", 5 '"V^ , and Feoffees, in Truft for any Lharity, or otherwif:*, Guardian or Guardians, Committee or Comrnittee?,L3,',jj bei^ite cTc- of any Infant, Ideot or Lunatick, and all Executors and A.dminiftrators, and other Perfons whatfoeA'er, fcnbed, not only for and on Behalf of themfelves, their Heirs and SucceiTors, but alfo for and on Behalf of their Vol. VII. N 11 a Ceftuique