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 A. D, 1757. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. C. 25. 241 the MolTuages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, from the Sale of which the Purchafe Money fhall arife, were liable to, and chargeable with, before the fame were fo fold to the faid Truftees. VI. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That if it fliall happen that any Perfon or Per- if iLe Pirt'es fons. Bodies Politick, Corporate or Collegiate, or other Perfon or Perfons wha:foever, who are hereby en- intcrc(i-nel Ind rcium out of fuch Perfons fo to be impanelled, fummoned and returned, a Jury of twelve Perfons fhall be drawn a Jury ; by the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them, or fome Perfon to be by them, or any five or more of who are to be tiiem, appointed, in fuch Manner_ as Juries for the Trial of Iflues joined in his Majefty's Courts at IVe/?- f^Th" Tna'lTof TninJJer, by an A6t made in the third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty (intituled. An J ft for the iiTucs joined, by better Regulation of "Juries) are drawn; which Perfons fo to be impanelled, fummoned and returned, are Adiot 3 Geo. hereby required to come and appear before the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them, at fuch Time *• ^le direcie<f. and Place as in fuch Warrant or Warrants, Precept or Precepts, fhall be directed and appointed ; and all Jurors may be Parties concerned Aall and may have their lawful Challenges againft any of the faid Jurymen ; and the faid ^^''■^^^'^iP^' Truftees, or any five or more of them, are hereby authorized and impowered by Warrant or Warrants un- der their Hands and Seals, from time to time, as Occafion fhall require, to call before them all and every perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who fhall be thought proper and neceUary to be examined as Witnefles before them, touching or concerning the PremifiTes, and to require any Perfon or Perfons who fhall have any Books, T.uflees may It ftees, or any five or more of them, fhall, and are hereby impowered to adminifter Oaths, as well to the dences and Uo- Parties concerned, as to others, for the Difcovery of the Truth of the Value of the PremifTes, or of the cuments of the Title of the Perfon or Perfons claiming any Eftate or Intereft in the Premifles ; and fliall and may autho- Efi^tes to be rize the faid Jury to view the Place or Places, or Matters in Queftion, in cafe the faid Tri'ftees, or any five 'j"^'^^. "^'^'^: ^, or more of them, fhall think fit fo to do; and the faid Jury upon their Oaths (which Oaths fliall alfo be piaL in^Oui- adminiftered by the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them) fhall inquire of, and afiefs fuch Damages fticn, and^iFefs and Recompence, as they fnall judge fit to be awarded to the Owners and Occupiers of fuch Ploufes, Ground the Damage anj or other Eftate or Intereft, or either of them, for their refpe6live Eftates and Interefts therein, and which Rcfomuencs oa the faid Truftees fhall adjudge necefiary to be purchafed for the Purpofe aforefaid ; and the faid Truftees, or ^,^^j^' ^. any five or more of them, alfembled together, fliall and may give Judgment for fuch Sum or Sums fo afieff- judgment there- ed by fuch Jury or Juries refpecSively; which faid Verdi6l or Verdids, and the Judgment, Decree or De- upon; which is termination, thereupon declared and pronounced by the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them, afiem- to be fii;ai and bl#d together; and the Value and Recompence fo to be aflefled and declared (Notice in Writing being firft ""g- given of the Time and Place and Intent of the Meeting of the faid Truftees, at leaft twenty Days before M°e'etrn°^ V t^. fuch Meeting, to any Perfon who is in Pofteflion of any Eftate or Intereft, then to be valued and afTefled ; j^," Jo^^ gj^g^ or in cafe fuch Perfon or Perfons cannot be found to be perfonally ferved therewith, fuch Notice being left to the Party in at the Dwelling-houfe or ufual Place of Abode of fuch Perfon or Perfons fo interefted as aforefaid, or with Pofldfion, &c;'- fome Tenant or Occupier of the MefTuages, Lands, Tenements or PremifTes, fo to be valued and aflefled, or any of them, or if wholly untenanted, then Publication thereof being made in the London Gazette) fhall o'' if untenant- be binding and conclufive to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, againft all and every Perfon or Perfons ed, to bepub- whatfoever, Bodies Politick or Corporate, claiming any Right, Title, Truft or Intereft, in, to or out of c^^etlc '^^ the faid Houfes, Grounds, Tenements and Premifles, to be afFeited by this A£t, either in PoflefTion, Re- verfion. Remainder or Expeftancy, as well Infants, Lunaticks, Ideots, Femes Covert, Tenants in Tail, Verdia and Tenants for Life, Terms of Years, or at Will, his, her and their Heirs, SuccefTors, Executors and Ad- judgment there- miniftrators; and the faid Verdi6ts, Judgments, Orders and other Proceedings of the faid Truftees, or any upon.toi-etranf- five or more of them, which concern fuch Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, fhall be tranfmitted to, initted to, ?.nd and entered or docquetted in, the Regifter's Office for the County of Middlefex, and fhall be deemed and Reri(ttr"office taken to be Records to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever ; and all Perfons may have Recourfe to the fame Rrcomfe mat^* ^ratis^ and take Copies thereof, paying for the Copies a Sum riot exceeding fix Pence for every two hundred be had the.-eto. Words ; and fo proportionably for any greater Number of Words. andCopies taken VII. And it is hereby further enafted and declared. That upon Payment of fuch Sum or Sums of Money ^'-^'eo^- fo to be adjudged for the Purchafe of the PremiflTes, or any Part thereof, the Perfon or Perfons intitled there- ot'^theSunTT'^ to fhall make and execute, or procure to be made and executed, good, valid and legal Conveyances, Affign- f.'flid, Convey- ments and Afiurances in the Law, to the faid Truftees and their SuccelTcrs, of the faid Premifles, for which anceto be ma>i« fuch Sum or Sums of Money were fo awarded, and fliall do all fuch Afts, Matters and Things necefiary or ^nJ rxecuted of requifite to make a good, real and perfe6l Title thereto; and fuch Conveyances, Aflignm.ents and AflTuran- ^l^^*; '•''<^ra'iT^s. cec, fhall contain all fuch reafonable and ufual Covenants as fhall, on Behalf of the faid Truliees and their {h^n^nothee- Succeflbrs, be required ; 2nd in cafe any Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Money fhall be awarded as afore- vinred, or /liaU faid, fhall not evince a Title to the faid Prcmiflts to the faid Truftees, and make, or procure to be made, be ufufed lo b? good and legal Conveyances thereof, or fliall refufe fo to do, being thereunto required, fuch Sum and Sums ""^<^f> of Money fo awarded as aforefaid, being ready to be paid to him, her or them, on making fuch Title, and tendered for that Purpofe ; or in cafe any Perfon or Perfons intitled to the PremiflTes for which Sum or Sums or the Proprle- of Money fhall be fo awarded as aforefaid, cannot be found within the City or Liberty of //^£/??«/;^^r or '"'"'^annot be County o' A'liddlSfex ; or in cafe that by reafon of Difputes depending in any Court of Law or Equity, or 'o^'."d; for Defcd of Evidence, iv fhall not appear to the faid Truftees, or any five or more of them., what Perfon °^„'^tfufv, ho is Vol.. 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