lating to or concerning His Majesty's Revenue of Customs on Sugar; and all and every Pain, Penalty, Fine or Forfeiture, of any Nature or Kind whatever, for any Offence whatever committed against or in breach of this Act, or any other Act or Acts now in force for securing Duties of Customs on Sugar, or for the Regulation or Improvement of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs, and the several Clauses, Powers and Directions in such Acts or any of them contained, shall and are hereby directed and declared to extend to, and shall be applied, practised, and put in Execution for and in respect of the Duties of Customs by this Act imposed, and the Payment of the same, and the Suspension of a Proportion thereof, in as full and ample manner to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as if all and every the said Acts, Clauses, Provisions, Powers, Directions, Fines, Pains, Penalties or Forfeitures, were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.

IX. And be it further enacted, That the Duties payable under Continuance of this Act on Sugar, the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of the the Duties. East Indies, imported into that Part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, shall continue in force until and upon the Twenty fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, and no longer; and that the Duties payable under this Act on such Sugar imported into that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, shall continue in force until and upon the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, and no longer.

X. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, Act may be varied or repealed, by any Act to be passed in this Session of altered this Parliament.

Session.

A

56 G. 3. c. 74.

CAP. CVII.

An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of His late Majesty, as relates to the Purchase of Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, at Sheerness, in the County of Kent, and to vest certain Lands and Hereditaments at Gillingham in the said County, in Trustees, to be appropriated to the Public Service in the Department of the Navy. [10th July 1821. W HEREAS Part of the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments at Blue Town, in the Parish of Minster, in the Isle of Sheppey, in the County of Kent, mentioned and described in an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Fifty 'sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the • Third, intituled An Act for the Purchase of certain Lands, Tene'ments and Hereditaments at Sheerness and Chatham, in the County of Kent, for the Use of the Navy, have been purchased ' for His Majesty's Naval Service, and the Residue thereof are not at present likely to be required for such Service;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said recited Act as relates to the Purchase of Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments at Blue Town aforesaid, in the said Parish of Minster, Lands at Blue in the Isle of Sheppey and County of Kent, shall be and the same Town repealed. is hereby repealed to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever; save and except as to any Proceedings had or taken under the Provisions of the said recited Act prior to the passing of this Act, all which Proceedings shall be and continue to be of the same Force and Effect as the same were before the passing of this Act.

So much of recited Act as relates to the Purchase of

Certain Lands

called Fins

borough Marsh

contiguous to

' II. And Whereas it is expedient that His Majesty should be possessed of and enabled to purchase the Lands and Heredi'taments hereinafter particularly mentioned, which lie contiguous 'to His Majesty's Dock Yard at Chatham, and are wanted for the • Public Service: And Whereas the said Lands and Hereditaments are or may be vested in or belong to Bodies Politic or Corporate, • Ecclesiastical or Civil, Infants, Femes Covert, Trustees or other 'Persons who by Law are disabled to make any Contracts or Conveyances; in all which cases, as also when any Owner or other • Person or Persons entitled to or interested in the same, designing 'to obstruct the Public Service, or to make any unreasonable Gain to themselves, insist on extravagant Rates or Prices, it 'will be necessary to have recourse to the same Methods that • have been taken in cases of the like Nature:' To the End therefore that the true and real Value of the said Lands and Hereditaments, and the Estates, Rights and Interests therein, may be ascertained, and the Owners and Proprietors thereof, or Persons entitled thereto or interested therein, may have a just and reasonable Satisfaction for the same; Be it further enacted, That all that Piece or Parcel of Salt Marsh Land, situate, lying and being in the Parishes of Gillingham and Chatham, in the County of Kent, or in

One

Chatham Dock

vested in certain Persons in Trust

Money paid.

One of them, called or known by the Name of Finsborough Marsh, otherwise Saint Mary's Marsh, otherwise Warden's Marsh, containing together in the Whole One hundred and eighty eight Acres for the Owners or thereabouts, the same forming an Island, and being bounded on until Possession the North, East and West Sides thereof by the River Medway, is taken by the and separated from the Main Land on the South Side thereof by Commissioners a certain Creek called Saint Mary's Creek, which said Piece or of the Navy, and Parcel of Salt Marsh Land is now in the Whole or in Part occuthe Purchase pied by George Nash, together with all Ways, Paths, Passages, Waters, Watercourses, Creeks, Inlets, Mounds, Banks, Ditches, Fences, Easements,. Liberties, Privileges, Commodities, Rights, Members and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the said Piece or Parcel of Salt Marsh Land, or any Part or Parcel thereof, belonging or in anywise appertaining, or deemed, taken or known as Part, Parcel or Member thereof or appurtenant thereto, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the Right Honourable Charles Trustees. Manners Sutton, the Right Honourable William Huskisson, Sir Edward Knatchbull Baronet, William Philip Honeywood Esquire, and John Wilson Croker Esquire, their Heirs and Assigns, in Trust nevertheless for such Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, Ecclesiastical or Civil, as at or immediately before the Time of making this Act was or were the Owner or the several and respective Owners thereof, or had any Estates, Rights or Interests therein, according to their several Estates, Rights and Interests, in Possession, Reversion, Remainder or otherwise, until such Estates, Rights and Interests respectively shall be adjudged and determined, and Possession thereof taken by the Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, or other Persons acting under their Authority (which Possession they are hereby empowered to take when it shall be found necessary for His Majesty's Service), and until the Purchase Monies for the same, together with Interest from the Time of taking Possession, after the Rate of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, for the Sum or Sums of Money that shall be agreed upon or assessed as the true Value or Values thereof, shall be paid; and that the said Purchase Monies shall be paid and applied to such and the same Uses, Intents and Purposes as the said Estates, Rights and Interests so vested in the above mentioned Trustees were limited and settled previous to the passing of this Act, so far as the Rules of Law will allow thereof; and that in the mean time, and until such Possession taken and Payment made as aforesaid, the Rents and Profits of the said Lands and He-reditaments shall be paid and applied by the said Trustees to, and all such Estates, Rights and Interests as aforesaid shall be held and enjoyed by such Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, as was or were entitled to have, receive, hold and enjoy the same respectively, and in such Proportions, Manner and Form, as the same were payable and were held and enjoyed previous to the passing of this Act.

Interest on

Purchase Monies at 51. per Cent. per Annum.

III. And be it further enacted, That for the better ascertaining His Majesty the several Owners and Proprietors of and Persons interested in may appoint the said Lands and Hereditaments vested by and to be purchased Commissioners in pursuance of this Act, and the respective Titles, Rights, In- to hear and deterests and Claims of such Owners and Proprietors and other Per- and Claims, for sons thereto, it shall and may be lawful to and for His Majesty, which Pur1 & 2 GEO. IV.

C c

by

termine Titles

pose, and for

ascertaining the

Value of Premises, Inquest may be called.

by One or more Commission or Commissions, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to authorize and appoint any Number of Persons to be Commissioners to hear and determine all Titles, Rights, Interests and Claims that shall or may be set up to the said Lands and Hereditaments, or to any Part or Parcel thereof; which Commissioners so to be appointed, or any Three or more of them, shall and may and they are hereby authorized and required in a summary Way, by and upon the Testimony of Witnesses upon Oath (which Oath they or any Three or more of them are hereby empowered to administer), or upon the Inspection and Examination of Deeds, Writings and Records, or by the Inquest of Twelve good and lawful Men to be impannelled and sworn in manner hereinafter mentioned and directed, or by all or any of the said Ways or otherwise according to their Discretion, to inquire into and to proceed, act upon and determine all and all manner of Rights, Titles, Estates, Claims and Interests, and all Controversies, Debates and Questions which shall happen or arise berween any Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whomsoever, or any other Matter or Thing relating to any of the Premises or any Part thereof; and shall have Power to send for any Person or Persons, and oblige them to produce their Deeds or Writings upon Oath relating to any of the same Premises; and also shall and may, by Agreement with the respective Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, that shall be determined to be the Owners and Proprietors of, and Persons interested in the said Lands and Hereditaments vested by and to be purchased in pursuance of this Act, or by the said Inquest of the said Twelve good and lawful Men to be impannelled and sworn, inquire into, proceed, act and determine touching and concerning the true and real Value of the said Premises or any Part or Parcel thereof; and the said Commissioners so to be appointed, or any Three or more of them, are hereby required to cause all their Judgments and Decrees to be entered fairly in Books, which Judgments and Decrees shall expressly mention and specify the respective Number of Acres or Parcels of Land, with their several Abuttals and Boundaries, together with the Name or Names of all and every Person or Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, Ecclesiastical or Civil, interested respecMoney agreed tively in the same, and the respective Sum or Sums of Money that

Decrees of

Commissioners

to be entered in Books, which

Decrees are to

specify the Number of

Acres of Land,

Names of
Owners, and

for or assessed

by Jury.

Decrees final.

Bodies Corporate, &c. and

shall be so agreed for or assessed by the said Jury to be paid for the same respectively; which Judgments and Decrees shall be fairly engrossed on Parchment, and certified to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and to the King's Remembrancer in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer; and such Judgments and Decrees made as aforesaid shall be final, and shall conclude all and every Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, Ecclesiastical and Civil, their Heirs, Successors, Executors, Administrators and Assigns respectively, notwithstanding any Disability or Incapacity whatsoever; any Law, Statute or other Matter or Thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding; Copies of which said Judgments and Decrees shall be laid forthwith before both Houses of Parliament, that full Compensation and Satisfaction may be made to the several Owners and Proprietors of, and Persons interested in the said Lands and Hereditaments.

IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said

Com

agreeing for

Commissioners so to be appointed, or any Three or more of them, others may treat or their Agent or Agents thereunto authorized by Writing under and agree for their respective Hands, shall and may and they are hereby autho- the Purchase. rized and empowered to treat and agree with all or any of the Owners or Proprietors of and Persons interested in the said Lands and Hereditaments for the absolute Purchase thereof, and of all Estates, Rights and Interests therein; and it shall and may be lawful for all Bodies Politic or Corporate, Ecclesiastical or Civil, and for all Tenants for Life and Tenants in Tail, and for Husbands, Guardians, Trustees, Committees or Attornies of such of the Owners or Proprietors of or Persons interested in any of the said Lands or Hereditaments as shall be Femes Covert, Infants, Lunatics, Idiots, Persons beyond the Seas, or otherwise incapable of acting for themselves, and for all and every other Person or Persons whomsoever, not only for and on Behalf of themselves, their Heirs and Successors, but also for and on Behalf of their Cestuique Trusts, Remainder Men or other Person or Persons, to contract for and agree with the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them, or such Agent or Agents as aforesaid, for the Sale of all or any of the said Lands or Hereditaments, Rights and Interests, for the Purpose aforesaid; and all such Contracts and Agreements Contracts enshall be valid and effectual in the Law to all Intents and Purposes tered into valid. whatsoever; and all Bodies Politic or Corporate, Ecclesiastical and Civil, and all Persons whomsoever, are hereby indemnified for what they or any of them shall do in pursuance of this Act; but if In default of it shall happen that any such Body Politic or Corporate, Ecclesi- treating or astical or Civil, Tenant for Life, Tenant in Tail, Husband, Guardian, Trustee, Committee or Attorney as aforesaid, or any other Person or Persons interested in such Lands or Hereditaments shall, for the Space of Thirty Days next after Public Notice in Writing subscribed by the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them, shall have been affixed on the principal Doors of the respective Parish Churches of Chatham and Gillingham, and inserted in the London Gazette, and also next after such Notice shall have been given to the principal Officer or Officers of any such Body Politic or Corporate, or to such Tenant for Life, Tenant in Tail, Husband, Guardian, Trustee, Committee or Attorney, or to such other Person or Persons as aforesaid, or left at his, her or their respective Place or Places of Abode (if it shall be convenient or practicable to give such last mentioned Notice), neglect or refuse to treat or agree, or by reason of Absence shall be prevented from treating or agreeing with the said Commissioners or any Three or more or them, or such Agent or Agents as aforesaid, or shall refuse to accept what they the said commissioners or any Three or more of them, or such Agent or Agents as aforesaid, shall think a reasonable Recompence or Satisfaction for such Lands or Hereditaments, Rights and Interests as aforesaid, then and in every such case the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them shall, with all convenient Speed, proceed to inquire into, ascertain and assess the true and real Value of such Lands, Hereditaments, Rights and Interests, by the Inquest of Twelve good and lawful Men, or by such other Ways and Means, and in such Manner and Form in all Respects whatsoever, as herein is particularly mentioned and directed.

Purchase, Price to be determin

ed by Inquest.