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Private Act Company (establishing). a further sum not exceeding selves; herein before authorized to be raised, shall be found insufficient for the making, completing and maintaining of the said and other works hereby authorized to be made, and all necessary charges and expences relating thereto, then and in such case it shall be lawful for the said company, after an order or resolution for that purpose shall be made at a special general meeting of the said company, to £ pounds be called by the committee of management for the time being, herein- among themafter directed to be appointed (of which meeting ten days' previous notice shall have been given in some newspaper or newspapers, published or usually circulated within the county of ), to raise in such shares and proportions, and in manner and form as hereinbefore directed, any further or other sum or sums of money for perfecting and completing the said and other works not exceeding pounds; and towards raising such further or other sum or sums, any member or members of the said company shall and may, in the first place, at his or their discretion, subscribe and become a proprietor or proprietors of any such additional shares; and in case such further sum, or any part thereof, shall not be raised and contributed among the original members of the said company in the space of three calendar months after such order or resolution made as aforesaid, the said additional sum of pounds, or any part thereof, shall and may be raised by the admission of new subscribers, and every such new subscriber (if any) shall become a proprietor in the said undertaking hereby established, and shall be entitled to exercise and enjoy the same powers, privileges and advantages, and shall be also liable to the same restrictions, penalties and forfeitures as if such further and additional sum hereby allowed to be subscribed for and raised had constituted part of the original sum hereby authorized to be raised. or by admission ers. of new subscrib company to erect And be it further enacted, That all and every person and persons, Authority for body or bodies politic, corporate, or collegiate, who shall, according buildings. to the conditions and restrictions hereinafter set forth, hold or be possessed of any share or interest of and in the said joint-stock and undertaking, their several and respective successors, executors, administrators, and assigns, so long as they shall respectively hold the same, shall have full power and authority, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, in that part of the said united kingdom called (subject to the restrictions hereinafter mentioned), to erect, build, fit up, and establish any manufactories, brewhouses, distilleries, mills, warehouses, workshops, or other buildings whatsoever, and of what nature, kind, or description soever, and afterwards to let, sell, or dispose of the same, and to erect and establish PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Company (establishing). Company not to do wilful da mage; nor to vate property. any smelting houses, founderies, forges, or potteries, and other works, matters, and things, as they shall think fit to establish, purchase, take, hire, contract for, hold, or possess under or by virtue or for the purposes of this act; and for the purposes aforesaid to erect and build any workhouses, drying-houses, glass-houses, brick or tile-kilns, and all or any other erections and buildings whatsoever, and to make, provide, furnish, and erect any machinery, implements, or utensils, and any steam or other engines, and any tools, tackle, and conveniences necessary or proper for the fitting up or using of the same, and to dig and raise earth and clay for the making and burning of any bricks, tiles, gutters, and ridges, or other matters or things, and to make, burn, and convert coal and culm into charcoal and coke, and also to make and use canals, tunnels, ways, roads, and railways, and generally to make, do, and perform all other necessary acts, matters, and things for promoting and carrying into execution and effect the several ends, intents, and purposes aforesaid, in such way and manner as they shall think proper, provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to authorize or empower the said company to carry on or exercise any trade in or upon any manufactory or other building to be erected, built, or fitted up in pursuance of this act, or other place whatsoever; but nevertheless, the said company shall not be prevented thereby from making or manufacturing any materials, machinery, or other matters or things for the purpose of carrying this act into execution. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said company in carrying on the works necessary for the execution of this act shall enter upon pri- not do or cause to be done any wilful damage, trespass, or injury, and in case of any being done shall make full recompence and satisfaction for any damage, trespass, and injury to the person or persons damaged, trespassed upon, or injured: provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall extend, or be deemed, taken, or construed to extend, to authorize or permit the said company, to enter into or to take or use the estate or property of any person or persons whomsoever without the licence or authority of the owner or occupier thereof. Power to contract for the purchase of lands and buildings. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said company to contract for and purchase, either in fee simple or for any life or lives, or term or terms of years, for the purposes of this act, any messuages, buildings, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, situate in that part of the united kingdom called and also to sell and dispose of all or any of the said messuages, buildings, lands, tenements, and hereditaments as they may think proper, and pur- And be it further enacted, That &c. (add power for corporate bodies and incapacitated persons to sell.) (1) PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Company (establishing). (1) See ante, pp. 89. 134. to which clause the following is sometimes subjoined. "And whereas the said company of proprietors are enabled to purstatute acres of land, where they may erect works by virchase tue of this act, for the purposes thereof, and all bodies politic, corporate, or collegiate, corporations aggregate or sole, and all other persons whomsoever, are empowered to sell such quantity or number of acres to the said company: and whereas it is expedient to restrain the said company from selling any such lands so purchased from any body or bodies politic, corporate, or collegiate, corporations aggregate or sole, trustees or feoffees in trust for charitable or other purposes, executors, administrators, husbands, guardians, committees, or other trustees for or in behalf of infants, lunatics, idiots, femes covert, cestuique trust, tenants for life or in tail, and persons to whom or for whose benefit lands are limited in strict settlement, and other persons being under legal disability or incapacity, and again purchasing other lands from the same or any other body or bodies politic, corporate, or collegiate, corporations aggregate or sole, trustees or feoffees in trust for charitable or other purposes, executors, administrators, husbands, guardians, committees, or other trustees for or in behalf of infants, lunatics, idiots, femes covert, cellesque trust, tenants for life or in tail, and persons to whom or for whose benefit lands are limited in strict settlement, and other persons being under legal disability or incapacity, in lieu or stead of the lands so sold; be it therefore enacted, that it shall not be lawful for the said company of proprietors to purchase from any body or bodies politic, corporate, or collegiate, corporations aggregate or sole, trustees or feoffees in trust for charitable or other purposes, executors, administrators, husbands, guardians, committees, or other trustees for or in behalf of infants, lunatics, idiots, femes covert, cestuique trust, tenants for life Restrictions as from bodies cor to purchases porate, &c. PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Company (establishing). On payment of purchase-money premises to be vested in the directors of the said company. Form of conveyance of freeholds to the company. $ And be it further enacted, That upon payment of the money so contracted or agreed to be paid for the purchase of such messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments by the said company, to the party or parties, or person or persons respectively entitled to such monies or their agents, all the estate, right, title, interest, use, trust, property, claim, and demand in law or in equity of the party or parties, or person or persons respectively to whom or to whose use the same shall be paid, of, in, to, or out of such messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, shall vest in the directors of the said company for the time being and their respective successors, for effecting the uses and purposes of this act. And be it further enacted, That all sales, conveyances, and assurances of any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments to be made to the said directors of the said company, may be made in the form or to the effect following; (that is to say,) in consideration of the to me [or us] paid by the [style of the company] established under or by virtue of an act passed in the year of the reign of King the intituled [here insert the title of this act,] do hereby grant and release [or assign, as the case may be,] to the directors ' of the said company, all [here describe the premises to be conveyed,] and all my [or our] term, estate, right, title, and interest of, in, or in tail, and persons to whom or for whose benefit lands are limited or disposed of by the said company.” ' and to the said premises, to hold unto them the said directors, and in the year of our Lord PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Company (establishing). And every such sale, conveyance, and assurance so made shall be Efficacy of convalid and effectual to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as to and veyance. against the person or persons making the same, and his, her, or their cestuique trust, and all other persons claiming or to claim by, from, under, or in trust for him, her, or them respectively, or in remainder, reversion, or expectancy as aforesaid; and the same shall be deemed and construed to bar the dower and dowers of the wife or wives of such person and persons, and all estates tail and other estates in possession, reversion, remainder, or expectancy, and the issue and issues of such person, and persons claiming under them, as effectually as fines or common recoveries would do if levied or suffered by the proper parties in due form of law, any law, statute, usage, or custom to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. And be it further enacted, That any lands or hereditaments which are of copyhold or customary tenure, may be surrendered into the hands of the lord or lords, lady or ladies of the manor or manors of which the same are respectively holden, to the use of the said company, their successors and assigns; and the said company or their successors shall, if they shall think fit, be thereupon admitted to hold the same unto the said company, their successors and assigns, according to the custom of the said manor or manors, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: provided always, that if the said company or their successors, or the lord or lords, lady or ladies for the time being of such manor or manors, shall be desirous that such copyhold or customary lands and hereditaments, or any part thereof, shall be enfranchised, satisfaction shall be made in respect thereof, and such lands and hereditaments shall be conveyed to the said company, their successors and assigns, in fee simple, in the same or the like manner as any other lands or hereditaments to be taken or used for the purposes of this act. Conveyance of copyholds. lords of manors And be it further enacted, That in all cases where there shall be Conveyance by occasion to cut through, take, or use, for the purposes of this act, of lands taken any part or parts of any commons or waste grounds, or other lands, from commons tenements, or hereditaments which shall be charged with or subject SUP.-VOL. III. . P to be sufficient. |