No. III. c. 29. or passage (except as aforesaid) shall from henceforth be vested in his Majesty, his heirs or successors, freed and discharged from all public 1 & 2 W. 4, and private right of passing and repassing over and along the same; and that the said court or passage, and the site, soil, and freehold thereof (except as aforesaid), shall be liable to be sold, exchanged, leased, or disposed of by the commissioners for the time being of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, in such and the like manner as any other estates or possessions of the crown under their care and management. IX. And whereas by an act passed in the forty-sixth year of the reign 46 G. 3, c. 89. of his late Majesty king George the third, intituled An Act for consolidating and rendering more effectual the several Acts for the Purchase of Buildings and further Improvement of the Streets and Places near to Westminster Hall and the two Houses of Parliament, certain commissioners were appointed and authorized to be appointed for carrying the purposes of the said act into execution: And whereas an act was passed in the forty-eighth year of the reign of his said late Majesty king George the third, intituled An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act of the 48 G. 3, c. 137. Forty-sixth Year of His present Majesty, for consolidating and rendering more effectual the several Acts for the Purchase of Buildings and further Improvement of the Streets and Places near to Westminster Hall and the Two Houses of Parliament: And whereas by an act passed in the fiftyfourth year of the reign of his said late Majesty king George the third, intituled An Act for further amending and enlarging the Powers of an Act 54 G.3, c. 154. of the Forty-sixth Year of His present Majesty, intituled ‘An Act for consolidating and rendering more effectual the several Acts for the Pur'chase of Buildings and further Improvement of the Streets and Places near to Westminster Hall and the Two Houses of Parliament,' and for other purposes therein mentioned, it was amongst other things enacted, that in case the piece or parcel of ground situate, lying, and being on the west side of Little George-street, the north side of Bow-street at the back of the new court house, and the south side of Prince's-mews, containing in length from east to west, as well on the north as the south side, one hundred and two feet and six inches, little more or less, and from north to south, as well on the east as the west side, seventy feet six inches, little more, or less, should at any time thereafter be purchased by the said commissioners of the said act of the forty-sixth year aforesaid, in pursuance of the powers contained in the said acts of the forty-sixth and forty-eighth years aforesaid, or either of them, it should and might be lawful to and for the lord high treasurer, or the commissioners for executing the said office of lord high treasurer, for the time being, or any three or more of them, at any time or times after the purchase or purchases last mentioned should have been made, and notwithstanding any act or acts of parliament then in force to the contrary, by indenture or indentures, to be inrolled in one of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, to grant or demise all or any part or parts of the said last-mentioned piece or parcel of ground to the patron, president, and vice-presidents for the time being of the school commonly called, or intended to be called, "The Westminster National Free School," and their successors, for any term or terms of years not exceeding ninety-nine years from the date of respective dates thereof, at a peppercorn rent during the whole of the term or terms of years thereby to be granted, and under and subject to such covenants for building and keeping in repair, and insuring from loss or damage by fire, and such other covenants, conditions, restrictions, and agreements, as the lord high treasurer, or the commissioners for executing the said office of lord high treasurer, for the time being, or any three or more of them, should approve; provided nevertheless, that every such grant or lease should be on the face of it expressed to be made in trust for the purposes of the said Westminster National Free School, and that a proviso should be therein inserted for making void the same respectively in the event of the ground therein to be comprised, and the buildings to be erected thereon, or any of them, or any part thereof, being used for any No. III. 1 & 2 W. 4, c. 29. purpose or purposes whatsoever unconnected with the said school; and it was thereby further enacted, That the patron, president, and vicepresidents for the time being of the said school should be and they were thereby constituted a corporation, by the name of "The Patron, President, and Vice-Presidents of the Westminster National Free School," in order to enable them to accept and take in a corporate capacity, by the name aforesaid, the grant or grants, lease or leases therein-before authorized to be granted, and to execute a counterpart or counterparts thereof, and for other purposes of the said school; and by that name, for the purposes aforesaid, they should and might have and use a common seal, and might sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded; but nothing in the said act, or in such grant or grants, lease or leases, contained or to be contained, should extend to charge the person or persons of him or them, or of his or their heirs, executors, or administrators, or his or their or any of their own proper lands or tenements, goods or chattels, with the performance of all or any of the covenants, conditions, or agreements in the same grant or grants, lease or leases, or any of them, to be contained; but all and every such action and actions, suit and suits, as should be brought or prosecuted for or in respect of the same covenants, conditions, and agreements, or any of them, should be brought or prosecuted against the said patron, president, and vice-presidents, and their successors, for the time being, in their corporate capacity: And whereas the said piece or parcel of ground mentioned and described in the said recited act of the fifty-fouth year of the reign of his late Majesty king George the third, as aforesaid, was soon after the passing of the said act purchased by the said commissioners acting in execution of the said recited act of the forty-sixth year aforesaid, and the patron, president, and vice-presidents of the Westminster National Free School were thereupon let into possession of the said piece or parcel of ground situated between the Westminster court house and Prince's-mews, and have since erected and built thereon a building or school called "The Westminster National Free School," and on a small piece or parcel of crown land on the north side thereof, and adjoining thereto, a dwelling house, for the residence of a master or mistress to such school; which said building, school, and dwelling house have been ever since the completion thereof appropriated and used as and for the purposes of the education of the children of the poor; but no lease has ever been granted to the said patron, president, and vice-presidents of the Westminster National Free School in pursuance of the said recited act of the fifty-fourth year of the reign of his said late Majesty king George the third as aforesaid: and whereas by an act passed in the seventh year of the reign of his 7 G. 4, c. 78. late Majesty king George the fourth, intituled An Act to rest in the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues the Powers of several Acts for the Improvement of the Streets near Westminster Hall and the Houses of Parliament, and to authorize the Conversion of the Pavements in several Parts of the Metropolis into broken Stone Roads, after reciting (amongst other things) the several hereinbefore recited acts of parliament, it was enacted that all the several powers and authorities given by the said acts therein-before recited, to the said commissioners appointed or to be appointed under and by virtue of the said recited act of the forty-sixth year of the reign of his said then late Majesty, should, from and after the passing of the nowreciting act, be transferred to the said commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, and be vested in the said last-mentioned commissioners, in as full, ample, and beneficial a manner, to all intents and purposes, for the carrying into effect the objects of the said recited acts, as the same were then vested in the said commissioners appointed under or by virtue of the said recited act of the forty-sixth year of the reign of his said late Majesty; and the said powers and authorities should, as to any exercise thereof by the said commissioners appointed or to be appointed by the said recited act of the forty-sixth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, from and after the passing of No. III. 1 & 2 W. 4, c. 29. the now-reciting act, cease, determine, and be void, except as to any matter or thing which might have been done or contracted to be done by the said last-mentioned commissioners, in virtue thereof, before the passing of the now-reciting act; any thing in the said recited acts, or any of them, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; and it was thereby further enacted that all the several provisions in the said therein-before recited acts contained, and thereby made applicable to the said commissioners appointed or to be appointed under or by virtue of the said recited act of the forty-sixth year of the reign of his said then late Majesty, should, from and after the passing of the now-reciting act, apply to the said commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, in the same manner, to all intents and purposes, as they would have done in case the said last-mentioned commissioners had been named in the said recited acts, instead of the said commissioners appointed or to be appointed under or by virtue of the said recited act of the forty-sixth year of the reign of his said then late Majesty: And whereas the income of the said Westminster National Free School, depending in a great measure on voluntary annual contributions, has become insufficient to meet its expences, and it has therefore been proposed by the national society for the education of the poor in the principles of the established church to establish the said Westminster National Free School as the central or chief school of the said national society, in order that the children in the neighbourhood of the Westminster National Free School may lose no part of the education hitherto received by them in the said school: And whereas the patron, president, and vice-presidents of the Westminster National Free School, being desirous that the proposal of the said national society should be carried into effect, have applied to and requested the commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues to make and grant a lease or leases of the said two pieces or parcels of ground, with the building or school and dwelling house so erected thereon respectively as aforesaid, to the said national society; be it therefore enacted, That it Commissioners, shall and may be lawful to and for the commissioners for the time being with consent of of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, by and with the con- treasury, may sent and approbation of the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, or grant a certain any three or more of them, at any time or times hereafter, and notwith- piece of ground to the national standing any act or acts now in force to the contrary, to grant or demise society for the the said piece or parcel of ground, with the building or school and education of the dwelling house thereon erected and built, to "The National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church,' and their successors, for any term or terms of years not exceeding ninety-nine years, to be computed from the twenty-fourth day of June last, at a peppercorn rent for and in respect of the said piece or parcel of ground on which the said building or school is erected and built as aforesaid, and at the yearly rent of one pound fifteen shillings for and in respect of the said piece or parcel of ground on which the said dwelling house is erected and built as aforesaid, payable to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, during the whole of the term or terms of years thereby to be granted, and under and subject to such covenants for keeping in repair, and insuring from loss or damage by fire, and such other covenants, conditions, restrictions, and agreements as the commissioners for the time being of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues shall approve: Provided nevertheless, that every such grant or lease be on the face of it expressed to be made in trust for the purposes of the said national society, and that a proviso be therein inserted for making void the same respectively in the event of the ground therein to be comprised, and the buildings erected thereon, or any of them, or any part thereof, being used for any purpose or purposes whatsoever unconnected with the said national society. poor. "" X. Provided always, and be it further declared and enacted, That Saving the nothing in this act contained shall extend, or be deemed or construed to powers of the extend, to prejudice, diminish, alter, or take away any of the rights, of sewers. commissioners No. III. 1 & 2 W. 4, c. 29. powers, or authorities vested in the commissioners of sewers for the city and liberty of Westminster and part of the county of Middlesex; but all the rights, powers, and authorities vested in them shall be as good, valid, and effectual as if this act had not been made. [No. IV.] 2 W. 4, c. 1.-An Act for uniting the Office of the Surveyor General of his Majesty's Works and Public Buildings with the office of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues; and for other Purposes relating to the Land Revenues. [13th February 1832.] WHEREAS by divers acts, and particularly an act passed in the tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty king George the fourth, 10 G. 4, c. 50. intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Management and Improvement of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases; of the land revenue of the Crown within the Survey of the Exchequer in England; and of the land Revenue of the Crown in Ireland; and for extending certain Provisions relating to the same to the Isles of Man and Alderney, all honors, hundreds, castles, lordships, manors, forests, chases, woods, parks, messuages, lands, tithes, fisheries, franchises, services, rents, and other land revenues, possessions, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever (advowsons of churches and vicarages only excepted) which belong to his Majesty, within the ordering and survey of the court of exchequer in England or Wales, in Ireland, in the Isle of Man and its dependencies, and the Isle of Alderney, whether in possession, remainder, or expectancy, (which said honors, hundreds, castles, lordships, manors, forests, chases, woods, parks, messuages, lands, tithes, fisheries, franchises, services, rents, and other land revenues, possessions, and tenements, are commonly called "The Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown," are under the management of a first commissioner and two other commissioners appointed by letters patent during his Majesty's pleasure, and styled "The Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues:" And whereas by an act passed in the fifty-fourth year of his late Majesty 54 G. 3, c.157. king George the third, intituled An Act for better Regulation of the Conduct of the Business of the Office of Works, and the Expenditure thereof, his Majesty's works and public buildings, including as well the works and buildings the expence of which is defrayed out of his Majesty's civil list revenues, as the works and buildings the expence of which is defrayed out of any funds granted by parliament, or out of any part of the public revenue usually included in the incidental charges of such department, and the expenditure in respect of such works and buildings, are placed under the superintendence and control of an officer appointed during his Majesty's pleasure, called "The Surveyor General of his Majesty's Works and Public Buildings :" And whereas William Henry Cooper and Frederick Grey Cooper, sons of Sir Grey Cooper Baronet, deceased, are the only remaining grantees by letters patent of the office of auditor of the land revenues in England: And whereas, under an act passed in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of his late Ma39 G.3, c. 83. jesty king George the third, intituled An Act for transferring to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts the Duties now performed in the Office of the Auditors of the land Revenue, and for directing the Mode of attesting the Accounts of the Paymaster General of his Majesty's Forces, and under the said act of the tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty, after the respective deaths of William Henry Cooper and Frederick Grey Cooper, the office of the said remaining auditors of the land revenue in England are directed to be abolished; and during the continuance of the said patent granted to William Henry Cooper and Frederick Grey Cooper the duties of the office of auditor for Chester, No. IV. Derby, Lincoln, and Nottingham, and of the office of the auditor for the principality of Wales (the grantees of which last-mentioned offices 2 W. 4, c. 1. are dead), are performed by acting auditors in the said offices of the land revenue of the crown for the counties of Chester, Derby, Lincoln, and Nottingham, and for the principality of Wales, appointed or allowed by the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, and removable at pleasure; and after the determination of the said remaining office of auditor of the land revenue of the crown in England the accounts of the said commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues are under the said last-mentioned acts directed to be examined, tried, and audited by the commissioners appointed under the authority of an act of the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty king George the third, intituled An Act for better examining and auditing the 25 G. 3, c. 52. Public Accounts of the Kingdom: And whereas it is expedient that the management of the business of the office of works and buildings, and of the business of the office of the commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, should be united, and that the duties and powers now performed and exercised and exercisable by the commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, and the duties and powers under the said act of the fifty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty king George the third, now performed and exercised or exercisable by the surveyor general of his Majesty's works and public buildings, should be performed and exercised by one set of commissioners, to be appointed for the performance and exercise thereof respectively; and it is also expedient that the said remaining office of auditor of the land revenue should be abolished forthwith, and that the examination and auditing of accounts now performed by the said remaining auditors and by the said acting auditors shall be transferred to the commissioners for examining and auditing the public accounts of the kingdom, appointed under the authority of the said act of the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty king George the third; and it is just that the said William Henry Cooper and Frederick Grey Cooper should receive a compensation for the loss they will sustain by the abolilition of their said office of auditor of the land revenue; and it is expedient that provision should be made for the removal of the books of entries, records, deeds, instruments, writings, maps, plans, and other official papers now deposited in the offices or which are or ought to be in the custody of the said remaining auditors of the land revenue of the crown of England, and of the said acting auditors of the land revenue for the counties of Chester, Derby, Lincoln, and Nottingham, and the principality of Wales, and for the future custody and care thereof, and also for the inrolment, in manner herein-after mentioned, of all deeds and instruments which, in case this act had not been passed, ought, under the provisions of the said act of the tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty, to have been inrolled in the said remaining office of the auditor of the land revenue of the crown, or in the office of any acting auditor performing the duty of auditor of the land revenue of the crown in England or Wales, and for the future custody and care of such deeds and instruments: Be it therefore enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful Appointment of for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, at any time after the passing of commissioners this act, and so from time to time, by letters patent under the great seal, of his Majesty's woods, forests, to appoint, in the place of the commissioners of his Majesty's woods, land revenues, forests, and land revenues, and of the surveyor general of his Majesty's works and public buildings, any persons, not exceeding three in number, buildings. to be commissioners for performing the duties and exercising the powers now performed and exercisable by the commissioners of his Majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, and the duties and powers now performed and exercisable by the surveyor general of his Majesty's works and public buildings; and that the persons so first appointed, and their successors shall be called "The Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings;" and that the duties heretofore performed, and the powers heretofore exercised or exercisable, works, and |