solidated Fund. Year; and that the Salaries of the Assistant Secretaries, Clerks, Messengers, and other Officers shall be in fit Proportion: Provided also, that the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, may allow to any Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Clerk, Messenger, or other Officer, any such reasonable travelling or other Expences as may have been incurred by him in the Performance of his Duties under this Act, in addition to his Salary or Allowance respectively. to be paid 8. And be it enacted, That the Salaries, out of Con- Allowances, and travelling and other Expences of the Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Clerks, Messengers, and Officers as aforesaid, and all other incidental Expences of carrying this Act into execution not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid by the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Declaration of Commis 9. And be it enacted, That every Commissioner shall, before he shall enter upon sioners, &c. the Execution of his Office, make the following Declaration before One of the Judges of Her Majesty's Courts of Queen's Bench or Common Pleas, or One of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer; (that is to say,) "I [4. B.] do solemnly declare, That I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, ac'cording to the best of my Skill and Judg · ment, fulfil all the Powers and Duties of a Commissioner under an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, intituled [here set forth the Title ' of this Act].' And that every such Assistant Commissioner shall, before he shall enter upon the Execution of his Office, make the like Declaration (substituting the Words " Assistant Commissioner" for the Word "Commissioner ") before such Judge or Baron, or before any Two Justices of the Peace for the County, Riding, Division, Liberty, or Jurisdiction. wherein such Assistant Commissioner shall be resident at the Time of his Appointment, or before a Master Extraordinary in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery; and the Appointment of every such Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, with the Time when, and the Name or Names of the Judge, Baron, Justices, or Master Extraordinary before whom, he shall have made the Declaration as aforesaid, shall be forthwith published in the London Gazette. 10. And be it enacted, That the said CommisCommissioners may delegate to their Assist- sioners may ant Commissioners, or to any One delegate or more Powers,&c. of them, such of the Powers hereby given to the said Commissioners as the said Commissioners shall think fit, except the Power to confirm Agreements, Awards, or Apportionments, or to frame Forms of Agreements and other Instruments, as herein-after provided, or to do any Act herein required to be done under the Seal of the said Commis In case the Lord or Tenant of a Manor shall be under Disability. sioners; and the Powers so delegated shall be exercised under such Regulations as the said Commissioners shall direct; and the said Commissioners may at any Time recall or alter all or any of the Powers delegated as aforesaid, and, notwithstanding the Delegation thereof, may act as if no such Delegation had been made; and all Acts done by any such Assistant Commissioner in pursuance of such delegated Powers shall be obeyed by all Persons as if they had proceeded from the said Commissioners, and the Non-observance thereof shall be punishable in like Manner. 11. And be it enacted, That whenever the Lord or Tenant of a Manor, or any Person interested in any Question or Right connected with any Commutation or Enfranchisement under this Act, shall be a Minor, Idiot, Lunatic, Feme Covert, or under any other legal Disability, or shall be beyond the Seas, the Guardian, Trustees, Committee of the Estate, Husband, or Attorney of such Person respectively, or in default thereof, or in case the Party interested shall be unknown or not ascertained, then such Person as may be nominated for that Purpose by the said Commissioners under their Hands and Seal, after due Inquiry shall have been made by them, as to the Fitness of such Person, shall for the Purposes of this Act be substituted in the Place of such Lord, Tenant, or other Person: Provided always, that if any Lord, Tenant, or other Person interested as aforesaid, shall be a Trustee for charitable Purposes, and the annual Value of the Charity Estate shall exceed Fifty Pounds, such Trustee shall not sign any Agreement or Power of Attorney, or join in any Proceedings under this Act, without an Order of Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery, to be applied for by Petition; but on such Order being obtained, or if the annual Value of the Charity Estate shall not exceed Fifty Pounds, such Trustee may sign any Agreement or Power of Attorney, and otherwise join in any Proceedings under this Act, as if he had been beneficially interested in such Charity Estate. 12. And be it enacted, That it shall be Agent may lawful for any Lord or Tenant of a Manor, be appointed by or any other Person interested in any Com- Power of mutation under this Act, by a Power of Attorney. Attorney given in Writing under his Hand, or in the Case of a Corporation Aggregate under the Common Seal of such Corporation, from Time to Time to appoint an Agent to act for him in carrying into execution the Provisions of this Act; and all Things which by this Act are directed or authorized to be done by or in relation to any Person may be fully done by or in relation to the Agent so duly authorized of such Person; and every such Agent shall have full Power, in the Name and on behalf of his Principal, to concur in and execute any Agreement and vote in any Question arising out of the Execution of this Act, and make any Inspection and sign any Notice of Objection under the Provisions of this Act; and every Person shall be bound by the Acts of any such Agent, according to the Authority committed to him, as fully as if the Principal of such Agent had so acted; and the Power of Attorney under which the Agent shall have acted, or a Copy thereof authenticated by the Signature of Two credible Witnesses, shall, at the first Meeting under the Act attended by such Attorney under such Power, or whenever requested by the Chairman or by any other interested Party present at such Meeting, be delivered to the Chairman for the Time being, and the same or any like Copy shall be appended to every Agreement executed by any such Attorney, and shall be sent with it to the Office of the said Commissioners as herein-after provided: Revocation Provided always, that if any Person having of Power of made such an Appointment shall deliver Attorney. Form of Notice in Writing or under a Common Seal, (as the Case may require,) of the Revocation thereof to the Chairman at any such Meeting, no Act which shall be done by the Person so appointed after the Delivery of such Notice, without a fresh Appointment, shall bind the Principal: And any such Power may be in the Form following: • Manor of • County of in the IA.B. of, &c., Lord [or Copyholder, Customary Tenant, or Freeholder, as the • Case may be,] of the said Manor, do hereby 'appoint C.D. of, &c., to be my lawful Attorney, to act for me in all respects as if I myself were present and acting in the 6 |