agree for Purchase of Land, and convey the same to the Use of Her Majesty. 8 & 9 Vict. Bodies Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, for the Purchase of and may purchase any Land which in the Judgment of the said Chancellor and Council shall be deemed convenient to be held with any Possession of the said Duchy, and the Land so agreed to be purchased shall be conveyed and assured to the Use of Her Majesty, Her Heirs cr Successors, in right of the said Duchy of Lancaster, and shall vest in Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the same Right, and as fully and effectually, and be held with the like Incidents, as other Land belonging to the said Duchy; and every such Conveyance may be in the Form marked Y. in the said Schedule, or in any other Form which may be deemed more convenient. IV. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, shall be c. 18. incorpo- incorporated with this Act; but the said Chancellor and Council shall not purchase any Land otherwise than by Agreement. rated. Short Title. V. In citing this Act for any Purpose whatsoever it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The Duchy of Lancaster Lands Act, 1855." C.D. SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. X. These Presents witness, That in consideration of the Sum of paid to A.B. the Receiver General of the Revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies, on behalf of Her Majesty, by as appears by the Receipt of the said Receiver General or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies, endorsed on these Presents, Her said Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of Her Chancellor and Council of Her said Duchy, doth by these presents grant and convey unto the said C.D. and his Heirs all [describing Premises], to have and to hold the same unto the said C.D. his Heirs and Assigns for ever. In witness Y. of These Presents witness, That in consideration of the Sum by C.D. the Receiver General of the Revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies, on behalf of Her Majesty, he the said A.B. doth by these Presents convey and assure unto the said C.D. his Heirs and Assigns, all [describing Premises], to have and to hold the same unto the said C.D. his Heirs and Assigns, to the Use of Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in right of Her said Duchy. In wittness CAP. CAP. LIX. An Act to facilitate Inquiries of Commissioners of En- 6 I. In the Construction of this Act the following Words and Construction Expressions shall, if not inconsistent with the Context, have of Terms. the Meaning herein-after assigned to them; (that is to say,) و" The Word "Commissioners shall mean the said Com missioners named in the said Commission, or any Three of "Endowed Schools" or "Schools" shall mean and include all Schools of Royal Foundation in Ireland, the Schools on "Endowments" shall mean and include the Estates, Lands, And Lord Lieutenant" shall mean the Chief Governor or II. The Commissioners, so soon as conveniently may be, shall Commissioners meet from Time to Time at some convenient Place, and examine to meet and to inquire into and inquire into the State, Condition, and Management of all the EndowEndowed ments and Y 3 State of all Power to to repair to Schools, examine Witnesses, and call for Documents. 18 & 19 VICT. Endowed Schools in Ireland, and the Nature and Extent of the Instruction given therein, and also into the Nature, Amount, and annual or other Value of the Endowments of such Schools respectively, and the annual Income derived from such Endowments, and how the same has been applied, and into such other Matters connected with such Schools, and the System of Education pursued therein, as to the Commissioners shall seem expedient. III. The Commissioners, or any One or more of them, may Commissioners repair to any School or to any other Place, and there to summon and examine, on Oath or otherwise, all and every Person or Persons touching any Matters which they are empowered or directed by this Act to examine or inquire into, and to call for Vouchers, Books, Deeds, Evidences, Maps, and all other Documents, and to examine and inquire into all Matters which to the Commissioners shall seem necessary and proper; and the Commissioners are hereby respectively empowered to administer an Oath to any Person who shall be so examined by or before them. Penalty on Persons refusing to attend to be examined or to produce Documents. Power to and suggest Plans of Improvement of Schools. IV. If any Person having Charge of any Document relating to any of the aforesaid Endowed Schools or holding any Situation in connexion therewith, or having the Disposition, Control, or Management of any Money, Lands, or other Property for the Establishment or Support of any such Schools or the Purposes of Education therein, shall be summoned to appear before the Commissioners or any One or more of them, for the Purpose of being examined, or to produce any Documents before them, shall refuse to appear or to be examined by the Commissioners or any Three of them, or shall refuse to answer such Questions as shall be propounded by the Commissioners, or any of them, touching any Matter or Thing which they are empowered or directed by this Act to examine into, or shall refuse or neglect to attend before such Commissioners from Day to Day, when required so to do, or to produce such Records, Deeds, Parchments, Books, Papers, or Writings, or any of them, without good and sufficient Cause, to be allowed by the Commissioners, every such Person shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds for every such Refusal, Neglect, or Omission, to be recovered by Action in any of Her Majesty's Courts of Record, or by Civil Bill in the Court of any Assistant Barrister, by any Person who shall sue for the same. V. The Commissioners may from Time to Time, as often as Commissioners they shall think proper, and as often as they shall be required so to make Report to do by the Lord Lieutenant, make a Report in Writing under to Her Majesty, their Hands and Seals, or the Hands and Seals of any Three of them, to Her Majesty of all Matters arising upon such Examinations and Inquiries which shall appear to the Commissioners necessary or proper so to be reported, and shall in like Manner report and suggest to Her Majesty such Plans for the Improvement of Education in such Schools and the better Management of their Endowments, and for the better regulating, managing, and and governing such Schools, and for the general Promotion, in connexion with said Schools, of Academical Education in Ireland, as shall appear to the Commissioners to be expedient and practicable. Commissioners. VI. The Lord Lieutenant may, on the Requisition of the Appointment Commissioners, appoint One or more but not exceeding Four of Assistant Assistants to the Commissioners, to be called Assistant Commissioners; and the Commissioners may from Time to Time remove such Assistant Commissioners, and the Lord Lieutenant may, on the Requisition of the Commissioners, appoint others in their Place; and the Remuneration to be paid to such Assistant Commissioners, in addition to their Travelling Expenses, shall be such Sum as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall appoint, not exceeding the Sum of Two hundred Pounds for each Assistant Commissioner to be paid out of such Aids or Supplies as may be from Time to Time provided and appropriated by Parliament for the Purpose. Commissioners. VII. It shall be the Duty of the Assistant Commissioners to Duties of act in aid of the Commissioners, and under their Directions, Assistant in execution of the Objects of this Act, and for that Purpose to visit and inspect such of the Endowed Schools in Ireland as the Commissioners shall direct, and to examine into the Endowments and State and Condition of such Schools, and to report thereon to the Commissioners; and such Assistant Commissioners shall have and enjoy the same Rights and Powers as the Commissioners or any of them might or would have had if they had visited the Schools in Person. VIII. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to abridge, lessen, or affect the Powers of the Commissioners under and by virtue of Her Majesty's said Commission. CAP. LX. An Act for excepting Gold Wedding Rings from the This Act not to affect Powers of Commissioners. the Reign of Her Majesty the now Queen, intituled An 17 & 18 Vict. Act for allowing Gold Wares to be manufactured at a lower c. 96. • Standard than that now allowed by Law, and to amend the Law relating to the assaying of Gold and Silver Wares, whereby it is, amongst other things, enacted, that if any of the Gold Wares which by any Statute now in force are not liable to be assayed and marked shall nevertheless be assayed and marked as of One of the Standards authorized by Law, such Wares shall not by reason thereof be chargeable with the Duty now levied on Gold Plate: And whereas by certain Statutes now in force no Gold Rings, except Mourning Rings, are liable to be assayed and marked, but Gold Wedding Rings • have Gold Wedding Rings to be assayed and marked. Sect. 3. of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 96. repealed. Certain Companies, &c. authorized to assay and mark Gold Wares indemnified. 18 & 19 VICT. have nevertheless been assayed and marked: And whereas it is expedient that Gold Wedding Rings should be made liable to the Provisions of the Statutes now in force relating to the assaying and marking of Gold Plate:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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, as follows: I. From and after the passing of this Act, Gold Wedding Rings shall be assayed and marked in like Manner as Gold Plate not exempted is required by the Statutes now in force to be assayed and marked, and all the Provisions of the Statutes relating to the Manufacture or Sale of Gold Plate shall apply to Gold Wedding Rings, anything therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. II. The Third Section of the Act passed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, herein recited, is hereby repealed so far as the same might affect Gold Wedding Rings. III. And whereas since the coming into operation of the said recited Act certain of the Companies and Corporations authorized to assay and mark Gold Wares have assayed and 'marked divers Gold Rings of the Standards required by Law before the passing of the said recited Act, and have upon such assaying and marking by their Officers and Servants demanded and received, for the Use of Her Majesty, the same Duty as was payable to Her Majesty in respect of the like Gold Rings when assayed and marked before the passing of the said recited Act: And whereas Doubts have been entertained whether such Demands and Receipts of such Duty were lawful:' Be it enacted, That all such Demands and Receipts of such Duty shall be deemed and taken to have been lawful, notwithstanding the said recited Act, and that none of the said Companies or Corporations, or of their Officers or Servants, shall be liable to any Action, Suit, or other Proceeding by reason or on account of any such Demand or Receipt as aforesaid. CAP. LXI. An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. [23d July 1855.] WHEREAS the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales have, in pursuance of "The Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land," issued their Provisional Orders for and concerning the proposed Inclosures mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, and the requisite Consents thereto have been given since the Date of |