such Insurance been made in the same or not, or for any particular Breach thereof; and where any such Insurance is covenanted to be made and may desig. in the Names of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, nate in Writing Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being, any Persons in or in the joint Names of the same Commissioners and any other whose Names Person or Persons, or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the said is to be made Commissioners for the Time being, or any Two of them, at their instead of the Discretion, to designate in Writing any Person or Persons in Names of the whose Name or Names such Insurance is to be made in lieu of Commissioners; the Names of the said Commissioners for the Time being; and the Name or Names of such Person or Persons shall be in all respects equivalent to the Names of the said Commissioners for the Time being, for the Purposes of any such Insurance and Covenant, and shall so continue until such Designation as aforesaid shall be revoked in Writing, and a new Person or Persons appointed for the Purposes aforesaid by the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being, or any Two of them; or any such Insurance may be or any such Inmade in the Name of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, surance may be Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, as if they were a made in Name Corporation, or jointly in such Name and in the Name or Names of any other Person or Persons; and the Commissioners aforesaid, were a Corporafrom Time to Time, by the Name of the Commissioners of Her tion, or jointly Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, with other alone or jointly with any other Person or Persons, as the Case Names; may be, shall sue and recover and receive under any Policy so effected as aforesaid, in all respects by such Name as aforesaid, of Commissioners as if they and as if they were incorporated by such Name; and any In- and such an Insurance made in the Name or Names of the Person or Persons so surance shall be Covenant. nominated as aforesaid, either solely or jointly with any other deemed a ComPerson or Persons (as the Case may be), or in the Name of the pliance with the said Commissioners as aforesaid, and either jointly or solely as aforesaid, and as the said Commissioners for the Time being, or any Two of them, shall direct, shall be and be deemed to all Intents and Purposes a Compliance with and Performance of any Covenant already entered into, or hereafter to be entered into, to insure in the Names of the said Commissioners for the Time being, either solely or jointly with any other Person or Persons, or otherwise. 6 or may hereafter transfer any Stock for Re IX. And whereas by the Act of the Thirty-eighth Year of Where a Tenant 'His late Majesty King George the Third, for the Redemption of Crown Lands ' of the Land Tax, the Tenants of Crown Lands were excepted has transferred 'from the general Preference in purchasing or redeeming the 'Land Tax therein given to Persons having any Estate or Interest in Lands or Hereditaments wherein any Land Tax was demption or chargeable: And whereas by the Act of the Forty-second Year Purchase of of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, for Land Tax on making further Provisions for the Redemption of the Land Tax, ignorance of the ' after mentioning that it might have happened that Tenants or Exception in Lessees of Crown Lands had redeemed the Land Tax charged 38 G. 3., the thereon, and had transferred the Consideration for the Redemp- Commissioners tion thereof as if they had been empowered to contract for the same, it was by the last-mentioned Act provided that it should be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of such Lands in may transfer to such Tenant so much Stock as shall be a Com Her pensation for the Stock transferred by such Tenant. 'Her Majesty's Treasury, for the Time being, in all such Cases to cause to be transferred to any such Lessees or Tenants so 'much Capital Stock as should be equivalent in Amount to the 'Stock transferred by such Lessees or Tenants for the Redemption ' of such Land Tax, which ought not to have been contracted for, and thereupon His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, 'should be entitled to the Benefit of such Land Tax: And 'whereas by the aforesaid Act of the Tenth Year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth it was enacted, that it should be lawful for the said Commissioners for the Time being of 'His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to redeem 'the Land Tax charged on any Part of the Possessions of the Crown, and to purchase any Land Tax on any Part thereof which might have been redeemed or should be redeemed by any ' other Person or Persons, but such Provision was not to authorize any Person or Persons to purchase or redeem the Land Tax charged on any Crown Lands contrary to the Provisions of the 'said Act of the Forty-second Year of King George the Third: And whereas Lessees or Tenants of Crown Lands may have ' entered into, or may hereafter enter into, Contracts for the Pur'chase or Redemption of the Land Tax on such Lands, and may ' have transferred or may transfer to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt Sums of Three per Centum 'Bank Annuities, as the Consideration for the Purchase or Redemption of such Land Tax, in ignorance of the Exception in 'the said Act of the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Third, herein-before referred to; and it is expedient that the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being should be empowered to reimburse such Tenants or Lessees, their Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, as after mentioned, and that thereupon such Crown Lands as aforesaid 'should become exempt from Land Tax ;' be it therefore enacted, That in any Case where any Tenant or Lessee of any Part of the Possessions of the Crown to which the said Act of the Tenth Year of King George the Fourth or this Act relates shall have transferred, or at any Time hereafter shall transfer, any Sum or Sums of Stock into the Names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, for the Purpose of purchasing or redeeming the Land Tax on the Crown Lands of which such Person was or shall be such Tenant or Lessee, and such attempted Purchase or Redemption shall be invalid or doubtful under the aforesaid Provision of the said Act of the Thirty-eighth Year of King George the Third, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being, with the Consent in Writing of the Lord High Treasurer for the Time being, or of any Three of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, by and out of the annual Income of the Land Revenues of the Crown, to purchase and cause to be transferred to any such Lessee or Tenant as aforesaid, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, so much Stock as, under all the Circumstances of the Case, shall, in the Judgment of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, be a due Compensation Compensation for the Stock so transferred by such Tenant or Lessee; and upon the Execution by the Party to whom such Stock shall be so transferred of an Instrument in Writing acknowledging the Transfer thereof (to be enrolled in the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments), the Lands on which the Land Tax shall have been so attempted to be purchased or redeemed by such Tenant or Lessee as aforesaid shall become and be absolutely freed and discharged of and from the Payment of the Land Tax, and all Arrears thereof: Provided always, that during the Continuance of the Estate of any such Tenant or Lessee, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, by whom such attempted Purchase or Redemption of Land Tax as aforesaid shall have been made, Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, shall have and be entitled to a Rent-charge to be issuing out of such Lands the Land Tax whereof shall have been so redeemed, equal in Amount to the Land Tax redeemed; and such Rent shall be payable yearly, and shall be recovered by Distress as in case of Rent reserved on Lease. Such Parts of an Estate near Millbank, Westminster, now vested in Her Majesty, as have not been required for the Penitentiary to Management of Commissioners be under the of Woods, &c. ; X. And whereas it is expedient that such Parts of an Estate 'situate at or near Millbank in the City of Westminster and County of Middlesex, and now vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, as have not been required for the Pur'poses of the Penitentiary at Millbank, should be let on Building Leases, or otherwise advantageously disposed of;' be it therefore enacted, That such Parts of the said Estate and Hereditaments at Millbank aforesaid as have not been used for the Purpose of the said Penitentiary shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being, in like Manner in all respects as the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown to which the said Act of the Tenth Year of King George the Fourth relates are under the Management of the same Commissioners under or by virtue of the last-mentioned Act, or any other Act or Acts now made or hereafter to be made; and the said Hereditaments shall be taken and considered as Part of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown to which the said Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth relates; and every Grant, Lease, or Agree- and Grants, &c. ment of such Parts of the said Hereditaments, already made or already made entered into by the said last-mentioned Commissioners, is hereby confirmed, in all respects as if the same had been made or entered into after the passing of this Act. confirmed. empowered to purchase the Grapes Tavern at Kensington, for the Purpose of Improvements. XI. And whereas an Act was passed in the Fifth Year of the Commissioners Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to authorize of Woods, &c. Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods to grant Building Leases of the Royal Kitchen Garden at Kensington, and to form and improve other Royal Gardens; and to enable the " said Commissioners to purchase Lands of Copyhold or Customary Tenure: And whereas another Act was passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty (Session 2), 'intituled An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to form a new Opening from the Knightsbridge Road ' into Hyde Park, and a new Opening from High Street, Ken'sington, into an intended new Road across the Palace Green, 8 & 9 VICT. 6 31 ' and Powers in 10 G. 4. c. 50. mises. Monies paid by the Commissioners for said Premises, and for certain ton, and Costs of forming and for annexing a Piece of extra-parochial Ground in the Royal Garden to the respective Parishes of Saint Mary Abbots Kensington and Saint Mary Paddington in several Portions: And whereas the Opening from High Street, Kensington, into the new Road across the Palace Green, contemplated by the last* mentioned Act, has been made, but the same being narrow and 'confined it is desirable and expedient that such Opening should be widened and enlarged;' be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, for and on behalf of Her Majesty, and they are hereby empowered, with the Consent and Approbation of the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commis sioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom, or any Three or more of them, to purchase a certain Piece or Parcel of Ground, Messuage or Tenement, and Buildings, with the Appurtenances, situate on the North Side of High Street, Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, known as the Grapes Tavern, and all subsisting Terms, Estates, Charges, and Interests therein, and to pull down such Buildings when so purchased, and to appropriate the Site thereof, or any Part thereof, towards widening the said Entrance or Approach from High Street, Kensington, aforesaid, into the new Road across the Palace Green aforesaid. XII. And be it enacted, That all the Powers and Provisions contained in the herein-before recited Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, with reference to Contracts and Sales to be made to and with His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, or to and with the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, on behalf of Her Majesty, shall, so far as the same are applicable, extend and apply to the said Piece or Parcel of Ground, Messuage, and Buildings, with the Appurtenances, known as the Grapes Tavern, at Keasington aforesaid, and to the Owners or Occupiers thereof, or other Parties in anywise interested therein; and all the Provisions in the said Act as regards Stamps shall apply to this Act: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the said Commissioners to take or use the said last-mentioned Premises against the Consent of the Parties interested therein, and by the Act last herein-before mentioned authorized and empowered to convey the same. XIII. And be it declared and enacted, That all Monies paid or to be paid by the said Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, for or incident to the Purchase of the Grapes Tavern, with its Houses in High Appurtenances, aforesaid, and all Monies paid or to be paid by Street, Kensing- the said Commissioners for or incident to the Purchase of the Houses and Hereditaments in High Street, Kensington, aforesaid, described in the Schedule to the herein-before recited Act of the Roads, &c., to Fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty (Session 2), and be recouped to Commissioners also all the Costs and Expences incurred or to be incurred by the before any Sur- said Commissioners in forming and completing Roads or Sewers plus shall be ap- upon or across or otherwise in appropriating and adapting for plicable for the Building Purposes the Ground at or near Kensington, mentioned Purposes of that in the Schedule to the herein-before first-recited Act of the Fifth Act. Year Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, shall be taken into account, and recouped to the Funds or Property under the Charge of the said Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, before any Surplus shall be deemed to have arisen or become applicable for the Purposes mentioned in the said last herein-before mentioned Act of the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty. CAP. C. An Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of BE E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and The following late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the Second 3&4 W.4. c. 64. and Third Year of His present Majesty, for regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England; and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to continue 5&6 W.4. c. 22, for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts of the Second and Third Year and the Third and Fourth Year of His present Majesty, relating to the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England; and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An 1&2 Vict. c. 73. Act to continue for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England; and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her said present Majesty, intituled An Act to con- 5 Vict. c.4. tinue for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England; and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her said present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend, 5&6 Vict. c. 87. and continue for Three Years, and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament, the Laws relating to Houses licensed by the Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of the Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons, and for the Inspection of County Asylums and Public Hospitals for the Reception of Insane Persons, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except so far as they or any of them repeal any other Act: Provided always, that until the Appointment for any Jurisdiction Proviso that of Visitors and their Clerk under the Provisions of this Act the present Visitors Visitors and Clerk appointed for such Jurisdiction under the said and Clerk shall 3 I 2 repealed act under this |