As to the Payment of Costs of Inclosure

or Assistant Commissioner shall think fit, so as the same shall be appointed by a public Notice thereof in Writing, to be affixed at least Twelve Days before such Meeting on the principal outer Door of the Parish Church of Portland, or in some public and conspicuous Place within the said Isle of Portland, and to be inserted in One of the public Newspapers published or generally circulated in the said County of Dorset ; and at such Meeting the said Commissioners or Assistant Commissioner do and shall proceed to examine into and ascertain all and every the Claims which shall be made or put forward in respect of any such Rights or Interests as aforesaid, and the relative and proportionate Value of the Estates, Rights, and Interests of any Person or Persons claiming to be entitled thereto, and for that Purpose do and may call for and receive such Records, Deeds, and Writings, and such other Proof or Evidence as the said Commissioners or Assistant Commissioner may think fit, and they and he are and is hereby authorized and required to take the Testimony of any Witnesses upon Oath (which Oath they and he are and is respectively hereby empowered to administer,) or to take the Affirmation of such Witnesses in Cases where Affirmation is allowed by Law instead of Oath.

XLV. And be it enacted, That all the Costs and Expences of the said Inclosure Commissioners and Assistant Commissioner Cmmissioners, shall in the first place be paid out of the Monies so to be paid into the Bank of England, and that the Residue of the said Monies shall be paid and divided between and amongst the said several Parties to be named in the said Award, and in the Shares and Proportions to be ascertained and set forth in such Award.

and as to the Residue of Mcnies.

Compensation

for limited Inpaid to Trustees.

terests to be

XLVI. And be it enacted, That when it shall appear to the said Inclosure Commissioners or Assistant Commissioner that any of the Parties entitled to such Rights or Interests are only entitled thereto for a limited Interest, then it shall be lawful for them or him, by their or his Award, to direct that the Monies to be paid in respect of such Right or Interest shall be paid to Trustees, to be held by them on Trusts similar to the Uses or Trusts to which such Rights or Interests had been immediately before the Payment of such Monies into the Bank subject to, or as near thereto as the said Inclosure Commissioners or Assistant Commissioner can ascertain; and that the Rights or Interests of all Parties to be ascertained in such Award as aforesaid shall, as from the Payment of such Monies as aforesaid into the Bank of England, be taken and considered as Personal Estate, and the Receipts of any Trustees to whom any such Monies shall be paid as aforesaid shall be good and sufficient Discharges for the same: Provided always, that the Payment of all such Sums shall from Time to Time be subject to such Rules and Regulations, for the Purpose of insuring the Payment thereof to the Person or Persons duly entitled to receive the same, as the said Inclosure Commissioners shall by any Order direct.

XLVII. And

from Time to

XLVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Power to adany Person or Persons hereby authorized and empowered to journ Meetings call any Meeting for the Purposes of this Act from Time to Time. Time to adjourn any Meeting so called to any future Day, and to any Place within the said Island of Portland, as to him or them shall seem meet, without giving any public Notice

thereof.

XLVIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Power to sell the said Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Lands. and exchange Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, notwithstanding any thing herein-before contained, at any Time or Times before the Completion of the said intended Harbour of Refuge, on behalf of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, to sell and dispose of (either by way of absolute Sale or in exchange for other Hereditaments to be applied to the Purposes of this Act), and absolutely to grant and convey, any of the Hereditaments which may be purchased or acquired for the Purposes of this Act, and which it shall be found are not required for the Purposes thereof, or which may be advantageously exchanged, subject, nevertheless, to such Conditions and Stipulations as they may think fit, and thereupon the same shall be conveyed and assured by the said Commissioners as they shall think fit; and any Monies to be received in respect of any Sale or Exchange by the said Commissioners shall be paid to and form Part of the Consolidated Fund.

Roads.

XLIX. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Power to stup said Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's up and alter Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, from Time to Time to stop up, divert, raise, lower, or alter all or any of the Roads, Ways, Paths, Passages, Streams, and Watercourses which now lead into, through, across, or over any Part or Parts of the Lands mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, and to form and make in lieu thereof, or in addition thereto, such other Roads, Ways, Paths, Passages, or Watercourses as to the said Commissioners may seem fit and necessary; and the Ground and Soil of such Roads, Ways, Paths, or Passages as shall be so stopped up, and the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, shall thereupon become and be vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the Purposes of this Act, freed and discharged from all Claims and Demands in, to, upon, or over the same.

false Evidence.

L. And be it enacted, That all Persons who, upon Examina- Penalties on tion to be taken by virtue of this Act, shall wilfully and cor- Persons giving ruptly give false Evidence, or otherwise forswear themselves, before any Jury or before any Justice of the Peace acting as such in the Execution of this Act, shall and may be prosecuted for the same, and upon Conviction thereof shall be subject to such and the same Pains and Penalties as Persons guilty of wilful and corrupt Perjury are by the Laws in force subject and liable to.

LI. And be it enacted, That if the said Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Reve

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nues,

Limitation of Time for purchasing Lands.

Commissioners exempted from personal Lia

bility.

nues, Works, and Buildings, on behalf of Her Majesty, shall not, within the Space of Five Years, to be computed from the passing of this Act, purchase or take the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, or Parts thereof respectively, which they are empowered by this Act to take and use or purchase as aforesaid, then and from thenceforth the Powers hereby granted to them for compulsory Purchase shall cease.

LII. And be it enacted, That nothing contained in this Act, or to be contained in any Agreement, Contract, Lease, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Instrument entered into, made, taken, or executed by the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, or any of them, or by any Trustee or Trustees on behalf of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, in execution of the Powers of this Act, shall extend to charge the Persons or Person of all or any of the Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees executing any such Agreement, Contract, Lease, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Instrument, or the Heirs, Executors, or Administrators of the same Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, or any of them, or their or any of their own proper Lands, Tenements, Goods, or Chattels, with or for the Performance of all or any of the Covenants, Conditions, or Agreements in the same Agreement, Contract, Lease, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Instrument to be contained on the Part of the same Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, or any of them; and the same Commissioners shall not be bound to see to the Application, or be answerable for the Misapplication or Nonapplication, of any Monies to be paid by them under the Direction in this Act contained; and the Amount of all Sums, Costs, Charges, Damages, and Expences which shall or may be recovered in any Suit or Suits at Law or in Equity against them the said Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, or any of them, or against their or any of their Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, for or by reason or means of any such Agreement Contract, Lease, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Instrument, or the Covenants, Conditions, or Agreements therein contained, and also all the Costs, Charges, Damages, and Expences which the said Commissioners, Trustee or Trustees, or any of them, or their or any of their Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, shall bear, pay, expend, or be put to, or which shall be occasioned to them, for or by reason or means of any such Agreement, Contract, Lease, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Instrument, or any Covenant, Condition, or Agreement therein contained, or any Action or Actions, Suit or Suits to be brought or prosecuted by or against them, or any of them, thereupon, shall respectively be paid and discharged by and out of the Monies for the Time being applicable to the Purposes of this Act.

Receipts of LIII. And be it enacted, That the Receipts in Writing Commissioners of the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's to be sufficient Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, for Discharges. any Monies payable to them under or by virtue of this Act, or

the

the Powers herein contained, shall be sufficient Discharges for the same to the Person or Body paying the same.

LIV. And be it enacted, That no Lease, Mortgage, Contract, Award, Conveyance, or other Instrument which shall be made, granted, or executed under any Powers or Authorities herein contained or in pursuance thereof, nor any Contract, Bond, Assignment, Conveyance, or other Deed or Instrument which shall be made, entered into, or executed by any Person or Persons to or with the said last-mentioned Commissioners, or otherwise, for any of the Purposes of this Act, shall be subject or liable to any Stamp Duty whatever imposed by any Act now in force, nor to any Stamp Duty to be imposed by any future Act, unless such Instruments be specially subjected and specifically charged in and by such future Act.

Crown.

LV. And be it enacted, That nothing contained in this Act Saving the shall extend to prejudice, diminish, alter, or take away any of Rights of the the Rights, Privileges, Powers, or Authorities vested in or enjoyed by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, in right of Her Crown, or otherwise howsoever.

LVI. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed to Public Act. be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices, and others.