Appendix No. 6. IV. And be it enacted, That in citing this Act in other Acts of Par8 Vic. c. 18. liament, and in legal Instruments, it shall be sufficient to use the Expression "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845." Short Title of the Act. Form in which Portions of this Act may be in other Acts. V. And whereas it may be convenient in some Cases to incorporate with Acts of Parliament hereafter to be passed some Portion only of corporated with the Provisions of this Act: Be it therefore enacted, That, for the Purpose of making any such Incorporation, it shall be sufficient in any such Act to enact that the Clauses of this Act with respect to the Matter so proposed to be incorporated (describing such Matter as it is described in this Act in the Words introductory to the Enactment with respect to such Matter) shall be incorporated with such Act, and thereupon all the Clauses and Provisions of this Act with respect to the Matter so incorporated shall, save so far as they shall be expressly varied or excepted by such Act, form Part of such Act, and such Act shall be construed as if the Substance of such Clauses and Provisions were set forth therein with reference to the Matter to which such Act shall relate. Purchase of And with respect to the Purchase of Lands by Agreement, be it Lands by enacted as follows: Agreement. Power to purchase Lands by Agreement. Parties under convey. VI. Subject to the Provisions of this and the special Act, it shall be lawful for the Promoters of the Undertaking to agree with the Owners of any Lands by the special Act authorized to be taken, and which shall be required for the Purposes of such Act, and with all Parties having any Estate or Interest in such Lands, or by this or the special Act enabled to sell and convey the same, for the absolute Purchase, for a Consideration in Money, of any such Lands, or such Parts thereof as they shall think proper, and of all Estates and Interests in such Lands of what Kind soever. VII. It shall be lawful for all Parties, being scised, possessed of, or abled to sell and entitled to any such Lands, or any Estate or Interest therein, to sell and convey or release the same to the Promoters of the Undertaking, and to enter into all necessary Agreements for that Purpose; and particularly it shall be lawful for all or any of the following Parties so seised, possessed, or entitled as aforesaid so to sell, convey, or release ; (that is to say,) all Corporations, Tenants in Tail or for Life, married Women seised in their own Right or entitled to Dower, Guardians, Committees of Lunatics and Idiots, Trustees or Feoffees in Trust for charitable or other Purposes, Executors and Administrators, and all Parties for the Time being entitled to the Receipts of the Rents and Profits of any such Lands, in possession, or subject to any Estate in Dower, or to any Lease for Life, or for Lives and Years, or for Years, or any less Interest; and the Power so to sell and convey or release as aforesaid may lawfully be exercised by all such Parties, other than married Women entitled to Dower, or Lessees for Life, or for Lives Appendix No. 6. and Years, or for Years, or for any less Interest, not only on behalf of themselves, and their respective Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and 8 Vic. c. 18. Successors, but also for and on behalf of every Person entitled in reversion, remainder, or expectancy after them, or in defeasance of the Estates, of such Parties, and as to such married Women, whether they be of full Age or not, as if they were sole and of full Age, and as to such Guardians, on behalf of their Wards, and as to such Committees, on behalf of the Lunatics and Idiots of whom they are the Committees respectively, and that to the same Extent as such Wives, Wards, Lunatics, and Idiots respectively could have exercised the same Power under the Authority of this or the special Act if they had respectively been under no Disability, and as to such Trustees, Executors, and Administrators, on behalf of their Cestuique Trusts, whether Infants, Issue unborn, Lunatics, Femes Covert, or other Persons, and that to the same Extent as such Cestuique Trusts respectively could have exercised the same Powers under the Authority of this and the special Act, if they had respectively been under no Disability. Disability to Powers. VIII. The Power hereinafter given to enfranchise Copyhold Lands, Parties under as well as every other Power required to be exercised by the Lord of exercise other any Manor, pursuant to the Provisions of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, and the Power to release Lands from any Rent, Charge, or Incumbrance, and to agree for the Apportionment of any such Rent Charge or Incumbrance shall extend to and may lawfully be exercised by every Party herein-before enabled to sell and convey or release Lands to the Promoters of the Undertaking. pensation in under Disability by Valuation, Bank. IX. The Purchase Money or Compensation to be paid for any Lands Amount of Com to be purchased or taken from any Party under any Disability or Inca- case of Parties pacity, and not having Power to sell or convey such Lands except under to be ascertained the Provisions of this or the special Act, and the Compensation to be and paid into the paid for any permanent Damage or Injury to any such Lands, shall not, except where the same shall have been determined by the Verdict of a Jury, or by Arbitration, or by the Valuation of a Surveyor appointed by Two Justices under the Provision herein after contained, be less than shall be determined by the Valuation of Two able practical Surveyors, one of whom shall be nominated by the Promoters of the Undertaking, and the other by the other Party, and if such Two Surveyors cannot agree in the Valuation, then by such Third Surveyor as any Two Justices shall upon Application of either Party, after Notice to the other Party, for that Purpose nominate; and each of such Two Surveyors, if they agree, or if not then the Surveyor nominated by the said Justices, shall annex to the Valuation a Declaration in Writing, subscribed by them or him, of the Correctness thereof; and all such Purchase Money or Compensation shall be deposited in the Bank for the Benefit of the Parties interested, in manner herein-after mentioned. Appendix 8 Vic. c. 18. Where Vendor absolutely entitled, Lands may be sold on Chief Rents. Payment of X. It shall be lawful for any Person seised in Fee of or entitled to dispose of absolutely for his own Benefit any Lands authorized to be purchased for the Purposes of the special Act to sell and convey snch Lands or any Part thereof unto the Promoters of the Undertaking, in consideration of an annual Rentcharge payable by the Promoters of the Undertaking, but, except as aforesaid, the Consideration to be paid for the Purchase of any such Lands, or for any Damage done thereto, shall be in a gross Sum. XI. The yearly Rents reserved by any such Conveyance shall be charged on Tolls. charged on the Tolls or Rates, if any, payable under the special Act, and shall be otherwise secured in such Manner as shall be agreed between the Parties, and shall be paid by the Promoters of the Undertaking as such Rents become payable; and if at any Time any such Rents be not paid within Thirty Days after they so become payable, and after Demand thereof in Writing, the Person to whom any such Rent shall be payable may either recover the same from the Promoters of the Undertaking, with Costs of Suit, by Action of Debt in any of the Superior Courts, or it shall be lawful for him to levy the same by Distress of the Goods and Chattels of the Promoters of the Undertaking. Power to purchase Lands re tional Accommodation. XII. In case the Promoters of the Undertaking shall be empowered by quired for addi- the special Act to purchase Lands for extraordinary Purposes, it shall be lawful for all Parties who under the Provisions herein-before contained would be enabled to sell and convey Lands to sell and convey the Lands so authorized to be purchased for extraordinary Purposes. Authority to sell and repurchase such Lands. Restraint on XIII. It shall be lawful for the Promoters of the Undertaking to sell the Lands which they shall have so acquired for extraordinary Purposes, or any Part thereof, in such Manner, and for such Considerations, and to such Persons as the Promoters of the Undertaking may think fit, and again to purchase other Lands for the like Purposes, and afterwards sell the same, and so from Time to Time; but the total Quantity of Land to be held at any One Time by the Promoters of the Undertaking for the Purposes aforesaid shall not exceed the prescribed Quantity. XIV. The Promoters of the Undertaking shall not, by virtue of the Power to purchase Land for extraordinary Purposes, purchase more than the prescribed Quantity from any Party under legal Disability, or who would not be able to sell and convey such Lands except under the Powers of this and the special Act; and if the Promoters of the Undertaking purchase the said Quantity of Land from any Party under such legal Disability, and afterwards sell the whole or any Part of the Land so purchased, it shall not be lawful for any Party being under legal Disability to sell to the Promoters of the Undertaking any other Lands in lieu of the Land so sold or disposed of by them. Appendix porations not to Approbation of XV. Nothing in this or the special Act contained shall enable any No. 6. Municipal Corporation to sell for the Purposes of the special Act, 8 Vic. c. 18. without the Approbation of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Municipal CorTreasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any sell without the Three of them, any Lands which they could not have sold without the Treasury. such Approbation before the passing of the special Act, other than such Lands as the Company are by the Powers of this or the special Act empowered to purchase or take compulsorily. And with respect to the Purchase and taking of Lands otherwise Purchase of than by Agreement, be it enacted as follows: Lands other chase put in XVI. Where the Undertaking is intended to be carried into effect wise than by Agreement. by means of a Capital to be subscribed by the Promoters of the Capital to be Undertaking, the whole of the Capital or estimated Sum for defraying subscribed before compulsory the Expenses of the Undertaking shall be subscribed under Contract Powers of Purbinding the Parties thereto, their Heirs, Executors, and Administra- force. tors, for the Payment of the several Sums by them respectively subscribed, before it shall be lawful to put in force any of the Powers of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, in relation to the compulsory taking of Land for the Purposes of the Undertaking. Two Justices to the Capital has XVII. A Certificate under the Hands of Two Justices, certifying A Certificate of that the whole of the prescribed Sum has been subscribed, shall be be Evidence that sufficient Evidence thereof, and on the Application of the Promoters been subscribed. of the Undertaking, and the Production of such Evidence as such Justices think proper and sufficient, such Justices shall grant such Certificate accordingly. tention to take XVIII. When the Promoters of the Undertaking shall require to Notice of Inpurchase or take any of the Lands which by this or the special Act, Lands. or any Act incorporated therewith, they are authorized to purchase or take, they shall give Notice thereof to all the Parties interested in such Lands, or to the Parties enabled by this Act to sell and convey or release the same, or such of the said Parties as shall, after diligent Inquiry, be known to the Promoters of the Undertaking, and by such Notice shall demand from such Parties the Particulars of their Estate and Interest in such Lands, and of the Claims made by them in respect thereof; and every such Notice shall state the Particulars of the Lands so required, and that the Promoters of the Undertaking are willing to treat for the Purchase thereof, and as to the Compensation to be made to all Parties for the Damage that may be sustained by them by reason of the Execution of the Works. on Owners and Lands. XIX. All Notices required to be served by the Promoters of the Service of Notices Undertaking upon the Parties interested in or entitled to sell any such Occupiers of Lands shall either be served personally on such Parties, or left at their last usual Place of Abode, if any such can after diligent Inquiry be found, and in case any such Parties shall be absent from the United Appendix No. 6. 8 Vic. c. 18. Service of Notice on a Corporation Aggregate. If Parties fail to treat, or in case of Dispute, Question to be settled as after mentioned. Disputes as to Compensation where the Amount claimed does not exceed £50 to be settled by Two Justices. Compensation Arbitration or Compensation. Kingdom, or cannot be found after diligent Inquiry, shall also be left with the Occupier of such Lands, or, if there be no such Occupier, shall be affixed upon some conspicuous Part of such Lands. XX. If any such Party be a Corporation Aggregate such Notice shall be left at the principal Office of Business of such Corporation, or, if no such Office can after diligent Inquiry be found, shall be served on some principal Member, if any, of such Corporation, and such Notice shall also be left with the Occupier of such Lands, or, if there be no such Occupier, shall be affixed upon some conspicuous Part of such Lands. XXI. If, for Twenty-one Days after the Service of such Notice, any such Party shall fail to state the Particulars of his Claim in respect of any such Land, or to treat with the Promoters of the Undertaking, in respect thereof, or if such Party and the Promoters of the Undertaking shall not agree as to the Amount of the Compensation to be paid by the Promoters of the Undertaking for the Interest in such Lands belonging to such Party, or which he is by this or the special Act enabled to sell, or for any Damage that may be sustained by him by reason of the Execution of the Works, the Amount of such Compensation shall be settled in the Manner herein-after provided for settling Cases of disputed Compensation. XXII. If no Agreement be come to between the Promoters of the Undertaking and the Owners of or Parties by this Act enabled to sell and convey or release any Lands taken or required for or injuriously affected by the Execution of the Undertaking, or any Interest in such Lands, as to the Value of such Lands or of any Interest therein, or as to the Compensation to be made in respect thereof, and if in any such Case the Compensation claimed shall not exceed Fifty Pounds, the same shall be settled by Two Justices. XXIII. If the Compensation claimed or offered in any such Case to be settled by shall exceed Fifty Pounds, and if the Party claiming Compensation desire to have the same settled by Arbitration, and signify such Desire Party claiming by Notice in Writing to the Promoters of the Undertaking, before they have issued their Warrant to the Sheriff to summon a Jury in respect of such Lands, under the Provisions herein-after contained, stating in such Notice the Nature of the Interest in respect of which such Party claims Compensation, and the Amount of the Compensation so claimed, the same shall be so settled accordingly; but unless the Party claiming Compensation shall as aforesaid signify his Desire to have the Question of such Compensation settled by Arbitration, or if when the Matter shall have been referred to Arbitration the Arbitrators or their Umpire shall for Three Months have failed to make their or his Award, or if no final Award shall be made, the Question of such Compensation shall be settled by the Verdict of a Jury, as herein-after provided. |