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Ways herein-before described until after the said Commissioners up till Fisher shall have caused the said Street or Lane called "Fisher Lane" to Lane widened. be widened in the Manner by this Act provided.

XXXVI. And be it enacted, That the public Passage at present existing and covered over between the Waterway of the Ship Dock and the Eastern Wall of the present House called the Ship Tavern, being of the Width of about Five Feet Ten Inches, shall, before the said Roads and Ways are stopped up, be thrown open, so far as the said Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital have Power over the same.

Passage be-
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Tavern to be

opened, &c.

Power of Commissioners to lease Mines, &c. for 21 Years

authorized by

10 G. 4. c. 25.

subject to the the said Act.

Provisions in

XXXVII. And whereas by an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for the better Management of the Affairs of Greenwich Hospital, the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital and their Successors are authorized from Time to Time and at 'all Times thereafter, in such Manner as they shall deem expe- extended to dient, with the Approval and Consent of the Lord High Admiral leasing them or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High for 42 Years, Admiral for the Time being, to grant, demise, and lease all and every or any of the Mines of Lead, Ironstone, and Coal, and eet other Minerals and Quarries within, under, and upon any of the Lands or Estates for the Time being vested in or belonging to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital and their Successors, and also any Part or Parts of the said Lands and Hereditaments which may be thought expedient or proper to be let therewith 'for the better or more effectually working the same, unto any Person or Persons for any Term or Number of Years not 'exceeding Twenty-one Years, and subject to the Restrictions and Provisions in the said Act in that Behalf mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that the said Commissioners should, with such Approval and Consent as aforesaid, have Power to grant such Leases for any Term not exceeding Forty-two Years;' be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital and their Successors, with the Approval and Consent of the Lord High Admiral or Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, to grant, demise, and lease for the Term of Forty-two Years all Mines, Minerals, and Quarries, and Lands and Hereditaments expedient or proper to be let therewith, as by the said Act of the Tenth of Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth the said Commissioners and their Successors are authorized to grant, demise, and lease for the Term of Twenty-one Years, but subject nevertheless to the Restrictions and Provisions in the said Act in that Behalf contained.

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

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CA P. XXIII.

An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions three hundred
and seventy-nine thousand six hundred Pounds by Exche-
quer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand eight
hundred and forty-five.
[20th May 1845.]

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom
as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and
Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those
Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March
One thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

[30th June 1845.] [This Act is the same, except as to Dates, as 7 & 8 Vict. c. 10.]

CA P. XXV.

An Act to amend Two Acts passed in Ireland for the better Education of Persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion, and for the better Government of the College established at Maynooth for the Education of such Persons, and also an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for amending the said Two Acts.

[30th June 1845.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland

in the Thirty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty

King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better Educa- 35 G. 3. (I.) tion of Persons professing the Popish or Roman Catholic Religion, it was amongst other things enacted, that the Lord Chancellor or

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48 G. 3. c. cxlv.

'Lord Keeper of Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
'King's Bench in Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
'Common Pleas in Ireland, and the Lord Chief Baron of the
Court of Exchequer in Ireland, for the Time being, together
* with certain other Persons therein named, and the Persons there-
' after to be elected in the Manner by the said Act directed, should
be Trustees for the Purpose of establishing, endowing, and
maintaining One Academy for the Education only of Persons
'professing the Roman Catholic Religion, and that the said
Trustees should have full Power and Authority to receive
Subscriptions and Donations to enable them to establish and
'endow an Academy for the Education of Persons professing the
Roman Catholic Religion, and to purchase and acquire Lands
not exceeding the annual Value of One thousand Pounds, and
'to erect and maintain all such Buildings as might be by the said
Trustees deemed necessary for the lodging and Accommodation
' of the President, Masters, Professors, Fellows, and Students who
'should from Time to Time be admitted into or reside in said
Academy; and it was further enacted, that it should and might
'be lawful for any Popish Ecclesiastic to officiate in a Chapel or
'Building to be appointed for that Purpose by the said Trustees
or any Seven or more of them, any Law, Statute, or Provision to
'the contrary notwithstanding: And whereas by an Act amend-
ing the said Act, and passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the
Fortieth Year of His said late Majesty King George the Third,
'intituled An Act for the better Government of the Seminary
' established at Maynooth for the Education of Persons professing
the Roman Catholic Religion; and for amending the Laws now
in force respecting the said Seminary, after reciting that a Col-
'lege or Seminary had been established at Maynooth for the
'Education of Persons professing the Popish or Roman Catholic
Religion, and that large Sums of Money had been granted to
the Trustees named in the Act herein-before recited, to enable
' them to improve and extend the said Institution, and that it had
'become necessary to make further Provision for the good
'Government of the said College or Seminary, it was amongst
other things enacted, that the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper
of the Great Seal, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Lord Chief Baron of
the Court of Exchequer should cease to be Trustees for carrying
the said first-recited Act into execution, and that their Succes-
sors in the said Offices respectively should not thereafter be
Trustees by virtue of the said first-recited Act for carrying it
' into execution, and that the other Persons named in the said
'first-recited Act in that Behalf, or such other Persons as had
'been elected or thereafter should be elected to fill any Vacancy
'occasioned by the Death, Removal, or Resignation of any such
'Persons respectively, should continue Trustees for the Execution
of the said first-recited Act, as fully and effectually, to all In-
tents and Purposes, as if the said Act now in recital had not been
enacted: And whereas by a certain other Act passed in the
Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King
George the Third, intituled An Act to amend Two Acts passed

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'in Ireland for the better Education of Persons professing the • Roman Catholic Religion, and for the better Government of the Seminary established at Maynooth for the Education of such Persons, so far as relates to the Purchase of Lands and com'pounding Suits, it was amongst other things enacted, that it 'should be lawful for the Trustees for the Time being of the said College or Academy, or any Seven or more of them, to purchase or acquire Lands not exceeding in Value the annual Sum of One thousand Pounds, exclusive of the Value of Lands and Premises 'held under a Lease from William Robert late Duke of Leinster, and the Buildings thereon or thereafter to be erected, and used for the Purposes of the said College or Academy; and it was provided and further enacted, that any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments already purchased or acquired under or by virtue ' of the Power for that Purpose given to the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them in and by the said herein-before firstrecited Act should be deemed Part of the Lands which they were so authorized to purchase or acquire as aforesaid, and that no more Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments should be purchased or acquired by the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them than what, together with any Lands already purchased or acquired by them, would amount to the annual Value of One thousand Pounds: And whereas it is productive of Inconvenience and Insecurity that the said Trustees can take no effectual Grants res of Lands for the Purposes of the said College or Seminary to them and their Successors; and it is therefore expedient that 'the said Trustees should be incorporated:' 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

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Authority of the same, That the Trustees of the said College or Trustees of the Seminary, and their Successors for ever, shall be One Body Politic College of Mayand Corporate by the Name of "The Trustees of the College of nooth incorMaynooth," and by that Name shall have perpetual Succession porated.

and a Common Seal, and by that Name shall and may sue and

be sued, and shall have and possess the several Powers and Authorities vested in the said Trustees under the said recited Acts.

Personal Pro

perty, and also

IL And be it enacted, That the said Body Politic and Corpo- Such Corporate rate, and their Successors, by the said Name, shall be for ever Body may take able and capable in Law to take, purchase, receive, possess, hold, and possess any and enjoy to them and their Successors any Goods or Chattels or Personal Property whatsoever, and also be able and capable in Lands not exLaw (notwithstanding the Statutes in Mortmain) to take, purchase, ceeding the anhold, and enjoy to them and their Successors any Messuages, nual Value of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments whatsoever the yearly Value 3,000l., excluin of which shall not exceed in the whole the Sum of Three thousand sive of the ProPounds, exclusive of the Value of any Lands, Tenements, or acquired by the perty already Hereditaments already purchased or acquired by the said Trus- Trustees. tees; and it shall be lawful for all and every Person and Persons,

be and Bodies Politic and Corporate, otherwise competent, to grant, ssell, alien, and convey in Mortmain unto and to the Use of the Esaid Body Politic and Corporate incorporated by this Act any Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments not exceeding in the whole such annual Value as aforesaid.

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