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All bodies politick and corporate, guardians, executors, &c. empowered to sell their interests in said ferries.
upon the refusal of said persons to dispose and make over their rights to said ferries, a jury shall be summoned to value the same.
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III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for all bodies politick, corporate and collegiate, corporation, aggregate or sole feoffees in trust, guardians and committees to lunaticks and ideots, executors, administrators, and guardians whatsoever, not only for and on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, but also for or on behalf of cestui que trusts, whether infants or issue unborn, lunaticks, ideots, feme-coverts, or other persons whatsoever, and to and for all feme-coverts, who are or shall be seized in their own right, and to and for all persons whatsoever, who are or shall be seized or possessed of or interested in the aforesaid ferries or either of them, which by the said commissioners or the successors of them, or any five or more of them, shall be thought necessary to be purchased for any of the purposes of this act, to sell and convey such ferry or ferries, or any part thereof to the said commissioners or the successors of them, and that all contracts, agreements, bargains, sales, and conveyances which shall be made by such person and persons as aforesaid, shall be good and valid in law to all intents and purposes, to convey all the estate, right, title, and interest, use, property, claim, and demand whatsoever, as well of him, her, or themselves, as of his, her, or their several and respective cestui que trusts, whether infants or issue unborn, lunaticks, ideots, feme coverts, or other persons whomsoever, and of all persons claiming or to claim by, from, or under them, any law statute, usage, or any matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary thereof notwithstanding; and that all such persons so conveying as aforesaid, shall be indemnisied for what they shall do by virtue of or in pursuance of this act, notwithstanding any omission or mistake of matter or form whatsoever; and if it shall happen that any person or persons, bodies politick, corporate, or collegiate, or other person or persons having or claiming any estate, right, title, term, or interest in such ferry or ferries, shall refuse, neglect, or decline to agree with the said commissioners, or the successors of them, or any five or more of them, for the sale or conveyance of their respective estates, rights, titles, terms, and interests in such ferry or ferries, or shall not produce and make out a clear title to such estate, right, title, term, or interest as they claim, to the satisfaction of the said commissioners or the successors of them, or any five or more of them at any meeting, then, and in such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said commissioners, or the successors of them, or any five or more of them, and they are hereby empowered and authorized to issue a warrant or warrants, precept or precepts, directed to the sheriffs of the county of the city of Cork, who are hereby authorized, directed, and required accordingly to impannel and return a competent number of substantial and disinterested persons qualisied to serve on juries in said city, not less than thirty six, nor more than sixty, and out of such persons so to be impanelled, summoned, and returned, a jury of twelve persons shall be drawn by some person to be by the said commissioners and the successors of them, or any five or more of them appointed in such manner as juries for the trial of issues joined in his Majesty’s Four Courts at Dublin, by an act made in the twenty ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the second, entitled, An act for the better regulating juries, and the several acs for the renewal thereof, are directed to be drawn, which persons so to be impannelled, summoned, and returned as aforesaid, are hereby required to appear before the said commissioners or the successors of them, or any five or more of them, at such time and place as in such warrant and warrants, precept or precepts shall be directed and appointed, and to attend the said commissioners from day to day, until discharged by the said commssioners, or by any five or more of them, and all parties concerned shall and may have their lawful challenges against any of said jurymen, but shall not be at liberty to challenge the array.
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