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‘Whereas by Indenture bearing Date the fifth Day of April One thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine, made or mentioned to be made between the Right Honourable Benjamin Parry of the City of Dublin, Esquire, one of his Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council of the Kingdom of Ireland, of the one Part; and his most Sacred Majesty George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, of the other Part; the said Benjamin Parry, for the Considerations therein mentioned, did demise, grant, set, and to farm let unto his said Majesty, and his Successors, all that Parcel of Ground in the Suburbs of the City of Dublin whereon the House commonly called Chichesler House stood, and wherein both Houses of Parliament then lately sat, and all Houses, Messuages, Outhouses, Yards, Yards, Backsides, Courts, and Parcels of Ground, in a Survey to the said Lease annexed, particularly laid down and described, together with all and singular the Lights, Ways, Easements, Rights, Members, and Appurtenances to all and singular the said demised Premises belonging, or in anywise appertaining, to have and to hold all and singular the said thereby demised Premises, or meant, mentioned, or intended to be thereby demised, with their and every of their Appurtenances, unto his said Majesty and his Successors, without Impeachment of Waste, for and during, and to the full End, Term, Time, and Space of nine thousand Years, from the thirtieth Day of April last past before the Date thereof, and from thenceforth fully to be compleat and ended; his said Majesty and his Successors, yielding and paying therefore and thereout, yearly and every Year during the said Term, unto the said Benjamin Parry, his Heirs and Assigns, the Rent in and by the said Indenture reserved: And whereas certain other Grounds, Houses, Tenements, and Appurtenances mentioned in an Act, made by the Parliament of Ireland in the third Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to enable his Majesty to purchase in the respective Interests of the several Persons entitled to the Houses and Grounds adjoining to the new Parliament House; and in another Act, made by the Parliament of Ireland in the Seventh Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for continuing several temporary Statutes; and for other Purposes therein mentioned, did under and by virtue of the said recited Acts, and of certain Proceedings authorized by the same, become vested in his said late Majesty King George the Second, his Heirs and Successors; and all the Premises herein-before mentioned are now vested in his present Majesty, his Heirs and Successors: And whereas under and by virtue of several Acts made in the Parliament of Ireland, divers Sums of Money were from Time to Time granted to the Commissioners appointed for making wide and convenient Passages through the City of Dublin, towards purchasing certain Houses and Grounds for the Purposes of widening the Approaches to the said Parliament House, great Part of which said Houses and Grounds adjoining or lying near to the said Parliament House still remain vested in the said Commissioners, under and by virtue of the said Acts or some of them: And whereas all the said Premises may, with great publick Advantage be converted into Offices, Apartments, and Premises, for transacting the Business of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland; and the said Governor and Company of the said Bank of Ireland, have offered to pay the Sum of forty thousand Pounds Irish Currency, for the Purchase of all the said Premises, subject to all such Rents and Charges as the same are liable to, such Purchase Money to be applied in Manner hereinafter mentioned; and his Majesty hath been graciously pleased to consent that the said Premises shall be so appropriated; and his Majesty is therefore pleased and contented that the same be enacted accordingly;’ be it therefore enacted by the King’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 Authority of the same, That all and singular the Premises herein-before particularly mentioned and described, and all Edisices, Erections, and Buildings whatsoever, now standing and being thereon, or on any Part thereof, with their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurteuances, whatsoever, which by the said recited Indenture and Acts of Parliament, or otherwise howsoever, were vested or intended to be vested in his said late Majesty King George the Second, and which are now vested in his present Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and also all such Grounds, Buildings, Messuages, and Tenements, with their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, as were heretofore used or employed as and for both or either Houses of the Parliament of Ireland, and for Offices for the Use of such Houses, or whereof or wherein his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, or any Person or Persons in Trust for him or them, now have or hath, or can or may have any Estate or Interest, and also all such Lands, Grounds, Buildings, Messuages, and Tenements, situate, standing, lying, or being within the Precincts of the said Parliament House, and which, under and by virtue, or in pursuance of any Act or Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, have become or now are vested in the said Commissioners for making wide and convenient Passages through the City of Dublin, with their and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, and all and every of the said Premises shall be vested in, and the same are hereby vested in the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury for that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, now or for the Time being, to the Intent that all and every the said Premises may be bargained and sold, or leased, disposed of, or applied in Manner herein-after mentioned.
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Treasury empowered to sell, &c. said Premises to the Bank of Ireland for 40,000 l. Irish Currency, subject to such Rents as the Premises are now liable to, &c.
notwithstanding Restriction in Irish Act 21 & 22 G. 3. c. 16.
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II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury for Ireland, or any three of them, now or for the Time being, to treat, contract, and agree with the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, for the Sale or for the leasing of all the Estate, Right, Title, or Interest in or to all and every the Premises so by this Act vested in the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the said Treasury of Ireland, now or for the Time being, as aforesaid, at and for the Price or Sum of forty thousand Pounds Irish Currency, subject to all such Rents and Charges as the said Premises are liable to; and that upon the executing such Contracts or Agreements by the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury of Ireland, or any three of them, now or for the Time being, or upon executing such other Conveyances, Surrenders, or Demises as in such Contract or Contracts shall be agreed upon for that Purpose, and upon Payment of the said Sum of forty thousand Pounds Irish Currency, at such Time or Times as shall be agreed on, to the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, now or for the Time being, or into the Hands of such Person or Persons as shall, be for that Purpose appointed by the said Lord High Treasurer, or by the Commissioners of the Treasury, or any three of them, now or for the Time being, to be applied and disposed of according to the Directions of this present Act, such Conveyances, Assignments, and Demises shall be good and effectual in the Law to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever; and shall fully acquit and discharge the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and their Successors, as against his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and against all and every other Person or Persons claiming or to claim, by, from, under, or in Trust for him; and as against the said Commissioners, for making wide and convenient Passages through the City of Dublin, and all and every Person and Persons claiming or to claim, by, from, under, or in Trust for them or any of them; and as against the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury of Ireland, now or for the Time being, or any of them, and all and every Person and Persons claiming or to claim by, from, under, or in Trust for them or any of them; any Restriction or other Matter or Thing contained in an Act, made by the Parliament of Ireland, in the Session held in the twenty-first and twenty-second Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for establishing a Bank by the Name of The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or any other Law or Statute, Disability or Incapacity, Matter or Thing whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding: So as by such Contract, Conveyance, or Demise, some or one of them, a good and sure Estate and Interest of and in the said Premises, and every of them, be conveyed and assured to or for the Use of, or in Trust for the said Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, in such Manner that the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, may have and enjoy the Benefit of the same Premises for and during the whole Term and Estate of and in the said Premises hereby vested in the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, now or for the Time being, in as full, large, ample, and beneficial Manner and Form as the said Premises might have been given, conveyed, settled, or assured, if the said recited Act of the twenty-first and twenty-second Years of his present Majesty’s Reign had never been had nor made.
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The Money arising by such Sale shall be applied by the said Treasury as Parliament shall direct.
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IV. And be it further enacted, That all and every Sum and Sums of Money arising by such Sales or Contracts, or by any Conveyances, Assignments, or Demises made in pursuance thereof, of the said Premises so by this Act vested in the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury of Ireland now or for the Time being as aforesaid, or any Part thereof, shall and may be issued, applied, and appropriated by the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, to and for such Uses, Intents, and Purposes, as shall and may be directed and declared by any Act or Acts passed or to be passed in this present Session of Parliament, or to be passed in any subsequent Session of Parliament; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury of Ireland, or any three of them, now or for the Time being, to issue his or their Warrant or Warrants from Time to Time for the Payment and Application of such Sum and Sums to and for such Uses, Intents, and Purposes, and to and for no other Use, Intent, or Purpose whatsoever.
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General Saving.
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V. Saving always to all and every Person and Persons, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and all Bodies Politick and Corporate, and their Successors, (other than and except the King’s most Excellent Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and other than and except any Person or Persons seized or possessed in Trust for his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and other than and except the said Commissioners for making wide and convenient Passages through the City of Dublin,) all such Estate, Right, Title, Interest, and Demand whatsoever, which they or any of them have or might have had, of, in, to, or out of the said Premises, by this Act vested in the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, or any Part thereof, before the making of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if this Act had not been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
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