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Mode of effecting Enfranchisements.
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II. In every Case where under the Powers of this Act any Lord or Tenant shall become entitled to require and shall require the Enfranchisement of any Copyhold Lands, he shall give Notice in Writing, the Lord to the Tenant, or the Tenant to the Lord, as the Case may be, of his Desire that such Lands should be enfranchised, and the Consideration to be paid to the Lord for such Enfranchisement shall, unless the Parties agree about the same, be ascertained under the Direction of the Copyhold Commissioners, upon Application to them in Writing in the Manner following, viz. by Two Valuers, One to be appointed by the Lord, and the other by the Tenant; and such Two Valuers before they proceed shall appoint an Umpire to whom any Points in dispute between them shall be referred; and in case the Valuers or Umpire, as the Case may be, shall not make their or his Decision, and deliver the Particulars thereof in Writing to the Lord and Tenant, or the Solicitor or Agent of such Lord and Tenant, within Forty-two Days after the Appointment of such Valuers, or after the Matter shall have been referred to such Umpire, as the Case may be, then the Commissioners shall act as Umpire in fixing the Consideration to be paid or rendered to the Lord; and in any Case where either Party shall neglect or refuse for Twenty-eight Days after being called on so to do to appoint his Valuer, the Commissioners shall appoint, a Valuer for him as soon as may be after the Expiration of such Twenty-eight Days; and in any Case where any Valuers appointed under this Act, either originally or in the Place of any other Valuer, shall for the Space of One Week after their Appointment be unable to agree in the Appointment of such Umpire, the Commissioners shall appoint such Umpire; and such Umpire shall give in his Award in manner and within the Time aforesaid, and if he shall neglect or refuse or on any account fail so to do, the Commissioners shall act as such Umpire as aforesaid: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Lord and Tenant to appoint One and the same Person as Valuer, and in such Case the Valuations, Acts, and Award of such single Valuer shall have the same Effect as the Valuations, Acts, and Award of the Valuers or Umpire under the Provision herein contained: Provided also, that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, on Application to them in Writing by such Lord or Tenant, or such Umpire as aforesaid, if the said Commissioners shall see fit, to extend the Time within which a Valuer may be appointed, or any Decision or Award under this Act may be given.
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