Crown Lands Act 1853
CROWN LANDS ACT 1853 | ||
CAP. LVI. | ||
An Act to facilitate the Redemption of certain Charges on the Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, and to make other Provisions in regard to the Management of such Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues [4th August 1853.] | ||
‘WHEREAS under or by virtue of certain Letters Patent or Deeds, and ultimately by virtue of a certain Deed or Instrument in Writing dated the Fifth Day of June in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles the Second, and by other Instruments or Ways and Means, the Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man, now under the Management or Control of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, or certain Parts thereof, are charged with or liable to the Payment of divers perpetual Pensions or yearly Sums of Money: And whereas it is apprehended that it would be advantageous, not only to the said Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues, but also to the Recipients of such of the said Pensions as do not amount to a larger annual Sum than Ten Pounds, if the Persons to whom the same are payable were empowered to make such Arrangements for the Sale of the same as are herein-after mentioned: And whereas the said Pensions, or some of them, are by virtue of the Deeds or Instruments granting or creating the same made payable on different Feast Days and other Days throughout the Year, and it is desirable that in future the whole of the said Pensions should become due and payable on Two certain Days of Payment only in each Year: And whereas the said Pensions or yearly Sums have been heretofore paid subject to Deductions on account of Land Tax and certain accustomed Fees, and it has been the Custom to pay such Pensions on the Tenth of October annually: And whereas it is expedient that such other Provisions in regard to the Management of the said Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown should be made as are herein-after contained:’ 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 Authority of the same, as follows: |