Cork Infirmary Act 1771

Lease, 31 years reserving half yearly the best rent.

no fine or consideration,

not in revertion.

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said trustees for the said infirmary from time to time by indenture under their common seal to demise or lease any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, vested or to be vested in them in pursuance of this act, or any part or parcel thereof, for any term or number of years not exceeding the term of thirty one years, so as upon every such demise or lease there be reserved and made payable half yearly to the trustees for the said infirmary and their successors during the said term as much rent, as at the time of making such lease can be really and bona fide had for the same from a solvent tenant; and so as no fine, or income, or other consideration be taken for the same, other than the said rents to be reserved to the trustees for the said infirmary and their successors; and so as every such demise or lease be made in possession and not in reversion.