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General Powers of Commissioners to do all Acts which Trustees of First Fruits could have done, if not otherwise provided for; to bring Actions;
to pay Debts;
and to perform Contracts.
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CXXI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of this Act to lend and advance all and every such Sum and Sums of Money, and to give such Consents, and to do and perform such Acts, Matters, and Things, and on such Securities, and in such Manner and Form respectively, as by any Statute or Law in Ireland in force at the passing of this Act the Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits in Ireland might or were empowered or authorized to have lent and advanced, given and done, if this Act had not been passed; all which Securities, Loans, Consents, Acts, Matters, and Things, when made, entered into, given, and done, respectively shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, unless it is or shall be enacted or declared to the contrary or otherwise provided for by this Act, or by any other Act hereafter to be made; and that all and every Action or Proceeding for Breaches of Covenant, or otherwise, which has been commenced, or which might at any Time hereafter, if this Act had not been made, have been taken, commenced, and carried on by the said Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits in Ireland, shall and may be commenced, taken, and carried on at any Time hereafter by the Commissioners of this Act, in the Name of their Secretary, as if they had been expressly named in any Deed, Covenant, Agreement, Writing, or Security, or in any Act or Acts of Parliament, on or under or by virtue whereof such Action or Proceeding might have been and shall be so commenced, taken, and carried on; and that all and every Sum and Sums to be recovered in any such Action or Proceeding shall and may be applied and disposed of by the Commissioners of this Act to such of the Purposes hereof as they in their Discretion shall think fit; and that the Commissioners of this Act shall pay, satisfy, and discharge, out of the Funds hereby vested in them, all Debts legally due by said Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits in Ireland, whether for and on account of Salaries due to any of their Officers, Bills of Costs, or otherwise, or any other Account whatsoever, at the passing of this Act, which said Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits would have been bound to pay if this Act had not been passed; and shall and may perform and execute all and every Covenant, Contract, or Agreement lawfully entered into and made by the said Trustees and Commissioners before the passing of this Act; and shall do and perform all and every Act, Matter, and Thing lawfully covenanted, agreed, or contracted to be done, performed, and executed by or on the Part of said Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits, and which the said Trustees and Commissioners would have been bound to perform, execute, and do, if this Act had not been passed.
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