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II For removing Doubts in the Form of Conveyances, in Cases of Exchanges of Land within the ordering and Survey thereof.U.K.

And whereas by the said M1 Duchy of Lancaster Act 1808, it was enacted, That whenever it should appear to the said Chancellor and Council of the said Duchy, that it would be to the Advantage of the Land Revenue of the Crown, to exchange any Parcel or Parcels of Land belonging to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, for Land of equal or nearly equal Value, belonging to any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, and such other Person or Persons, or Bodies, should consent to such Exchange, it should be lawful for the Surveyor General of the said Duchy to cause the Value as well of the said Parcel or Parcels of Land belonging to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, as of the said Parcel or Parcels of Land proposed to be exchanged for such Land of His Majesty, to be ascertained by some able and practical Surveyor of Land, who should annex to his Survey, Estimate or Valuation thereof, when completed, an Oath (or, being of the People calledQuakers, an Affirmation) taken and subscribed by him before any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate of the United Kingdom, who is respectively thereby authorized to administer an Oath or Affirmation in that Behalf, according to the Tenor and Effect therein mentioned, which Oath and Affirmation so taken and subscribed, should be filed with the Survey and Estimate in the Office of the Clerk of the Council of the said Duchy; and the said Surveyor General of the said Duchy should report to the Chancellor and Council of the said Duchy, the Grounds of his Recommendation of the proposed Exchange, together with the said Valuation of the respective Parcels of Land; and if the Chancellor and Council of the said Duchy should, upon due Consideration had, approve of such Exchange taking place, they should authorize the proper Officers of the said Duchy to carry the same into Effect, upon such Terms and Conditions as they should think fit, provided the same should be assented to by the Person or Persons, or Body, with whom such Exchange is proposed to be made, and the said Chancellor should thereupon cause the said Parcel of Land belonging to His Majesty to be conveyed to the said Person or Persons or Bodies respectively, with whom the said Exchange was proposed to be made; and such Person or Persons or Body should at the same Time convey to the said Chancellor and Council, in Trust for and on the Behalf of His said Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in right of His said Duchy, the said Parcel or Parcels of Land so agreed to be given in Exchange for such Parcel or Parcels of Land as aforesaid; and from and immediately after the Completion of such Exchange, the said Parcels of Land so belonging to His Majesty, and given in Exchange as aforesaid, should vest in the Person or Persons, or Body, to whom the same was conveyed, for the same Estate or Interest, and as fully and effectually as the said Parcels of Land so given in Exchange did before such Exchange; and the said Parcels of Land so conveyed in Exchange to His Majesty, should vest in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Right of His Duchy as fully and effectually, and be subject to the same Application, as the said Parcels of Land so conveyed in Exchange to such Person or Persons, or Body, was vested in him before such Exchange: And whereas Doubts have arisen with respect to the Form of the Conveyance in Cases of Exchange, empowered by the M2said Duchy of Lancaster Act 1808;

Whenever it shall appear to the Chancellor and Council of the said Duchy, that such Exchange can be carried into Effect with Advantage to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, according to the Regulations directed by the said Act, it shall be lawful for the said Chancellor and Council, and they are hereby empowered to grant and convey to the said Person or Persons or Bodies respectively, with whom the said Exchange is proposed to be made, any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, Parcel of the said Duchy or County Palatine, in the Name of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, under the Seal or Seals of the said Duchy or County Palatine; and such Person or Persons, Body or Bodies, shall at the same Time convey to the said Chancellor and Council, in Trust for and on the Behalf of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Right of His said Duchy or County Palatine, the said Parcel or Parcels of Land so agreed to be given in Exchange as aforesaid; and from and immediately after the Completion of such Exchange, the said Parcels of Land so belonging to His Majesty, and given in Exchange as aforesaid, shall vest in the Person or Persons, or Body to whom the same is conveyed, for the same Estate or Interest, and as fully and effectually as the said Parcel of Land so given in Exchange did before such Exchange; and the said Parcels of Land so conveyed in Exchange to His Majesty, shall vest in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Right of His said Duchy and County Palatine, as fully and effectually, and be subject to the same Application as the said Parcels of Land so conveyed in Exchange to such Person or Persons, or Body, was vested in him before such Exchange; any Thing in the said Act or any other Act or Acts contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

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XXVII His Majesty may grant Land for Curtilages and Accesses to Churches or Chapels. U.K.

And whereas in and by the M3Gifts for Churches Act 1811, it was among other Things enacted, That the King’s most Excellent Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, should have full Power, Licence, and Authority, by Deed or Writing, under the Great Seal, to give and grant, and vest in any Person or Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, and their Heirs and Successors respectively, all such, his, her, or their Estate, Interest, or Property, in any Lands or Tenements, within the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, for or towards the erecting, rebuilding, repairing, purchasing, or providing any Church or Chapel where the Liturgy and Rites of the United Church ofEnglandandIreland, are or shall be used or observed, or any Mansion House, for the Residence of any Minister of the said United Church officiating or to officiate in any such Church or Chapel, or any Outbuildings, Offices, Church Yards, or Glebe, for the same respectively, and to be for those Purposes applied in and by such Deed as aforesaid expressed, provided that nothing in this Act now in recital contained should extend or be construed to extend to enable His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to grant more than Five Acres in any One Grant for any of the Purposes aforesaid: And whereas it is found expedient that the Powers of the same Act should be extended to Ground for Curtilages, Accesses, or any other Conveniences or Accommodations of or to any of such Churches or Chapels as aforesaid: And whereas the passing of Deeds or Writings under the Great Seal for the Purposes aforesaid, by reason of the great Expence attending the same, may in some Cases produce Inconvenience and frustrate the Intention of the said Act;

His said Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall have full Power, Licence, and Authority to give and grant, and vest in any Person or Persons, Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, and their Heirs and Successors respectlvely, in Manner herein-after mentioned, all such his, her, or their Estate, Interest, or Property in any Lands or Tenements within the Survey of the Court of Exchequer, or of the Duchy ofLancaster, for Curtilages, or for Accesses, or for any other Conveniences or Accommodations of any such Churches or Chapels as aforesaid; and such Person or Persons, Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, and their Heirs and Successors respectively, shall have full Capacity and Ability to receive, take, hold, and enjoy the same according to the Intent and Meaning of the said Actl, and whenever it shall be the Pleasure of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to make a Grant for any of the Purposes aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three of them, to grant a Warrant under his or their Hand or Hands to any such Person or Persons, or Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, specifying the Premises so to be vested in such Person or Persons, Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, as aforesaid, which Warrant shall be inrolled in the Office of the Auditor of the Land Revenue for the Division or County within which the Premises shall be situate, and also in the Office of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, or in the Office of the Surveyor General of His Majesty’s Land Revenue for the Time being; and such Auditor, and such Commissioners, or Surveyor General having enrolled the said Warrant, shall certify such Inrollment at the Foot or on the Back thereof under their Hands, and return the said Warrant to the Grantee or Grantees of the Premises therein named, and from and immediately after such Inrolment and thenceforth for ever the respective Grantees named in such Warrants, and their Heirs and Successors, shall by force of this Act be adjudged, deemed, and taken to be in the actual Seisin and Possession of the Premises in the said Warrants specified, and shall hold and enjoy the same peaceably and quietly, freed and discharged of and from all Claims and Demands which can or may be made by His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or by any Person or Persons lawfully claiming by, from, or under him or them, and of and from all Manner of Incumbrances whatsoever as fully and amply to all Intents and Purposes as His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, might or could have held or enjoyed the same: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend to enable His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to grant more than Five Acres in any One Grant for any of the Purposes aforesaid.

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C1Reference to United Church of England and Ireland to be construed as reference to Church of England: Irish Church Act 1869 (c. 49), s. 69

C2Enrolment in Public Record Office now takes place of enrolment in Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments: Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), Sch. 2 para. 5(1)

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