Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act 1859
1859 Chapter 46
An Act to continue and amend the Act concerning the Management of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England.
WHEREAS an [14 & 15 Vict. c. 104.] Act was passed in the Session holden in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and four, " to facilitate the Management and Improvement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in England," which Act was limited in Duration to Three Years from the End of the then Session of Parliament ; and by the [17 & 18 Vict. c. 116.] Act of the Session holden in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and sixteen, the said Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty was amended, and, as so amended, has, by the last-mentioned and other Acts, and ultimately by an [20 & 21 Vict. c. 74.] Act of the Session holden in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-four, been further continued until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty, and until the End of the then next Session of Parliament : And whereas it is expedient that said Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, as amended as aforesaid, should be further continued :
Be it 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 :
ITwo Commissioners may execute Deeds.
All such Acts and Deeds as are now by Law required to be done or executed by the Church Estates Commissioners, under the Authority of this Act or the Acts hereby affected, may be done or executed by any Two of such Church Estates Commissioners.
IIEvidence of Appointment of Church Estates Commissioners.
The Publication in the London Gazette of the Notice of the Appointment of any Church Estates Commissioners shall at all Times and for all Purposes be full and sufficient Evidence of the Fact of such Appointment.
III14 & 15 Vict. c.104, as amended by 17 & 18 Vict. c.116, continued until Jan. 1, 1861.
The said Act of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, as amended by the said Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty, shall continue in force until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and until the End of the then next Session of Parliament.