nant to the Powers and Provisions of this Act, but not further or otherwise, repealed.

IV. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third, intituled An Act for making the Col'lectors Receipts for Quit Rent, Crown Rent, and other Rents due to the Crown, full and legal Discharges for the same; and for limiting their Fees thereon; after reciting that the Rents due to 'the Crown were levied by Collectors appointed in the several Districts of that Kingdom, which was principally intended for 'the Ease of the Subject, by saving them the Trouble, Danger, and Expence of sending their Money to Dublin, to be there ' paid into the Treasury; and that Doubts had arisen whether the Acquittances given by such Collectors were sufficient Discharges to the Persons paying the said Rents; it was enacted, that the Acquittances already given by the Collectors duly ap'pointed to receive the same Rents, as also all Acquittances that thereafter should be given by any such Collector during the 'Time the said Collectors were or should be so employed, should 'be good and valid in Law to all Intents and Purposes, against His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors; and that all such Acquittances so given or thereafter to be given should be as good and effectual, to all Intents and Purposes, as an Exchequer Acquittance duly passed and entered in the several Offices of 'the Exchequer; and it was further enacted, that the said Col'lectors might demand and receive the respective Fees therein' after mentioned, and no more or other Fee; that was to say, for ' every Acquittance they should give for any of the said Rents for any Sum above Five Shillings and not exceeding Twenty Shillings, the Sum of Sixpence and no more; and for every 'Sum above Twenty Shillings and not exceeding Five Pounds, 'the Sum of One Shilling and no more; and for every Sum ' above Five Pounds and not exceeding Fifteen Pounds, the Sum ' of One Shilling and Sixpence and no more; and for every Sum ' above Fifteen Pounds, the Sum or Fee of Two Shillings; and in no Case to receive any more for any One Acquittance than Two Shillings; and after reciting that several Persons stood charged 'with several Rents for several Parcels of their Lands and Tenements, the same being granted under several and distinct Rents 'to themselves or others under whom they claimed, for which formerly several Acquittances used to be given, though paid at the same Time and by the same Person, for which said several Acquittances distinct Fees had been paid, it was further enacted, that where One Person stood charged with the Payment of 'several and distinct Sums in respect of several Parcels of their Lands and Tenements, or where the same was in charge in the Name of other Persons not in Possession of such Lands, the 'several Collectors should, on Receipt of the said Rents or any Part thereof, give to the Person so in Possession as aforesaid, and so paying the same, One Acquittance for what he should so pay, which Acquittance should distinctly mention as well the Lands and Tenements as the Rent so paid, and for what Gale 'the same was so paid, and by whom, for which One Acquittance the said Collectors should require no other or greater Fee than 7 & 8 GEÓ. IV.

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but without Prejudice to Receipts given

in pursuance thereof.

Receivers of Quit Rents to give Receipts stating the Particulars.

Fees to be
taken by
Receivers and
Collectors.

Distinct Fees may be taken for several

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as aforesaid; and after reciting that the several Acquittances to 'be made and given pursuant to that Act might be lost or mislaid, to the Prejudice of the Person therein concerned, for Prevention thereof it was further enacted, that the Collectors should every Year prepare a Book, wherein they should enter all the Receipts or Acquittances by them given for all and every the aforesaid Rents, under their Hands, and in the Presence of the Party paying the same, to which Receipt the said Parties, or any other on their Behalf, might set their Names; for every which Entry the said Collectors might demand and receive Two Pence over and above the Fees aforesaid; which Book the said Collectors, and every of them respectively, should yearly before the stating of their Accounts return, under their Hands and on their Oaths, into the Office of the Auditor General, where the same 'should remain and be kept, not only as a Charge on such Col⚫lectors respectively, but also as a Discharge to the Subject for all Sums thereby appearing to be paid as aforesaid: And Whereas it is desirable that the Provisions hereinafter contained, with respect to the Fees on the Receipt of Quit Rents, Crown Rents, Composition, and other Rents payable to the Crown, should be 'substituted in lieu of the Provisions of the said Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third;' Be it therefore further enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the said Act (but without Prejudice to the Validity of Receipts heretofore given in pursuance thereof) shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

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V. And be it further enacted, That every Receiver or Collector of any Quit Rents, Crown Rents, Composition, or other Rents due and payable to the Crown in Ireland, shall, upon Payment of the same or any Part thereof, give and perfect to the Person paying the same a full and clear Receipt or Acquittance for what he shall receive under his Hand, wherein he shall state the Sum so by him received, and for what Gales Rent, and for what Land or Hereditaments, and on what Account the same shall be paid to

him.

VI. And be it further enacted, That the said Receivers and Collectors, and every of them, shall and may demand and receive, from the Persons from whom they shall receive the said Quit Rents, Crown Rents, Composition, or other Rents, the respective Fees hereinafter mentioned, and no more or other Fee; (that is to say,) for every Acquittance they shall give for every Sum not exceeding Twenty Shillings, the Sum of Sixpence and no more; for every Sum above Twenty Shillings and not exceeding Five Pounds, the Sum of One Shilling and no more; for every Sum above Five Pounds and not exceeding Fifteen Pounds, the Sum of One Shilling and Sixpence and no more; and for every Sum above Fifteen Pounds, the Sum of Two Shillings and no more; and where any such Acquittance shall be for Half a Year's Rent only, a Fee shall be paid equal only to Half the Fee which would have been payable for the whole Year's Rent.

VII. Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That where One Person shall stand chargeable, in respect of different Lands or Hereditaments held by him, with the Payment of several Rents included and distinct Sums, or where more than One Year's Rent shall be

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paid at the same Time, and One Acquittance only shall be given in one Acquitfor what shall be so paid, the said Receivers or Collectors may demand and receive a distinct Fee, according to the Rate aforesaid, for each of the Rents, and for each Year's or Half Year's Rent, which shall be so paid, and which shall be included in such Acquittance.

VIII. And Whereas the several Acquittances to be made and given pursuant to this Act may be lost or mislaid;' For preventing any Prejudice thereby to the Person concerned, be it further enacted, That every such Receiver and Collector as aforesaid shall every Year prepare a Book wherein he shall enter all the Receipts or Acquittances by him given for all and every the aforesaid Rents, under his Hand, and in the Presence of the Parties paying the same respectively; which Receipts the said Parties, or any other on their Behalf, inay set their Names to; for every which Entry the said Receivers and Collectors shall and may demand and receive Two Pence (over and above the Fees aforesaid); and the said Receivers and Collectors respectively shall yearly return the said Books, under their Hands and on their Oaths, into the Office of Public Records in Ireland wherein the Two-penny Books of the Collection of Crown Rents heretofore returned, pursuant to the Provision in that Behalf of the said recited Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third, are or shall be deposited, and the same shall there remain and be kept, not only as a Charge on such Receivers respectively, but also as a Discharge to the Subject for all Sums thereby appearing to be paid as aforesaid.

IX. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act all the Possessions and Land Revenues of

the Crown in Ireland shall be inalienable, except in the Manner and under the Powers and Provisions hereinafter contained; and the same (with the Exceptions hereinafter particularly mentioned) shall be under the exclusive Management of the Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, appointed and to be appointed under and by virtue of the said Act of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for uniting the Offices of Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown and Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases; subject only to the Control of the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in manner hereinafter mentioned.

X. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, at any Time hereafter, to abolish or reduce any Office or Offices connected with the Management of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in Ireland, or the Collection and Receipt of the annual Income thereof, which shall appear to him or them to be rendered useless by the Regulations contained in this Act, and on such Abolition or Reduction to discharge the Officer or Officers by whom such Office shall be filled, whether the Appointment of such Officer or Officers shall have been by Letters

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Collectors to enter their Receipts in a Book (which the Parties

may sign), and return the same to the Public Record Office.

The Land Revenues of the

Crown in Ireland placed under the Management of the Commissioners of Woods and

Forests.

The Treasury may abolish any Offices connected with

the present Management thereof.

Treasury may
Records, &c.

remove

Power to Com. missioners of

Woods, &c. to sell Rents and other Possessions of the

land.

Patent under the Sign Manual, or otherwise, and also where any Office shall relate to the Management of the said Possessions and Land Revenues, or the Collection and Receipt of the annual Income thereof, to discharge any Officer or Officers from the Performance of any Duties connected with the said Management, Collection, or Receipt, without altogether abolishing his or their Office or Offices, whenever such Abolition, Reduction, or Discharge may appear to the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to be expedient for the Public Service; any Act or Acts, or any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

XI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, to cause any Records or other Muniments, Documents, Instruments, Maps, Books, or Writings, now in the Keeping or Possession of any of the Offices or Officers which may be reduced or abolished under the Authority of this Act, to be removed from any Office or Offices in which the same are now or shall at any Time hereafter be kept or deposited, to any other Office or Place which the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury shall think proper to appoint for that Purpose.

XII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, or any Two of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to contract and Crown in Ire- agree with any Person or Persons, or any Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, (the Statutes of Mortmain, or any other Statute or Law to the contrary notwithstanding,) for the Sale of, and absolutely to make sale and dispose of for the best Price or Consideration in Money which can be reasonably obtained for the same, any Part or Parts of the Possessions or Land Revenues of the Crown in Ireland, whether the same shall consist of any of the Quit Rents, Crown Rents, and Chiefries, which by the said recited Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third are declared to be inalienable, or of any other Quit Rents, Crown Rents, Chiefries, or any Honours, Manors, Lordships, Royalties, or Franchises, or any Rights, Members, or Appurtenances thereof or thereto belonging or appertaining, or of any Towns, Lands, Messuages, Rectories, Tithes, Fairs, Markets, Ferries, Fisheries, Mines, Minerals, Collieries, Woods, Wood Ground, Fens, Marshes, Waste Lands, or any other Tenements or Hereditaments whatsoever, as well such as are now the Property of His Majesty in Right of His Crown, as also (subject nevertheless to the Proviso hereinafter contained) all such as hereafter shall be the Property of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in Right of the Crown, under any Conviction, Attainder, Escheat, or Forfeiture, or otherwise howsoever; any thing in the said recited Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third, or of any other Statute, Law, or Usage, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

XIII. And

manner herein

Forests.

XIII. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Com- Upon Payment missioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Purchase for the Time being shall have contracted or agreed with any Per- Money in son or Persons, or Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, for the described, ConSale to him, her, or them of any of the Possessions or Land Re- veyances to be venues of the Crown hereby authorized to be sold, the Purchaser executed by the or Purchasers, in case the Purchase Money shall exceed the Sum Commissioners of One hundred Pounds, shall cause the same to be paid into the of Woods and Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland, and the Cashiers of the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland, as the Case may be, or One of such Cashiers, shall, upon the Production of any Note, signed by Two of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, specifying the Sum so paid and that it is paid in for the Purchase of certain Parts of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in Ireland, accept and receive the same, and carry the same to the Account to which it ought to be carried under the Provisions hereinafter contained, and give a Receipt for the same, without Fee or Reward; but if such Purchase Money shall not exceed the Sum of One hundred Pounds, it shall not be necessary for the Purchaser or Purchasers to pay the same into the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland, but it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, or any Two of them, to receive the same, either by themselves or their Receivers, Collectors, or any Agents to be appointed by them for that Purpose; and the said Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues shall, on the Payment to them, their Receiver, Collector, or Agent, of such Purchase Money, if the same shall not exceed One hundred Pounds, or if the same shall exceed One hundred Pounds, then on the Production of the Receipt of the Cashiers or of One of the Cashiers of the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland for the same, execute to the Purchaser or Purchasers a Conveyance under their Hands and Seals, or the Hands and Seals of any Two of them, of the Premises agreed to be sold, and give a Receipt for the Purchase Money under their Hands, or the Hands of any Two of them; and every such Conveyance and Receipt shall be according to the Forms respectively set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of the Case will admit; and every such Conveyance shall be valid and sufficient to pass the Lands, Rents, Tenements, or Hereditaments to which the same shall relate; and the Person or Persons, or Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, to whom or to whose Use the same shall be conveyed, shall hold the same for such Estate or Estates, to such Uses, and upon and for such Trusts, Intents, or Purposes as shall be in and by such Conveyance, or by Reference therein to any other Instrument or Deed, expressed or declared of or concerning the same, freed and discharged from all Claims and Demands of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, or of any Person or Persons claiming under him or them, as fully and amply, to all Intents and Purposes, as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, might or could have held and enjoyed the same if such Sale had not taken place; and every such Conveyance and Receipt shall be attested as to the signing thereof by the said Com

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