No. CCCCXVI. An Act to enable a Minor to settle Estates on marriage (1). 1, 2. Notice and Petition (2). PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Estates (settle). WHEREAS, &c. [recital of title, seisin, &c.]. And whereas the said and the guardians of the said tered into a treaty for the marriage of the said have en with the said , and for the settling his estates and effects for the benefit of the issue between them to be begotten; but the said being under the age of of and and guardians of the not" to settle lands. said most humbly beseech your Majesty, that it may be Enactment auenacted, and be it accordingly enacted by the authority aforesaid, thorizing minor that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said withstanding his minority, by any deed or deeds, writing or writings, conveyances and assurances, to be by him executed in the presence or more witnesses, by and with the consent and approbation of the said or the survivors or survivor of them, testified by their executing such deed or deeds, writing or writings, to convey, settle, limit or assure, either before or after the said intended marriage, all those the messuages, lands and hereditaments whereof he is seised in fee-simple or fee-tail, either in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy, in the said county of with the rights, members, and appurtenances thereof, unto and upon such person and persons, to, for and upon such uses, estates, trusts, intents and purposes, and subject to such provisoes, declarations and agreements, as are or shall be stipulated and agreed upon between the guardians of the said and of the survivors of them, and by them the said and (1) See ante," PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS", CHAP. II. sec. v. (2) See ibid. pl. 1. 2. and ante, p. 283. PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Estates (settle). Conveyances, &c. to be good notwithstanding minority. Receipt of minor to be good. And be it further enacted, That such mutual conveyances, surrenders, settlements and assurances, so to be made and executed as aforesaid, shall (notwithstanding the minority of the said ) be as good, valid, and effectual in law, to all intents and purposes, surances. the said and And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said or the survivor of them, and also (notwithstanding his minority), to give any acquittance, release, or other discharge for the said sum or several sums of money which the said may be entitled to have and receive , in case the said in them, and the said as the marriage-portion of the said said years at the shall and time of the doing thereof; and that he the said No. CCCCXVII. A Bill or Private Act for Lighting and otherwise improving a 1. The Notice of Application to Parliament (2). NOTICE is hereby given that application is intended to be made to in the county of of To, &c. (4). 2. THE PETITION TO PARLIAMENT (3). The humble Petition of the several persons whose names SHEWETH, That the streets, lanes, and other public passages and places in the town of in the county of , are not See ante, "PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS ", CHAP. II. sec. v. (2) See ante, ubi supra, pl. 1., and ante, p. 45. (3) See ante, ubi supra, pl. 2. (4) See ante, p. 46. PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Improvements (lighting, &c.) PARLIAMENTA. RY FORMS. Private Act sufficiently paved, cleansed, lighted, watched, and regulated, and are subject to various nuisances, obstructions, encroachments and Improvements annoyances, and it would be of great benefit, convenience and ad(lighting, &c.) vantage to your petitioners and to the other inhabitants of the said town, and to persons resorting thereto, and also to the public, if the same were widened and properly paved, cleansed, lighted, watched, and regulated, and otherwise improved; and if power were granted to remove all obstructions, encroachments, nuisances, and annoyances therein, and to prevent the same in future : That inflammable air or gas which may be obtained from oil, coal, or other materials, may be safely and beneficially used for lighting the several streets, squares, highways, market-places, courts, yards, passages, lanes, and other places within the said town, and also for lighting private houses, shops, inns, taverns, counting houses, theatres, warehouses, wharfs, and public works and manufactories, and all other buildings; and the said oil, coal, and other materials may be used and applied in various other ways with great advantage: That the market-house in the said town is old and dilapidated, and it would tend greatly to the advantage and convenience of the inhabitants of the said town, and also to all persons resorting thereto, if the said market-house were taken down, and a new market-house erected, and new and additional rules and regulations established for the good government of the same: That the town-hall of in the county of which has heretofore been appropriated to the holding of the assizes and quarter-sessions, and to other local and public purposes, has lately fallen into decay, and is in other respects a very inconvenient building for the purposes aforesaid: That the erecting and maintaining of a new town-hall would add to the convenience and advantage of the inhabitants of the said town, and would otherwise be of great public utility; but the several beneficial purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without the aid and authority of Parliament: Your petitioners therefore, &c. (1). (1) See ante, p. 46. 3. THE BILL (1). An Act for lighting, watching, and otherwise improving the Town PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Private Act Improvements (lighting, &c.) WHEREAS, &c. [recite as in the petition (2).] May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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, that all his Majesty's justices of the peace resident within the limits Appointment of of this act, the vicar or incumbent of the said parish of together with (other inhabitants) and their successors, to be elected and appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for putting this act into execution. commissioners. And be it further enacted, That, &c. [power to appoint new Power of apcommissioners in case of death, &c. (3).] And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall meet of the clock in the of the clock in the in order to put this act and any pointing new commissioners. Meetings of commissioners. (1) See ante, "PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS", Chap. II. sec. v. pl. 3. (2) See ante, p. 337. (3) See ante, p. 68. et seq. |