Dean Forest Act 1861

17 Commissioners of Woods may grant Leases of any Clay or Sand which may be found in any Mine or Pit.

Whereas by the Eighty-fourth Section of the said Act the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues have Power to grant Leases to any Person or Persons for any Term not exceeding Twenty-one Years, to dig and get Clay or Sand off and from any of the Open or Waste Lands of the said Forest, subject to such Rents or Duties, Covenants, Conditions, and Provisoes as in the said Section are mentioned or referred to : Be it declared and enacted, That the said Section shall extend to empower the said Commissioners for the Time being to grant such Leases as therein mentioned of any Clay or Sand which may be found in any Pit, Level, Quarry, or Work, to the Person or Persons entitled to such Gale, Pit, Level, Quarry, or Work; and also to grant such Leases as in the said Section are mentioned of any Part or Parts of the Open or Waste Lands of the said Forest, for the Purpose of erecting Kilns and other Works and Buildings for the Manufacture and Burning of any Clay, already leased or "to be leased under the said Section or this present Section, into Bricks or Tiles: Provided that the Leases granted under this Clause, of any Clay or Sand which may be found in any Gale, Pit, Level, Quarry, or Work, shall enure only to the Benefit of the Person or Persons for the Time being entitled to such Gale, Pit, Level, Quarry, or Work, so that the Right of working Clay or Sand, and the Right of working the Gale, Pit, Level, Quarry, or Work, shall always be vested in the same Person or Persons,