Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847

LXXVII If Owner cannot be found, Commissioners may take the House or Ground, making Compensation provided by 7 & 8 Vict. c.18.

If such Owner cannot be found within the said Limits, or sufficient Distress of his Goods and Chattels within the said Limits cannot be made, the Commissioners, after giving Twenty-eight Days Notice of their Intention to do so, by posting a printed or written Notice in a conspicuous Place on such Building, or on the Land whereon such Building stood, may take such Building or Land, provided that such Expences be not paid or tendered to them within the said Twenty-eight Days, making Compensation to the Owner of such Building or Land in the Manner provided by the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in the Case of Lands taken otherwise than with the Consent of the Owners and Occupiers thereof, and the Commissioners shall be entitled to deduct out of such Compensation the Amount of the Expences aforesaid, and may thereupon sell or otherwise dispose of the said Building or Land for the Purposes of this Act.