Schools Sites Act 1841

VI Corporations, Justices, Trustees, &c. empowered to convey Lands for the Purposes of this Act.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Corporation, Ecclesiastical or Lay, whether Sole or Aggregate, and for any Officers, Justices of the Peace, Trustees, or Commissioners, holding Land for public, ecclesiastical, parochial, charitable, or other Purposes or Objects, subject to the Provisions next herein-after mentioned, to grant, convey, or enfranchise, for the Purposes of this Act, such Quantity of Land as aforesaid in any Manner vested in such Corporation, Officers, Justices, Trustees, or Commissioners : Provided always, that no Ecclesiastical Corporation Sole, being below the Dignity of a Bishop, shall be authorized to make such Grant without the Consent in Writing of the Bishop of the Diocese to whose Jurisdiction the said Ecclesiastical Corporation is subject: Provided also, that no parochial Property shall be granted for such Purposes without the Consent of a Majority of the Rate-payers and Owners of Property in the Parish to which the same belongs, assembled at a Meeting to be convened according to the Mode pointed out in the [5 & 6 W. 4. c. 69.] Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act To facilitate the Conveyance of Workhouses and other Property of Parishes and of Incorporations or Unions of Parishes in England and Wales, and without the Consent of the Poor Law Commissioners, to be testified by their Seal being affixed to the Deed of Conveyance, and of the Guardians of the Poor of the Union within which the said Parish may be comprised, or of the Guardians of the Poor of the said Parish where the Administration of the Relief of the Poor therein shall be subject to a Board of Guardians, testified by such Guardians being the Parties to convey the same ; provided also, that where any Officers, Trustees, or Commissioners, other than parochial Trustees, shall make any such Grant, it shall be sufficient if a Majority or Quorum authorized to act of such Officers, Trustees, or Commissioners, assembled at a Meeting duly convened, shall assent to such Grant, and shall execute the Deed of Conveyance, although they shall not constitute a Majority of the actual Body of such Officers, Trustees, or Commissioners: Provided also, that the Justices of the Peace may give their Consent to the making any Grant of Land or Premises belonging to any County, Riding, or Division by Vote at their General Quarter Sessions, and may direct the same to be made in the Manner directed to be pursued on the Sale of the Sites of Gaols by an [7 G. 4. c. 18.] Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Fourth, intituled An Act to authorize the Disposal of unnecessary Prisons in England.