Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals Act 1826

XXXV Actions, &c. on behalf of Chelsea Hospital to be brought in the Name of the Treasurer. Property how to be laid.

And be it further enacted, That all Actions or Suits to be brought, commenced, or prosecuted by or on behalf of the Commissioners of the said Hospital at Chelsea, may be brought, commenced, and prosecuted in the Name of the Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer, or Secretary, of the said Hospital for the Time being; and upon the Trial or Hearing of any such Action or Suit, it shall not be necessary to produce any Commission, Charter, or Authority appointing, confirming, or constituting the Commissioners of the said Hospital at Chelsea, nor any Warrant, Instrument, or Authority appointing the Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer, or Secretary, to their respective Offices, nor any Power, Grant, Letters Patent, or Authority under or by virtue of which the Commissioners for the said Hospital at Chelsea, or Treasurer' or Deputy Treasurer, or Secretary, shall respectively act in the Execution of their said Offices, but the general acting of the said Commissioners, Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer, or Secretary, in their said respective Offices of Commissioners, Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer, or Secretary, shall be deemed sufficient Proof of the due Appointment of them respectively to their said respective Offices; and in all Indictments, Informations, Prosecutions, and other Proceedings against any Person or Persons for feloniously stealing or taking away, or unlawfully pawning, selling, or disposing of, or buying, exchanging, or receiving, or embezzling, secreting, or not accounting for any of the Clothes, Linen, or other Goods or Articles belonging to the said Hospital at Chelsea, or the Commissioners thereof, it shall be sufficient to charge the same as being the Property of the Lords and others, Commissioners of the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea in the County of Middlesex:; and in all Indictments, Informations, Prosecutions, or other Proceedings against any Person or Persons for personating or falsely assuming the Name or Character of, or causing or procuring any other to personate or falsely assume the Name or Character of any Person entitled or supposed to be entitled to Wages, Pay, Prize Money, or Pension or other Allowance of Money for Service done or supposed to be done in His Majesty's Army, or in any other Service entitling or supposed to entitle any Person to Pay, Prize Money, Pension, or Allowance, or the Executor, Administrator, Wife, Relation, or Creditor of any such Person, in order to receive, obtain, or claim Wages, Pay, or other Allowance of Money, Pension, or Prize Money, due or supposed to be due; or for forging, counterfeiting, or altering, or causing or procuring to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, or aiding or assisting in forging, counterfeiting, or altering, or uttering of publishing as true, or causing or procuring to be uttered or published as true, or aiding or assisting in uttering or publishing as true, knowing the same to be false and counterfeited, any Letter of Attorney, Bill, Ticket, Order, Certificate, Assignment, last Will or Power of Attorney, or other Power or Authority whatsoever, in order to receive, obtain, or claim Wages, Pay, Allowances of Money, Pension Money, of Prize Money, due or supposed to be due to any such Officer or Soldier, or other Person ; or for knowingly or willingly taking a false Oath, or causing or procuring any other to take a false Oath, to obtain Probate of any Will, or to obtain Letters of Administration in order to receive, obtain, or claim Wages, Pay, Prize Money, or Pension Money due or supposed to be due to any such Officer or Soldier, or other Person, or for any Fraud, Misbehaviour, or other Offence to which such Form is applicable, it shall be sufficient to charge the same as being done with Intent to defraud the Lords and others, Commissioners of the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea in the County of Middlesex.