Highway Act 1835

XLVIII Land allotted to the Parish for Materials, when exhausted, may be sold.

And whereas, under Acts of Parliament heretofore made and which may hereafter be made for the inclosing of Waste Land, Parcels of Land have been and may be expressly allotted to Parishes or to the Surveyor of the Highways for the Purpose of obtaining Materials for the Repair of the Highways in such Parish, and the Materials in such Parcels of Land have been and may be exhausted; be it therefore enacted, That in such Cases it shall and may be lawful for the Surveyor of such Parish for the Time being, by and with the Consent of the Vestry, and he is hereby authorized and required, with the Consent in Writing of the Justices of the Peace at a Special Sessions for the Highways, to sell and convey to some Person whose Lands adjoin thereto, or, if he refuse to purchase, to any other Person, the said Parcels of Land from which the said Materials have been so exhausted as aforesaid, at and for such Price as the said Justices may deem fair and reasonable, and with the Money arising therefrom, and with such Consent as aforesaid, to purchase other Lands in lieu thereof.