. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 It shall be lawful for all persons, being absolute owners or tenants in tail in possession, to grant, convey, or enfranchise, by way of gift, sale, or exchange any quantity of land, not exceeding in the whole five acres, to any corporation sole or aggregate, or to several corporations sole, or to any trustees whatsoever, to be held, applied, and used by such corporation or corporations or trustees in and for the erection of school buildings and premises thereon for the purpose of educating and instructing, and of boarding during the time of such education and instruction, persons intended to be masters or mistresses of elementary schools for poor persons, and for the residence of the principal or master or mistress and other officers of such institution;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the trustees of such school buildings and premises to allow the same to be applied and used, concurrently with the education and instruction of such masters or mistresses, for the purpose of boarding other persons, and of educating and instructing the said persons in religious and useful knowledge.
Textual Amendments
F1Recital omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)
F2Words repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1References to elementary schools to be construed as references to county or voluntary schools: Education Act 1944 (c. 31), s. 120(1)(a).