A.D. i759« Anno tncelimo tertio Georgii II. C. ir. 437 Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or any of them, as they or any of them had or ought to have had before the making of this A£t, to all Intents and Purpofes, and in as large and ample Manner and Form, as if this Adl had never been had or made j this A61, or any Thing herein contained to the contrary notv/ithftanding. CAP. XI. An A<5t for taking down and removing the Magazine for Gunpowder, and all Build- inc^s thereto belonging, fituate near Greenwich in the County of Kent-, and ereding, inftead thereof, a new Magazine for Gunpowder at Purfleet, near the River of Thames, in the County of EJJex and applying a Sum of Money granted in this Seffion of Parliament towards thofe Purpofes -, and for obviating Difficulties arifen upon an Aft made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, for making Compenfation for Lands and Hereditaments purchafed for his Majefty's Service at Portfmouth, Chatham^ and Plymouth. c "WTtHEREAS the Powder Magazine near the Town of Greenwich in the County of ZV/z/, Preambled
- Y^ is very improperly and dangeroufly fituated ; and notwithftanding great Care has been ta-
' ken to fupport the faid Magazine, the fame is utterly incapable of being efFe<Si:ually repaired : And
- whereas Ptirfleet^ near the River Thames^ in the County oi EJfex, is a proper Place for erecSling a
- Powder Magazine i' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that it may be enaded ; And be it
enabled by the King's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Autho- rity of the fame. That it fhall and may be lawful for the Mafter General of his Majefty's Ordnance The Powder Magazine for the Time Ijeing, or for the Lieutenant General and principal Officers of his Majefty's Ordnance near Greenwich, to be for the Time being, or any three or more of them, to take down and remove the faid Powder Ma- ^^^"/^"'"hrBo'^aVd of sazine fituate near xheTov^n oi Greenwich^ and all the Buildings thereto belonging; and, inftead q^J^^'^^/^ ^ J ^°^g^° mereof, to erect and build a Magazine for Gunpower, for Land and Sea Service together, with one, together with Bar- Barracks, Guardhoufe, and other Houfes and Buildings neceflary and convenient for the Care and racks, &c. to be erected Management of fuch Magazine, and of the Gunpowder that ftiall from time to time be depofited " ^"ifl^et. ill it, at Purfeet aforefaid. ' IL And wheress it will be neceflary to purchafe certain MefTuages, Mills, Lands, Tene-
- ments and Hereditaments, in order to build fuch intended Magazine for Gunpowder, and
- other Buildings, zt Pur fleet ;' Be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it
fhall and may be lawful to and for his Majefty, by one or more CommilTion or Commiffions W ^^"^JJ^j bTirMa-eftv^" Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain^ to authorize and appoint any Number ^^}oT(viivJi z,?ic.^Lm^'f Perfons to be Commifiioners for furveying and fetting out all fuch MefTuages, Mills, Lands, Te- &c. proper for that Par- rcments and Hereditaments, and for executing the otlier Purpofes of this Act, in Manner herein poiej alter mentioned. in. And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That it (hall and may be lawful for the faid Commiffioners fo to be appointed, or any five or more of them, or fuch Perfons as they or any five or more of them fhall appoint, to enter upon, make Surveys of, and fet out and de- ^^'^o are impowered to fcribe by Lines, Stakes, or other Marks, fuch Mefiuages, Mills, Lands, Tenements. ^"^1 Here- ^|]^^[|^'P^^" ^^"^^ ^^t^^^'^^ ditaments, at Purfieet aforefaid, as they the faid Commiffioners fo to be appointed, or any five ingjy.*" ^' "^* ^""^"^ ' or more of them, fiiall think proper to be purchafed, in order for the erediing and building a Magazine for Gunpowder, and the Guardhoufe, Barracks, and other convenient Buildings theie. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and immediately after the The Lands, &c. fo fur- making of every fuch Survey refpedively, and the enterijig thereof in the Books of the faid Com- veyed^vertedinTiuitces j niifTioners as herein after directed, all the Melluages, Mills, Lands, Tenements, and Heredita- ments, lying within the Boundaries of fuch Defcriptions refpedtively as aforefaid, (hall be and are hereby vefted, and declared to be in the actual and real Pofteffion and Seifm of the Right Ho nourable y^rf^;<r Ow/Zow Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, V/ilU am Harvey Efquire, %t IVlUlan lam I Truft for the Perfona _ ... iterefted, till Paymcnc terefted therein, according to their feveral Eftates and Interefts, in Poffeffion, Reverfion, Re- of the Purchafe Monies. mainder, or otherwife, until the Purchafe Monies for the fame fhall be paid, or Certiiicates for the Payment thereof (hall be made forth and depofited in fuch Manner as is herein after direded. V. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commifiioners fo to be Ccmminioners impriwer- appointed, or any five or more of them, may, and they are hereby impowered to treat and agree ed to treat for the ab- , with the Owners and Perfons interefted in fuch Meifuages, Mills, Lands, Tenements and Hcredita- jolnte Purchafe of fuch ; ments as aforefaid, for the abfolute Purchafe thereof, according tr>. their refpedtive inte.cfts therein; ^^ '* ; and all fuch Agreements by the Owners and Perfons interefted of and in fuch Meffuages, Mills, LandSj
