Burtish Common (Worcestershire) inclosure Act 1822

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1822 c. 28
ANNO TERTIO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
Cap.
28.
An Act for inclosing a certain Common or Tract
of Waste Land called Burlish Common, in the
Manor and Chapelry of Lower Mitton, in the
Parish of Kidderminster, in the County of Wor-
cester. [24th June 1822.]
W
HEREAS there is within the Manor and Chapelry of
Lower
Mitton, in the Parish of
Kidderminster,
in the County of
Worcester,
a certain Common or Tract of Waste Land, called
Burlish
Common,
containing by Estimation Three hundred Acres or
thereabouts: And whereas
John Folliott
Esquire is Lord of the Manor
of Lower Mitton aforesaid, and as such is entitled to the Soil of the
said Common or Tract of Waste Land, and to the Timber and Wood
growing and standing thereon : And whereas the said
John
Folliott,
the
Right Honourable
Thomas
Lord
Foley,
D'Oyley, Jonathan
Worthington,
Samuel Crane, Samuel Swann, and several other Persons,
are Owners and Proprietors of Estates in the said Manor and Chapelry
of Lower Mitton, and are respectively entitled to Rights of Common
of Pasturage in, over, and upon the said Common or Tract of Waste
Land: And whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-first Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for
consolidating
in
one
Act iiG.S.cios.
certain Provisions usually inserted
in Acts of
Inclosure,
and for facilitating
the Mode
of
proving
the
several Facts usually required
on the
passing
of
such
Acts: And whereas an Act was passed in
the
First and Second Years
of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to
amend
the 1&2G. 4.
[Private.] 6 £. Laws c-23.
486
Commis-
»ioner.
3°GEORGII IV. Cap.
Laivs
respecting
the
inchsing
of
open
Fields,
Pastures,
Moors,
Commonst
and ,
Waste
Lands in England: And whereas the
said,.
Common or Tract of
Waste Land is in its present State ihcapable öf äny considerable Im-
provement, and it would be greatly advantageous to the
several
Persons
interested therein, if the same were divided, and specific Shares allotted
to the several Proprietors
thereof,
in Heu of and in Proportion to their
respective Estates, Rights, and Interests; but such Division and Allotment
cannot be effectually made without the Aid and Authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it
enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this
present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That
Richard Court
of
Birmingham^
in the county of
Warwick,
Land Surveyor,
shall be and he is hereby appointed the sole Commissioner for dividing,
allotting, and inclosing the said Common or Tract of Waste Land, and
for putting this Act in Execution, subject to the Rules, Orders, Direc
tions,
and Regulations of the said recited Acts; which shall be applied,
deemed, and taken as Part of this Act, except only in such Cases as
the same are hereby varied or altered.
Power to II. And be it further enacted, That if the said Richard
Courts
or
any Commissioner to be appointed in his Stead, shall die, neglect, or re-
fuse to act, or become incapable of acting as a Commissioner in the Ex-
ecution of this Act, it shall be lawful for the major Part in Value (such
Value to be ascertained by the Poor's Rate Assessment) of the Owners of
or Persons interested in the said Common or Tract of Waste Land hereby
directed to be divided and inclosed, within Twenty Days next after such
Death, Neglect, Refusal, or Incapacity shall be known, at a public
Meeting to be called for that Purpose, by any Two of the said Owners or
Persons interested, (of which Meeting Ten Days previous Notice shall
be given in the Chapel of Lower Mitton aforesaid, and inserted in
One of the Newspapers published in the County of
Worcester,)
or as
soon after as conveniently may be, by Writing under their Hands,
appoint a proper Person (not interested in the said Division and
Inclosure) to be a Commissioner in the Room of the said
Richard Court
;
and in the Room of any Commissioner so appointed in his Stead, who shall
die,
neglect, or refuse to act, or become incapable of acting as aforesaid ;
and every such future Commissioner so to be appointed shall have the
like Powers and Authorities for putting in Execution this Act, and the
said recited Acts, as if he had been named a Commissioner in and by this
Act.
elect a future
Commis-
sioner.
Commis- III. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner for putting this
sione.rt0 Act in Execution shall and may appoint some fit and proper Person to
Clerk? a t>e n's Clerk, to assist him in carrying this Act into Execution, and from
Time to Time remove such Clerk, and nominate some other fit and pro-
per Person to succeed him in such Office, as to the said Commissioner
shall seem meet.
Appoint- IV. And be it further enacted, That
William
Womack,
of the Parish of
ment
of a
Salwarp,
in the County of
Worcester,
Land Surveyor, shall be and he is
Surveyor. fo^y appointeci Surveyor for mäking such Survey, AdmeasureBient,
br Plan, and for reducing the same into Writing, and specifying and
setting

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT